The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-06-29
VOLUME 26.l.

I0OOT BIO WOndCiCu do Sic AWAY WIZ oL bh'
iquiet splendor. She was half afraid to st
Ier foot on the rich coverings OF hall an
lstair. they were SO different from, the bar
Iplanks, or the bits of rag carpet she wa
used to. But they must be trodden to Eeac
Miss Hamilton room, so sue went on = am
lup, and tapped upon the panels of the bou
doir with her soaked and spongy knuckles
There was 10 answer. ,--
Dark listened and sighed. ''She ain,
here" she said She's jest gone. some
where; well, I'll leave the things and 20
lonly twould ha' been good to see her.
And opening the door she entered.
AS she did SO yonng lady turned with
start from the niantel against which sh,
leaned, with letter clutched i'll her hand
and something very like tears in her Us
s'Oh, Dark, didn't hear you =" she sal,
hurriedy /; you have brought the. thing
home p -ls.-ti
Yes Miss Lofty" said old Dark, anG
I've done 'eln lovely, though say it thai
shouldn't See how white and sheer their
sleeves is and this gown | have suci
luck with your things always-more'n witt
most folks's."
You take pains with them, Dark that's
the reason" said the young lady. And
| then she looked ardently in the dist lance, aud
tears came into her eyes. She was thinking
| Of something beside the linen III that basket
The old woman watched her intently
her fingers knitted themselves together; hei
eyes grew anxious At length she spoke,
Miss Lottie-' . t.
The young lady looked up with start
'WeIi, Dark
"Oh, Miss Lottie, I'm maxim bold but
you haven't any ma, and I've done you up,
for the hull of your life; and, poor washer
woman as | am, I'm fond o you. And
when you was child me and you was
friends, and you told me your troubles
I've mended dolls for you, and Eve washed
you've put your arms around my neck and
said, Dear Dark FL have; And > can't
help Miss Lottie, when there's tears in your
eyes, and you're so pale, askln' you to tell
me what ails you, and beggin' to be let tc
do something if eau"
flush passed over the girls face, and
then the tears burst forth unchecked, and
she sobbed out right for moment
L am in some grief, Dark, she said. AT
least fancy am; but it all nonsense, |
dare say. No real troube-nothiDg you un-
derstand. I'm neither ill., nor has papa
scolded me. think DR.. Jalap would call
me hysterical; but thank you-you're a
good soul, Dark
These words were not spoken before she
had choked down her s0bs and dried her
eyes, and now she stood tall and straight
before old Dark and tried to smile. 1t was
A vain effort Dark knew IL
Aint there nothing | can do?" she said.
mo, Dark. AS told you, it is nothing
you could ever understand" s5isr y
Old Dark turned to go She gave one
step toward the door, and then turned back,
caught the little SHOW white hand with
rose tinted finger tips, and pressed it to her
lips. A54F[ ~. s.sJ -sa u
Good night, Miss Lofty she said s''and
iod stand between you and grief Good
night ~
Then with her empty basket she went
home, and there, by the dim candle light,
stood before that odd paper profile, which
looked to strangers like a bronze Jug. the
profile of the late Silas White, shoenak er,
and gazed at it intently. s ssv.t
''Ah ~ she said, mehbe Dark White
might understand more than some thinks
size can. A girls heart is much the same
rich or poor. All, dear, how the time goes.
was young once, though never was a
lady - $500
And then she put the light out, and went
to bed.
But Charlotte Hamilton never slept at ALL
Up and down the splendid boudoir she paced
all night long with that letter in her hand !;
L. L.. Il. l.. l.
beneath the folds of lace and muslin which
yelled it. Over and over again she sobbed
forth name and clenched her jeweled fin
gers until the almond shaped nails cut into
tie soft palm. Aud once she sobbed aiond,
Charley, cannot, cannot give you up Y, I,
When the gray dawn broke she sat down
beside her rosewood desk to write Thrice
she begun-thrice rent the paper in frag
ments aud laid down the pen. -saqjs.b 81
AT last these words remained upon a
snowy sheet which she folded and placed
within an envelope directed to Charles
Gordon" :.
If you think write these words without
pain you are mistaken. If you think my
heart is changed you err; but my fathers
word is law | must obey him. Yes, must
Charles; | had no choice. Yet in the cruel,
cruel letter which you have received have
no part If he has said to you as | know
he has, that a Miss Hamilton has no right
to stoop, that you are beneath me, believe
that | would have felt honored by your
love- If he has told you also that viii
soou become the wife of another man, he has
presumed too far npon bis power, and upon
my love aud obedience. will neither wed
against his will the man love, uor athis bid
ding one whom detest Farewell, Charles it
is hard to bid you foYget me; but for both of
us to remember will be too sharp pain,
and so | write the words-forget me aud be
happy. ge.a 9t.5r7 -stlqqa
r VI -. Charlotte HAMILTON y,
The letter was sent; and that night,
when long rows Of lamps glittered like Jew
els along the stately avenue, Dark White
crept NJ the broad staircase once again, and
stoNi in Miss Hamiltolis room = ''s ,o-
She was dressing for ball and the " hite
robes she wore by choice rat ler Than silk
or velvets, and the pearls in her hl;,ek hair
and about her rounded wrists and a.
her throat made her look like a brf lie Dark
told her so: and at that laughed a. aittle
bitterly. 'l DE- 5us ....
And when you are married. said Dark,
Gf it's the grandesf church in New York,
.''rll come to see 1t; and LII think standing
there, done heru aud as long as I've gul
two hands III keep doiu' Of her up il
she'll let me- Put didn't come for thai
Miss Lottle. I've a message ----- = '''''1' =,
"A message, Dark from wlronp3 ''ii .ozi
She had turned from the glass. aud stood
with her h ands full Of long ropes oftspear
she was binding in her hair, -
ffEom IA 6 rtleman in sailors clothes
Mss Lotty-a tall gentleman with-ligh
halr-iiot like sailor in his looks at all. n
doubt don't understand it There man,
things poor old body like me need mt un
d, rstand. q But he asked mo if | knew Mis-
Hamilton. Says |, i do Sir, i've dom
her up since she was bany. Sir Says he
| 4 have a letter for her that must go safe
| Can you give it To her without auy nue. els
knowing of it ]? Saws l. 'Ay, can [, Sir, s