Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-12

"Then, dearest can reassure you upon thai
point, for, from letter lately received froH
Lieutenant Bakhus, am happy TO inform you
and am myself well pleased to know, that ht
lives, and has re-appeared In the Gulf Of Genoa!
ana we may dismiss the apprehension which,
am free To admit, have shared with you on
that painful subject"
"Then, Arthur she said, "my happiness
our happiness-will be without alloy. NV dear
father approves of our union, and nothing re-
mains
But to seal the contract, dearest" Ireplied
which did In a way that can be well imagined
but could not be described.
True loves the gift which God has given
| To man alone beneath the heaven:
IL Is not fantasy's hot fire,
Whose wishes, soon as granted, nv;
| IL liveth not I'm fierce desire,
With dead desire II doth not die.
| IL Is the secret sympathy,
The silver link, the silken tie
| Which heart to heart, and mind To mind,
In body and In soul can bind"
! About week after the event which crowned
| my happiness the "Ariadne" appeared In the
otng, and the Lieutenant and Mr. Miner, her
| owner, were welcomed by the Colonel with all
| the warmth and sincerity of his grateful heart
aud manly nature. They remained some weeks
| at the castle, during which We took several ex-
cursions In the yacht, and visited the western
highlands of Ireland, as well as the charming
| scenery on tie southwest coast. The Colonel
celebrated the arrival OF his friends by continu
GUS festivities, 10 which all the friends OF his
family were invited, as well as the tenantry of
the estate, not the least prominent character
ON these occasions being our friend Dennis,
whose somewhat exaggerated description of
his combat wild that black divil o. MALAY,
AN MIR. Mervyns fought wild the Count wild
swords an daggers, begorra," was circulated
widely over the country, redounding greatly To
our reputation for strength and valor among
the credulous peasantry, and was published by
the local papers, with additional emhellish-
ments, which found 10 impossible to suppress
Our guests at length sailed for the Mediter-
ranean, having arranged that part of the next
summer should be spent on board the "Ariadne''
In cruising on that delightful sea; but before
they departed, Norah and l had arrived at the
conclusion that we should not much longer en-
Joy the society of her charming sister, and that
her future home on land would be across the
broad Atlantic, and on sea, the 'Ariadne.n
Dennis was, and Is to this day, the most in
veterate consumer of tobacco ever met; he
not only smoked and chewed, bnt also, like
many old sailors, plugged his nose. Itevery
adult III the kingdom contributed as much TO
the excise on tobacco as he did, there would be
no necessity for any other tax.
fears-long happy years-have gone by since
the events recorded In this narrative took
place. Colonel De Burgho, alas has passed
away from the scenes he loved so well; Nor h,
still beautiful, cheers the evening Of my life,
and In sentimental moments, sings 10 the ac-
compartment of her harp
"As when the footsteps of a comrade parting,
To seek his fortune on some distant shore,
Retreating fall; and the warm tear.drops start
ing,
Silent adown our griefwrung faces pour
We-fond remembrance of the past retracing,
Or JOY GUS days and hours together seen
Pray, as our old and well-loved friend embrac- |
ing,
Our youthful memories may be ever green.
Scenes OF my youth, enchanting vision. waning |
In memory's lingering twight-still so dear; |
Far from thee severed, pensiye, uncomplain, |
ing,
mourn the loss of each declining, vanished |
year,
lis one more time-mark gone, from thee divid- |
ing,
AS e-vious seas, disjoining, span between
The exile ard his bome-the silent gliding
From vernal brightness TO dark autumn's |
gloomiDg sheen