Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-06-07
An Old woman. story

Dt1 t7graD1L1OAaaef sal b'-,el1e
the girl in tears
Said great-graDdnamnz Hudson
sitting very straight, not lOIliDg. a
Der seVentb-eight years a. did hel
greAi-grsDddaughter Of eighteen
Young folks think old folks AZ,
fools, but old folks know TIA; young
folks are"
That's because you are old,
grandma" sobbsd Linda.
"No; it's because / was once
young" said the Old lady.
"But he's the Only one / ever
loved, or ever shall love- said Lin
da- "Pap4 Is 50 cruel 70 me. Why
should be think III Of Leviss He
doesn't kDOv anything about him
i shall die il We are separated"
Il was going 10 die, too, If We
were separated" said grest-grsnd-
mamma I; shut / didn't"
@oh tel me, please cried Lin
da, %had you = lorerl Did they
separate you! Oh--sbs put her
arm around her grest-grSndnoth-
ers kDees-@oh I never knew you
had . lOEe-s;ory-ihst i that Kind
Of one
"Yes," said the Old lady, Il had
lover and / had a mother and faith
er. You can have many lovers, but
never more than one father and
mother. Folks think Of that Ehsn
It's too late. When father said that
Cecil was Lord knows who. and be
should not come 20 see ne, re-
member / almost hated him for IL
When mother said she didn't ike
the young man either, ! alnos; hat
ed her. Cruel creatures tia: stood
between ne and my young lover
that was what ny dear parents
seemed 70 me then; just wha;
yours seem 10 you, Linda, / have
10 doubt. And ! vas worse than
you, my dear, ever 50 much worse
for il seemed 50 wicked 10 me that
any one should take il for granted
a man was not good and worthy Of
love because be was a stranger, that
! utterly refused al counsel, and
made preparations to run away
with Cecil and marry him a. Gretna {
Green, place in Scotland where !
runaway couples used 20 20 at that I
time 70 be married by al old black
smith. I
Everything was ready; / had I
ny jewelry in my bosom, and little l
yundle Of clothing on my arm, and
vas creeping out Of little side
ioor Of our house that led into the b
arden, when hand came down on
ny shoulder, and voice cried out:
''My girl, my girl, is this the way {;
'Ou use usT And there was my
sther. Il
'Desr, dear, IT., 50 many years Il
many years ago-but / re-
,ember that moment 50 well The o.
,ng, dark hall, with its polished
COR and low ceiling, and the tall I
iock standing in the corner at one ci
I'd, ticking, ticking. Outside the
noon shining faint and white, and ID
be dark ivy growing on the low
.one wall, over which / meant 10 ri
limb, and On the other side Of m
hich Cecil stood quietly waiting sa
r me. In
my fathers face was as white as
Ia Of a ghost in that light, and HI
l. hand shook az he held mine.
80 father, father" / cried, 'if no
bud let me have my viii in this mr.
ne thing. You can't make a girl W.
We or hate by saying So" he
"He stood, holding me firm and
st. ~
"'Do you think l want anything -,
1t your good r said he. Would /
ot be glad to have you happy : no
on little simpleton, do you know -,
at If you had left my house this ~.
ght, you would have gone to your a.
in r.
"Outside was my lover and his -
sses inside, my father, stern and r
I'd, as it seemed to me. 1t SEEM A.
as though he led me back to AZ,
ison, when / had a chance of -
aven before me, as he bolted the %,
or. =
|" 1T is Emeline who has betray- =,
me- / said and though they A.,
'uld never admit it, / knew my DO,
id had proved false. 8
We'll, they locked me up in my an;
I'M. How often l cried out, Il 81,
II die IL am separated from Ce- L,os,