Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-05-24

ted to have an interview with you and o
chance to prove TO you that am sorry you
ever left u.s.
"Do not speak Of that Miss Trcsholm; you
told me would thank you some time for not
accepting my love, and am here tonight TO
tell you that I see il all now as l thought
never should see it; we were not suited to each
other, and twas better that that conclusion
should have been reached then than to have
had the affair 60 on1end have US find it out to
late. wan. you to congratulate me- you are
the first to whom have told the secret; am
engaged to Lily Parker"
'It cannot, must not, shall not be! Frederick
you told me that you should always love me,
and now tell you that love you--love you
desperately, madly! Forgive me, Fred, my
only love for this unwomanly confession tut
she connot love you as do Tell me that this
is story made up TO test my love for you, and
will bless you; but love you do, aud sh,
sh,u moi be yow mifer'
"This is folly, Florence, and you will bt
ashamed of it an hour hence; am pledged Il
Miss Praker, and love her as my life: yor
drove me from yon once, bidding ne forge
you; oheyed you, though the task was hare
one, until ! made up my mind that you did
not, and would never love ne; and now YOU
say that you do love me; i, is useless, and you
must Danish the feeling
A few more words of rcmonstrance. and he
babe her farewell.
Thinking it uniIaportant, and not wishing
10 worry his be.rothed, Fred did not mention
his interview with Miss Tresholm, or rather.
It's nature, to her--a fatal mistake
Captain Blackstone joined his regiment.
and wrote at once to Miss Parker a letter
which never reached her; FIorance found the
means by bribery Of intereepting the letters.
and commenced q systematic course Of decep
ton; procuring the services Of forger 10 i'm
itate the captain writing she busted herself
in copying that Of his betro,hed a task no, Al,
all difficult they had been at school together
and had the same writing teacher, so that their
writing was very simular. The letters grew
cooler and cooler and long time elapsed be-
tween their receipt, until a, last, uton the
field of Gettysburg, the captain was wounded
and sent to hospital in Washington.
Miss Tresholm learned of tie fac, before il
was generally known, and announced her in
tcntion Of geing TO Washing gton to do what she
could to ''cheerour poor dear wounded heroes
and accordingly tLither she went. While
passing through one Of the wards in the off,
GERS hospital, ls'range that the attention Of
young ladies who went TO our hospitals should
have been so almost universally directed to the
Officers Hospitals = she heard her name
called, and turning TO sec whence the sound
proceeded, saw the form of the man she SO
madiy loved as TO risk honor, even, to gain
his return
Fred, my darling, you here, and no.
know it 2 was the first thug she said. strv-
ing to win tl.e love OF noble man. and living
TO make her actions seem less impruden,: II
came down here to be of all the service could
and to think that you should be here, wounded
and in pain, and no one to care fer you. How
Is it that do not see your afancied wife with
you' We're in her place should have been
here long ago.
q have not heard from her for long time.
Florence, and begin to believe all women as
false as once deemed you; but now | an al
most forced TO believe you are the only true
one"
"iou know that am true she whispered,
that love you deyotedly, though you do not
return it; let me be yonr nurse no sister. no
wife shall watch so anxiously your every wish
as will, or will pray so sincerely as for
your recovery
"Ihank you, dear Florencc if live will
prove how appreciate your love for me; come
closer to me; let me whisper in your ear the
words | had thought should never utter TO
you again. I lore your
Not fckle, it were injustice to call him such
ana paced IN the same stu ,tion, il is doubt
fui lfyou, dear reader. would not conclude that
you loved tho woman who vas thus svmpathi-
zing through love for You, when the woman
you loved left you in your hour Of need a lone
and unbefr;enaed
a gieam Of triumph sho; through her beauti-
iul eyes as she pressed her lips again and
again to his, and she felt tha; her plans had
been complete success.
With so devoted q nurse, Tred's health was
rapidly restored. and as each day he grew
stronger, he would speak of his marriage as of
thing only distant as his recovery; to this
Florence assented; it was no part of her plan
10 allow him to return to Boston except as her
husband; she feared a meeting and an expli.
nation between Fred and Miss Parker too
much to permit then to meet when she had no
tight to be present.
Fred was promised '.lcave' as soon as he
vas able to travel, and one day he sent an or
lclry out to the War Department to ask tha, ii
20 sent over to the hospital the succeeding day.
"Now my Florence, but few days will
operate US from each other,' he said to her,
when his MESSENGER returned with the word
hat it would be sent over ia the morning; II
hall insist upon our marriage as soon as you
AN get ready; We will both feel better for
rood lopg jaunt among the hills this month"
This frustrated her plan Of being married
here, and she could not Of course, suggest
'uch thing, go che was obliged to trust to
uck aud her womans skill to prevent the
dreaded meeting before her marriage should
axe place.
They arrived safely, and Preparations were
It once made 70 consummate the cerimony that
vas to unite them for life. Poor Lily heard