Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-06
VOL sXXXIV.

hood, with its happy upcouseIouslesso of the
graEer circumstances of life. HltS time
f,r little boys to be in bed Frank, 1faldd
I Theboy nodded, and put ishapds behind, :,
him him staIIS,iag ip front 9f her Ike an e-
..Snssa says you're going, to marry the
man with the glass eYe,p said the child.
-'iEff never care for you again, if you do! E
hate him. Hes beast PeastEir5 i rank 81 SAID
HE is, y persisted the boy. aHe boxed z z
my ears once and swofe at me. ! ]. dare say. !,
he'll box yours And so, il he does, i wonIt
be sorry one bit, for <-'t a. - q "a
BERTHE covered. up the rosy lips hastily. Il
That wfll do, Frank 2 said, She 9'Yo ou 4
aWeif ii s YES, did, he replied. dAnd III 4
kiss you now, but won chen, mind. And
you must promise never to seold me for Il
saying !, a naughty word any more. He
Bertie sunk back ii her chair and hid The her, 3
face, Out Of all her loneliness and ,peF7oi
plexity, and the tear. Which hung, about
that absent aunt who had so large a. aclaim Z
upon her gratitude, and would stretch the >,
claim to It's utmost, rose up, strong and
passionate, a cry to the old, love for, help.
She was 60, lonely, There would be no one
did he make no sign 49, ~ .ai
rhe bSns Mere fin8saiBbsga 8saiBsai Il the "a giiiraags. a
tower, and, there was. feasting and merri-
Ihent at Lord Warrenden's place down at
Deue; and Berthe sat by my lords side in his
carriage, conscious of his presence, but not
sshrinkitig from. it, not caring tor it. She.
was his wife. How it had come about she
could never tell, only there it Was, mon.
strous reality-;a change In her life which
must be forever, so far as concerned this,
world. Bertie's heart was cold like ice /,
..,s I,0, ;f-cr
had left it on her wedding day, and never,
came back again. Even, Lord Warrenden's
voice, when She heard it, tailed TO make any r,
stir in the dull passsiIyenesss sly s Of her qpies-
cence. .[ t...,T1..,-s 5' r,f.,.-.l - B.
Lam stranger almost on my own prop
erty, said my lord; Il bate the country;,
And Bertie, looking at him, saw the i'm; !, /,
patient shrug with which he turned from
the sight of mis- own woods and the people
who were assembled to welcome him and
| his bride. .s1... .s-.9 t,- rf.-i.
"We shall not stop here long, continued
his lOrdship, .samong aset Of country Doors,
who crawl from the cradle to the grave,
and never know what life means. You
won't want to stop, eh ?',,;.t.ti.z-tf ,.t m .,
/ That old sharp eh?"-how well she
knew it! how often it had struck upon her
harshly, and made her shrink from the eye
which seemed always full of scrutiny, and
yet saw nothing! i,,,,.-- = 41-,lsyTI4l :rFg
YOU won't want to stop p" repeated my
klord, peeyishly. IL -, f~,..r<fg = fTa.,t3 I'D
+ Brides lips moved; and voice, which
sounded to her like q strangers, said, "As
III You do, however" YER /" said my lord, sit
need make no difference to me after while.
| We shall have to give series OF dreary en-
/ itertainments, I suppose, but / will tell you
my wishes on that head later. Are you.
tired ?. -, ,., ,.,,.rs4r... 20 ,,+iicsrfo.3 st5
| ''Not Yery,n was the murmured reoly.
| My lord muttered something under his,
breath and then went on aloud, ss:Harka at
1.-The idiots! What, in the name OF absurd
tity, have they got to shout about? We
must be civil to them, however. Remem-
Der that, if you please" ...L1,fs-.,sJ .0f, IS,
H. And then there was confused noise; in
Berties ears of shouting and cheering, a
I brief speech from Lord Warrenden, who
stood bareheaded to make it-none but
| Berthe knowing that his smiles were sneers
1 and his courteous words the grimmest
satires; for had he, not told her, that he
| her up the stone steps into the entrance
| hall; stopped. there, with q s'WelcOme to
Dene p and bent down to kiss her hand.
! 1t was deadly cold. She thOught that this
must have struck him, for he started back
and mnttered out, ....The deuce! /" - a., -4..,-s
ThaE too. was an old expression, but she
| did not heed it,, i ,.,i.. 7.,-rif g.; rs.:r .
i Alone at last in her own room, haunted by
\ long galleries, from the wallSOf which dead
4 Warrehdens looked down, upon, her in
\ ghastly ward dership. something touched the
Tice about her heart and melted it; only q
bunch OF snow-dropsl They ydrooped in
| their tiny vase, as if entreating her to look
at them for old acquaintance sake; they
bshoek their bells when she touched .them
II and spot of water fell upon her fingers.
4 Itifelt burning hot, as though the flowers
wept. for her, Then BERTHE flung herself
doWn upon the carpet, and broke into sobs
4 of passionate despair. What had she done |?
t-and why There were urgings and
warnings from her aunt to be remem bered;
warm congratulations and gladness from
a home; there was silence from the old
love which stung her pride, aud bade her
show him that she cared no more than he.
did. .. .t4.s..-sf -.---- f..--..-g.-., q. So,
/ By-and-by followed a dreadful day when
she stood at the altar, and vowed to love
and honor the man whose presence already
1 she was beginning to lOathe. What mad
1neSS had been upon her that she should
have done this! She remembered tears
and blessings from loving lips-blessings to
4 which her own could answer nothing. But
above all, and more bitter than, all, stand
u ing out in bold relief from the motley OF
the show, she remem bered in one corner of
the church q pale, stern face, tull of misery,
full of grave reprOach-the face, of James
I douglas, tAh, he should have comebefore,
or uOG al all. 5i--4t.s-u i tE1s=5 l-9.IsFf
a. She rose up from this burst of despon-
dency to look in the glass at the face which
= had taken Lord Warrenden's fancy. She
saw no beauty. in it now only the stony
pAllor of deathI in life.I She took up the
: snowdrOps, and leaned out of the window,
pntting' them to her lips. Pleasant sounds
"A were in the air. 1t was sweet with the
e breath of spring Il 1Wers; in the tree whose
branches tapped the window, a thrush was
T singing, anu the distant IN tlSic of the rustic
band playing in her honor reached her. A
|. strange sensation of having gone through
it all before came over her; of having some
time, long ago, seen this place, and the
! dead Warrendens, and the woods beyond
the village, stretching away almost as far
s as she could see. Once she had loveC
the country; she would never love any
, thing again. 7H,e +ti1 E1 5.f
My lady, ifyou please. my lord is wait
e Myladyl BERTHE started out of her rev
8 erie like one stung at the title. Was it fol
: this she had sold all the beauty and hope o
s lifef She placed the srlowdrops in he
< bosom, and then plucked them away agaiI
y with a quick, passionate gesture. Tue!
's were no Ionger for her. Clasping then
n Light for moment, she threw them int
II the fire, and watched them curl up as i
y in agony, and burn away. So passed tn
T old spirit from her forever, and entered
the new. SO -t'i ~
: 3 That night Lord Warrenden asked 70
r, music, and she gave it him. He wandere,
20 about restlessly, looking from time to tim
Sc towards her without speaking; but Sh
20 felt his eye always upon her, and shud
st dered to think that, as it was now. so
must be forever. At length she heard hin
b stop, and knew that he was standing owe
l. her, watching her; she almost felt hi
le breath upon her cheek as he spoke.
r.lH isIIady Warrenden, it seems TO me that
e fhave married a ghost, Wilt you tell M
y how long this is 10 GO on p have had tn