Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-24

She never loved the dear little child
she was glad Of her death because prob
ably she got some money by it, was her
exclamation but then the good woman
checked herself, aud said q have no
4ight to Judge her thus. After all, ii
would be cruel to suppose that q woman
did not love child. or mourn for it,
death. merely because she was sometimes /
harsh TO it in its lifetime.
Sh, told her son Of the letter and even
read it to him. He burst Into a passion 7
Of tears, but even amidst the tears be
exclaimed
'Oh, mamma, don't care ! don't be-
lieyc it, saw Desiree in Broadway
that day, aud she is not dead!
Nine or ten years went over, and Eus-
tace Duuraven was rising young ply
sician, setteled in New York, his mother
/ living with him. He had been attached
to the army, had served throught the
| war, had been III New Orleans and bad
stood By the grave which marble mon
umcnt described az the last resting place
of Desiree Constant, aged nine years and
three months. lie had looked at the
gave with tenderness and sadness, re-
! 'utHhOei'IS N'S ir''Ni VI Ia ''''''"
love.
OF course, the da'k-cyed child had
faded from him long since into mere
memory, cloud-shapc, dream; some
thing which it impressed him sadly and
sweetly to think Of. like the recollection
Of exquisite music, or OF rome mc!an-
choly moonlight scene But he had new
er loved any girl since.
He thought with curious wonder oyer
his boYish conviction that he had seen
Desiree alive long after the date on tie
tombstone; and though he now assumed
that be was mistaken, it was strange
how clearly on his mind remained the
impression of his having seen her.
In New Orleans he had made inquiries
about the Ryland family. Fate had
dealt heavily with them. Clotilda Ry:
land, the aunt OF poor little Desree, had
died at an early part OF the war, her
death having been hastened by the
news that her son, whom she passionate
Y loved, had been killed in battle by
Inc Federal bullet. Angelo Ryland
lusbuand, who was represented as
| being wholly under her influence during
: her lifetime, was DOW living in Paris
b. with LII, daughter, now his only child.
e They had lost nearly all their property
/ most Of it having been inherited on
the death of Little Desiree--duriug the
= war, and were living in a poor and mar
. row way.
- The nulatto woman, whom Eustace
+ remembered as Desircc's nurse, had been
q devoted to Mrs. Ryland, refused to ac-
: cept her freedom during the war, and
n died soon after her mistress's death. The
family was, if such an expression may
> be used, efiaced from New Orleans.
:. And now Eustace Dunrayen is settled
j. in New York. One day he is sent for to
:. attend an English lady, who, with hei
family, has just arrived from Europe
i and is at the Clarendon Hotel. He finds
:. that the lady is very weak and nervous
a from the effects Of the voyage partly
but that there is nothing serious til,
~ matter.
!. The lady's husband is an Englishmar
!. Of wealth. They had been in Amrric;
=. several years before; they have com
:. again to see how it looks after the war
j. He hears the lady ask one Of her SCI
: wants 'where Miss Dennis is and h
~ hears that Miss Dennis has gone on
f with Miss Emily, and has not yet com,
!, back.
DR.. Dunraven takes bis leave, to visi
10 the lady next day; and on leaving he
apartments and hurrying through thI
&c hall, he almost rusheS against youn!
:. lady and little girl, who are comm:
q in. He takes off his hat-bcgins t,
~ make an apology, when he SUDDEN.
breaks of, tinshes, stammers and at las
# eXclaims
'Do let me ask your nan e Tell me-
4 are YOU not DeSiree Constaut|
Il For there before him stands a woman
not a child; but that woman has tn
= face, the eyes, the hair of the child Dc
:. stree. The resemblance is wonderful
Is bewildering, oyerpowering. 1t was De
,t siree
k And the young lady turns pale, ano
o. says in a trcmulous tone,
10 Sir, my name is Elizabeth Dennis-
n but the name Desiree slartles iue IN
N manner | cannot explain. | do believ
a | must have once been called DeslTe'
NJ and that must have known you then
ne How did you get the pame OF Ella
S. beth Dennis p
IN ubll hllpN -
an parents. l cannot understand why tn
% name of Desree seems so familiar to M
d, 1t cannot, l now know, have been m
#. name
ut 'Why-do please forgive my strang
questions, and believe that have rel
: sonabe purpose IN them-why cann'
,7 your name have been Desiree Constant
=, Because she said, somewhat hesit
u tingly-'because, among other reason
y" ~ the initials of my name are marked c
. my arm; and can family remember N
little hrother-I suppose it must haN
Is' been he--marking them one day {
,S board n ship, and somebody-l suppo
ne my motber-was there, and was augr!
nd Eustace Dunrayen broke into an eXclam
Ie ton that was almost like a cry. 'Desiree,
of was l who made that mark upon your arm
10 The initials were mine not yonrs My co
yictions-my faith was right Desiree Co
=, 6o live and n