Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-01-21
OLD SERIES, VOL. %, NO. II.

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| to a peer Of the rcalm--anl said TIC should
| always look upon Us both "a sisters, and
| that ne recommended his dear Amelia to
| our sacred care, Till then We hud our
! doubts as to Keeping the young person, ior
charity is onc thing, and rcspcctablity's an.
! other bit the moment the captain spoke ~
/ honorably, we tclt what our duty was. and
we've kept tu it, His wife might Owe - :,
! twclvemonti's rent. and neither nor my
! sister would so much as name it 10 her
Poor gentleman we know ourselves what
it is to DC reduced in rank"
inquired what the captain was like, as I
SHOULD wish 10 recognize him if we ever
met, and was answered hy al rcstatic cata
! logJe of male charms frufn Miss Lucinda
Captain Fitzgerald was. she avcrrrd. the
gentleman all over, had long fair whiskers.
[ an cyc.glass, stood six feet one at least
without his boots, and had quite military
air. And how hu dresses so. poor gentle
mun, | don't knuw'' added Miss Lucinda
nysieriously, 'tor he says hes always nm
fortunate in bets and cards too, and that
none Of his friends ever help him with Il
shilling However one things certain, Mrs
Fitzgerald is making much more money
since she has taken to play at balls. Ten
sliilings night, as she says, is princcly pay
compared to lessons
was at little Christmas evening party
few nights later, at the house of one ofmy
oldest friends, and in the hired musician of
the evening recognized my fellow lodger.
In her Cinderella black dress, and with her
pale, worn looking face, the brave little wo-
man seemed farcr to me than any of the
flushed. wreathed and whtc-muslincd an
gels of the party. Her physique had the
same character AS her playing. Beauty OF
feature she had not; hut there was il look of
quiet strength about :he clear cut lips, an
expression of power in the deep.sct iron
gray eyes, which riveted one strangely aud
instantly to her face. AnU her hair in itself
was a beauty! Such mass OF naturally
waved gold brown hair as 1t was, drawn
with careless grace from FER broad forehead
and twisted in rich coil around the i!ttlu
classical head. There were many lovely
Partisan wrcaths, no doubt, and great
deal of lovely Partisan hair worn by twenty
or thirty young ladies in my friends draw
ing room, but none of the female coiBUreS
there seemed to me at all to compare with
poor Amela's simple bands OF waving GOLD
Did her husband think So too? | wonder
For, reader, her husband was there--therc,
dancing to his wiic's music, and looking as
unconctrned fine gentleman as you ever
saw in your life. | was standing close be-
side the piano When Captain Fitzccrald's
name was announced, and for an instant
noticed tnat the time varied ominOusly in
the waltz Amelia WAS working under Then
she rallicd-l imagine it was not the first
meeting of the kind between this husband
and witc-and played on. steadily and with
out tagging, through tine remainder OF the
twenty-Une dances.
lpI I i,nr
! husbands face. 1t was in II gailop: and
Captain Fitzgerald WAS dancing with a tall
and stately yonnc woman, all floating III
innocence and with tulle. and crowned
roscs-Miss Barbara Ashton, the belle Of thc
room. Just as they were whring past thc
piano, 1t occurred, | concluded. to Miss
Ashton that the music was not fast enough
Tor her taste. for She looked up softly into
here partners face, and then requested him
/ to "hld tn" y0uug lady amcud ner time.
{ Ard her partner uhcyed her He stopped
/ icancl Toward with that urbane air OF
which Miss Lucinda had spoken) and said.
/ ~ litter faster. if you please his arm atill
/ Cncrcling the lovely Barbara's waist. And
! then Amelia ool;cd .. him, Heaven grant
no woman may ever look at me with eyes
/ like thosc.-AnG still, poor child, it Was a
/ look OF love
/ went up, later in the evening, to the lady
/ of the house, and carelcssy mentioned the
! captain name. VINO was Capt Fitzgerald
and had they known him longi I did not
remember seeing him ut any OF their parties
, before
"Wcii in certain way, We have known
him long time, she answered. He was
( in the SAME regiment, you know, as my
/ brother Frederick, and that brought hm a
good deal about our house wien we were
living at Brighton and the --th was station
/ there. W hat he has been doing for the last
two or three years, nobody knows. lie got
into terrible difficulties some time ago, bad
, TO leave the army, and went wrong alto,
! gcthcr--DladC IA luW E.arriaGc, in shurt--hut
ms one sees him ont again, know, and alone
most likely his wife is dead OI has lett him
Captain Fitzgerald is not at all a man al,
mre. or would encourage about my daugh
tiers" she added "but he dances 50 bcauti
tul that Alice would have him invited. ano
as we met him at the Dacrcs' last week. il
shows there can be nothing very. yeiy wrong
about him now, for you know old Lat.
Darcres is 50 particular about these mat
tcrs'
left London late on the afternoon of III,
next day, and MS | was getting into my cal
ut Miss Paiiips's door, llau Il kind llttlt
farewell nod from Amelia. Her usual pal,
face was lit up, and flushed with smiles;
sturdy, yellow haired boy had got his arms
tight around her neck; and the silhouette o
the captains protle-iong wh,kcrS, eye
glass, and all WAS dimiy dlsccrnihlc he
hiul the window curtain. 1t was New
Years day 50 concluded that this excel
lent man was rendering his wife scprcmcl,
happy hy cOndesCcnding to eat his turke,
and plum-pudding in that humhle room.
, Would Amelia have loved him better
had the captain been an honest man! plail
Woodworking, simpIc-heartrG fellow, deny
ing him;ei to keep her ch,li in comfort
shaving day after day, night-as | hav
known some to do-and considering him
self amply rewarded IT, by any EXTRA worl
, of his, he could satisfy her caprice Tor antN
/ silk dress, or trip 10 sea, or y velvet sui
! for the child:
am not able to answer that question sal
. isfactorily | only know how well il is fo
men that there are SO many Amclias in til
\ world.
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