Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-11-14
A LOVE STORY.
NATTER OF Pact WITHOUT THE SENSATION

MATTER OF FACT WITHOUT THE SENSATION
About twenty miles from New
York lives q rich man who has &
fine estate, and an interesting fami-
| ly, of which the eldest is a beautiful
young lady, her fathers pride and
hope. Last year, while his elegant
mansion was building, yonng car
penter who had just finished his
trade, and whose sole property con
sisted in a pair of large hands, a
stout, good heart, and habits of inr
dustry and soberness, came to work
upon thepremises. Very naturally
the young knight Of the broad AK
soon fell in love with the young la
dy, and not strange to say the young
lady was equally well pleased with
him. She spent considerable time
every day in watching the progress
of the work, particularly that per-
formed by the young mechanic, and
he found his greatest incentive and
joy in working under the watch of
her loving eyes.
+ The secret, however, soon became
AN open one, and finally was bro
ken to the young 'lady's father, He
heard the sad news without appa-
rent concern, but in few minutes
set off for the village where he made
diligent inquiry respecting the
young carpenter, who, he learned,
was the only son and support of .
poor widow, but was an intelligent,
capable and promising young man
The father returned home, andicall-
ing his daughter to his room, asked
her how the matter stood between
herself and the young carpenter 1t
was a critical moment to her, and
for. a moment her fears triumphed
over her feelings, and she burst in
to tears. The tears were followed
by F confession of an attachment
which had grown stronger every
day, with the fear that it was doom
ed to cruel disappointment ; for the
object Of it was nothing but apoor
mechanic. "But l love him with
all my might, and would give my
life for him. said the honest girl.
"Does he reciprocate your afec-
ton ?"yasked the father. Gli'i al
r~'sThat he does," replied the
daughter, "but he knows that you
would never consent to his paying
his addresses to me, and he has
been very reserved about it. He
talks about going away because he
cannot live here without seeingme,
and thinks you would be unwilling
to have him visit the house.N9 10 ,
Tie father sent for the young
carpenter, who came to- the room
with the greatest trepidation,j He
what was in the wind,
and, anticipating on immediate dis
his heart was in his throat
when the father said to him !" Young
man, how isit that you have dared
tQ carry on a Irritation with my
without my consent?'
THAT is false, sir, utterly false,
sir, 70 the young man replied ;l"your
came to the house where
we were at work, and l saw herand
loved her. / could not keep my
eyes from looking at her She re-
turned my look and interest, and
asked me questions. Almost every
day she has been to the house, and
her coming makes it seem a heaven
to me, sir. But | knew l was only
a poor mechanic, with a mother on
my hands, and that yeu would not
consent to my offering her any par
tieular attention. So | have kept |
away. I'm going of, sir, as soon
as the job is done, for / cannot live
without seeing her, and I would net
do anything dishonorable, or that
her father would disaDDrOYe."