The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-06-25

was CalleQ lntO bn9 klbc0ou OeDlILmS1h
to settle some difficult question, con-
uected with that part Of the household
machinery; and Efie found herself
growing strangely embarrassed, under
her companions fixed gaze. Presently
he said, sadly:
so you are going, and l did not BE-
fore know it Alb, Ehie4 Miss Ma
will you not pity me tOof I think
need your pity, far more than MrA
Hammond, who has, ia her happy
home, a husband loving aud kind, and
who will miss, in you, only dear
friend, while - at
why, Ashton, my good fellow, how
are yOul Glad 4: see you Pun sure,
and little dreaming how iGOpporsune
was his entrance, Mr. Hammond came
in where the two were sitting.
why, Efie what's the mattsrl By
the way, Harry, did yOu know tbssI
sm rejoicing over the speedy depaFturs
of this young lsdyl She is going Wheso
'tis cooler. The fact is, she and ny
wife keep it altogether too not here
One woman is about as much as an el-
dsrly, we'll disposed person, IKE myself,
can manage, but when Il comes to two
Pm afraid they manage me; and nat.
urally rejoice at the prospect Of again
resuming my rights, and the place be-
longing to me BY PsioEity Of creation,
the head of the house. Don't you zee,
HarryP of9'oi sa eant se9
Perhaps Harry Ashton saw but I
am inclined to think he wished genial
Mr.. Hammond anywhere but there, just
at that time. He succeeded, however,
in making consistent replies, aud finally
said good night
From that time 70 the day Of de-
parture, Efis was too busy making pre-
paratiOns for the journey, TO have sHy
spare moments outside the sehool-room;
and, though Harry called there, more
than once within. that time, s1hibitiRg
in tone and manner, what she could
but know be had been on the point Of
confessing, when Mr.. Hammond made
an entrance so NAL apropOs, she did
not see him alone, again.
But Effis read her own heart now:
and was happy. She knew whom she
loved, with a strength Of devotion she
had not dreamed The human heart ea-
pable Of, and he must have seen little
Of this knowledge in her doWncast eyes
which revealed to his when raised,
dreamy tenderness, which partly sstis-
fed the questioning gaze of his dark
ones, for he seemed not inconsolabIe,
though all his attempts to see her phi
vstely proved turtle.
When, at last, she stood upon the
deck of the steamer, which was soOn to
bear her, with her companions, north
ward, she was conscious Of slight feel
ling of disappointment because he had
not called TO pay goodbye, and to wish
her 6oR voyqgs. He might have come
ifhe had cared she thought, and that
he did care she knew full well. While
she was in danger Of forgetting ali else,
in thinking of the many proofs she had
had, Of this fact, she was startled by
seeing on the other side of the bOakt
very object of her thoughts, converting
rapidly, but in a low tone, with Mr..
Hammond, whom she thought had lsft
the boat half hour before. In . no
ment more, while still confused and
wondering, the shrill serssm Of ths
whistle sounded, and Mr, Hammond
had only time to shout to Efie, as be
sprang on shore: Here is Mr.. Ashton,
going up the river on business. Take
good care Of him, Efie.'
What she said as Mr.. Ashton joined
her, she could not have told afsrHnEd,
for he Immediately asked her if she
would walk on the upPer-deck, where
they could see the recsdiag town; but
do not think they saw the town, after
reaching spot apart from others for
then he abruptly asked if she was Of
Tended because he had come.
For, Of course, Efie,' he said, you
must know came because l could not
let you go away, without telling me
you do not pity me. For with your
departure goes my all, my darling, the
one love above all else, and the one
of all others whom l want for my wife.
Oh, Efie, speak to me- he added pas
siOnately, 4 have Mr.. HsmmOnd's ap-
Proval, and if you love me-dO you
can you-Will your
But Efie only said, as she raised her
eyes wet with happy tears to bis face,
What can / say, dear Harry, that you
do not already kuowP And as he ten
derly kissed her lips, in token Of their
betrOthal, I think Harry Ashton was
content with her answer.
That summer the Board Of Eduea-
ton, in N. accepted the resigna-
ton of Miss Efie May, and when sep
tember brought back to the city the
| little band Of teachers, she took charge
of Harry Ashton; and Mr. Hammond
said, as he warmly congratulated them ::
4 consider this marriage made in
heaven, and 1 shall always be sorry
that it was not I who first introduced
you to each other Dos
Out This Oug and Keep It.
Franklin Dyre, a highly respectable
and intelligent farmer Of Galena, Kent
county, Maryland gives the following a.