Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-20
Biiglited Hopes.

,,.accsul nation, and 10 an age When only poll
tics and prejudice cooperating together cngen-
dercd tc, liups of apiposty by the excitement
which followed, occasionally disturbing the
uuity OF though aud the harmony of action,
tut nevcr eDdaugeriug the lives or happiness
OF the mass, there lived 10 uelghborlng couu'
ty Two persons loving and beloved. The man,
we will al Joseph, was OF medium height,
with light eyes aud hair, and aged about
twenty the girl, Minnie, 1.-the, delicate, beau
tful, with black hair and large, dark eyes, and
in her seventeenth year. A, this period they
met apd ere long IN their youthful hearts
spranp au early mutual devotion, which deveI
oped ouiy too rapidly as tine sped on. Event
ualy, however, they lived with the c0mmon
hope of being Que day happily united. Their
cheerful suieS and easy movements betokencd
unusual confidence and affection, AID consider
aby alprme Miune' parents, who were blt-
terry opposed to their daughter marrying oe
fore she had d, rived all the beuchG and polish
society nigh. afford had made hcrsslf per
icctly familiar DOT only with handkerchief tilr-
tatiun (which was then in full vosue) and be-
cme easy 10 dancug but should be 10 ev r.
scnse cultivated lady, having thorough
knowledge of the classics mathematics and by
ali means proficient In music To this b0th
.l:seph and Mrunie readily asseDted, aud Mln.
nj. soon iet, Ill happiness behind aud started
of for school, to equip herself fully, as her too
ambitious parents thought, TO pa'tie success
fully for the supremacy IN all future fIrtatloUs,
and IL all CO. 1cts of hearts into which gay sOcl-
CIV uignt lead nec. But the secret OF Their op-
position vas not this alone, but from dislike
they had always had for Joseph, or rather
from a p7eicr,uce tor young, handsome, up'
wrhy gambler, who had by some meaps or
ether inslnua,cd hiusell Into their coed graces.
/, distressed Music no little to ihik her
rar uts, whom she low; d Sc dearly, would have
her ,incd for life to :uch stupid, uncour:'y
row.vu as this young man had always seemed
10 her; aud it grievad and mortif her be-
yonl expression VIII u they openly aud posi-,
tiyey forbid her writing aud tclIlog Joseph OF
the crue opposition, o! h. dark cloud which
uus o'crsil.d wed the bright vision OF their
s!liniJy hopes aud darkeucd the green fields OF
their future happiness. She wluced her little
figure slightly 10 spite OF b great effort TO be
clmc composed, and her almost fauliless face
for L moment became a pert,c ct picture OF des-
pair aud anguish; but no sooner had she
thought of her Joseph, the undeSerVed hatred
OF her parents, of their uumeanlng and uutound-
ID objection, than her cheek again bloomed with
acriu sou loveliDess, audwhlle herbrow asyet pore
Il melancholy ster0ness, her lips parted to speak,
but only Sghs were audible; turnlug lrom ner
parents to dry the tears Which had now stolen
upoG her rcdJeucd cheeks, she soon telt com
loScd enough to confront them again, and 10
firm but sweet tone and with new streOgth,
as she gently pressed her little hand to her
throbbiDg breast. SAID: Father mother! 10
,l,rr k,,r, H.,h hnrn yph
should you continue to heap uutDerited cruel
ties aud re Dukes upon me, must soou, yes, 81
soon consume this irail frame. On 1t must
soon sink beneath the many troubles you, my
parents, have brought about, unless there's
speedy relief unless you cease 10 tct'er the
feeling you cannot coutrol, and let the heart
ac, freely, love truly | love him, and TO wrong
h!ln would not only be to oppose my innate
Conscience, the guide of my Conduct, aud the
su>taiuer of my character, but to sin against
heaven itself; for | verify believe It's the de.
sign If the All Wise to have Us think, feel aud
exist as one. How then, father, can 1t be In
n.rmouy with His divine will, for which you
have always protessed such great reverence, to
have the tender chords of earnest, early, lov
ng hearts thus broken In twain My ohlld
twcra better that you should die than ever dis
obey singlc INJUNCTION Of your parentS Tor
remember the Bible says No no father,
no, wheu they arc unreasonable and u:just.
The commandment you were about TO speak OF
prrsupposes moderation. reason aud Justice
whsE it says "obey thy parents. But, father,
she added, # its your will to destroy my hap
plucss now and all | had hoped to experience
Ia the future, | shall act aS your say VIII lead
a iit,. iuil of trouble and disappointment, by
giving ur the man | shall always, and only,
love, but before heaven, can never marry nlm
whom | dcspisc. In two years hllnnle hau
c,mpletcd her education and Joseph, 10 her
abscuce, had made himself master OF law, or
rather only awaited her arrival and her advice
before taking out license, being buoyaut with
til" hope that his practice, together with his
present meaus would enable him TO marry aud
afford very comfortable support tor bis ex-
pccled Minnie. She, though faithful, feared to
arQuaiut her lover with the gloomy clrcun-
Stances, and yet it was her duty to her parents
and mast certainly right OF his. Shortly alter
her arrival, which was 10 the month OF Juue,
he called upon her. aud every tree, every house
he rassed by, seemed in all their former beauty
and .ovcuess to welcome him 90, eacE seem
ing, with delight, to poiat him to the most bal
lowed spot of his memory the home OF his past,
his presen, attraction bis mind, too, filled with
the same pleasant thoughts, his heart swelled
with the same loud ,emotiooal love 6e experlenc-
ci Two years before, and so, naturally, did ne ex-
pee, to find Minute the same to him, to be
greeted with smiles, and entertained with that
cheerful happiness she in the past had been SO
willing and ready to bestow. Seeing him she
biusned deeply aud Stammered out somewhat
In h'r accustomed sweetness OF tone anu man
uer, My dear come in. He entered quietly,
and no sooner had he looked into these large
dark eyes, the mirrors oil the SOUL and glanced
to the brow, pale, silent, pensive, than he de-
rcted the strongest evidence OF inward suffer
ing. Minute, my daring, you are beautifully
"clcht this evening, then why do you seem sac
when we arc together aud nothing troubles
l'yyur health good, or do you care for ms
new? Let's have an old sweetheart talk
hcse aud many other questions and sugges