Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-01-04
THFGUAROTAN ANGEL.

The sun was just setting, and from
the horizon great banks of cleaning
gold piled upon one another, till
great streaks and layers of purple
and crimson and vermilion inter-
mingled, casting warm pink refee-
tion over the high heavens, and the
stretch of sea into which the sun
was sinking; and seated Oh the
shore the solitary figure of a girl
with her head resting on her hand,
and gazing out upon the sea with
dreamy, far-swsy look in her eyes.
A girl of about eighteen or nine
teen, with a somewhat small but
perfect figure, and a face as fault
less as a Greek Sculptor's ideal
somewhat too pale and thoughtful
for her years some might think, but
the paleness was not that of ill-health
while those glorious, large brown
eyes of hers would have redeemed
any imperfectlon, had there been
such, of feature or complexion, with
their wonderfully expressive splsn-
dor. Yet one could not wish for
more color. 1t would have spoiled
half the charm of the face so intel
Iectually beautiful, yet SO inexpress-
IDLY sweet and pure-a face, not the
least charm of which was the ex-
preston telling of trusting cOnstan-
cy and its ability TO love much and
to suffer; for it is the truest, and the
most loving hearts, that God scathes
with the greatest griefs.
"Do intrude, Miss Hildyard?"
She looked up quickly, and a
smile of recognition came into her
face as she rose.
'Not in the least, Mr.. Wilton" ,"
she answered. Indeed, must
thank you for recalling me. l should
have gone home nearly an hour
ago"
CAT least may walk with you so
far?"
''Of course" she said, taking his
proffered arm and turning in the di-
rection of the pretty little parsonage
that lay embowered among the
great wide spreading chestnuts over
whose tips rose the gildsd vane of
the country church of which the
girls uncle, Mr.. Hildyard, was the
rector. He was a. bachelor, and
when bis brother, q brave but penni-
less officer in the army, had been
killed in the dreadful Indian mutiny,
and his WIFE dying shortly after
wards, he took little Beatrice, then
three years old, to live with him, aud
though he grumbled somewhat at
first about his bachelor household
being turned into a nursery, he
came to love the pretty little glrl as
the dearest thing on earth.
3 Her companion this evening was
a young man of about thirty, unfor-
tunately born to a large fortune. l
say unfortunately advisedly, for his
was nature that needed some in
centive to become great. All things
are mixed in this world of
ours, aud while to some natures
riches are undoubtedly a blessing, to
others they are 8 curse. Of this
latter class was Ralph WiltOn's.
His parents had both died when he
was child, and having tasted deeply
of all the sweets of society until
they had sickened him, for the last
seven years he had travelled over
most of the globe aud come back
with only the taste of the dead sea
truit of wisdom in his mouth, and
the conviction of "vauitatls vanita-
tum" in, his heart and on his lips.
So they walked on together these
two; she so pure trusting and guile
less, seeing = new light in every
thing, In the earth, the sea, the sky;
lie so woTld-worn and weary, with
his senses of pleasure bIunted by Sa-
tiety, and dull feeling of unsatis.
lied longing gnawing into his heart,
that he vaInly strove to hide, by an
affected cynicism, till they reached
the parsonage.
"Win you not come in and see
my uncleYn she said; "yOu must ex-
euSe me, as l have to visit = poor