The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-09

care, that Is not 10 be bought from
servants. | have heard your story,
aud believe you to he the one who
will support prosperity as we'll as
lyou have adversity, make my
proposal sincerely, aud hopo that
you will agree 10 Il.
'At that time Frederick continued
the lady, Il loved you; l had seen
you but ouce, but that once was too
memorable for me ever to forget il,
and something always iusinuated to
me that wo were destined to pass
through hfc together. Az the bot.
tom of my soul, | believe this. Yet
every one around me pressed me TO
accept Of the offer made to me, and
the thought struck ME that | might
ono day make you wealthy. at
length my main objection In James
Melton's proposal lay 10 disincli-
nation 10 make myself the instrument
Of veugeahee in Sir Jamos's hands
against relatives whom he might dis.
like without good grounds. The
objection, when stated, only increased
his anxiety for my consent, and e.
nally, under the impression that It
would be, after all, carrying romance
the length of folly to reject the
advantageous settlement offered to
me, | consented to Sir James pro.
lposal,
This part Of the story, Frederick,
is really like a fairy tale, l, poor
orphan, penniless, became the wife
OF one Of the richest barouets Of
England. Dressed in silks, aud
sparkling with jewels, | could now
pass in my carriage through the
very streets where, few mopths be.
fore, had stood in the rain and
darkness---a mendicautr
Happy Sir James !, cried NJ, de la
} Tour, at this part of the story; 'he
could prove his love by enriching
you
He was happy, resumed the lady.
Our marriage, so strangely assorted,
} proved much moro conducive, it is
} probsble, to his own comfort than if
he had welded one with whom all
, the parade of settlements, Of pin
) money would have been necessary
: Never, | believe, did he for an
insiaut repent of our union. l, on
my part, conceived myself bound to
do my best for the solaee of his de
clining years, aud he, on his part
thought it incumbent OF him to pro :
, vide for my future welfare. He died,
leaving mea large portion Of bis sub.
stance---as much, indeed, as | could
prevail upon myself TO accept. |
was now a widow, aud from the hour
in which | became so, | vowed never
again to give my hand to man, ex-
cepting hiin who had succored me in
my hour Of distress, and whose re.
membrauce had ever been preserved
in the recess Of my heart. But how
to discover that man2 All, uncon-
scious migrate TO mack no endeayor
to come in the way of one who sought
to love aud enrich you / knew not
b your name. In vain l lpoked
for you at balls, assemblies and thea.
tres. You went not there, All, how
| louged to meet your
AS the lady spoke she took from
her neck ribbon, to which was at.
tached piece ofa hundred sous. III
) is the same-the very same which
you gave me, said she, pre-
senting it 60 Frederick; by pledSing
= it | got little bread from neigh
= Dor, aud l earned enough afterward
in time TO permit me to recover it.
| vowed never to part from IT,
'Ah how happy was, Frederick
: when | saw you in the street The
; exeu which l made Cor stopping
, you was the first that rose to my
mind, But what tremors l felt af
terward, least you should have been
! already married In that case you
0 would never have heard aught oi
this fairy tale, though would have
taken some means to serve and en-
, rich you. l would have gone tC
! England aud there passed my days
in regret, pehaps, but still in peace
5 But happily it was TO be otherwise
You were single
! Frederick de la Tour, was now
awakened, as il were, to the full Gu
pacity Of his happiness. What he
could not but before look upon as u
q sort of freak proved to be the result
of deep and kindly feeling, most
honorable to her who entertained it,
The heart Of the young husband
8 oyer1owed with gratitude and affeC-
ton to tho lovely and noble.hearted
being who had given herself to him,
, He was too happy for some time to
! speak. His wife frsl broke the ST.
lenco.
! so, Frederick, said she gaily. you
4 see that If l am fairy it is you
d who have given me the waud--thC
r talsnan--lhat has effected all 7
. | Nearly all tho frreul gnUtui N