The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-07-23
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There are not uany sadder eyes this
present. year than those which looked out
from under the white forehead Of young
Sylvia Parnham.I Aud yet the wavo Of
trouble aud death aud anguish which has
flown with such heavy surge snd GOODNESS
through 40 many hearts OF the land had
passed her by, toall outward seeming. quite
untouched.
Z SYLVIA Farhhnms mental ailmcnt was Of
that lind, talking over which the best of
MS are apt to shrug q little, and say, 'Non-
sehsel' SO reluctant We arc 10 admit our
bd Of oftlip6s we do believe, We know
how Sylvia Funhnm might sit bereaved,
Bioueh death had neither touched nor
threatened the least Of her beloved. Think
Of the capacity Tor human tenderness and
devotion q gentle, clafrhcadod girl will
garner up from her own nature and our
literature in the years which pass between
sixteen ind twenty-three. And if-the
time seeming full cQmo-it seeks lavish
outlet, and IS driven back ashamed, Will not
the heart sink and quiyer under the sick
cning weight
Sylvia had never been specially in love,
though she know very welt that. as Amer
lean girls 20, her wedding bells must ring
before many years, II NJ all aud she
Thought marriage the ''true state AZ We
all think, whether we say Il OF not. Not
long ago she hid observed among the Office
signs OF the town a NEW name, Philip FL
careu,' aud by and by she began 60 GIN
clude' its owner n man firm OF hand and
step, with eyes md voice piyssiug those of
most mon In clear, kindly breadth and lull-
ness
wiz you toll me the common result OF a
Girl utSylyLt Faruhtut's stamp seeing much
of such % mani The demand ola right
soul for virtues like as own being appar-
putly FULLY met. how abunt the human M
fslucts the mobiles truly iepl' Whit ucsdto
go. over uie old themo Wherein tlI ihcswcet
siugcrs and ready writer's lgye found ulcir
best occasion Cor all tinet
Sylvia tnd Elaaryu had INT vrry long mel
ut socid gatherings, and talked, aud play
ed chess before, -acarcely with her cOgni-
ton silently, uud, ~ it were, in the night
tho hood-gatcs felt the opening pressure,
and thotidd other whole hfgK luyc set forth
IA steady How toward this ono man.
And 40, reader, il you lHyc been ia love.
rs You vary probably have, you will soe
how u girl who bad been cool aud stately
as Diana for ~twenty-three years, could
como Ia thrill aud glow by virtue of u sin-
gle step, and voice. aud touch. She was
iirnid Of herself She was coming TO love
HIM sol How could she, who had sdetest-
4 slIch things, let her hand be retained
so long in Ibis the last ime they partcd?-
More easily, clearly, tlauito have with
drawn n properly away. 1 tell you there
is a paiululness almost contemplating the
bliss OF TINT sort at incident. The high
reserve OF y whole, pure maidonhood can
not be thrown OIL, though but partially,
with e,sc, even nhder rising loves quick
ypllnB hghtri y. --.
You having been in Tho state prcsup-
posed, will lnow how IL was with Sylvia
aitGr an event like the following. She was,
you will remember, IN the mood we have
Just discussed, entering ON q passion which
vt its fah would have thrown herself and
the whole world besides at the feet Of this
beloved. And yot, back Of Il all, was the
maiden dclieacy growing doubly sensitive,
II ready 10 take keen alarm ut a word.
10 was n social evening ut Mr.. Mayhew's.
The parlors We're full the talk and passing
to and fro very brisk. Not especially OBJ
served, az she Thought, Elciren was soon
at her side; but before long. n gay little
piece of the world, in the person of Miss
Euphrasia Lance, came between them ina
little breeze Of airy, yeXatious, yet insinua-
ting de tropness, and the result was that
found herself, after q brief eye.par-
10y with her companion, separated from
him, and seated at chess on 4 Thoroughly
rule principle, with good but prosy
and purblind DIR. Akerly, the checkered
field before him his world for the time be-
inc. 1-r rrr .-....r ..Gr f......E
ror nearly an hour she saw nothing of
Elcaren. Che was beginning TO really
this qniet puppet-handling which
the Doctor enjoyed 30 much, when the
voice again reached her ear. Any other
one at the same pitch she would have sim
ply have heard and not understood but you
there VIII be voices for us alone,
whose most careless cadence rings clear as
shs could just distinguish AT Mayhew's
words, though he spoke in q higher key.
The first We're:
'Now, PhiE you may as well be honest,
own you're trapped At last. No girl in
her senses could ever have looked and act
Cd that way 10 q fellow who hadn't made
himself pretty definite.
II seemed to Sylvia az though the blood
had MI gone out on her heart, for IL hardly
10 quiyer in It's stall suspension,
while har face glowed furiOusly. SO her
burning cars took in the second speakers
words.
GLOW little you know mo, Az to iump
style of conclusionl 1 assure YOU
lint poWord Of this kind has ever passed
my lips" (But what had he not looked y
III You knew her az Wells ] do. you wDnld
never had fallen into his mistake. She
either wants 10 be hidrried or wants to
iirt, hnd what they vnlg,rlS call the dead
ct is her plan OF operation. 1 tell you,
AIf I would not marry Venus herself ii
E.N rHnua A. an - al NOD #nNN.4l~.. Al a. alarl ~
sex can never stOop quiet 50 briBkly
Tor 30 low 10 conquer" .
Then that wasslis 1stimotC of her, Syl-
". Fprnhaml How thQ tide rolled back
Ipon' her Bnilocahnc heart How shc dis
Ingagedherself from DtgAkedy she meyer
new; but what remained ~ that evening
he spent in 20 shaded corner Of the desert
d dressing COMMUNICATING, but knowing
or tho hEst time what rgl misery Ineant.
let as she domed her hood with the rest
'ou must have looked carefully ather, and
npRp her well, TO have told that hers had
ot been n generous share Of the enjoyment
4 the occasion. l. NI VI IflI".
At the hall door sue met a form she
new quite TOO well, waiting, before he
emf his own way, 10 best6w her safely in
ie carriage, which bore her homo some
istlnee ont of town fl~t. .s-.W
What, matter if she could not help a
midert The Dill look ? iTh4 one She
we back was as,ipl Of gatherad and
reprOach as eyer cut keen from
,cs yoicihg an insdlbed hehft. His "
anee changed 10 one q suFprised inquiry.
ut what OF IL? He knew his part well {
no Doubt no ,NIbH1rl Nra 4
So you see it was quito over. Tho, tide a
uld not wei lie. colder or wider which |
wed between her and him, She did not &
him very often, bnt WREN she did, q
at anal must have been very singularly i
'tuse who did not SEQ that the ereuRt {
mes was henceforth prom uncod on all a