Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-04-10

the exact state of Amy AbbOtt's feel
linss. Should not deny that she felt
! great respect for Edwin Galpin's learn
! ing, and she almost at times fincied sh,
. loved him. Perhaps the remembrance
of the handsome young journalist still
= fingered in her mind,, for of all Amy!
lovers this was the one who made til,
. most lasting impression on her heart
But times softens If not obliterates the
recollection of those halcyon days oi
our youth, and. Amy Abbott after
awhile confessed to herself that Edwin
Galpin was worthy Of her hearts best
affection
There was a reunion Of the Galpin and
Abbott families. Mr.. and Mrs. Galpin
came to visit Stephen and his daughter
Amy. 1t was the first time Mary Gal
pin had seen her former lover since her
marriage, and as consequence their
conversation, during the early portion
of her visit, chiefly related to olden
times. 1t was arranged between them
that they should jointly set the young
tfofks up IN busfnesk Stephen there
fore purchased fine farm, situated be-
tween his old place and the village,
while Mr.. Galpin furnished the house
and supplied the stock and farming inn
plements, besides giving Edwin the
complete control of large sum in
bank. oI .1nl
The wedding took place early in the
spring, and the young, people immedi-
ately moved to their new home. Edwin
Galpin's energy and judgment soon
made his farm the wonder and admira-
ton of all who saw it. He was a very
happy man, rejoicing in the best culti-
waited place and handsomest wife in the
neighborhoOd. He also had become so
popular that he was elected to fill sew
eral positions of responsibility In the
county Thus far matters went along
very prosperously with Edwin Galpin
and his wife. sgW 4
They had been married about year
when business called Edwin from home
several weeks. 1t was shortly after his
return that he one day remarked to his
wife: H e
az forgot to tell You, Amy, that 1
met one of your old friends while away,
and gave him an invitation to visit us
during the coming summer"
"One of my old friends?" enquired
Amy.
eyes, one of yours as we'll as mine.
We were school fellows. Now, can you
guess his name?'' ...a ...'-.-.
"Indeed l can't" replied his wife.
"Who was it, pray tell me ?'' 'es BE-
George Weir" responded her hus-
band, with laugh at her confusion, for
she turned very red. - 10 malg
:" l had ceased to rememberihim at all.
Indeed he had quite passed away from
my memory" -q.i
Never mind, Amy" returned her
husband, patting her cheek, "you need
not be ashamed to acknowledge George
Weir as one of your suitors, for he has |
risen to be very important man, and |
wields great deal of influence. He
told me all abont the times he knew
you. He is a good fellow and is appre-
ciated by all who know him."
That day Amy Galpin pondered more |
deeply upon the past than she had done
since she became wife. She called to |
mind the hours that George Weir and |
herself had passed together, and won-
dered if he really had forgotten them.
Poor Amy, she was treading upon dam
gerous ground, but it was pleasant,
nevertheless, to call up these old fancies |
and invest them with some of the glo-
ries of the past. George Weir was still |
single. She would rather have heard
that he was married, not that she doubt
ed any latent weakness that might still |
linger i'm her mind; but then it would
be safer, for if the matrimonial bonds
are not always a barrier, it at least |
serves as veil, and that is protection,
albeit poor one in time of temptation.
As the days and weeks passed away,
Amy grew familiar with the expected
visit, and her heart no longer fluttered
when she thought of it. So, when
George Weir really did appear at the
farm, Amy was able to meet him with
less embarrassment than she would
have experienced at an earlier date.
He was somewhat changed; he had |
grown stouter and contact with the
world had brushed off something of
youthful cxuberance; but in all else he
was the same. He still preserved the
same fervid glow OF enthusiasm, the
same hopeful and sanguine tempera-
ment, but the old loo K of the eyes was
still there. Perhaps Amy Galpin rec
ognized the last more surely than the
rest, when he gazed fixedly into her
face. l0-
once heard of a student who so care
fully studied the face of the heavens
that he was able to give correct reply
regarding the weather without raising
from his pillow, no matter what hour
he was awakened. 1t may be that |
knowledge akin to this enabled Edwin
Galpin to determine the gradual decay,
hour by hour, of the affection she had |
so recently pledged to himself. He
could trace its waning as surely as he
could mark the furrow his plowshare
had up-turned. He was of proud and |
sensitive nature, and never could bring
himself to confess to his wife that there
was shadow on his heart. Had he
done so there might have been fewer
regrets in after days. But he permitted
things to take their own course, and
patiently waited for Amy to give him
the opportunity to have an explanation,
which of course she never did. r
She no longer met him with the glad
smile she used to wear, and she was not
near so ready to kiss his hot brow when
he came In weary from the field, as she
formerly had been wont to do. lie
noted this, and more too, and knew that
sooner or later some hearts would feel
enough of sorrow.
Weir was the constant companion of