The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-21

And kiss the windows Of my room; 4
. To live in such fslicitys
:. NV brow with blossoms will be beund,
, And from my fears shall be free;
Oh tsrdy time brig quietly ~ ~ =, round %s
That may hear the church-boys Sing,
And on my Anger see the ring! .ee. i.
: s-,si Cousin Matthew.
When I look back on my early life,
and consider that was q smOtherless
I Eirl n and an only child Of o fond indul-
GENT father. I do not wonder-possess-
a ing Q. quick, impulsive dispositiOn, un-
= checked by any authority-that / was
wilfal and oapricious. I was my faith
: er's pet--his darling; and a. nature had
= bestowed upon me my mOther'a
luxuriant curls and comedy features, /
was rendered dearer to him by the re-
semblance.
My fAther prospered in business, and
when approached womanho0d was
} an heiress as well - an acknowledged
q beauty. Then no wonder, repeat,
that I was self-willed; but the revul-
,si0ns Of feeling attendant upon such q
nature as mine caused, In mOst tnstan-
= ces, The Acts OF willfulness and caprice
to give me as much unhappiness a.
> they did ethexr paxticulacly In tho case
of 6ousiif Matthew. MY father had
always been associated In business
: with his cousin, Matthew the elder,
, the father Of my playmate. They had
commenced life together, poor young
men; they had worked together
had ee0nomized--had laid up money,
!. and when good Cousin Matthew the
!. elder was stretched on the bed Of death
!, they had 90 'prospered In worldly at
Y Ans thar the hm Of Bates 4 Lee was
one Of the swealthfest houses In the
country. Like my father, he was .
2 widower with one child-my Cousin
Matthew. WAS o little one when he
i died; but i can remember well the
i. scene at his death-hed L.
:, = Be -a,father to him, John, said
poor Cousin Matthew, grasping my
/. hther's hand and polnting to his
weeping son. 80, .i.-, -. $500. ~ I'd -
I will be, y replied my father,
while q huge tear rolled down his
hard cheek; land IL the children fancy
-eacll other. he shall marry my little
{, Ella, and be indeed my son. =,
. The dying man pressed his hand IA
client gratefulness, and was lifted up
TO. him to receive his parting caress;
> butas his, lips touched mine his spirit
fed Many long day did the recOl-
lection of that cold kiss hover around
/. me; ,and-Heaven forgive me-when i
grew to be silly, romantic girl, ] as
ISOLATED the unpleasant remembrance
with my poor Cousin Matthew and
Instead Of making me love him the
more, a. it SHOULDN'T made me shrink
from him; but ], suffered most bitterly
fof my naughty heartlessness. -
Cousin Matthew displayed his devg-
He bore with my pettishness, my
Iloved him none the better for It. His
.ad6ration, 50 nieekly and quietly exc
!. pressed, bored me. r4.ra rfaas- =.
81 When began to think myself all
most q young lady, my poor little head
: became filed with . thousand nom
sensical, sentimental ideas. was
terry RICH. i knew; but was not
mercenary--oh, no that would not
have been. romantic. i should have
been delighted with lover and . cot
tage. IT did not agree with my sentl-
mentalid az love and marriage TO
Cousin Mathew Bates. Then, his
name was so phoclIings III It had only
been Clinton. or. CORTLAND, Oh Cla-.
renee, or anything but Mathew
with Bates added to that. And beside
he was SO uncodth -looking--not at all
elegant, That he had good features /
r-to6ld not deny, ana Mis- hgufewas well
proportional but he knew not how to
show To advantage Ills personal gifts.
His clear, brown eye sh0ne frankly,.
and his chestnut hair curled carelessly
over his well-devel0ped forehead but
he paid little attention to dress or &C
Young Dudley. land Morton, and
Campbell and two or threeof my 9TH
er boy-lovers had ,after leaving college,
exquisite Aud then they had studied.
pr0fessiohs, but plain Cousin Matthew
went unwiilingly to school; and then,
on his return, Insisted upon taking his
place as partner with my father.
snsI can visit the. Continent, dear
uncle, nhe said, "wben am older:"
and 1 saw his face color, and his eyes
brighten, ~ he and my father looked
q me, and then exchanged glances.
~ Here was Zone Of the eprettiest dis
!, tresses imaginablc,S and 4 gAve myself
up 70 the ftill enjoyment o. my miserya
~ will never. marry Cousin Mat-
thew Z" I exclaimed, in pettish anger,
when / had reached my ROOM !" No,
no, they can never Pake me!" and
belnk iJcE2l6p Sld Rept IN bread and
water. But my good old father would
D have started at the bare proportion Of
fyxine me hgAlnst my VIII. He would
h47S been delighted - have seen us
! merried 70 .aeA cthsrl but wos!d never
Asve SqEssd rnf bat y pissssS me to
.AIn49FcT paris Imagine
Hooked 'rWBdf6 : lQyer-soms one
9s s@saSg BSSs ssS VIII III fis scisis5
airs AIR and slscss, Ms 3 Dol !; Morton,
8 e. sRscsls and SoSnSs %
though Ne were IN elder con Of q peer,
uxIIhk R9'x et3 csi, rs! TN e
: SsSSiSs sssEs 3 Sst ny msalc.master
was snufIy old 0efmsn, snd my
az sssc!idsSf 1 'Ksa ersetsd.
!. S1rS1kiu Mathew might have been that
-SI6Iifzl(7t<I. n Z had not been 10 bind.
20 go .handsome IL be Waa unCouth
clever In 'mental abilities, end gentle
, az A0ylsSI : ~ s9si - ~ only y
|. rlSIn, Mathew , Bates whom Il was
!, fs,eced 10 marry. Az 49, bnv.,.' 90 2 "
ST16iS peissd On. I entered society,
therGh, xsntes1 ~ Ne rich
rSunded. ~ edmIrsfs: Cousin Mat
'iSSv lools4 auletly on, bot spoke not
~ ~ \ ~ md, q aJcompsny me
- ~, 49, -. Df,E1deos II could not
-. ScknvWlsdgiug q timq, . secrst
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