Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-02-10
COZ SIN E1STHER.
BY ADA J. MOORE.

Written for the Wisconsin State Journal
q And so Herbert you are really of next
week Enlisted as a high private in Captain
Smiths company, ell How in the world did
you get the old gentlemau's consent? For
nobody, you see, can fill your place in the
firm"
The speaker was Henry Hardin, " rising
Young lawyer-the scene, d shaded avenue in
the garden OF DR.. Innisford, formerly a ply
stefan, but for some years past an euterpris-
ing and successful merchant.
Perhaps not, Henry" replied the person
addressed, Dr. InnisiUrds only SON" but
trust VOC DO not think my father incapable of
making any sacrifice for the good of his coun-
try, for the salvation Of that government
which has blessed and protected MIN, for his
whole life long Il IS not" he added in d
slightly taltering voice, it Is not in pecunia
~ point of view, that my approaching depart
ure touches my father most deeply
Henry Hardin, lawyer though he was, not
only respected, but shared il the flial emo
ton now plainly visible on the countenance
Of his friend. Furtyely dashiug away a tear
he exclaimed in tone OF earnest feeling:
Hang ii, Herbert, if it were not for this
cursed lameness, you and | would not now be
separated. As we stood side by side in all
the trials and conflicts Of school and college
life, We would stand, shoulder To shoulder on
the sterner battlefield TO which YOU are now
summoned As il i, | must Try TO do my
part in some other way" He paused mo-
neut and then resumed IN a higher tone
= And how does L1 bs9e co,aytfts take your pro
posed departure She, II / have read her
rightly, IS not 50 intensely patriotic as To
yield a Iightly-won consent
Consent Nv cousin Esther ;" iuterro-
gated HERBERT IN a puzzled tone, that was
evidently not assumed
" OF course | mean your cousin Esther re-
joined his friend in "a half impatient manner
: Just as if any body else was fortunate enough
TO have such an imperial, sparkling, cousin
Esther. Surely Herbert, YOU VIII not Try To
make me believe that she Is nothing more to
YOU than simply coasijt Ester"
: You may believe it, or not. Just as YOU
choose, replied Herbert cody, e. it Is how
ever, neither more or less than the truth If
she was twice a. beautiful as she l., the fact
that she j. my cousin would prove with me an
inSuperable obstacle TO any such attachment.
even If no other existed.
"And the fact Is lie continued Il never did
have secret flom you, Henry, and viii not
new. You remember Rose Leland, whose
sweet blue ewes had such a charm forme when
We were schoolmates together in Milton she
Is now residing in this place, with her widow
cd mother. The lovely bud has bloomcd in
to a Ioyehyr blossom, whose fragrance God
spdrIHg both our lives, viii render my future
home a near an Eden as any earthly abode
can be
Is 1t so Herberls Icou1ratulate YOU with
all my heart | ann all impatieuce 70 sec your
lovely rose, ana renew by Acquaintance with
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when with 4 sudden thrill of main lfs r,lift
ed left arm lropped peryeless and broLer ~
his side. Thank God, il Is not nv rirbr