The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-07
NUMBER 5.


'TWelI, let us hope so at least, and in their
hearts they may believe it; all times are
good that are passed and with nothing to
look forward to, like old men, they live in
the memories of the past. Who knows but
you and Imay sometime shakeIour heads and
moan i have known better days than these
eff the time comes let US implore for for
titude to keep the fact to ourselves. | was
going to tell you of Reginald Granville, a
poor but successful student'payiug his way
by writing teaching or what not, after
hours, faith! could love him patched
coat and ALL were it not for making myself
an anoamly; for when was it known that a
man loved his rival. He lives in moderate
sized hand box with his mother and sister,
and plods on giving no signs of those better
days we are certain he must have seen. O.
Rare Reginald Grenville!"
Il have seen that name somewhere ow
think remember Stay moment Author,
till come back; it is too beautiful to go i'll
the house yet"
They sit down on the ledge overlooking
the river, and examined the old purse found
long ago.
'sBy my life, my uncIe's name! DR. to
Agnes, wife of the late Reginald Granville,
and my uncle's name signed, The combat
deepenes it does indeed Arthur Denville.
A single perusal showed them both that
the loss. of this paper had snatched from the
widow and the fatherlesS their fortune and
Arth ur saw as in vision the nearly for
gotten time when care and trouble hung
round his home, and when suddenly his
Ell ~ oil I'll
to her. So this is the fortune to which he is
heir-and to see it slipping from him like
this!
''Let me look at thepaper again, Blanche, ="
he says hoarsely.
What can he want of it, when those figures
are each fixed on his mind, and he could al
most give the exact amount of interest they
demand. He looks at it uneasilv, while, pas
sions, good and bad, are struggling within
him, and still, in doubt he glances at his com
panion, who turns to him full of trust and con-
fidence Her fair face, with the bloom and
the sparkle of the seventeen guileless years ef
her life, made him think of his little Nellie,
and he places the paper in her hand. but
evil stirs his heart again, as they walk on, and
he tells Blanche to say nothing of their dis
covery as it will be his ruin. He.speaks
jestingly at first 1T is the Hypocrisy which
is itself an homage which vice renderes to
virtue But soon the revengeful, darkeneb
brow, and hoa rse voice reveals that he is sad
ly in earnest. And as he almost threatens
her and begs her to let him destroy the ia
tai paper. Blancheshrink from him in Won
dor and horror.
Arthur announces that he must go home
L ILL., a. "a NalI
ceives his impassioned farewell, and listens
to his last football. never dreams that
they will come back to her no more. The
long night hours are sadly burdened to the
younger sister. The duty lies before her, but
it is hard, to cause the ruin of him she has
looked upon as brother; and to bring UNI
happiness to Nellie That Arthur shonld
have been tried and found wanting, that was
bitter. And then she is tempted to do as
he desired but temptation is the gynasi-
um of the concience if it does not destroy it.,
ii strengthens it" and the next day she tells
to Nellie the story Of Authrrs unworthiness,
and to her parents she makes known the
discovery. -e-. e.a.. re-
Mr. Gator TO tie to Mrs. Grenville. who
sent lawyer and her son to obtain the nee
essary information. 1t appeared that Mr.,
Granville hadiust before his sudden death
sold all of his property to his Mr. For
bes. as he expected to make home for him
self and family in Europe; and that either,
through carelessness or confidence, had neg
lected to get the papers which would show
to what he was entitled by the sale. The
messenger sent to bring them, unfortunately
either had lost the purse, or had had 1t sto-
len from him, and before they could send
again to Mr.. Forbes he had followed his
friend to his last home. His heirs would
not recognize the widows claims, there was
no proof of them to be found, and she was
forced by strange circumstances to live IL
poverty
Nellie was not called upon to decide weth
Ell she would still choose for life compan-
ion one was was lacking in principle. for a
long letter came from Arthur stating that
he released her from her engagement,as his
means were now far too limited to allow hin
TO be so selfish as to expect her to share
them with him, as if one wound was not
enough.
Nellie escaped the fever Of many months
that we read of heroines taking at sucl
times, but fever burned within her, cank'
ering every joy and palling her happiness
Poor poor, Nellie, she would not bow t.
kiss the hand that chastened. The blttel
cup she drained, but the celestial germ un
folded and ready-too ready to spring to ar
immortal growth-she allowed to droop anc
die. That she was selfish snd unjust that
long winter we cannot deny. She had new
Ell trained away the Incidence thathad clasp
ed its fibres aronnd her character as it form
ed and she did not know thejo Of deny
ing herself for others. 1t was no easy thing
for Blanche to feel, day after day the sad et-
fects of her work; to meet from all the hall
expressed thought that all might have. re-
NAMED unchanged. And was a sisters hap
piness so slight thing And was there
no blame in laying the strong temptation
before the young man! Over again many
times: she fights away the doubts. Surely
there is an overruling hand guiding all III
Him will Blanche:trust with her whole heart
OH with all her heart, She sees now how
much of her young life has been expended IN
little trials borne alone. Charley too, and
the tcers will come, his reproachful looks
when he sees the blight on Nellie, pain her
yet 1t is sad to bury our hopes, and sadder
vet to know there is but the one mourner to
the burial.
rCoNoLUDED NEXT WEEK
An "OFF HAND" JoKE.-A sturdy Ser
geant of one Of the Massachusetts, regiments
being obliged to submit to the ampEta1en
of Lie bond the eur0eon offered TO admins.