The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-08-01
Ralph Terrill's Courtship.

Tn front moonlit, dimpling sea; on
either hand a stretch Of level beach,
obesity and dim: behind, the mighty,
Hlack. drowned cliffs, with here and
there A tree leaning far out, as though
half tempted to try the fearful leap
toward the sea beneath; and between
sea and cliff pair OF lovers, III.
Happy, yet trembling; trusting all to
the rosy god, yet dreoding to dare pa'er'
ut won't do. Nell. He'll never con
asntI You remember he told me last
snr;nc that he did not care for money,
INF that the man who won his daughter
must have performed some vaorous deed
10 nroye his worthiness of the precious
trust It's queer notion, pet. Why,
INV beloved, it is an insult to tax OF
winning youl ] love you, but to WIN
Won / never hope, except by the power
Of that love" -.
" The handsome fellow bent his face
toward the girl at his side and a snspl'
IONA aound danced out across the & nm
mering waves. .-,o,a ,o,ho,
" But halph ue"'' P''i'
will" :un,,,.r
/ rrrted her lover, again drawing hei
, onse 70 him. al know what You wolilo
5 Say~that he may change. But it's i'm
nnssible. Darling, We must either wait
: wait indefinitely, or else
i second time he bent toward TN
o sweet cheek and whispered lew WORD
o in the listening ear.
II The girl started.
d ooh, Ralph! don't ont! You kho
1t owav-elopep Oh, my darling, do Nc
&c sneak of such thing! / shall love yo
ID for ever, but this I cannot dof
The young man soothed ms coi
IN nanion with low words and tender, al
IN Mead his love and longing as reas'
d Tor the proposal, but when the moo
id whose blushing face had been hidd'
DIS behind great rift of cloud, peeped Tor
at aoa;n the lovers had risen and we
h, Moving along the beach toward t
NJ more frequcnted part OF the shore.
Ralph Terrill was only young lawi
ew struggling into practice, while Nei
Oh Trcvillion was the beautiful daughter
ge old jeremiah Trevillion, one oil
nut wealthiest men in the State,
Of By chance the Young people mad II
he and meeting lad loved but how no
lcssly those only knew who had lear
the the foibles of old Jeremy, wneh over
or vine his tongue was ioosenea. As
'sa- ill had said, he cared little for mo
Not with son-in-law; but for some unkn'
,on ,eoson he had fixed upon hero Tor
I'm. daughters husband. To win NJ
be TreT;lIion n man must first prove !
md ,elf n knight OF aye olden hme;'
tbe chances OF attaining such lame
l of few enough in the nineteenth cehtur
Jug, Nevertheless. so ran the edict ant
he'd ,bougb Terrill had, by his gentlem
d to hearing and successful pleading OF
the .ain cases gained the esteem OF his
who, ;red iather-in-law, yet he knew too
sup. that any hint OF his affection for n
near would at once turn him from the
than And so il was that the young pr
might, as yet, only love and hope
rator not marry.
ants. One aliy, however, they had in M
Mould uncle, a retired merchant ana u
nme1 "bach"-Dwight TreNillion-anC
orous him they conhded all their tro'
This sage old party listened and ad
post, but as yet no result had peeh IL
/, sir, and the future remained dim ell
were it not for the light OF glowing
thor and love. They would watch anu
Early morning on the coast;
excite the bright beams OF the nap
take kissed ali the little waves awake
onine the face Of the smooth bea'
|" fair stalwart figures were seen 70 4,
Q, in a Iron, a cottage and turn toward I
u It was Jeremy and Dwieh' a. q,
y per- the brothers, bound foru day $ NJ
safety They entered their boat, sPrea
md was canvas and we're seen saiiine
ecution away before the light land breeze
ons re- for these gentlemen were u
,ns fol. ~, and desired no third
s ,Po;r trins This morning, howe
matter , ,hor embarked, Dwight Trevill
en- then exnressed half hope that sol
Q Judge might be stirring, whose SEW nv !,
rvellous could engage, "to attend 10
ow don't while they fished." 80,
,er." Rut his brother laughed MN
"Bosh, Dwi! Why shopiu :,
bothering ignoramns with u
ould ap- more than on Tuesday ias''
perity as went crabbing?" .,:o, !,
since laid "Oh. no reason, replica u
fat take" aesitatingly, "only ] though sHs
d it with Wanted to go far from ouf o'"'
tranquility, be bettAr."
coat and "Well. we can toss nor amen
such fat replied Jeremy, "and she II w"
afford to mont let us have NAL, :,
on Tran Just as the chimes OF 'ne
village clock rang across the smf
for six o'clock the SeaguIi 81
Dung lady forefoot upon the fine white =,
d, IL ac- snail sandbank, perceptible Of
I'd accom- and the Trevillion brothers
ason why "Now for jolly day" sai'
ng her. ! As he prepared his tackle, un
ways get stick that little anchor IN
lent. I've Owl and veil go to the lower
much not The other obeyed, and with
lines the gentlemen strolled
ward their desth LION.