Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-20
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40 not speak tom love- or you will drive
me mad y 80 ~ ss4strnsf,e
l. What can you mean, Elenorep Drive
you mad for me to tell you 1 love you?n
!" Yes, madl" she answered more calmly !
ITO love me Is fatal TO you, TO everybody,
ana can bring you but misery, woe and
= In Gods name,v / cried, with the cold
drops Of perspiration standing out upon my
brow, "what mean you? love you, Ei-
enore, and win make you mine, and no
power on earth shall part us I" wv
You are not the first man that has loved
me, Eugene, nor will you be the first man
| who has been more than lost by that same
| terrible passion. Yours can never be.
Nay, nay, do not ask me why. Your love
| l have known for days, and yet I;could not
| break the enchanting delicious spell that
has enthrallcd you around my heart; for 1t,
tool too has Sss sePt and J. the only time fo years
"Heaven' bless you, Eienore, for that as
surance., 80. : De't. ngftvafncI aNN
"Do not interruptme, Eugene, and will
| give you bit of sad heart-history that will
most effectually cure your deep malady, /
am now glad this hour has come, since come
II had to, although have dreaded il, Heav-
en- knows how much. Eugene, that little
child you heard lisp the loved name of
Mama the first time you called, was
none other than my child.o
"a Great Heaveni then you are married. .
l cried, starting to my feet. ,it,l., u
Alas, mol" and the intensest suffering
was discernible upon her face, that Is the
'offspring-of crimei" ~, =;
She paused, but l could not speak; for
was dumb with pain and surprise. ss
Yes" she continued, Ut am now, all
though Ihave not seen him for more than
two months, none other than George AL
wyn's mistressin ~ i.N 20 51lH l'
b staggered to seat, and covering my
face with my hands, wept in silent agony.
She came. beside me, and, putting her
feycred handsupo my brow, spoke on, and
'lQ'Iwas but vain schoolgirl when George
first met me, scarcely fourteen, but had
the misfortune to be beautiful. For weeks
he followed me with his handsome face |
and splendid form. Housed TO come to my
fathers house and we two would while the |
hours away in sweet conversation, as you !
and have, Eugene, since we have known |
each other. Matters went on thus for
year, when, one night, / went to a party
with him. About eleven o'clock we went
to what he told me was the house of a
friend. We entered the parlor. No one
was there, but he said they would appear |
presently, at the same time ordering some
wine. drank deeply, and-knew no more. |
The next morning / awoke in the arms Of
George Alwyn, and was lost Jorerer to vir- |
tue. In six months / went to live with |
him, and in six more my child was born.
He promised from the first TO make me his
wife, but he has never done 1t, nor do now
believe he ever will. Two months ago he |
left me for another land, saying that he |
would send for me as soon as he made for |
a lro L. "a ot,A
my child from infamy. came home to my |
father, who at first cast me of, but finally |
the old love triumphed, and he again took |
his dishonored child to his bosom, whom he |
had never ceased to love. You know ,chy ] |
have not told you this before. 1t has cost |
you much, but it has cost me more, thus to |
acknowledge my sins, my crimes to you.-I
Now 60, Eugene, and forget me. /
could have loved you had | never met |
George Alwyn, but Fate has linked my |
destiny to his, and bow my head to its |
DEGREES. should have been happy as your |
wife, but all is past now. Adieu."
''0h, Heavenl can / credit my hearing, |
and have you, Elenore, not deceived me?"
''Oh, weak man. be brave, be strong, and |
bury in oblivion's blighting stream this un-
timely woe.n
arose, and kissing her hand, upon which
fell my tears, L withdrew for the last time
across her threshold. i1
.Fls rieA
Many years have passed since then, but
have. never ceased to remember my early
dream of love, and no one does, nor ever
can, fill the aching void within my heart.
/ am old; my hair is lined with silver
threads; mine eyes are grown dim, and my
step is feeble, but / have never loved anc-
ther. George Alwyn died maniac in Cali
ifornia, EleDore lived unhappily many
years, but finally passed away, victim to
remorse. Her child still lives, but thank
heaven, it knows not Of its illegitimate
birth, for have placed it where the sting
ing tongue Of vile calumny can never reach
il. ssf1rs yroisa, snsfa gea
Thus three lives were wrecked and lost
through one crime; and thus such sins will
ever be punished, and thus may 1t be for
evermore! .t--r-.'fB ...fi %