The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-04-23

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happy anticipations Of glorious future
were like the mirage Of the desers-fane,
pictures in dreAry waste OF sorrow ant
,,e.oln,ioc. It came about 10 this wise
lie, with friend AMI partner. entered
into mining " EQUATION in small way
They we're to baye q certain percentaa'
of the coal taksp OUT The two young
men .ho1ed that they possessed both ell
eryy ard perseverance,, They engaged ad
| I:riunal -.liapds,' and went u work m
earnest The speculation promised 10 be
a good one, and an sdEance in the price
of coal ONLY made Il sIocessful result more
certain. yelling that he WAS now on the
h. ia road to success, be determined to hesi
ira tie dc .gnger, bu. IT once asked Emily
parents t. sanctian their marriage. He
knew Of the l't,ie opposition he would meet
with, but as b,eir I've was mutunl, and
his worldly prospects considerably improv-
ed he hnpd that however Inw;llingiy it
might be done, her paren.. would st'li give
their caaseht to the marriage.
But, upon stating his wish, he found how
badly he had deceived himself. Believing
that h- would now he il tie condition 10
suitably supports their daughter, EIDily'.
people Ind, AS before mentioned, allowed
the in.ipiscy; Lu. my, ihsi the marriage,
which all along had seemed only . remote
p..-.ildli.,. r..s bronohed, all TIE Did ',el
n.s Of .,i,i 4losilv .pr,n. Up ANEW. Her
l.. 5iier ,gil the lad that the b,st plan for
al wo4Il te - drop tie matter and lh"S
@ more about it. as i; meyer c"g'd be IL
vha, the poor fei w. p!eg4ei-tni4 # his
crp love lIr her-spoke of lis lfe, Ut
sbich not . STAIN or bot, save that honor
al,lG one OF poverty, eyisted--Zp-e5sed biz
sil.ingness to toll harl nr.i deny himsel
much, that .no shuui.i MI Hiss one home
camf irt- na!.l sLs loves NIL he e1claim
~, ''..1I " 'iat Will love not do? 1t vii
,,..,.,e l:ir tpme APP ~ VIII gid Owl
oUr puFtS,v! Oh, -H! ! knoy what low
. III dm | know w..at 1 i,as do..a for M.
Il has maze Ute DARK. damp 'brea-J
i-teB It,i suns'I,f, nj n the dripping
ii III. WATER az j. fasc.- t. ~; ihrpr.i
tnr III. hg ut birds
Bat the PRACTICAL father was unrnevei ~
30 eloquent appeal os the Young lover, aio
-;ul persisted IN his de ernnatiOn, anC
with heart almost breaking Harry eff
i'm. o.! how dark eyerythin. locke j.
Emily VS. lost. YES, lostl lie cried, and
IKE III. wall Of sorro~Ing nature. CANT
b,ck tlIs soho. los,!' Only rough miner
',r' roo honnIahe to marry lee ciandcs
timely.
Far ont OF the viliage, in wild spot in
the heart Of one of the mountains, the boy
vent, and there alone with his GqG he Lad
his bitter hour, and passed into the shadow
from which he wns never to emerge. Twas
all he had, this girl ioye. Az that he psS
to tighten is heavy labor-bis zone eve
lamb and TINT was ta be taken from him
How he cursed bis poverty, and lamented
his bitter fate! Then he cured the hnsd
hard father: hut paused In his denuncia
ton, for there was something in his breast
tina, told him this WAS wrong.
That nAg-t the good fcSk u ths place
missed the accustomed sigh, Of Harry anu
Emily taking their regular evening walk.
Tney neyer saw them together again! His
story had soon become public, and popular
sympathy, Of course, was all with the
lovers. sundry valiant young fellows
counseIed Harry to runaway match, and
were Disguised with hin when he refused
to listen to their advice, The old peopl,
said it wa hard. and the case was made
the special talk rhss night F.. tie miner.
lInme" in which Emily's is theirs ears mus
have burned, if there is any truth in th,
old belief that suuh Il phsnomelan is observ
able when some one is speaking III of you
The next morning Emily had left the
place. NOT willingly, rs Harry knew. for
Re had in the bosom Of his sq;,ed Eanne
shirt 4 Latter which was desEer to him thnn
all the golden golcondas that were ever
dreamed Of. / tiny epis-la, written in a
timer hand, tail~g If her sorrow; Of h-l
undying love. How her father tud sen,
her away, ."to fg.rg.st her foolisa ness" but
bow she would never forget hip;, but would
love him better every day, and would con-
tinur II .a7e hi@ forever.
Bat eLe didn't. Aitrr 2boqt year and
a Laf 81 absence, il was aoisad around :ha,
Emily WIS pl@,riad, sad at last the report
was confirmed, In one of the larger cities
OF the East she had formel the cqu!in.ance
of one who soon caused Ler to forget hcr
poor miner love, and with hardly a regre,
The yielded to ths importun.sies of her ad
n'irer and her parents, and .-ecaiae ;hi.
nov mans wife.
When il p'eca.ns known in the lace that
pretty Emily" had forgotten larry, al
eyes were tunnel on The young Snna to se,
bow he NC Id Esar it. though his heart
must hnve been sgrn AMI bleeding vet he
gave 20 nutYarl s'gn. but went on rs ueun
With hi, everv day lite. The speculation
which Ind promised to be Sc successful had
been given ur, AS whea he lost Emily he
seemed to i.ye lost ell energy. lie had
gone back to hs hard work in the NINE
and, what seemed stranger 10 some. he wa.
orking in the soilierv ut which Che father
of his loved one vas the super,ItenIent.
A misty. .ra!r7 dpsl Ground the mou,l,
of the shaft the men were idly gathering,
waiting tie comi Of the carriage that was
TO take them DOWN to their daily Labor. The
gloon tina: wrapped the world made no diff
ference to thrm, for where they Eess going
it was always dark and sunless. One OF
,hr olu miners, veteran in tic ssrzic-,
who was 6ttirg on an empty buct.., smok
ing, turned to his partner and said:
''Do We mind b. Gag, Patsy, when tn.
Horton mine biawed up!"
| Patsy, laying aside his pick, which BIZ