Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-07-20
MLLERsBURG HOLMES COUNTY o. THURSDAY, July 20, 1871

by intercourse with her lively little
cousin. She sat, now, rather sober.
ly perusing Lizzie's daring eplstles
very doubtful of the results of send
ing them away, yet not trusting heI
own powers of persuasion to pre-
vent freak which she saw had ia.
ken strong hold of her Cousins i'm,
agination. The letters were all
sealed and directed at last, and de,
posting them IN the post-ofiice be
ing postponed for an afternoon walk
Lizzie yawned, declared she was
tired to death, and threw herself up
on the sofa for nap, while Anna
took up an intricate piece of knit
ting to pass the time before dinner
One of the lettersaonly is of in.
terest to our reaG as, that we will
follow to its destination. 1t was di-
rected to Mr.. Edgar Holmes, Water
ford, Illinois, and contained the
beautiful photograph of the girl
crowned with field daisies.
Lying upon the table, in neatly
furnished lawyers Office, half hidden
by a number of other epistles, it was
there found by two young gentlemen,
who came in chatting and laughing
soon after the effice-boy had brought
the mail from the pOst-office.
More answers to my matrimonial
advertisement, AL said one of the
gentlemen, handsome, bright-eyed
young fellow, whose sunny face
spoke of life free from care, and
formed quite contrast to that of his
companion, who was evidently an
earnest man, a deep thinker, and of
grave, rather reserved nature.
How can you tell before opening
them?' he inquired, courteously, but
evidently feeling no interest in the
matter.
'Oh!they are so daintily enveloped
and directed, and / can feel the pho
tograph cards.
AS he, spoke he was rapidly break
ing open his batch OF letters, whilst
his companion scanned the columns
of a morning paper. Suddenly a
cry broke from the lips of the
younger man.
What an exquisite face! 1t can
not be portrait. but it is lovely.
Direct Ida. Hilton, Massachusetts,
Look at it, AL
Albert Clayton languidly stretch
ed out his hand for the card, but the
instant his eyes fell upon the pic
ture the whole expression of his
face changed. In the place of the
look of indifference, there now
flashed from his eyes a look, first of
utter surprise, then bitter anger, and
finally contempt that was the
strongest of all. Once he turned
the card to see the name of the ar
tist, and then slowly there gathered
upon his brow and round his lip a
set, determined look that it was
painful to see.
why, AL, what ails your sudden
ly cried his friend. 'One would
think Miss Ida was gorgon's
head
The forced smile of answer would
never have deceived keener obser-
YER, but Edgar Holmes was salts
fed with it.
Let me see the letter, Ned?'
Certainly. You can be reading
it while 1 am in court. Shall l find
you here when I return?
Yes. l shall wait for you, for l
must leave this evening, you know,
for home
Il know. / shall miss you con-
stantly. Well, good morningn
Left alone, Albert Clayton, after
reading the letter signed Ida drew
from his vest pocket a card-case and
from its folds photograph, an ex-
act copy of the daisy crowned beau
~. Well remembered he the day
when the lovely face had been so
The original of the picture
was his promised wife, into whose
keeping he had put the whole treas
are of his love, to whom he had
given a heart, which sorely tried by
had never before bowed
before the charms of woman.
Educated in a different school,
Albert Clayton might have been a
frank nature, but he had
,een trained from childhood to sus-
oect and question all around him.
lie had worshiped his parents, and
lis father, a wealthy Western law
-er, had given him love for love.
When that father died, he was a boy
It school, and returned for sum
ner vacation less than two years
rom the time he was left fatherless
o find his mother again married,
md to a man whom he had every
eason to believe unworthy of any
rood woman's affection. Too fully
we're all his fears for the future real
zed. His own share of his fathers
was squandered by the new
guardian before he was of an age to
lain it; his mother, oppressed and
died broken hearted; and
lis only sister, driven to despera-
ion, eloped with young scamp, at
racted to her by her fathers wealth.
Orphaned and almost penniless
,efore he was quite twenty one, AL
,ert was offered a home and an op-
to continue the study of
aw by his fathers partner ''continu-
ng with him long after he knew
hat he was mere drudge, half
,aid for services his own intellect
ind hard study soon made valuable
o his employer. The practice of
lis profession was not calculated to
Increase the young lawyers faith in
and when, at the age of
.hirty, he opened an Office of his
,wn in Cincinnati, he had acquired
! reputation as shrewd, long head
ID lawyer, impossible to cheat, but
! hard, reserved man, devoid of
Election for any one.
This was the man who, coming
me summer to Hilton to investi-
,ate a law case in his care, met there
sadie Ellington, the neice of his
,lient, paying a summer visit to her
Iunt. Something in the pure, sweet
ACE of the young girl, just stepping
nto womanhood, attracted first the
vorld-hardened man. Watching her
he found nature open
md frank. vet modest. full of all wo.