The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-18
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ARIMINTA AND /.
A story Of LOTe aad PhOtography.

! otVt1 u Aoft anu IhOtOsFdphgs
Twas Araminta herself, who appeared al
tho half-opened door, with features alter
nately full Of bushes and smiles. CHAD
she Gene TO crafty my requeat?" was the
| query which forced itselfinvoluntarily upon
my mind; for remembered my importu-
mite for her photograph, and the unsatis-
factory response which they had elected
"Charlesw
That is my name, and have heard thou
sands address me thus but never did ex-
Perienoe such thrill Of pleasure IS when
it was uttered by the lips Of Aramints
Hamilton, the lovely young hoiross Of
Bellevue Place.
"charles, ara only too happy 70 sceede
70 your wish p ssid Araminta, as she entered
the room and sa. down ri nay side upon the
luzuffous divan.
muat not tell you what transpired, dear
reader, for you know that you don't care a
straw about such nonsense. Suffice. it to
cay, that was perfectly willing to 90 to
Halifax, if she desired that l should 60.
But the photograph Where was tho ar
tisj ia Nashville, who could transfer the in
describable loveliness Of features spd form
to paper9 left Araminta with promise
10 find en- artist, and paraded The streets
with ieyerish Anxiety. A placard with the
followpg announcement attracted my no
tees
PICTURES FOR THE MILLI0Nl
Run TaR BLOCKADE.
The Largest Stock Of Material in the .Solftlt
FeR a Coon Likeness CALI At
Schlsier's Confederate GaIlerylI
Corner Of Cherry and Uniou-sts.
rushed back 10 Aramints, bearing the
placara in my hand. "There, darling,"
said I, "there Is an evidence that we have
an artist in our city"
shall never forget the look Of reproach
and Indignation which swept across Ara
mihtas features as she exclaimed:
"Charles Coartley NY grandfather
fought BY tbeside Of George Washington to
establish the American Union Ny father
fought with Jackson to sustain i'll And
have too much respect fortheir memory to
desecrate It by sacrificing principle even
in such a trivial matter as visiting gallery
bearing the reasonable title of "Confed-
ate :"
"No, Charles" she sad, resuming her
gentleness oftone, and wrestling hor coun-
tenance in smiles, "let Us 60 70 the Gallery
Of the Cumberland, where the best Of pic
lures can be obtained, TO A. s. Morses
Gallery we went, aud IN the twizklug Of
eye, an excellent negative was obtained.
few days a1erward, was the happy
possessor ofthe coveted prize-her photo
graph Nay, dearer than all, good reader,
Arsminta bad confessed her love!
Many months have passed since the &C.
currence OF She above mentioned incident.
Months have grown into years, and many
changes have taken place. Araminta Ham
ilton is now Mrs. Charles Courtley, aud the
devotion other husband is heightened BY
his remembrance of her rafussl to sacrifice
principle even in trivial matters. The Fed
cral army hes long since occupied and
made Nashville q second Washington City,
"schleier's Gallery is stn in existence,
and is visited by great many Federal Of
6esrs who are ignorsnt OF It's former asn &c
pl.mG Morse's Gallery Of the Cumber-
land~is st % Cedar street, in those elegant
rooms up stairs, whore Ferdinand, the ar
tist, secures for numerous patrons, the
choicest Photographs ever taken II the
land "where the Grange and the myrtle
b.oolnaV'