The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-07-01

good fortune, believed deserved holiday
and | accordingly sailed for Europe.
did not follow the regular excursion route
indeed, my journeylng savored more Of saun
tering, SO easily did pursue my object, and /
year after landing | was no further advanced
than Berlin, Suddenly | grew sick Of the
continent; violent wish to visit Great Brit
ain, more especially Scotland, seized me, and
scarcely knowing any definite reason, depart
ed, led by the intervention Of destiny.
isn't that one of your national airs ~ asked
companion, rs we sat IN the shadow q Glas
Cow University, on the slope of the gentle hill
that runs down to the edge Of the brook in the
west side park.
Floating mclodiously on the evening ali
came 70 us the familiar notes Of the .Star
Spangled Banner" and on looking around to
see II any were noticing our excited appncia
ton, my eyes fell upon another group, partly
ladies, who were in carriage, and seemed
little less agitated.
Surely, though, | knew that face. and going
closer to the carriage, 1t proved to be LIZZIE,
the long lost but by no means forgotten, love
of my youth. Despite my tawny face and
heavy mustache | was on the instant recogniz-
ed, and asked TO accompany them; which, as
may be believed, gladly did.
That evenings drive and its occurrence, are
engrayen on my mind. The memory wllllast
in my brain as long as that part of my or4ni.
cation is capable Of giving the record of i'm.
presslons And the gay ride TO their mansion
on the Crescent, with my really delighted con.
seriousness dwelling on the fact that she was
yet only Miss Elizabeth Warm indeed vas
the reception there by her parents showing
the existence Of real friendship; and the
lapse of time seemed as nothing when sat
again III her presence turtively watched her
graceful movements and listened to her ami
mated conversation She was without change
almost, and for aught my mesmerized under
standing could Contrvc, il might have been
but yesterday when | had torn myself away
from her presence and sought relief in absence
and rorgetiulnesS. y trip to their seaside resi-.
dence at Dunoon WAS planned TO, the morrow
and all retired to rest
Brightly the stars shone on that clear, cool,
summer night, and lighting a cigar, stepped
out on the little box balcony of my chamber
the RAIL- reclined comfortably IN an easy chair
There would be no sleep for hours, at lesstun.
ill my nerves so severely shaken, were stilled
Up the street came lIghthearted lad whist.
ling-and 1t seemed singular. too-"Annie
Laurie" an air that above all others was in
connected with my unlucky love
affair, and the night wind murmnred swealy
as II parted the foliage of the trees underneath
The reverles OF bachelor, however, be he
poor or rich, are transitory, like every other
thing of similar nature, and retired with The
in smoke of my second Havana
Ben LOmonds summit was dlscernible next
day as we glided down the Clyde on swift
coasting steamer, and the brisk breeze up the
river ireshened the murky suburban air.
Lizzie and were sitting in the shade OF a
paddle-bOx, from which spurted the water
churned white as milk |
mo, have never married." said, land
am surprised at your retention of the single
state"
II could not marry that man. 1t was a
match almost entirely OF my parents making.
You should not have left the city so soon. YOU
10 not know how panied | was to learn of
your precipitate departure" |
A solution of the entire problem presented |
Itself to me. What desperate case had
made out Of one which might have succeeded |
had persevercd! There was no pain IN my
heart now that we had met as | had feared. |
My love was pure and almost holy. The reve-
" was but tor an instant and rejoined:
bat what was there for me to do? There
vas no hope"
"Of that you were not positive" was the
'eply.
Here our tete-a,tete was broken into, and not
until evening did we recommence And the |
conversation grew mutually interesting after
.whlle, so much so that the opening of the
ancient wounds left from my former hapless
yoOing did not cause suffering.
When we returned, sauntering slowly over
he sandy beach, the sun had vanished behind
he Irish hills across the North Channel; but
he sun had risen in our hearts AS we left
In nt Hnsk pH rnJ tbn 1la tbor
lad been grand transtormatlon-the dawn
If a new era. Surely there were two more
hearts that beat gayley after many years of
onely misery.
The pleasant babbling Of the brook running
lear my library window, and the prattle of
Happy children playing blind mans buff on
he green lawn shaded by the orange trees,
like mingle with my thoughts and are lost in
he mixture. l am penning the latest lines
If my recital of a strange life, made up, as
very mortal's is, of unexpected dlsappolnt-
nents and strange joys. Yet have not Jared
BADLY, and the dreary prospect of twenty-five
ears since has only IN part been verified.
Here soft arm is cast about my neck, and
| hearty kiss tokens the presence of my wife.
Darling, what are you dolng?"
explain and read, she playiully yet earn
,st!y expos!uates.
But" she says. "you shouldn't have been
so precipitate then. Perhaps l might have
-eented, as l afterwards did, and broken my
engagement with Mr.. Law. A woman's true
ove is not won in lts entirety IN day, nor In
months. In your departure felt that had
lost staunch friend, more than friend; and
resolved never TO marry anyone else.
Truly" | thought, my house Is a fortress,
and Elizabeth Is my house of strength"
Aud arm in arm we stroll out on the wide
poruco, realizlag as we witness the peaceful
glory of the declining sun the foreshadOwing
of fair termination to our happy lives.-lVa.
cerly Mdgosine.
JOY. JOY to the World.
III you meet man who looks as il he had lost
all his friends, had his honse burned down and
business destroyed, just moke up your mind that
he either has dyspepsia his liver Is out OF order