Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-12-08
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!COlINCIDENCEI,S,
a Love "Reminiscences "a, of i the war

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1af" But where are you taking meYi she
finally demanded .,d Il am not, familiar
with these streets, but L know ito is not
the way home. 50 The labyrinth2rintoi
which you are leading my feet1is moth
ing to that in which you are conducting
my understanding 5saj i a6i-ilsh
D IS Is that the only answer to, all I
have said to, you 2 ~ b ,7a.,57s sa7 sna
2 d"fntlAnswer d"t : My only excuse for lis
tening toyou at all is, that you expected
no answer. 'a-,-L ,0sY .oi,fO 70 e,r.--ef.i
"a "' But when one says he is in love, it
requires that at least one word should
be, said upon the other side, 'gf7 .f.,13
,i.. '.' must, then, say something 3 III
!. as g. Yes that you can love me in re-
turn, if you can. -,s., ,7r.e, .7 !. I
g Unfortunately, I am married al
ready i 80 ..,'lss .s...r.-,i n. .o.,itsrrl !
NO not tnat,fo55T laat,,s sd7 iu]
al am telling you a very prosaic
.,a". "a husband you have really, a
husband 2 49,. -. -.
"t You are the only person in the
place that does not know it. You would
have discovered it yourself, if you had
not prevented me from speaking to any
other company during the evening.
"She laughed for several minutes in
my face, looking at me very hard, as if
the matter, was the most amusing thing
in the world. i'--
"'There's a mistake somewhere-it
must be a very queer husband or very
queer marriage. You can see that /
have spoken to you with sincerity
Will you not answer me franklyi' mT6l
al am, in that case, very foolish
woman, who, at sixteen, fell in love
without the consent of my guardian. ]
first went into Mysteries; then wrote
verses about suicide and finally eloped
with my hero. 1t turned out as every
body predicted. In six months the
mask fell off, and my hero stood re,
tvealed, very ordinary mortal. He
was interested in agriculture, and not al
all interested in verse, even when rhym.
ing in his own praise. Consequently
l have brought my Tyre with me to my
former guardian'sroof, disappointed and
discouraged. There is but slight ae.
dition to be made to the story. 'ao.li=oa
"'And that is that you have applied
for divorce 2',--ar' I'm OIL, s73aar o1
"She blushingly replied :17l a9sd ash
bH est is worse than that. / have ap
piled, and the application will undoubt
edly be granted, as the case is now cor
trial probably Tomorrow
"'Practically, then. you are free, and
have no excuse for not answering, ,
awe had by this time reached he
home. At my, last suggestion she ran
inside and closed the gate. ~ A'''i 1'.1
ADO you thus shut me out of all
hope q" 7al 'ii''.'1. 81 !iIs'l 7','
"sI am not yet off with the old Low,
|-it is too early to commence with th,
new. I could only give you a rever
sionary right to my hand 'l' % sf-'''l
"The interview ended. I awoke tht
next morning with a headache, and (
vague consciousness that had commit
ted myself to lady whom had seer
the evening before for the first time, anc
of whom nearly all that I knew was
that she was already the wife Of an
other!7 The worst of it was that, at
ter thinking over the matter, could no
decide whether the conversation on tn,
other side had been serious, or NIGH
not have been intended as a pleasantly
81 lowered around the court the mex
day, in the hope of there learning some
thing, but the case was not called ]
heard no allusion made to it on the fol
lowing day. or on the day succeeding t.
that. ] called, too, at the house, bu
the mistress was never at home" as
"Did you ascertain" here inquired
of Wandorf, whether any suit had beel
instituted when you visited the pre-
cincts ofjustice?'' 30 $500 2 e7sv
"There was no doubt about that fact
The rendering up of judgement woult
only have been a matter of form if i
had been demanded" aaf 81 #sr= 10
"You ought to have written and asked
an interview or an explanation" ,,s.
THAT is what 1 did /; but before re
ceiving an answer, / discovered that tn,
husband had fallen heir, at the time o
the stay of the proceedings, to larg,
fortune. at must be very unendur
able husband with whom one cannot live
when he is rich, 1 thought, and th,
answer l received tended to confirm my
conjecture" .I''ot
"Did she tell you that love was &
question of worldly gauds, to be studied
by the lamp of poverty ?" .#i.s
"To judge from the letter, the writer
had but faint recollection of anything
that had been said /; and would have
been willing to have forgiven me fo,
having prevailed upon her to drink toe
much champagne according to her own
explanation, had not been so ungener-
Gus as to allude to the conversation which
subsequently, took place. Some one,
she hoped, L would find upon whom to
lavish my devotion; but for herself, she
was so unsuited to miDgle in the world,
so impulsive, so improvident, that hence
forth she would have to deny herself
more than ever the pleasure of recei,
ing her friends. The letter terminated
the acquaintance" e 5s-..l .rs-r
''4our story has a miserable ending
for so romantic commencement n
"'When you meet me again, and /
tell you am in mourning was one of