The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-31

vi Gl6 lOllOW1uS OdJ. LAS WfuuS, as 10
j never forgetting this evening, were only
! ordinary ones, but they had s:ncc occurred
Il to my mind. The Old man was right /;
I a1 the circumstances o. that Mi lIt are as
) fresh in my mind as though they had
2 happened but yesterday. Strange
strange fact that series of circumstances
) commenced then which had rendered re
) one of the most miserable Of mankind
+ have einbittered my whole life, and at
times rendered existence almost insup-
, portable. But to return To my story.
: Charley S0ame and | went different
+ ways, and were soon mingled in the may
: throng OF the ball room with our respec-
, tive partners. Presently the dance Was
over, and | was conducting my partner to
J a seat, when lady and gentleman entered
the room, and | recognized them as
Gertrude Peyton and her father, Col.
/ Peyt0n. Who ever saw this Jung lady
on the evening to which ], allude would
not have paused a giving his opinion as
to who was the fairest in the fair assembly.
! The Colonel was a very aristocratic-look-
; ing man and remember perfectly q iull
occurring ia the hum of conversation as
r these two slowly walked up to the other
end of the room. AS is usual under the
circumstances, comments were made by
) strangers upon their appearance were
they husband and wife, or father and
daughter @H-
a6''A very elegant girl, that, eh q said
one. DO you know them q said another.
S "A fine-looking fellow isn't he? said
. third. "Peyton, of the Guards" said
e fourth; "often meet him at Whites
, capital fellow. "Charming girl, tn
+ daughter, too" "Any money? asked a
e fifth 'No," answered the fourth :;
e "&fraid not; the Colonies very poor
G man. uf ta
/ heard these remarks, and pondered
] over 1hem; especially the last one. had
r met Miss Peyton before at the Soame's
G house much more recently than Charley
s. thought when Ike spoke Of my having
s seen her there "last year" and | confess
}, that she had somewhat impressed me-
f don't exactly know how it was, but one
S thought Of Gertrude Peyton used to slim
e ulate me to any amount of exertiOn, and
r yet I was not in love with her; still
r there was an indescribable something
G about her presence which always afforded
d me great pleasure She was certainly
0 wonderfully beautiful, and exceedingly
e clever and we'll read owing, as after
r ward found, to her fathers solicitude with
Y respect to the improV, ment OF her mind ;
: and certainly felt secret delight on
), hearing Charley announce the, likelihood
| Of her presence on this evening. [ wish
,, I had been candid and informed him of
G this at the time, but rather affected an
t Indifference to her charms,
d I'll just describe TO you the appear
/, Gnce Of Gertrude Peyton thirty-fye years
e ago. Tall, upright, with stately wal k
It and attitude; her features were sharply
u cut, and of a very refined order her
:. hair was Of golden hue, and dressed in
4 the Grecian style her eyes were the
J most lovely | ever saw, perfectly blue,
e and in them there was immense expires
s sion, betokening talent of high order
e Without any eXag geration, Miss Peyton
/, was a girl of most striking appearance,
: and my description Of her is d very i'm
D perfect one.
Well, need not particularize as to
/ how many times danced with Gertrude
:, Peyton that evening, and how many
times poor Charley did the same; but we
G each bid in turns for her as a partner,
); and it fell to me to take her down to
supper. Gertrude Peyton's mind seemed
b entirely to correspond with her body ;
t it appeared to me refined and beautiful !;
so [ was fascinated, perfectly fascinated,
y and when the gay company had left Mr..
!, Soame's mansion, and [ was left with
# Charley in the almost empty apartment,
e In spite OF its g0rgeousness | felt as
k though | were in desert.
"Come, Molyneux old fellow" said
IS Charley, in hisausual lively way, what
}, on earth is the matter with your Why,
| you look like condemned criminal !;
IS been losing your heart to Gerty Pevton
q eh ?"
e Now, had | told my friend the exact
is truth then, should not have had this
j. melancholy story to tell now; but dis
d simulated, and said that l was rather
o knocked up, or something of that kind,
and retired. On the other hand, had my
t poor friend also spoken the truth. we
a should have understood each other, and
n SO prevented the dreadful events which
IS resulted from the deceit which we mutu-
u ally practiced upon each other You will
IT probably have guessed that poor Charley
4, himself was, at that time, desperately in
st love with Gertrude Peyton. Such was
e the case, as I afterward discovered but
he never would acknowledge this to me
" when rallied him on the subject. and on
er the contrary strenuously denied it, o
IF that men would be more truthful Had 7
he been more frank with Charley, and he
had been SO with me, how much suffering
d mighg each of US have been spared It has
Y. since occurred to me that Soame used
h frequently to taunt me with being in love
b with Miss Peyton--a fact which always
d like himself emphaticaIly denied; nut
t. why did so cannot tell even now
! thnra wac M oartI In raoo x,, e. i