Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-25

sOh. surely It's this that they tell US is LOvo,
- YslTARssnt, thine image aosts ever before
gE sIp the vague Of degh that steals Der
'Wilderng my brain and depressing my heart.
There is nothing like thee where beauty assem-
There + nothing my dreaming bout thee resem-
seSs Pe Is R. sss t. sts5 @ 5 iii h as Is Ese' s9s
s&J1BELLE ALDEN's TRAVELLING BAG.
.sYaGGA train bound for st. Louis had just
left the depot of -Bellefontaine, when a
gentleman entered the smoking car and
<Issfu laid his hand upon the shoulder of his
travelling companion, y tall, handsome
man of thirty, who sat musingly blow
ing rings of smoke into the air. o'
tss,l% HZtsMarcy, ,aasaid the new -comer if
F.s9sSy you want to see at once the sweetest
land saddest sight you ever beheld, go
into the last car b':t the train.
There's an emigrant German woman
with four children, and during the
afternoon the youngest, baby, has
80 dren are inconsolable.'i r, 80
ss5d .sH 4 can Understand, interrupted the
i.Ed smoker, "the sadness of such a scene,
but where is the sweetness you spoke
sIsn ann coming, to that. The whole
party have been taken in charge by a
-,aias Young lady; d Such a a b beauty She 81
-childrens noses She's a divinity She
only needs few feathers on her sheul
der-blades to make full-hedged angel
i. Il
az .sl would never leave her till had made
-5ss Mrs. Angelica Townsend of her.
SSEEa kcS That's speech which i shall faith
.ysaass fully report to Mrs, Agnes Townsend -
s4ffsEs said the gentleman addressed as Marcy
20 a 9a rising q shall go back and feast my
sSssG as eyes on this BEAUTIFUL Sister of Chari
s-.l sS5ty,' and, y he added, taking his travel
Sssss ing ssatchef and shawl from the rack
q -" asswe stop at the next station, which
e1s ss5is. due in ten minutes, may as well
take my traps with me, and join you on
the platform r
So Saying, Richard Marcy threw his
eishawl over his shoulder and sauntered
leisurely away through the long train,
- - : rushing blindly and calmly to his fate.
s-sas For, he entered the last car but one
= 80 he became witness and actor in a
.ss.-ss "a scene that Influenced his whole future
4es1~ life. -a..-..-5 5 KS
- e -. The poor griefstricken German of
sssss-s = whom his companion, DR.. Townsend,
had spoken, with the dead infant in her
arms, sat silently weeping over the little
dead face.
The three sturdy children grouped in
childish sorrow about their little dead
brother was, indeed, touching specta-
z----E scle. But standing beside them was the
divinity of DIR. Townsend's admiration,
So, (, and she who was most certainly to
=. - h"share ends'' with the unhappy Rich
"a ss-t ard s-, = - Z = z....- - ses.-
l-a-, ~ She was a tall, slender girl of eigh-
'z-T7'- teen, with magnificent eyes and Lair.
eTs naAs he entered the car she was speaking,
Ss ess lovely face flushed, and the small rosy
ssT mouth disclosing beautiful set of teeth,
ssssaeslturned Overwhelmingly toward the tall
9RI7 stranger at the door, s1is ne .-s..
Ladies' and gentlemen said the
sweet voice. "this poor woman, friend
less, sspeaking no English, with four lit
tie children, was expecting to find work
- - In st. Louis to support them. If every
ts=S- thing had gone well with her, it would
. - - sshaye sbeen hard but with her little
tlz.ssSsssdead baby Borrowing heart, she is
SlssAs"a certainly ad eserving object of charity
and propose that such saoicSi IS feef willing {
will contribute their mite toward a little
qs purse Tor her lmmedlate wants and the
burial of her poor baby. And" she
added; with bewitching smile,s if any
gentleman win lend me a hat, l will go
svavSah round and take up collection.n
-,sst In an instant the gallant Richard
pulled his travelling cap from his blonde
ANA~cu curls and offered it to the angel of
mercy, whe-accepted it with smile,
this time all his own, and commenced
gathering the readily forthcoming dol
sylarsSz her eneroB, Il graceful appeal
s'sa@flabb brought from the. purses of all in the
70 .5sssss Richard watched the slender figure in
- ssaslgray gather the money, and, looking at
the plecids cap IN whitey jeweled fingers,
he bethought him of his donation, and
stepping to the seat the beauty had just
10 q occupied, he laid his satchel and shawl
upon a family of its kind, belonging to
g7SS 7,esSsStt the angel in gray, and took from his
asss.ss pocket ten dollar bill, which he placed
sss'es7s the little hand that returned him his
s--- cap. Further damage the poor fellow
y Y - received. when smile and warmly
rss - -worded thanks for his contribution were
ell 81 dealt from the beautiful mouth.
s1eH's' Dick was in the midst of an elaborate
=. - reply, when the cars stopped. He lin
~ss' ee7sgered yet another moment seized his
"a satehel and shawl with his eyes on the
s-ss face of his eharmer, and then, even as
the were-again in motion, he be-
thought himself of the doctor, and hur-
riedly left the car and joined his friend
~ on the PLATFORM sss7sS Fas'ssFsls
-. - i.-s' SO ~ Well . CALCULATED the worthy,
r-aze began to believe you'd concluded to go
and bury the dead baby, and make the
protecting beauty Mrs. Angelica Marcy
t.t.t,x Isn't she a sumner r'ss -. -.,vov
q Townsend, y - returned his friend,
e9'']@a "doi1't use slang in; speaking of the
noble creature He looked after the
train just disappearing in the distance
---',s Z! = wish to heaven, > he continued, g Pd
.rE remained aboard How stupid was to
= ~ - leaVe lt. I might have learned her
S.=.s - NAME me anu residence. And now
s7sEs- ~ NOW, IN an Probability', broke in
the doctor, you'll never meet her in
this vale of tears. But you'II know her
in heaven, if you behave yoursaif ve11
enough to get there, by her yyinos
she'll have the biggest of them ali, SEE
ing they've commenced inner to sprout on
And thus rrallying3 his thoroughly
captivated friend, the two made their
way to- the house of an acquaintance,
with whom they to remain that
nlght, and go on next day to their des-
tination-St Louis. ~-2a7s Ds.aE
-zz1zT Is After the first saIutation onr hero
-.zsys went to his room to remove some of the
ut I0r,<x IL