Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-01-26


"GOd only knows love. he left this
city long months ago on the ship Edo
rado, and no one has heard Of your
poor father since.D
/ Now it was Jennie's turn to cry.
Don't mama, please donltpl cried
/ Paul earressing her. The tall man said
he loved you, and if you would 20 andlive
with him, he would give you diamonds
to wear in your pretty curls, and that I
should have a real Mexican. pony al. IN
myself. He has gold and-5'
'Child child you mast be siIentD
said Jennie-she looked stern, and her
voice was 50 harsh that Paul was silence
ed.
He nestled his head lovingly upou
bis mothers bosom, as was her wont
she hummed a soft lullaby, and finally
the boy fell asleep.
The words dropped by her child led
Jennie to reflect upon her exact posi-
ton. She began to feel uncomfortable.
As long as she had presided over her es-
tablishment, she had never thought Of
her beauty being one Of the attractions
to her house. To say she was uncon-
sciOus Of her beauty would be untrue,
for where is the woman possessing per-
sOnal attractions who does not know
ib?
''I will look into my affairs" she SOL
Oquized, "and if I can, in justice to my
self and Paul, resign my post to Bridget
lOaI.H
The very next day Mrs. Claiborne
examined her accounts, and saw plain
ly that after the sale Of her house and
fixtures, she would be in actual be in
possession Of eighteen thousand dol
lars. The sum was much larger than
she had supposed, enough she consider
ed to justify her in closing business.
After determination she concluded to
inform Bridget and Dennis Of her decis-
ion to relinguish the stand to these and
return to her friends.
As she was about retiring for the
night, a noise in the eating hall arrest
ed attention, and she heard the tones Of
Bridget's voice considerably elevated
in a lively conversation with some one.
AN shuTe,' she said excitedIy 'ye had
bether be takin' yersilf of, fur me mis-
thress would no be Ioolzin' at the Iofkes
Of yen
I mean no harm to your mistress
good grip replied a deep manly voice
whose tones sent a thrill through the
heart Of the listener, aud transfxsd her
to the spot where she was standing.
" None Of ye're lois to me.n returned
Bridgetsc
"Ye'Fe not the first by a dozen that's
been trying the faith Of Bridget FLYNN
to see If my misthTess were Of the rig1t
sthripe. Be of with We bIarnev I
wouldn't tingle her chake with the hot
blood in her veins by taken' a missags
from ye. Don't ye know that BIisthress
Claiborne is as pure as one Of the blessid
saints"
4 tell you girl.-IknOW your mistress,
md know her husband-and.D
50 much the more Eaison ye shanit see
ler, for the vary name Of her dead dar-
ent turns her pretty ehake as white as
! lily. Hav'nt I sene her waiIin over
lis picter, and don't she talk SO beam
iful about mating her dead darlfnitiu
livin And 50 ye'shan't disthress her,
re shan't or my name is not Bridget
Flynn.
"Dolt cried the stranger losing an
I tell you I viii see her, nv,
.wn sweet"
The conclusion Of the sentence was
Osti for heavy fall in the adjoining
caused Bridgetand the stran1
er to such forward Simultaneously. It
7as Mrs. Claiborne. She had tainted,
nd fallen across the threshold Of the
aritiOn door. The strange gentleman
aised her gently andlaid her on alounee
hat stood near, and while Bridget ran
. procure some restorative he pushed
side the waves Of clustering hair nom
be white forehead, and impressed kiss
fter kiss upon its transparent surface.
It was long time before consciousness
at restored, but oh, the bliss Of that
lOment, to find her self encireled by
le arms Of her own true husbandi
'"Tell me noW''-aslzed Jennie when
le could speak, "tell me how you es-
lped death"
Doctor Claiborne gave a detailed ae-
'unt Of the shipWreok, how he and two
iheTs escaped drowning by means OF
lating timbers, and were finally cast
pom lonely island where they rsmain-
months, living upon such vegetation
the island afforded, until they were
rtunate enough by kindIing bOnfesat
ght to hail a vessel
Then told Of the slow progress he
ade travelling as ne Of course lost all
Is gold. He was compelled 10 work
IS passage home, but fortunately fell
with a company who had gone
South America, and for months work
with them in searching for precious
ones, in which undertaking they were
successful.
60 But p he said in conclusion the mod
ate fortune I thus acquired enabled me
reach home sooner than I had antioi-
ted, and you may judge Of my sad
reaching there tofnd
y wife and child gone The diflcul-
8 I encometered in making a second
p to California and ina truth, az the
lvations I have undergone are Obliter-
ed in the joy Of this meeting ln
No one to have the irradiation Of his
lnly, and handsome face, could have
ubted the truth Of the assertion as DIR.
liborne again folded his arms around
3 graceful form Of his lovely wife.
-t Is scarcely worth while 20 add That
On the fortune amassed by both, Doe
Claiborne and his little Jennie were
lbled TO return to their native State
! settle themselves permanently I'm "A
furious and delightful home. Deliubt-
indeed for never again was there the
,htest dissatisfaction exhibited bv
ler.
'O-day II the stranger who visits Sac
nento, will look carefully along one
the principal streets he wiz see a
asant looking dwelling WithlOng nar-
? windows above, shaded BIZ inside
.tters, where occasionally may be OBJ
we'd Though not perhaps as rosy as
,ntw Vrnnrg ami tho anNf1fur- Co. -