Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-08-19
young man was, by no means, a IA

vorite.
''Why the failure of Bolton bank,
to be sure" Mr.. Wells responded
quickly, the suspicion entering his
mind that the shrewd old lawyer
was trying to "dodge the question" +"
ooh, ah, yes, think L do under
stand you. Well, what of it!"
"Only this, sir, that, deeply as l
regret, the necessity, the high re-
gard l cherish for your ward, and
the knowledge that l shall be un-
able, at least for some years, to offer
her such a home as she is accus-
toned to and merits, demand the
sundering of our engagement" :"
''That is to say, in plain English,
my ward having lost her fortune,
Mr.. Wells no longer desires to mar
ry her"
In spite of all his efforts, Mr.
Wells felt his cheeks tingle be-
meath the quiet scorn in the eyes
that rested upon his cOuntenance.
"You put it rather harshly," he
said, forcing a smile; 'but we won't
quarrel about terms"
every good. All have to say is,
that what you are pleased to term
Miss Meals misfortune, promises to
be the best thing that could happen
| to her. Good morning"
When Mr.. Thornly saw his ward
] again, in the evening, his counte-
nance wore q curious expression.
81 have important news for you,
Ellen; one portion of it, rather bad,
but the other so good as 10 more
than make up for it. Indeed, as
told certain young man this morn
Z tho host I kIn0 that
could possibly happen to you. First,
for the bad: the bank in which your
money was invested, has gone up,
and won't probably pay two cents
on dollar. Now for the good: in
consequence of this, Mr.. Frederick
Wells called to express his regrets,
that he must relinquish tho honor
and happiness of making you his
wife,"
NIs it possible?" exclaimed Ellen.
GLOW l have been deceived in him.
l thought he loved me for myself
alone. Oh, Mr.. Thornly, how thank
full | ought to be that have discov-
cred how false his heart is, before it
was too late"
''Mr. Hayden is in the parlor, and
wants to see Miss Ellen" said a SER
want, opening the door.
Ellen entered the parlor i'll rath-
er perturbed state of mind; much as
she reioiced at her escape, she could
not but feel deeply grieved at this
discovery of the unworthiness of
him, whom she had hitherto es-
teemed so highly as to often re-
proach herself that she could not
love him as he deserved.
.1- nl
much disturbed, though from very |
different cause.
1t was in vain that that young
gentleman tried to recall The neat |
little speech, that he had conned |
over on his way to the house, as is |
usual in sucf cases, it completely |
vanished from his mind as soon as |
he fuuru himself in the presence of |
the lady, for whose benefit it was in |
tended.
At last, making a desperate effort,
he broke tie rather embarrassing ST. |
lence, by saying:
''My dear Miss Neal, L have heard |
of your loss of fortune, and. cannot |
express what a great burthen it lift
ed from my heart. was so truly |
rejoiced, us to quite forget"
Here startled by this indignant as
tonishment depicted upon Ellen's
countenance, the poor fellow stam-
mered and then stopped.
''Sir-Mr. Hayden" faltered Ell
len, deeply wounded at language so
different from what she had antici-
pated, 81 am at loss to understand
why you should rejoice over my
''Dear one, l know it is very sell
fish in me, and yet | never was half
so happy in my life as when learned
that might, without being accused
of unworthy motives, tell you what
a privilege l should deem it to cher
ish and care for you as man cherish
es and cares for the dearest object
of his love-"
The sudden seAR4eJttii;s i;s't5 al .fAAliJiGfy
happy tears to Ellen's eyes.
Il thank heaven for the reverse OF
fortune that has given me the rich
treasure of your love-" she muir
INJURED, as she laid her hand softly |
in his.
Half an hour later, the lovers
were receiving the congratulations, |
the warm approval of Ellen's guard
ian.
The old gentleman listened silent
ly. and with evident enjoyment to
the plans they laid for the future.
81 am sorry to spoil your pretty
romance of Love in Cottage and
All that sort OF thing" he said ut
last, "but the fact is, Ellen--though,
as L told you, your fortune 'cGS in
vested in the Bolton bank-I hap
pened to withdraw it a week before
the bank failed. Butdon't be down
hearted about it, my young friends;
you'll find plenty of people who
will gladly relieve you of its bur
then. If you can't dispose of it in
any other way, you might donate it
to found mission school for the
Fegee Mermaids,' or some other
equally as practicable missionary en-
terprise." !"
We can't say as TO whether our
Young couple followed this sugges-
| ton, but this we know, that through
out her long and happy married life,
Ellen often had occasion to bless the
fortunate blunder that enabled her
to discern between ''TIIE TRUE
HEART, AND THE FALSE"