Smyrna times., 1872-05-22
Faith and Constancy.


oraIpe.! rive years ago Ira +, Holland young and
GnGiEe.lc GnLE man MAJ settled down in the County of
calhoun, Michigan, near the Civ of NarsI,
ana applied himself to farming. Yonnt i'll
ia"u was industrious and economical and
seemed on the lair road to competence If nnt
T:al[h' W. 1t was the habit of Ira to wish = Mr.
Di,glGy' who resided IN the CITY of Marsh n
ana who was one of its wealthicst rr~;iantI
ana 10 deposit with him all his surplus money
~ ~ 'Ii'N manner, after couple of wears young
il"Iahd had accumulated some S3HDO which
n,': nn"un' Ieulalncd IN the hands of Mr.. Binglev
Tr u''I5G b. 'li9 VISITS Holland paid to the house of
d young and very beautiful girl. who ,y,s mos,
I@9'ofaDIy impressed with his manly bearino
= tt"uhS doHand fell deeply in love with tLo
| ID" Ailce almost at the first meetinr Viii
WY subsequent meeting his passions in
creased, and after about three ,nnntLs aa
qoalhtance, he received the assurance fyoro tL.
I1iIdel M iipS that his passions were returned
'u' MS hopeS were doomed to a terrible. dis
Il,',,, p''itiIclC c. me young couple returned
th tioInG from delightful rambIe one dav. As
they entered the house of Miss BinoIoy ,La,,
were met by the father who was in a LIZ b;
state or excitement. He ordered voun~ Uoi'
lahd rom the house, placing in his hands the
G'n0un' oi money lett with him, and Sterniv
I"l ~ oaue lurthur Intercourse with tha family
Oh the following day Holland was arrestsJ on
me charge Of horse stealing, and the tr;.i
CCIcl'e4 Solllclent proof to sentence him To tbr
Pta'e IehltenIlary. 1t appeared that yalua.
o'e span OF horses had been stolen from the
oarh %! od Mr. Blngley and had been sold in the
CI'E u urand Rapids by mqn who answered
uI"eIty ,rGo L 70 the appearance of young Holland,
tue sile-on business of his own as he stated
II, b4t which, of course, was not credited h,,
Tue court. In consideration of his excellent
character before the crime. the Court vas
iehIe!l', ana returned sentence of three vears'
Imprisonment. Holland was haStencJ aygv 70
prison amld his protestations Of innocence and
%i'nout an opportunity of speaking word TO
MS betrothed. YEARLY dragged on the months
10 the convict, but at last his term of sentence
expired, and he issued forth from the prison
doors bowed down and heart-brokpn m,n
his hair whitened before its time bv The great
mental anguish he had endured He came
to Cleveland and there met Alice RingIav
one mad become an orphan during the i'm
prlSohment OF her lover, and, tired of rhe
scenes amid which she had suffered so much,
removed to Cleveland, and was living with her
mothers sister. She had adhered, with ali
a woman devOtedness, to the memory of her
convict lover, and had never deemed him
guilty OF the crime charged to him. The long
separated couple were married, and mmedi-
ately took their way to Kansas, intending TO
commence life together in that section.
S~--
MISUNDERSTANDING is to a woman at
once the happiest and Saddest event of her
I1e 1t IS the promise of future bliss raised on
the death OF all present enjoyment She ouits
her home, her parents, her companions, her
occupations, her MISUNDERSTANDING on
THlch she has hitherto depended fer comfort. |
Ior affection, for pleasure. The parents, by
whose advice she has been guided: the sister
to whom she dared to impart every embrvo |
thought and feeling; the brother who has
played with her, by turns the counselor and
the counSeled; and the younger children. TO
"hom she has hitherto been the mother AMI the |
are to be forsaken at one fell
stroke; every former tie is loOSened. the Snrinu
or every hope and action is to be changed: ami
yet she flies with joy into the untrodden path
before her. BuoJed up by the confidence Of
rcquitcd love, she bids a fond and GRATEFUL
adlen to the life that is past, and turns with .
excited hopes and joyous anticpations to the .
happiness to come. Then woe to the man who
can blight such fair hopes-who can treacher
ouSly lure such a heart from its peaceful enioy
ment ana the watchful protection at home
who can' coward-ke, break the illusions that
nave won her, and destroy the confidence
which love had inspired And, more than all .
tentold misery should be the portion of hin,
VINO gains the affections of trusting woman
BY appearing to be better than he is. and snf
iers future time to develop his had qualities
alter alter her fate is irgevocably linked with his
Hiss EQgleSton.