The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-29
IHEIR !STORI.

Al De .ot Ia week, on ihcjr way ea~;-
WI. ii from Canada, wc,e mar, led a pair of
loL@-il led loves whose story made pub
JIG by .he Post of ,hat CT v. Ia 1871, ihe
vain, hen living i'll VILLAGE of Ont..: 10
county, Mich, were betrothCd for wil,.U
hey hoped to fad an ea.ly Iil.i. rage, tbe
young MIA being a sCudcnt of lew, VIII 'e
the l.,dy sh.. Cd a small Hereditary essa;e
wi,h her widowed mo,her and bI oihei Il
pl..n{et at the South. What Ii, lie money
theIe WIS in the Gaze apper...;ned TO he
cumbg biide, who, with the GenerO:,i' Y
cha. ..c e. sic of her emotion, cou.tCd plea =
an " upon ihe great bcno1it ii should be o
the Smuggling novice AT the bar while yet
lie awaited ms first client. J he wedding
day was appointed, and ,he preimin;ti y
arrangements were nca " completed, when
news came suddenly t. ON the son and
brother of the Southern plantation th.tt he
had failed disa@trOusly iii a heavy cotton
speculation. and WIS not only reduced TO
tempol a,.y bankTup: cy, but also involved
in debtS for which his private honor WIS
specially PLEDGED. He wrote TO his mother
and sister iii Ta..@ioh.t,e dis,=e.j of mihd,
= :. ing them To help him if hey could, OF
he must be diahonOIed a. well aa ruined );
and thcy. w hout a thOuoh of he selfish
ncss of he demand. hcsi,;,tCd noe Il decide
!l.tt he should freely have heir all. The
lille houe-esi.tie wa; sold, AID the de
bdnkI upt : and Tie sisteI, aiter joining i'll
ih,S ..lci lice declared TO her lover that
their engagement for marriage must not
cu1,idue She had consented 10 the latter
in The belief hat She could enter their pro
posed union wi h some means of her oW IL
10 aid its ii. st Smuggling ycai:, but now
that tleir marriage must nCcS,,-a Iiy be lil,o
hcIisle..; povCi,y on both sides she would
nj low her.e!f TO become Il sheer burden
10 o. se whom she loved. Ne.y poor him
81 n tie law II iUdcnt certainly was, and
l.-.,L - 5 would have been for h!m 10 ma
Y u .Gef such CT C instances, he profess ed
vehc.ne1tly against the wiser judgment
a I'd lcaSer selfish he's of his be, .o' he'd, and
made clo,iuent u-e of every argument that
you.hGuI iomance and eNctcd lceiing could
iriofi.y. s,S IIuU SIIS q ''s's
ii ~ She iusis ed that no engagement
should exist b, tween them UNI il time had
BROUGHT brighter 70 tunCs, 10 one or both,
aud hc you q man WAS compelled 20 yield.
As they we. e unable TO help each other as
,hey we've then situated, iEe discugaSed
lover = gently thought IL h!2 DUTY 20 ac-
cent an oppor. unI ! Oi pIoie aton%l ad-
N.,ocemcnt o lcted Lin in h'adsiI Ihia, and
acco. d;l@Iy came cas-. Wa a, ai'cf a ping
ike hal of death. They wee 10 CORES
pond VIII each other as The dearest OF
ends add by this means, VIII lie the law
yer wa slowly making a place JOr himself
j., his distant field of effort he WAS able 10
lca,l that the =. uc-heai ed g!ll III he We i
/ e n village was earning d Livelihood for
| he mo; her aud self by muSic teaching. 4
ho3e was maintained for some time 10y he
. Door W dow and her dSdgh.er hat heir
son and bvo. her in the Sod IA wou.d yet G.
.icye his own for,u1e and ,hei!s but the
/ uafoIiuaa.e S9ccula, o. in cJ,t0n died be
! foe he could lake he frst sep iowa ds
sUchsa consummai ion, and lifelong power y
} VS. hcncefoi. IA TO be he f,,: of he gem. e
oneS who had improve! isaCd themselves ior
hitl. Yeais a.c 10 the poor what da $ e
/ 10 the Itch in lie achievement of some
commoa desi.ce- and yeas ,oiicd away
! while be law 81 uGeit in Ue East ahd The
mu5ic teacher in The WcSt we e toE.nS %
be rich enough 10 ma. Y. At laTt the IL
owed mo her died. and with The depa- Il e
OF The be eaveti dau@;itcr to a teaci!ci.h'p
in female semin.i. of tn..da The iei i,e.i
10 Philadelphia alb Hpty ceased. be GIL
dcsnai. cd OF he fu;u for herself a.,Ct i:er
cor. espondent now. In her iflial g ef afd
, long d.zcOui =. cement she believed 'Gtt lie
/ voHIo never be iich enough to ma. Y a
/ poor woman like herself, add resolved that
he should be left entirely free iheUcefor' /
so seek fortune in marriage. The mood
was one not wholly unknown even TO heroic
! natures, aAd she iddulged it until he whom
I she ihouIht 10 benefit was half mad W I
ihe conviction that she had delibela. e :
discarded his friendship as well as hi
band. In vain he wrote 10 her. al her ole
| home, for some explanation OF her silence
| His le .eiS were returned unopened, WI
a note from some Old f., lend that Miss
- had left Ontario Immediately az e.
her moshei's dea, h, without giving her fu
ture address to any one. Then came fo
he young man a term of profound dejec
tion; and then a fierce energy TO hide ano
blunt his injury in uncompTomising batll'