The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-13
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ana s vas LYING Only IN tne present, "nen
step, one that aaa meyer heard before, broke
upon the quiet Of the little room, dlspersIne n
~ ntte lls--so IL seemed % me a. leass' - nc
others scarcely pouceo lt.aglSsii e9e e1eift 94'
al herc Is strange footstep, upon the gar
den path e said Ii and spoke suddenly, with
an unqulefa hutteung sof the heart and an uil
defined presence OF sorrow, dor which 4 could
have gwen 60 reason, or rather, for which L
was. ashamed to give one to myselfsT
'Asltas Ton, nay dear. sent -him ont npon a
message before dark, said my mother kindly.
II IS not Tom mother, I have never heard
that step before, 1 Iersisted. go a. egas 81
1T Is Tom, In new boets. What stranger
would group his way through the woods, to
this out.ofsthe-way place latter nightfalfY'
laughed Elsie. lie quiet, Paul Blair, and
listen to the story, as yen value my. approba-
ton. The knight is about to, deliver the en-
chanted lady from her thraldom, ii Attention.
Ere she could resume her book, however, q
loud peal of the beH announced the faet3 that
the step OF which We had been speaking, and
to which bad been listening all the while,
had nscended the porch, and IN another mo
ments Elsie read from card, which the ser.
vfnt handed to her, the name andstitleiof DR..
Claym re. b .vI Ve4. 4a3I eF,Y g..,Yss..siDd
heml met at the Irylngs, last week, ~
loeseye mentioned him' SAID Eis,es In a
some"nae confused con % ex Piana.'oa. snow tne
gen.ieman ~. In oman. lIl,lt
rH ss. ~ ~ Pp.,y Pop. - n,''yS yi,SS
more Aerosstne nan, up % me paIlor deor s,
~ . ons is'sss SUD and
here fn.usetl refs rnfar1 m e. ] II hheard that
aloue tf an fi1e other Sfounds words Of vel
come and introduction which accom- panied It.,
OnIy when ali was ouii.et again. md all we're
seated. could / bring myself to listen to the
voiee of its owner, and try to discover, in rny
oyn way. what he was ike. Al handsome
,entlemaniy man With that peculiar dashing
rankness Of mapner which captiyates all wo-r
men and men, and voice clear and firm
,noue h. to match his step-fhis was what +
made of him. Ii That he Syas possessed of in.
cflect and refinement, and that he could, at
east. express excellent sentiments, was eyi- wi.
lent. from his conversation. The man of all
,thers to charm Elsie Russell, I thought, and
ollowing this, came n long train of other
thoughts, wrong and selfish beyond measure,
knew them to be so, and yet could not
irive them on, My head ached and burned
ntolerably beneath their weight, and i linz
,ered for my opportunity to ship out unper-
;eiged. At last i heard their voices recede
onthe cool, open air knew the path by
4, and feeling fer tho little paling fence,
q my steps toward o small building spo.l
rarely, and then in whispers, by the
bers flour family, as the burnt summer
louse.,a Set in gis4iiI sifi5 gf.5 Is f.s3i
81 will tell youaa story Of that burnt sum-
nershorise. II was 1nomentous one to me,
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her 81 was moaany Years older than 7tbe Child
,ha sbe ha5 bser nv net and niay,h;ne from
III f;rst bonr of her 3 arrival f 1vas nof Hind
hem and mspya.a "a long holiday / spent 10
6, s,;5 c:ress;e he snry little bea,,ty N
sbo5 n E;nansss , 80 bad been en- ap nnknown tI;ns
,nttI she came among. MS with INV own
,ands had nlanted vines around the hare
valis IF an ancicnt summer.bouse in tbei oar.
len. and fitted II nj, with cushioned seats and
inv tables for-ber exnress delipbt: and here
IN hot, midsummer days, she loved to read
'mone the cushions. curtained by. the floating
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