The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-02

am sorry fof you Mr. Nanarest,said
the blunt yel not ill-meantng eiilzen.--
But Il is impossible that you can ever
hope FOR Coras hand
WHY impossible said the yonbg
man. recovering All his just pride and
self possession. am not rich. but !
have an uuspulted name and the world
is all before mo DO YOU object to my
profession
By no means. a musician IS an hon
ora6le mAn, Just as much 50 as store
keeper
Is it hecause Of ms early liie My
father was OF good family But i may
be ven would blush to remember that
your daughters husband served ID "A
barbers shop
Nv dear sir, said Mr. Dacros, yon
forget We arc Americans, aud talent
and wealth arc our only arlstoeracy
i The first you undoubtedly possess, bnt
without the second You cannot marry
4 Cora; and there is no chance Of yonr
becoming rich man.
Wlll you let me try 2 eagerly lnqur-
cd Nandrest.
It would be Of no use Yon could
not succeed.
+ | could / could exclaimed the
young man mpetnously. Only lot me
hope. ! would try anything to win
I Cora
4 Aud 10 this earnestncss Of love did
Reuben pursue his almost hopeless
way. He had pledged bis word that
be would not try to win her-this her
father imperatiyeiy demanded but Mr.
Dacres also promised that he would
leave his daughter free, nor would he
urge her to accept any other husband
during the three years Of absence which
he required OF Reuben Vandrest. They
parted Reuben and Cora-with the
outward seeming of ordinary acquain-
tance; but was it likely that love so
deep as that Of the young musician
should have been entirely suppressed
by him, or unappreciated by her who
was its object?
They parted without any open con-
fession but did not Cora's heart follow
the wanderer as he sailed toward Eu-
rope did she not call up his image,
! and repeat his unmusical name as
though it had contained world OF
melody in itself p? and did she not feel
as certain in her heart that he loved
her as if he had told her SO hundred
J times.
| As Vandrest was preparing for the
voyage, he accidentally found the long
! forgotten note Of the stranger musi-
clan. 1t directed him to Paris, and &c
Paris he determined to proceed, MS all
Europe was alike to one who knew not
!, single soul in the wide expanse O
the old world He arrived there, ano
4 found in his unknown friend the kind
hearted and talented Swede who,on the
! death Of paganini, had become the Grsf
} violinist in the world-Ole Bull
1 The success Of the young American
4 was now made sure. The great violin
list had too much true genius to feal
t competitors, and no mean jealousy KEEP
him from advancing the fortunes o
Vandrest by every means in his pow
e er. Reuben traversed Europe, going
: from capital to capital, eyerywher'
e making friends, and what was still mor'
s important to him, money. lie allowed
! himself no pleasures, only the necessa
}, ries OF life, and laid up his gains TO
!, the grand object Of his care-the ac
: quirlng of fortune for Cora
e He rarely heard Of her; he knew no
y but that Ler love might change; anC
4 sometimes sense of the utter wildnes
5 of his project came upon mm will
freezing reality.
8 But intense love like his, in an 9th
b erwise calm and unimpassioned ma
(. ture, acquires strength unknown t.
a those who are stirred by every passing
y impulse. And Reuben 5 love by it
i own energy fulfilled itself F"
e Ere the three years had expired h
Q returned to America, having realized
d competence. With beating hear
Il the young musician stood before hi
mistress, told her all bis love, an'
I. knew that be was loved II was YER
/. sweet to hear Cora reveal in the frank
! ness Of her true heart, which felt II,
/ shame with having loved one so worthy
d how her thoughts had continual y fol
lowed him in his wanderings, and hos
! every success OF bis bad been doubl
swee to her. But human happiness j
never unmixed with pain; and whel
: Cora looked at the altered form Of he
a betrothed, his slnken and colorles
: face and his large, bright eyes, dread
! ful fear took possession Of her, and sh
r felt that Joy itself might be purchase,
y with too dear price. 1t was 50, IN
!. deed
! Reuben's energy had sustained bin
i until the reaction Of hope fulfilled came
! and then bis health failed A long III
ness followed. But he had one bless
ing bis afiianced wife Sas near him
Z Amidst all her anguish Cora felt thank
I ful that he had come home FIRST, am
!. that il was her hand and her voic
: which now brought comfort to her be
: loved, and that she could pray be Nigh
l.yo for her.
Aud Reuben did live. Love slrug
gled with death, aud won the victory
In the next year, in the lovely seasoi
Of an American spring, the musical
welded his bethro.hed, aud took he
TO sweet country home, such aa b
had often dreamed Of when he used t
SIT on summer evenings on the house
= top in New York, looking at tie Blu
:, SKY, and luripg sweet music from hi
1 rude violin. Aud in Reuben's pleasan
home there was no relic more treasur
cd than this same violin, which ha
first taught bin how much can be don
= with brave heart