Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-07-16

i preferences for any of the opposite
sex. He had recovered from his dis
appointment, and he never ceased to
remember that he was married man,
or to think kindly of the unknown
woman who had SO radically chang
ed his life. -s-.-r -4-rr
They Travelled leiisurely through
the route they had marked out be-
fore they started, and one night
found themseiYesain a-Frerch VII
! lage, - r-r4 z9,lr0g
I about the middle of thenight the
doctor was awakened by some one
tapping at his door, and calling him
to come out.
| He did so. lie found the landlord,
who told him in broken English, that
one of his countrymen had just fall
en- down stairs ins "a tit, and1seeing
his name registered asian MD, they
called him up, r.qes "a 1900
| He went to an elegantly furnish
ed-room, where a man. some fifty
years of age, was lying in danger
Gus condition. -ol t.-s-kc-fL
| A young lady sat near the bed,
flnring him, The doctor hastily ex,-
arhined the patient and found that it
was impossible for him to live;- but
the day passed, and still another be-,
fore he drew his last breath. He
never recovered his consciousness.
The lady-toldEDE Psmer6y. that
he was'hersfatherl His Anahle was
Eugene Sydenham, a native of Eng
land, and she would like to have
him buried where he died. They
were travelling for the benefit of his
health, she went on to explain, and
he was wIdower. Her only re-
manning relative was younger sis
ter, who was being educated in the
convent of the Sacred Heart, Paris.
After Mr. Sydenham was buried,
Miss Sydenham went under the care
Of the doctor and his mother to Pa
iris. She insisted upon them taking
up their abode where she had apart
ments, and so not a day passed but
she was with Mrs. Pomeroy. The old
lady got warmly attached to her and
talked dolefully to her son about the
time when they should be separated.
She told them, confidently, not to
lwonder that she did not mourn for
her father, forlhe lad to
wrong her SO deeply that it was not
Hove which held her to his side; and
that in all herlife she had never been
so happy as now, that she was free,
DIR. JPoneroy watched her.. AT
first he was very gallant, but at last
he began to be reserved and cold; a
feeling which he dare not cherish
was growing in his heart, and it
alarmed him ?, wrI
"TI dare not love herp0 he nfatterl
ed to himself. 81 am bound!"
Then, for the first time, he felt |
how heavy were the fetters that |
bound him. She noticed the change.
She tried to beguile him to forget !
the grief that was evidently bearing
on him; and at last in fit of desper-
alton, he told her all.
81 am a married mai!'' he said,
inpulsively. Il love you, and L am
not free to love!'
She recoiled, but bade him tell her
all. '0''S1 - 49,
"It was cruel, unkind of her, to
bind you so,p-she said.
mo, nop' he calculated. She saw
ed me-she blessed me-and 1 shall |
always respect her, but never did my
bonds hurt me n:itil I metsyou. Now
l shah be miserable forever"
"You may meet her."
'Impossiblep' q.
"But possible" she said with
sorrowfuI look, 81 know your Ellen
Latour."
"You know her?"
eyes. Tomorrow l will intro
duce you to her. She is anxious to
see you-she knows you are here,
and she believed you loved me, and
wondered if you were as upright as
she always thought you; to be-" e7rroE
He bowed his face IN his hands,
and Miss Sydenham left HIM.
The hour had come which he had
hoped for in by-gone days-he was
to learn whom he had wedded-but
it gave him no pleasure now. EIgl
z At an early hour the next day a
servant told him that Miss Latour
awaited him in her private parlor,
and he was gushered into strange
room. gIT
He scarcely lifted his eyes as he
entered, but when he did they fell
upon Miss Sydenham.d ~ ca
81 am Ellen Latour,nn she said, sim
ply, "TThat is my real name, though
l never anticipated to tell the truth
to you" 1-'' 'i'-'-
ftEllen Latour! My wife?" asked
the doctor. a,soa3
t'Listen to my story before you
blame" she said. ''The man you
saw die was my step-father, welded
My mother when I was about five
years old, and sister Ada, a baby.
my mother was weakly and she died
a few years later, leaving all my
fathers property in that mans
hands. He was our sole guardian,
to hold ourproperty under his con-
troll until we were married, or be-
come of age. He placed me in the
Sacred Heart, and kept me there un-
till was sixteen, and then he took
me out, and proposed to marry me
to q friend of his Ilrebelled, One
night, l. heard a conversation be-
tween them, and found that he was
selling me for twenty thousand dol
lars, that being the sum that was TO
be paid down to him out of my prop
erty the moment Turner became nv
husband. Ihad no friends to go to.
l was totally at a loss what to do.
He did not allow me to go into soei-
ETY.; made no acquaintances, and
instead of allowing me to stay in my /
mothers house, he kept me travel
ing around the country. AT last ] |
proposed to compromise. / told my
step-father to take me to America,
and when l returned / would marry
his friend. He complied, and | got {
my maid to gossip with one of the /
safvants in tha hofal md bV chance ;