The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-12-20
COLUMBIA. TENN, FRIDAY. DECEMBER .,

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much on Mr.. Canynge's great resource,
music. He passed hour after hour in
the organ-chamber of the Hall. and
threw open a new world of music to his
young friend Then his man brought
over strange instruments of science,
with whose use he fsmiliarized his pu-
pill, and he would go into the library,
and taking down volume after volume,
would have something to tell her Gf
great men and of stirring pages in their
writings. Indeed, those who watched
Mr.. Oanynge with understanding eyes
might have seen in :him,a life of leisure
and song; of real learning and genuine
high feeling, while his obvious unrest
and unhappiness perhaps struck a dam
gerous chord OF sympathy.
One day there was great mental. dis
turbance at the hall. The gallant cap
tain had abruptly Left. The story came
out after dinner converse. Morton had
insisted on his answer, and he got it and
did not like it. Eve6ne could not say
she loved him, and so The captain called
for Iis steed, androdes of. My lady
would have thrown Caroline ut his head,
but "Caroline me no Carolines was his
thought, Mr.. Canynge found much to
mediate on in that eyent. It was time
for himsto take his sdeparture mo better
time than when there was some sort of
trouble In the house. The fate of the
captain made him allalyse and disinteg-
rate his own feelings towards Eveline
He smiled very bitterly when he told
himself that he was an old fool and
loved Eveline, with a. love other and
deeper than a grandfsther's, IL there
was a good reason for Captain Morton
to go there was good reason for him al
SO. He supposed he must be in second
childness to love such child. Being
man of quick resolves he settled that
that should be his last'night at the Hall,
and slept upon his infelble determina-
ton. : = Il S'sS-s - a. - 4
~ He announced it next morning, and
when Sir Henry tried to make him alter
his plans he reminded him that he
would be perfectly free agent so frm-
ly that he stopped discussion. He
promised to let his old school-fellow
know what his plans would be, and to
arrange for a meeting again. Many
golden fee. was given among the domes-
tics at the Hall; many kind word and
smile which some of them had learned
to value ct least as we'll. And then he
sought Eveline i'll the organroom. She
had looked startled and pallid when he
spoke of leaving, and he had not seen
her during the morning. He had a
diamond cross in his hand, one of rare
value, which he had brought from
Florence. He entered. tie room very
quickly and the young girl, who had
not heard him enter, was at the bay-win-
dow, weeping audibly with the wet tears
on her thin, delicate fingers. 4
"My child. said Mr. Canynge, grave
ly, "this is q famous cross which l pro-
cured in Florence. You must take it
from me. 1t will be memorial of an
old mans loving regard for you, when
perhaps / shall have left these parts
forever. s>sH SIS
"Oh Mr.. Canynge, she said, "you
must not say that I should grieve even
more than I grieve now if thought that
I should never seesyou again. It is the
one thing to which I shall look for
ward"
els it possible, my child, that you
shed these tears for me-"
"Oh yes," she said; "who has been
so kind and patient, and loving with me
as you have been? i only wish that /
had loved you more" And now the
tears came fast, and almost uncontrolla-
bly,.
"You love me, my child, but you do
not know what love is. Some. happy
man viii win soaif love. Perhaps some
day poor Morton will be successful.
Perhaps-
"Never mention Captain Morton to
me-" almost angrily exclaimed the mai
den. "I might have liked him better,
perhaps, If had not seen you"
Then sudden thought struck
Canynge. "Was it possible that this
young girl, in the generosity of her ma
ture, was giving bim the priceless gift
of her lova?"
"Oh!" he said. 'Oh, heavens Is
it possible that you love me as you have
not loved others; that you would be my
wife,
81 love you with all my heart, she
said, the warm bushes on her face,
"but 1 am not worthy to be your wife"
But she became his wife. Let no one
say such love was not deep and true. In
the estate that was once that OF the
Canynges, and WAS bought back by their
there is hale happy man
restored to life and energy; and the ine-
quality of years is not so much, as year
by year he grows younger as she grows
older. It is curious fact that the jeal- |
Gus captain did marry Caroline after all.