Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-16
AIITTLe LOVE history.
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The statement made by gifted author
ess. that love is onls an episode - the me
oil q man, but tine whole lie OF wamrb.
Is sentimental falsehooi. IL IS III. -
sny way you take it, aud p arlieu'A - Tie
reference TO the relative cons'.s,"'' |
sexes. Ia the case OF Nay 81, ~;saw.
sprlcbtly. handsome youns cs,r, tbis /
who recently married mo- - r. ,t. c.lsitv !
49,. ,hsre is on Illustration o' 70 -, .
wy, 'ns' u"stsel5s aphorisn. II Is speue
~ .ioca Mary came 20 TINS country |
80 - ,he Emerald Isle. She came over
80. a ioin some relatives who were In Ia |
.er,ble circumstances and had sent her |
money to make the voyage. immediately |
on her arrival, il was neticsu she vas In .
somewhat respondent state CT mind. At
FIRST, il was supposed that it was merely
the effects Of homo sicknes Sc, but il was
finally ascertained il was deeper malady
-Nasy wss in love, and she had left her
heart In the keeping Of . young black
smith who lived among the hills Of the
land Of the Shamrock. The young man
was usabls b come 10 America. as he was
the main stay Of two aged parents and 70
Mary and he parted one misty morning in
March, with tears, kisses and VOWS Of eter-
nal fidelity. Mary sailed across the say"
to the land Of Uncle Sam, and the black
smith returned to his hammer and anvil
with n Heavy heart His affection giowed
like the fire Of his furnace. and the sonnd
Of the bellows seemed TO h,m like the roar
OF the winds that blew away bis Mary.
Now, Il might be reasonably supposed
that Mary, so pretty and amiable, would be
true to her lover unt, he buried his parents
and came over the Atlantic alter her. But,
aasl such was not the cage. Mays whole
life was love, but in queer way; not in
iaithiuness TO one object, but in manner
which rendered il imperative that when ons
lover was gone, she must have another i'm
med,atsiy.
For month or 30 she was sad, sighet
and INDUCED in pretty revsriss. bu
"Young America soon eonsoled her Sh'
became great favorlts among her iriendi
and saw good deal of dancing ana amuse
msn,. Gradually her brow cleared. Thu
nlarksmiih faded from her me- u,ory, ezcep
at times, across the ocean she seemed Il
hear tho sound Of his hammer. Before
very long, she had many suitors. and mai
~ ono of these Young men vas Admitted <
the position Of her accepted lover. How y
. was the young blacksmith in Ireland fount
out that his Mary Vas proving false W
shall not presume 10 say, but love has
strange cla,rvcysnce, and find IL out he did
long before Mary had contaminated heI
second engagement, and his letters hat
ceased entirely. What his feelings we're W
shall not undertake to decide. Well, 4
make long story short, Mary married he
American lover. and, II is ruinorcd tina, sh'
was startled out Of her sleep, on her wed
ding night. by the sound Of hammer tha
beat on an anvil among the hills Of Ireland
three Thousand miles away. Whether he
domestic life Was happy at last. We do no
know. but probably 1t was, % faithless VIC
! men are seldom troubled by remorss. II
luck, however, followed her finally. A yea
and a half after her marriage her HUSBAND
died and shc was left alone with one child
Her means were small, aud she was com
PEELED to economic IN order to get along
She grew sober and serious, and was ofte
found in tears. We will not attempt I
. sketch her private med,tations, rs the
! probably merely consisted of idle repiniDg
! Of little worth. One evening not long az
she was scared half out of her ser SEES b.
the appearance Of the young blacksmith
standing by her side, not, however, II
ghostly shape, but in warm flesh and blood
He had come to the country few week
before, and learning the whole story Of BIZ
Mary rs falsity and position, instead OF scorn
ing her, his old love, which had droope
but never died. revived like an unquench
} able fame. lie determined to seek her
and SO he did, and fevnd her too. VIII,
should ne dwell further on this little his
toryf They sro now married, and arc iv
ing very happily together Mary, like al
women, being ready 10 swear she neve
loved nybcdy but her darling blacksmith
although there is a living evidence to he
fsithlessness. Thus the Irish maiden. lik
a shallow rivulet, rippled over the rocks o
her own follies into = peaceful pool unde
the quiet shadow OF domestic felicity. L
fact she is just rs happy as If she had ney
er broken her faith with the lover Of he
youth, and now, in ripper years. her hus
band.