The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-07-31
Romance in Real Li1e-LOve
Separation, aud Reunion.

| A"O OSlaleS III Tue UeHeSee fdlIey.
New York, Joined each other, between
the hereditary proprietors of which q
long.standing and bitter feud existed.
Each had an only child; tie one, Alice,
a blue-eyed, golden haired, rosy. checked
daughter, full of fun and affection; the
other Henry, a bright. honest intelligent
and hand handsome boy, year or two
older than the girl, anG these two
tenderly loved each other. From early
youth they had been dear friends and
close companions despide their parents
mutual hatred, and orders to the contra.
ry. They mastered the rudiments of
learning, beneath the roof of the same
little red schoolhouse; plucked flowers
together in the green meadows. and ber-
rles in the pastures; the same sylvan
hooks and silent grottos were shared
by both together; and, indeed, they
grew up asking and seeing no other
companionShip than their own; and
would it be strange if they did not love-?
They did; and one moonlight night,
years ago, "the grove at the end of the
vale" they pledged their hearts and
hands, and only waited for few more
seasons to roll around, and the consent
OF their parents, to be united in the ho-
ly bans OF matrimony. But that con.
sent was never obtained. The father of
Henry threatened to disinhert and dis.
own him if he presisted in his you hful
and foolish idea of marrying the girl;
while her father swore vengeance on both
ii the engagement was not Immediately
and forever broken off. Heartsick and
thoroughly disgusted with this turn of
affairs, Henry determined to quit forever
the old homestead, the cherished scenes
of fhis youthful sports and pleasures, his
hearts idol and all, and seek compare.
tive tranquility of mind, and perhaps a
fortune, amid the auriferous rocks, rivers
and mountains of California. With sa.
cred pledges on both sides to correspond
equently, and to remain true to each
other, the young man sailed from his
native shores. This was the last they
saw or heard of each other for long
years. Each wrote often, but there
were interested parties who saw that the
letters of neither party were received,
and at last, both ceased, with sorrowfull
forebodings to write at all. At last a
rumor reached Alice that Henry was
dead, and that his remains lay buried be-
meath the sod of q mountain slope in
California Then the young girls heart
sunk within her breast; the blow was too
terrible, and for months she lowered
over the brink ofthe grave. She recover.
ed, however, but che sparkle had left
her eye, and the bloom had faded from
her check; sorrow and gloom settled
down over her like great, black pail,
which no tender love or soothing words
could remove or dispel. After she had
partially recovered from many weary
months of despair and grief, her hand
wUs Saught in marriage by a worthy
young man of the neighborhood aud at
the urgent solicitation of her parents,
that hand was given. But what q mock.
eryl She frankly told her future hus.
band that her heart could never be his
that it was placed in the possession OF
anotheryears ago; that she would try to
make him dutiful wife, but to love him
she never could. He was satisfied with
this, and they we're married. The young
husband and unhappy bride immediate
ly started for the great West, and, in due
time, reached and settled in this county.
But the husbands career here was des
tined to be short>one. A few months
only elapsed ere he fell prey to the ma
lariouS fevers of the country, and he was
followed to his last resting place by his
weeping wife and the few friends he had
made during his short sojourn here. He
left ample property for the support Of
his widow, and she determined to remain
in her newly made home. In the mean
, time the great rebellion had broken out,
and, as soon as the news reached
the shores of the Pacific, among the FIRST
to drop every thing and start for the
scene of the conflict was ourhero, Hen
ry. Arriving at New York, he, without
visiting his old home, enlisted in few
days aud embarked for the field of dead.
; ly strife. For two years he helped fgh,
the battle of liberty, and only short
. time since, in terriblybloody and stout
: ly.conteSted battle. field, he received 6
desperate wound, which sent him to the
e hospital, and nearly deprived him O.
= his life. For life he cared but little; il
had but few charms for him now, anG
3 had not had for years. Soon after en-
+. tering the hospital be formed the &C
quaintance ola wounded soldier frou
this county, who occupied the cot mex
. to his, and very soon an intimacy spranl
up between them which has ripened in
; to q strong and lasting friendship. Be
ing both permanently disabled, a few
weeks ago they each obtained an honor
able discharge from the service, and soor
. prepared to leave. After.a good dea
i Of coaxing, Henry was induced to accep
), J, the invitation ofhis comrade to visit hi
home in Illinois.
: And now comes the closing scene .
our story--a story repeated to us las
Saturday by one of our most reliable cit
a izens. al I...
i Onlya few evenings since, a younI
!. man started for solitary stoll throug
# the little village in this county, whic
a shall, for the present. be nameless. H
! had not gone far on retired street whe
he discovered in the cleaning, a female
figure, in sable apparel, approaching bin