Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-01-03
4 W0AAFS CORSTARCX.
BY GEORGE DARRELL.

Who bresthes must suffer, and who thinks mnst
l. mourn. -a-...- ". ...... -' - .---
! And heaiole is blessed who ne'eI was born,9
"Rouse up, George, old man; you look
as melancholy as dead-head witness
ing comedy"
"Then, true to the dead-head princi-
pie, must remain mournful. can't
laugh to order. It's not the thing. Pass
the beverage; Pm little off COLOR"
"And the cause thereof? Hard hit
over the 'CupP too much of the 'hOWingP
Or
''No, Garnet, no-the melody of the
waltz they are playing next door
awakened thoughts and -rememem-
brances Of the long, long ago. More
than q decade has passed away, and yet
| can picture the golden curls on my
shoulder, the blue eyes raised lovingly
| to my own, as danced the night out
and the daylight in with the one woman
who was to me- ...f.'t
The worlds light fair and bright
| And the bOnnest OF them all.
| Confound that fog, it's rough on the eyes.
Shut the window" --ss
Fog! Theresno fog-the atmosphere's
clear as crystal"
"Ahi well, it must have been the
orick:helder to-day; the dust was
'';' Su5s 'Ii''Hi d.iresay. Here clear your
throat with this, the fog seems to have
affected it-and spin the yarn; but make
it one act"
"It's not funny nor lengthy. Light up
and take your eyes off me-"
"All Tight-blaze away" u
Twelve years ago-no matter where.
in the States? Yes-I was over head
and ears with the meTriest gleam of
sunshine that ever walked the earth in
the shape of a woman, to tantaliZe a
man and send him in one moment to
the depths of despair; to raise him in
the next to the seventh heaven of
delight. Don't ask me to describe her;
she was
Beautiful as sweet
/ And young as beautiful and soit young
Aud rlIy rs soft! and innocent as gayr
We loved each other very, very fondlY.
as only boy and girl just out OF their
teens can love-a happy, dreamy, costa
tic existence the awakening came.
Nothing new. The old, old tale; was
too wild, unsettled, uncertain of position.
Another ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS favored
by the. relatives, whose dictates were
commands. The girl resisted bravely;
was true to the last; but there was
somewhat of the 'Auld Robin Gray i'm
the story; and the days of elopemeIt
were oyer.
"We parted-and for time the light
seemed TO go out of my life.
'sFor heT-I knew how she suffered
silently. patiently. No relief from the
dull nionotony; no escape from the
narrow home circle. She was a woman
she had to endure it-she did. Uncom-
nIniningly at last-she accepted her lot.
T'Tw;Is but another young life saeri-
fred Mt the shrine of duty. What mat
terl so that silk and satins replaced
sfnfFs worm Observation-Disclosures and
dainties were better than hOmely fare,
even though purchased by the happiness
of a lifetime. .---.-.,..
"Somehov or other I went very nearly
TO the bad after that. drank heavily
of course I was too young to resist. NJ /
Drew reckless and doubly improYldent.
wandered aimlessly hither and thither,
until at last l found myself on the west
coast of New Zealand, one of the count,
less thousands at the -HokltIka gold
rusb. A wear or two passed amidst
scenes of excitement at the various Dig
o,inUs on the coast sufficed to harden me
sou6ewhat. I led a restless, devIl-may-
care sort of life, thinking not OF me
future. striving only to forget the past.
MDo Won remember the great steam-
boat rIIsh to the Hast River? Thou
sonds of miners left-hd elbouTne' ana
SrjTay bound for the new FL Dorado.
N renorted find since the Port Curtis
hos 'ednaIed the excitement. was one
of thefpioneers. We landed on a bar
Sep frsckless waste, slkirting the sea-
| shore. backed by miasmatic swamps cOY-
EeT9d with dense underground, supple
lacks and saplings, with here and there
a fully developed tree. Rearward OF all,
The dividing range Of mountains loomed
drearily, q barrier, as 'twere, between
MS and the civilized world. Thousands
of lawless men-sOme near akin to
brutes-no police, no order and-but
| one woman on the field. This, at the
start of the rush, which set in with
| never ending ruin, total absence Of
| every necessary TO bare existence, and q
| destftution that compelled hundreds of
men to fish by night in narrow creek
for eels, with hooks bent from pins and
| lines made from fax. Afterwards, semi
civilization obtained, the rush proved 8
| dufFer. Thousands, rendered homeless
and penniless, had to make tracks toI
other hGlQS, SOlllc w sSai OtucIsi ONSI-
land. How many persisted in the latter
endeavor, none-saVe one-eOn ewes
tell.
INN was attracted by the noisy rev.
oIr.v at one of the many grog-sbanties.
Uttered. and midst the roar of bias
nheTnv. the lewd jests and drunken
threats prevailing, l heard toast pro-
posed and loudly observation-disclosures TO
the first woman on the tieldV Glasses,
pannikins and mugs were raised, and
the many heads turned towards one
corner of the tent directed my attention
that way. looked, and saw the woman
In whose honor they were drinking
The sickening horror that crept through
me must have manifested itself In
my faces The woman noticed It end .