The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-07-20


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widow lady and her invalid daughter
the latter reclining on couch--were
Icenversing together in a small and uupre-
-tentious looking apartment belonging to a
sea side lodging house. The pallid cheek
and the detected rof the young girl con
trasted strangely with the robustness of her
parent who however, looked thoughtful,
and even sad. A gentle summer breeze
found an entry at the open window; and the
quiet murmurings Of the sea, as its tiny,
ripping wavelets FLASHED upon the beach,
were consonant with the quietude of the
evening.
Georgina, dear, do you feel better p said
the lady. Is the air to strong ? Shall | close
the window r gsg orr Tor ais
3. oh, mamma, | really do not think | am
very. ill in health, replied Georgiua. If my
cheek is pale, it is more from sad thoughts
than anything else Poor papa it is ex
actly six months to day since--since---'
You must not dwelltoo much upon our
sorrow, my child, said her mother, and the
words were accompanied with a mothers
anxious look. .,......@s,
But must think said Georgna and
you, too, must think of the dark future that
lies before US, and we cannot reflect upon
/ that without looking back on the still dark
er past. When this money is gone how
are we to live?' 81
/ I'VE must hope for the best, replied her
mother, with faltering voice. 7'9a -,
'And trust in Providence, l suppose you
will say returned Georgina but will
n 1. 4
vain so weak, and so foolish /? q qsoas ii
j.. The widow lady, almost frightened by
her daughters ea:nestness, burst into tears
and wept bitterly. T
Mrs, Ransford and Georgina had, indeed,
much cause for Their wretchedness. A few
months only had elapsed since the death of
MIR. lRansford the artist. 1t was not by the
means, of any natural ailment that death
had claimed his victim. Que of the fatal
accidents which are daily reported in the
public journals had robbed the world of
George Ransford, aud his sorrowing wife
and child, after the first dread shock was
over, found themselves poor and friendessl
.. Before his death, the artist had been liv-
ing beyond his income; in the heyday of
health, prosperity, and increasing fame, the
future rad appeared to George Ransfori a
splendid prospect, unmarried by vision of
the griuisspectre whose power is so dreaded
but whose presence is SO seldom anticipated
1 by the busy workers of the world The
light. hearted painter had not thought to put
by for 'rainy day so that when it came,
aud buried him from the face Of the earth
III its dark waters, those left behind bad to
prepare themselves to suffer for his impru
dence. -as3 $50
Three months before the death Of Mr.
Ransford, Lieut. Carter had broken off his
engagement with Georgina. When Mrs
Rausford, in her anxiety to bring this needy
Il young man to the proposing point in order
to guard against any danger that might re
suit from her daughters intimacy with hcl
cousin Edward, promised to lend him the
sum of five hundred pounds, she had relied
upon the influence she possessed over hel
husband to raise the money; but on limiting
i to the latter that it would be pity to losl
so excellent suitor for Georgnas hand fo
the sake of sueh a paltry sum, he very pro
f vokingly laughed in. her face, .stigmatize'
:. Car ter as an idle scamp, and Thought th
!, sooner be discontinued his visits the better
RI The firlnness on the part of her husbau
obliged Mrs. Ransford to break faith wit
the lieutenant, who. after few weeks {
q lukewarm courtships cody wrote to the 81
:, ltist saying that, as bis present position di
= not permit of his marrying, it would be be
! ter for all parties concerned if Georgin
> ceased to regard him as her lover.
ID Georgina's visit to the seaside was neee
le4 Stated by an attack of illness brought c
$. more from the sad shock she had receive
ct iii her fathers death than from any disa
r. poiutment resulting from Lieut.. Carriers d
er lection. She had never really loved ii
martial sprig. Like hundreds of other gin
II | she had accepted the first offer that prese
| ted itself Of Edward Ransford she h
er neither seen nor heard since the. evenil
an when her coldwords had crushed the blool
q ling flower of hope within his bosom.
ng A small cotere of sea side loungers "
ty parading the Wimbledon promenade q
We afternoon, it consisted exclusively of gent