The St. Cloud journal., 1869-09-23

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WhenaI bade farewell to cole,
lle,-leaving you, :Nugent, vinni1
the praises Of all, and the envy
some, II started sat:once Il vales,
a,visit to sirsAndrew HSth. III
visit hse' besp . long planned proje'
of my parents, and originates strangel
enough, in q romantic attachment {
Sir Andrews for my mother. N
father, who had been the oon6dant q
the lover, became, ultimately, tho hu.
band; but, contrary to thu usual ral
in such cases, no quarrel elsued. 81
Andrew, shortly afterwards married Al
heiress, who, fortunately for him, shar
ed his love for;the country, and the.
lived quite ont of the world, on zthei
estates in Walcs.a My father Sir Ed
ward Ashley, had only one child, !: Jon
Sir Andrew Heath had; onlyscne child
. daughter. The result is obvious: t
cement the two families-such Was the
dream Of our respective parents from
our earliest years. /; i ssss:s1ssS~7I
As child l had been accustomed to
speak Of my little wife, but I had never
seen her; my father had a theory, ON
the subject, and did not believe in
years Of childish familiarity being
favorable to the development .;of the
tender passion SO it was arranged ltha,
not until I had come to man's estate,
and had left college, was Is.tesee the
young lady, and judge for / myself
whether the wishes solong entertained
by the houses of Ashley and / Heath
were to be realized: My'father's ssys-
tam M was certainly e good one; no con-
.!. straint vas laid upon me ); 7 NJ merely
made acquainted with tho facts ST the
case, and left to decide for myself. In
consequence Of the young lady being
personally unknown to me, the charms
Of expectation aud conjecture were
added; to tbs greater interests involved,
and l started on my journey to Wales
10 state of excitement and suspense
that would have delighted my father
and Sir Andrew, could they but have
known it. ,s4. III sssss syi ts.s@ ,.oz;:. :.
lam telling you story of many
years ago, before railways were eve,y-
where, and isolation an impossibilitys
Such is truly the case now, but in
those days many parts of the country
were almost unattainable !; and. my
journey to Glentwyr, a thioly-populated
district in the most distant section of
Wales, was an affair Of no Tinconsider-
able magnitude. Many: days, in vari-
Gus coaches, brought me to within
some fifty. miles: Of my destination,
where . found Sir. Andrew Heath's
carriage in waiting, with post horses to
carry me the rest Of the way, j,s.s ..ya
The approach to sGlentwyr was a;
scene Of barren ricturesqueness almost
savage 10 its desolation, but very beau
ful, nevertheless. I did not remember
having seen single human habitation
from tho time ! entered the carriage
till drove through the little village of
Glentwyr. All the stories of fairy
palaces ! had loved to read as : boy
rushed to my memory when I first laid
eyes on Sir Andrew Heath's grand old
house, lying in wide-spreading, ahel-
tered valley, and encompassed round
By the finest aud boldest mountains in
the country. I have often been re-
minded Of its. situation by' one Of our
most sympathetic modern poets, ID a
reference he makes to i similar scene,
which heG describes happily as s@-
.Alovely l.ndlock.d VALE . y.
Sir Andrew received me at the door 81
his house,-an honest, open-hearted,
country gentlemen, somewhat bolster.
ous, / thought, probably an active
srortsman and farmer. Such was my
first impession, and / had some preten.
sions to unusual powers of observation
He led me At once to Lady Heath, and
left as toI make acquaintance. She
struck me as delicate woman, rather
preoccupied with her health, but: 10 q
gracefsl, feminine, way, not devoid d
z certain charm; and before We had
been many minutes tegether,sI ~.
wholly fascinated by that indescribable
gentleneas !. hieh,. forzvant Of, ) bette,
vord, we Gall ILLNESS, and which
ahe possessed g ! remarkable 4. extent. J,
i ~ vas during that interview, that ]
ilrslt ilr looked on 2 my long-dreamcd-of fbe.
trothed. Where was she Had shs
heard Of my arrivals7 Z How soonshcuId
sec herl Such were.the questions
was askiug myself, feeling .
.reatless impatience stealing over mo
Whsnsshe entered the room, !, On per pesrl
eeiving me, shef started !, q il funprep,ret
[fer ny presence, bus went through I'll,
ceremony cfS Sintrod duction with haught!!
STAT elineas To my shess was. handsom
would b IS use anIsxprsssion contemp,
I Iibly l9l weak here; va somethiDI
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