The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-08
GEORGE AND GWESDoLEN. .


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i Up from the meadows the soft breczes
OF perfect June evening were waiting
the faint perfume Of the cowslip. and
as George w. Simpson and and Gwen.
doten Mahafy stood near the gate
whose decrepit appearance told with
moro elo4uence than could mere words
OF the deathlcss passion that cnslaved
their souls, both felt that crisis il
their lives had arriVed--a moment had
come which would in the misty future
that stretched away before them, like
one Of William Nj. Evarts's letters, be
etthera bright beacon of hope and joy to
look back upon with gladness, ora desc.
late landmark like the lightning-rIVen
! trees that one never beholds without a
feeling of sadness. Secure in the con-
seriousness of his own lnerit-that stcr-
ing merit which always lies in strong
arm, clear brain, and large fect-auu
yet with 4 modest diftidcnce concerning
his own worth, the young man stood
there in the cleaning with Il half reluc-
| tant cat-on-the -back-feuce exprcssipu
That lent an added beauty to his pure
young face, and made more pleadiugly
tender the earnest, father-is-coming-u
lthe-front-steps look with which he re-
garded the beautiful girl who stood by
his side. He has asked her to be his
Wife-to leave parents, sisters, brothers,
and all the endearing influences of u
happy, Christian home, where two
girls arc kept, and go out with him
into the wide world as helpmate and
companion. He had told in fervid
sentences of the great love he bore her
"A love that would ever be the guiding
star of his life, he said, cheering him
when the black clouds of advcrsity and
despair hung heavily in the horizon OF
his hopes, and without which his whole
existence would bc one arid, trackless
waste, on which lay the whitcd skelc-
tons of Ambition and Hope-ghastly'
remnants Ola lite whose final wreck
was all the more sad because oltho hap
pincss which it might have held had
love not flown away with mocking
laugh when pleaded with so passiona-
tley.
LWhen it came to ornamental lying,
with two rows Of nuting up the back.
George took first money!
Gwendolen had stood in graceful
poisc as he spoke, one ear thrown
slightly forward and her right foot cov-
ering the door mat, and, now that he
had finished, was looking down in
maiden shyncSs, while the rosy bushes
that chased each other under her ,iaHH.
ling complexion would have told, ri
could have seen them, OF the |
emotions that were nGitatinr her Young
soul. But no words came from her
rosy ripe portals that opened
with such languiu grace when there
was pic in the house; and George be-
gan to fear that perhaps he had talked
her to sleep. Presently, however, she
drew quite close TO him, pat her hand
in his, and, resting her check upon his !
shoulder, She said: "Ncs, George, |
will marry you"
'nHut whcn"' asked the young man,
Il horrible fear that this his bluff way to
be called his very blood.
"i will marry YOU" repeated Gwen
dolcn, "Wltcn 4 hiryr'" rider is elected
prcsidcnl.'
Turning away TO hide his emotion,
George muttrrch, in low, piratiral
tones, "Thanll heaven, ! am sar'."
Tennessee is after the H.nrrirgc niI |
associations Of that State. \ Nash !
willie special Of the lst says:
"Thc greatest constcrnat ION has been
excited here by the action Of the at!or-
ney-gcncral of Tennessee, who has to-
day directed The district attorneys 10 /
proceed at once against ali matrimOni- !
ri organizations, rs they exist in open |
violation Of the laws.
"TcnncSscc, and especially Nash !
Vile, is overrun with these marriage !
aid associations, which have proved TO |,
be very popular. In fact, they have |
developed Il species OF gambling which /
has aroused great excitement This /
order Of the nttorncy-gcn"rai has Gro |
ated great consternation among policy /