Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-03-20
a LEAF FROM LIFE.
ROMANTIC AFFAIR.

!
couple in existence, for they were en-
gagged, and very soon were to be uni
ted for life--to live only for eacf
other. They went to sleep that
night the most miserable beings in
existence, for. during the day, they
had quarreled, a trivial matter hac
caused harsh words and hard words
had caused a separation. Hereafter
| their paths were to be different ii
life. Trivial as was their quarrel Il
caused 4 separation for life. and mucl
as they loved, henceforth they were
to be nothing to each other. The
busy world hustled on, and the trivial
difficulty grew to such wide proper
tions that the young couple were
further and further apart, until, i
they ever thought Of each other OF
ever met, it was as comparative
strangers, and, finally, new attrac
tions sprang up before them. We
know not if they ever forgot the at
fractions which had made them once
believe they We're all the world to eacl
| other. but we do know that their loves
became centered upon new objects.
and both were married, and perhaps.
in the excitements and trials of their
new positions, forgot each other.
The lady, with her husband. left
the metropolis and came West, and
TO Milwaukee. Time passed on, and
the lady was the subject of its vicis-
situdes. a few months ago found
her the centre Of large circle Of
friends and acquaintance, a widow.
with an only child, a beautiful and
idolized daughter Only in the pos
session of sucl i daughter and such
friends was she wealthy. vet she has
sighed not for this worlds goods, for
she was happy.
1t may be that every trace Of the
early love had departed from her
mind, when, one day, she received a
letter. The handwriting looked like
an old but forgotten acquaintance.
and 1t may be believed she read the
letter with no little interest, yet with
less of enthusiasm than her eve had
run over missivcs penned by the same
hand IN years gone by. The letter
was from the early love and it told
his story. He launched his bark
upon the waves Of wooded life to find
them tempestHous. After years Of
marriage he had separated from her,
and a decree of the Court had de
clared them twain flesh Meanwhile
the world had prosrered. gaily with
him, ana allof its goods that he de
sired were his. lie had learned that
she was not wealthy, and he had
written to ask ii it would be distaste-
ful to her to receive at his hands 4
slight present After consultation
with her friends, the lady answered
that she would have no hesitation in
accepting it. In a short time they
came 4 prodigal hand had pre-
pared them, and they came III abund-
ance. Presents for the mother and
for the daughter - presents that a
princess would not disdain.
In reply, the daughter sent note
of thanks for the mother. She was
a highly educated young lady. and
her reply, no doubt. was one well fit
ting for the OCCASION \ charming
letter, overaowing with the thankful
ness which her heart dictated. Tt
caused a reply, and from this reply
sprang a correspondence and contin-
ued for some time,-fricndly letters.
In one Of the letters, the gentleman
stated that he was coming W est on
business. and asked if he might make
q friendly cali, when he did so. To
such a friend who could say nay
We arc assured the ladies did not,
and when he came he met a kindly re
ception The gentleman was pleased
with the mother-but he was charm
ed with the daughter He was yet
younger If not yet young hale
and hearty He had tasted the bit
ters Of married life, and as one visit
was followed by many, and his con-
templated visit of few davs length
ened to weeks his mind had 1un
time for the revolution of that sad
problem I" 1t might have been" !" The
new acquaintance was not deadened
by the thought Of the olden times,
but that rather added to it charm
and pleasure.
They met one day. they talked
Of everything that came to their
minds, and particularly of the daugh-
ter. over whose head eighteen sum-
mers had lightly left their marks, a
sweetly charming girl, whom one
could meet only to admire-admire
only 10 love. The fires of youth
were not dead. bat only slumbering
in the heart of the gentleman. To
the motkar he praised the virtaes and
grace of the child, and surprised her
bv PRAYING for permission to pay his
suit to that daughter The mother
knew the heart of her child and felt
that IL would be no vain suit, and she
readily gave her consent. The daugh-
ter had already learned 10 love the
friend of her mothers early days, and
her answer made the gentleman young
arain-made him feel that there was
something else in shis world but dark
and gloomy pages.
/ They hare left Us now and gone te
dwell in their Eastern home-a more
than happy pair. devoted to each othel
i-loving with al of loTe.-hiI HrS