The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-11-23

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l5i'l4 AI4 '.'1[l ftf CLARA. = bad
fta'i trtS i1f The r1Iloea of inpEesaipg herl
heed |sss 1|i1 e Would have been master-
'r nbliol |1Di esmpslA IS IS say that
|1H. M. '|''0 |ssil|1' ei qn5 felRiniRel
EI'..lAa2.1. .'|' Crying y i|eI i,wn room at
tkaI "a. t.' S. the Moon peepsdl
I|5d. f1n'| i. 5 & X cloud ard laughed her
t'I<5'S laugh d IS mortified Box aud the
iI|S Ken iii. and then; pestle il her.
s b b 81 ail cis, lIintilg thus 4inc-i
Ii ~ III sahlunafy he! sk;sskl
AZ next mprnine, a Iel Sson;' 5i'1a'
|chard Vent Is ID IS Gfay,s foI 5 ~, eaIl. !
afqhsiIi9 for Clara, he Was G 4 Dy her gfAndkl
mosker, Shell Be W., ithat she can't
see .yop; she was SAdl aisapp pointed last
night You know ne keep bees, and sQnie-
BODY hSi heni / suppose fol they
d6n,t mind but a by rs she
passed aiedf tke s0na ~ them stgng' herl
Fl tl6 av tsWeil ed fright full lS,Apd though
NC have done ythbig we could for her,
she il; mot dit 10 be Seef. q
Richard was restored at once to his self
possession. He was also very much amused.
|, 'The Bee made a iiiatafaI mistake said he.
IT, ais his vocation It'd rob flowers of their
sweetness. need not remind young lady
SO VS. very 2 Wen brought up Of the appropriate
verse Of one ofNNatt's hymns Pray give her
this card, with my regrets am truly sorry
she is unable to leave hcrrOom. And shrink
| ing little as he met the cold gray eye Of the
matron, he responded to her astifay offered
I,adieux, and walked earlessly away. -
! There is a ludicrous side to almost all mis-
fortunes, but poor Clafa's eyes were too pitt
fully swollen to take anylsuch view of the
! present case. 1t was only when after long
weeping, she consulted her mirror to- see if she
could possibly 90 down to dinner, that the
grotesuue features there revealed, in a spasm
Of self-appreciation, shifted suddenly from
1 grief to laughter. She kncw-that the defor-
nifty was not permanent, and meanwhtle it
A was exceedingly diverting; there was nosde-
Il nying that And her sense Of humor once
awakened, she was inclined to regard her ac-
l quaintance with Richard in a similar light
and to interpret the p. P. G. in the corner Of
the card he had left her as indicating di Poo'
EphoQlish Clara,
II ,Of course one furtive sunbeam did not al
4 once drive away the clouds of hersfrst girlish
sorrow, for Clara's 5womanly sensibiGties had
been touched, and her nature had made one Of
those great advances that arc only attained
through pain. 1t was some days before she
found courage to visit Mrs. Grant, and wher
she did SO, she shrank from all allusion to thu
l past b But the good old lady would not b
put off in this way. .-zs4. 80. -.I.r,
+ Il have had letter from Richard said She
| He writes to have me send him on som'
5 things that he has left, and here, just at th
: last, he says, L find also that have left m.
r heart with, our pretty little Clara, but that,
: suppose, cannot be returned by express
3 1T isn't worth returning replied Clara witt
: some spirit but moment after she was sob
!, bing in the lapof her kind friend.
t Mrs. Grant was panied ifnot puzzled. Sh
n smootbed the fair hair with her withere'
4 hand, and said softly, Don't cry, dear. Rich
v ard isltt worth minding. He'll make sub
!, stantal man, sometime, trust, but now he
!, clear boy. Why, bless you, he makes fun Q
Y every thing :; of me and my house and m
, way of living. and even of your grandmother
Mrs.. Gray Y
+ 1t was evident there was no hope for hin
h | in that case, and Clara rose and returne
" homeward pendering sadly upon the wisdor
h she had won. She had built up an ideal
Of which her affections had chung, as the climl
ul1 ing rose clings to it's trellis; and now that
Iy was broken down, the dying foliage was trai
ID ING IN the dust She did not know it, but Il
as plant was yet healthy and thriving. a.
in though now wrapt in pail Of its own wltherll
e leaves, it was sure to bud and bloom again
an the coming June. ~ y 3sl'.. s Z ~
C. Well:l winter passed and June came rour
IS, again, literally, if not in metaphor, and wi
a June came Clara's sister Jane. Shd had loi
I'M felt that duty and decency required her
of visit these excellent relatives, but duty al
an deeency were now reinforced by convenieno
Ire and the triumvirs ruled and were obeyed.-
Circumstances induced the aunt to close b
ALI house for the season, and Jane, with mu
leyI suppressed reluctance, came to spend the SUI
Sut mer with her sister. She had never h
ing much real taste for nature, and her love OF
ter was confined to gthose petty arts OF fashif
md able life whose only, fneness is fnesse. i
,ho she enioyed the new freedom from conve
as tional restraints, and as for the rigid rules