Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-08-30

cerDei and tEct we're tS)ul ueaI aiso.
Bui now THE boy lelhaug'It him Of
his great connection, and was going 10
! LoBdon especially n place bis roetieal
efiIsidhs Rt his mercy.
It would seem aB odd tbiGg 70 do LOW,
tut then it was the customary, and the
only way for e poet u break his egg
she'll and come forth full tiedged.
= And he wHs doing a good deal OF
this for Daisy Denzsl, Too. bis laurel
wLa'h was to be laid At her feet; and
when he had the needful pounds. they
we're 70 be married
He had made little sketch "f Daisy'=
profile such pretty One-and wore 1t
next bis heart in, 3 glazed lncket, with a
curl Of her hsir about il. He could not
have had the face OF a hstter girl there.
Slls WAS as fresl 1nd sweet and pure as
tue golden battsrcs7s and the pink-eyed
daisies in the meadow where she drove
: the cows to milk every day
! Tbihkihg nf her, he walked on until
! lie heard the stage tdinhilng behind
him, aud t6ok an outside seat. Beside-
. his linen, his nsnuscript was ali his
( baggaxp. An his other clnths7s we're on
! his bach, all his money in a little lucky
purse, with a cross knit In It,, which
! Dsisy had made for him. Dirty and
weary, with his little -buRsile over his
tshoul,lef, lie walked up totle door of the
great lb,ass. ut last, and R'as Kept hslit-
| ing ia the hail by the servants, who
/ thsugilt him of no consequence, what
ever. for twn hl4rtal hours. and'mightI
indeed, have BEEN isentyaway without
seeing the Duke, had not = lady, grace
/ ful aud bsSdtjlH heypnd al that the
poor poet had eyer dtpsrnt Of er,is-ed
the hall. trailibg.iIe5 velvet robes after
her aS queen might: aud seeing the
tyOHlh sitting tllersra patiently, snh no.
! thug hi- hanlsgnle iaes,s -as',l -xt're-sive
eyes perhaps, lta'l VFseI''''-l.y stepped
and asked his business. He told his
story To her, and ienrut that -heVaE ille
Dukes second wife. and that the Duke
was not ''Out, = as the SERVANTS had E,gi'l Z
but in his library. g. Ii
=, ''I will take you there" said the lady.
''He will be glad TO gee yOu, as ! am"
And with such feeling as one might
have had WHO saw his good angel sud-
deHIy appear bodily before him, Ralph
. followed her.
All rich men are not 80 gracious tC
poor relations as this Duke was: Ralph
7 wrote letter t'i- Daisy next day and
, told llsf all sboat~ Il how fine a plsce
he was in: how a room bad been placed
at his service, aud how he had been in
vited 10 stEy uutiI the Duke had tine
to read his verses, ana DO something for
( him.
"Aud the Duchess, Daisy" wrote the
) Nboy. "Oh, could you but SEE, her! She
is too beautiful for e mere mortal. She
is, Z think, al angel come to earth a
while" II.
Poov Dsisy! this was the last letter she
had fora long while., She watched and
waited a1d worried: but letters were not
expeeted 50 often then ns now. Ralph
would bri.Yg his own next letter, no
doubt, and return mysteriously great
with money IN his pouch enough to buy
dairy farm, Eud make her lts mistress.
Poor Daisy! Humble hopes like hers
are as often bliEIlted az great ones.
Ralph was stiH in London, still at the
DUKES great house, aud the Duke de-
the reading 81 bic pOems, but the
boy was in no haste. That "angel in
human firm, Y ibe Duchess, he'd quite
bewitched him. He was very handsome
and very romantic, and his admiration
other was evident. She was thirty, and
he twenty-One., It was = Piquani
amusement to tryberpONver on so young
man. The Duchess would have been
mortified atthe Thought Of wrOng-doing,
but waH dangerous fiirt-the most dam
gerousnF all, S -senthhentai one The
Duke left home for few days end she
AMUSED herself f--ilolhiBg NOR
But Ralph, at the aye when ftill blewn
charms are the most admirsds-for i is
your man Of thirty or forty 'io aaerea
sweet sixteeIl-Alas! he had forgotten
everything for her, Daisy included, He
had no idea Of wrUng-IOiug,iii hisImind,
but lie was In love, desperately aud all
surdiy, with the matFUl OGhigh degree.
The days passed like dreams, and in the
might he dTealnt Of her. What was 20
couiel Of it all, lie never asked bimsell.
He had expended all his means upOT
dress more fit to wear in her preseT
4 than the country made garments he ad
worn ON his journey, and they become
him, and he fell into the habits of luXu-
| ry very easityi,5u s.a1isb ,1I end rz -
ThsD1chess HeE e. passed a pleasanter
fortnight. size fea,i- IsDetTy 10 her poet,
and uttersa.teprilIl leiit8 1Fs6iI him, and
joyed 10 kli6W tRaNhe' W.ss-ih7leve with
her, and laughed st him Wien. tliey
were apart. 1t vas fuif 10 the duchess,
! but death tq Ralph.
! The Duke uame tuck again at last;
}with him some great Friends. The house
was full. The Duchess had grown Il
! little weary uG her young admirer, but
! lle would not beshaken of. lie had not
J the sense 10 know thst the time for his
adoraiion was over. She had awaken
ed II purlOsely; now slle FOund il lit
tie uncomfortable, snd he did not see it.
She was e1ld to him, aud he wrote her
/ a set Of verses, and sent them 10 her
maid, and said 1--we in the outright
She had let him look 1t Us often as he
chose. aIid had cooked il back; but to
say It was different. 2 .E.
J You have insulted me =
Then she went To her husbands libra
~ and set down near him. and looked