The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-04-28
LOVE WINS.
ny JUSTIN M'canrnY.

i Paul and Virginia, in their palm
groves and glades of tropic Arcadia
were not happier, simpler, more
i truthful and tender lovers than 10.
sephine Ascort and Walter Hexton,
up to certain hour when Josephine
met with piece of unexpected good
fortune. Josephine was an extreme
ly pretty girl, tall, slender and fair.
Walter was q robust, rather angular
and awkward young man, with a big
broad brow, and heavy jaws and
gray eyes. They were near neigh
bors, and they lived in a small town
in the north of England. Walter
Hexton was the son of o decent
tradesman, and was studying chem
istry, without any higher view, as
yet, than that Of opening chemists q
shop, and making respectable liv-
ing. Ascot was the daughter Of q
clerk in an attorneys office. But
Josephine's mother had some rich
relations, who, although they had
never thought her worth doing any
thing for while she was yet unmar-
ried, thought her quite worth de-
nouncing and repudiating when she
made her mesalliance. Mrs. Ascot, q
weak woman, with love of gentility,
venerated her relatives oil the more
because they had cast her off, and
could never bear to hear word
against them. In her mind, to be
rich was to be endowed with celestial
grace, and almost to be armed with
celestial authority. She was not
sorry-tbat she had married an at
torney's clerk, but she had quite rec
ognized the fact that, in doing SO,
she Rad committed q crime Of iese-
mU,Str against her general relations,
and she did not ask, did not hope, to
be forgiven.
She had only one daughter, the
pretty Josephine, and she was rather
glad than otherwise when Josephine
fell in love with SO steady, promising
q young man as Walter Hexton.-
For Walter was q steadiast, high
minded young fellow, with strong as
pirations of his own, and no taste
however, for dissipation, idleness or
frivolity. Josephine and he walked
together every fine evening-took
long walks over quiet roads and
breezy downs, returning often by the
tender light of the moon, dear and
sacred to all lovers, though Virgil
may call its light Waigin, and Dan
ish Ochlenschlaege allow his Alad-
din to denounce it as "pale angel
of destruction" Happy, exquisite.
ecstatic walks wsssx those to poor
Walter, as he hfd he hand of Jo-
sephine in his, AID poured into her
car the unvarying, ever wearing story
of his love, his hopes, and his aspi-
rations and projects for the future
Poor lovers have one advantage over
rich-thcy are under far less of con-
ventional restraint, and can have
| more frequent walks together of
e ,-anings. The lover of Sally in our
,,ley had some special class privil-
aae. which the favored admirers of
Iedv ,carah in the square might
nerbans oc. .asio. .-ally have envied.
But good fo. tune, unsought, hunt
ed out Josephine. Mrs. oeioy oiare'
one of her rich relati. ms, a-'a q chiia-
less widow, happened ~ sta 'h the
town for day or two, in returL ing
from Scotland to London, whe % she
lived; and meek Mrs. Ascot teit
bound to call humbly at her hotei
and ask to see her. Mrs. Selby Clare
was not a bad sort of person and she
consented to look upon and speak to
her poor and degraded relative
The poor and degraded relative was
polite enough to bring her daughter
with her, and old Mrs. Selby Clare's
somewhat withered heart warmed TO
the graceful, pretty, lady-like girl
The visit ended in q ten-pound note
to Mrs. Ascot, and peremptory COM
mand that Josephine should, the
very next week, 60 up to London,
and there spend q fortnight in the
house of her newly found relative.
"You don't think, Josephine, that
you will stay longer than fortnight
away from me?"
Those were Walters words, spoken
| somewhat plaintively, the night be-
fore Josephine's departure for Lon
don, as they walked together in the
moonlight. Walter was very proud
of Josephine's being admired by the
great relative and carried off to Lon
don; but his mind had some ominous
misgivings confusedly struggling
with the pride.
/ ..No, Walter, dear, ! don't think
SO: I don't mean to, unless, OF
course, Mrs. Selby Clare should in.
sist on it. She may, you know"
"She may, indeed; I should think
80. OF course she'll want you to
stay: and he glanced at the girl
with look of one who held it to be
| an Obvious and self-evident fact that
any relative or other person who
once had Josephine near her must
wish to keep her there. !i.IITI
stWelI, il she does, Walter, then
you know, that / cannot venture te
refuse Mrs. Selby Clare" a
mo, dear, I suppose not. d.
you know, Josephine, I almost wisl
sometimes, Mrs. Selby Clare hae
never found you out?" I'll
"Oh, Walter, for shameI Ny
mothers near relative. And 80 goot
a woman! And SO rich! I. quit
wonder at you to speak in such |
way. You ought to be very glad
only men are SO selfish"
'sI suppose we are," said poo
Walter with sigh; and he urget
the matter no further.
Next morning early. Josephine sc