Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1869-03-05

sY GRACE oRssxwoeD.


Some forty year since in the interior ol
my native state-New York--lived the faith.
cr Of our heroine, On henest and respectable
farmer. He had but two childSn-Lucy, .
noble girl of nineteen, and Ellen, year OF
two yaanger. The 6rss named wss vinning.
u, rather than slrikiogly, beautiful. Un.
der manner observable for its eel iousness
and nun-like serenity, were concealed On
impassioned nature, aad hsart Of the deep
est capacity for loving. 0he was remsrka>
bic from her earliest childhood for voice ol
thrilling aud haunting svsetnsss.
Ellen Duiton vas the brilliant antipode oil
her sister, . " born beassy " whose preroea-
tive Of beauty was 70 have her way in all
things and n all times. An indulgent
father, weak mother, and an idolizing sis
Ter, unconciously contributed TO the
ruin If Z aatnre nUt ~ 6sst se0arhseie Sor
W6ese. Z N doa's crsaEass, i hssrt-
lessness 20 sesmingly unsatnral, l. sel6sh-
ness % lesesisbJe, 9 in . hsastifal wemen
Lucy posesssd : 6ne intellect, and - -
parents xsre ven reaA New Enghnders
shs assA. hsr s;sass ~sse ks bsesef sducaaed
thAA othee sisls Of her staAioa IL thalI IAalc
settled part of the country. ID those dsyl
many eneegs1 in scboal tsaeAne non he
honor ~ Pleastse Il aaosded, vAthes dan
fron necessity. Thus, . few muaths previous
to the commencement Of our story, Lucy
Dutton left, for the 6rst time, her 6resids
circle to take the charge Of . school some
twenty miles from her native town.
For some time her letters home were ex-
pressive only Of happy contensmept which
sprung from the consciousness Of activa
usefulness, Of receiving while iaparsine
good. But anon there came . change.
Then were those records from her character.
ised BY 6tful gaiety or dreamy sadness in
de6nsbls hopes aud fears seemed struggling
for supremacy il the writer's troubled lit
lie heart Lucy loved, but scarcely &C.
knowledged il TO herself while she knew moi
that she was loved. So for . time, that
secoad birth of womsn's natuss was like Q
warm sunrise struggling with The cold mist
Of the morning.
But oas Day brought letter which could
not Be fofgotten in The home Of the absent,
and letter traced BY hand that trembled
il sympathy with . heart tunultuous
with happiasss. Lucy bed hsen wooed and
wo", ;"1 20. ~ .."eu .es ~,
Of Edwin W., . man Of sxcellsnt family
standing in the town where she had been
teaching. The father and mother accorded
their sanction with many blessings, and La
cy's next letter promised . sreedy visi.
from the lover.
To such natnses - Lucy what REVEALING
Of self is 6sst passion-What peodigality
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