The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-11-26

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. A1d tysy theSr look stle iS,s- il5I,,l1r. Fo+
-oa cslls:forth a,tear from the eve.
T9oqgh simple ths strain, and old fashioned,
z wglose them ana shaiT love taeh still9'S
ID |Thorsb give sirea D1.tN With u Tocalists @ @ass skill
a oai;, ion,s,,re tss msrooIt,or norn,Ds.,..--
p Fsl,tisged with its rosiezt rays; =
F And And with them We han the returning -
The o2e owe 'Ss Ss 81 sS sov sdr,sF @ asss tss s,e
Thqt dTglt in the bosom Of yore;s,
b All, all with the gentle Strain Stealing,
+ '0ns 0ack 10 .l..son existence once more
! New s9Rgs T for the banquet and festa-
New raaes sisa til. vs Totiye Of of Vesta
New ,mQdss for the seasons frstroute
But Bws Z we wed reeail early hours; r.
And the time me- when % we @ Walked hut on flowers
o. sins US again the old songs 80. >"
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Near the wealthy and popqlous city
of G. stood a large and elegant man
sion-honse :, it was surrounded by
beautiful, and lofty trees Of, various
descriptions; the walks were bordered
with flowers of the rarest kinds,
which filled the air with their fra
GRANGE, and you could hear from morn
! till eve the merry songsters warble in
| their homes in the tall trees. But we
must enter this stately home. It was
the home Of luxury and case, and be-
longed to q gentleman, who, having
amassed a large fortune in his earlier
years, had determined to spend the
remainder of his days. in ease and
and Comfort; had built this beautiful
home and furnished it with no spar
ing hand, and had laid ID. ont its grounds
with elegance and taste. IN H1s .,,lEls name e
was Howard, and his family consisted
of himself and wife and an an ! only MY child,
son, and an adopted daughter-a a
beautiful maiden OF e1ghte4en-N1na
Milton by nai1e. Her father was a
Southern planter, and had become ac-
quainted with Mr. Howard When when "a a
boy at school They had remained fast ts
friends friends ever afterwafd, and at his De De
cease he placed his daughter under me me
care Of NJ MEr. Howard until the time she
should come into the possession of the
large estate he had left her, with the
wish that She should reside in his
family until that time. It was with
tears that; Nina batle farewell to the
home that had been hers eyer since
her. earliest recollection. It was here
that Her father brought his young and
Beautiful bride to do the honors of his
Stately home: Here she had walked
4 in the still evening, enjoying the beau
| ties around her, never dreaming she
wa was S 50 soon to leave II, and in suict
sad circumstances as this. After OBJ
tanning, the sef7ices Of a trusty lawyer
to see'f9 her large estate, Mn Nina set on
for her Northern home. -, 49, @>1
1t was one of those beautiful day
in spring, when everything seems t.
cheer one with a kind of secret infiu
ence,. and as she was whirled along
she forgot her grief somewhat in th'
beauties around her. - - "a
~ Nina was,not what the world called
beautiful. She had large black, eyes
which, at times, would light up with Il I
fire fl almost wild, and and again, when il
feposee, would Be as soft and gentle a
a doves Her hair, which was je
black fe11 in heavy ringlets, over II th
neck neck and shoulders; ;.o Her feature
1rfY Were not E, ciasslealiy & regular, yet Their M
was aGf one Tnleh Mogld 6aXe pee pee
p ple4@ionn @ "a was a clear ear and nd white, and he
hdnFely rounded form made na s1 her 1ndee'
]BssER PssHfful; Il, /,
Mt Toward Ig1a for they were .1Ta warm
hearted people: It was not ton long .tGe be
fore she.lovef her adopted tf father AM AM
mother, and and Cousin Percy ass as 81
called nm. n There were long ' walk
and MGR drives and mornings spent, in int tn
library, IN ,lrtil reading the history OF old
En- times, OF OF chatting about s1,F titl9 th
World 1f without: And then, the eve 1D
n1lngs were were spent ~ music nus and sing
,9f5R.3 1ag ,....,IIa.rsi,f aa;.rn.r l;,a nd
~ Ahd s. {tHhe summer' n9nna' autumn an
TH91a1 WINTER IP passed away, and the y,e'u yo'un
,spf:lng, 11ila fun OF LIE h' and beauty, wa
casting III his warm rays oyer all thi
favored and beautiful land. nd, Bird EiTe
were dancing about from limb t
limb in the grand old forest, and pour
Ing forth their joy in one united, son
Of praise. a-i.,e -I. o,ao.,,f ,,,.,, ~, ar =
But al was sad within the home. G
the HoEfards5 EE9f5}. for II the P,l kind hpsban
AUD fathef had d left left them 19s for bette t
$ s.llfaas lhf8ms: has .7gsf nj Ira. l5s,L3 .sn,e,.s
IT was evening ana N1na :tIla ana r Mf'
Howard sat IN the the little parlor' aWal'