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MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY
-OR
HOW Alt'! IIUR AINSTON GOT
HIS WIFE.
EY JOANNES.
? JpPiu
**Yt ft .
cu,\;ri:n I.
?How arc tinrs Inno i:'. Olayburu
tvtf** feed Arthur Aiu>ton of the
clftver who was taking hitn to Ihc ho
|f ? ?
? .JJ^Kvoryihinyj is pretty dull, sir," re
plied.the lac .ni : driver. u.i:m\ ntly half|
? leep, or anxious to get back to the h->
te4 where he could loaf around between
?csrs, and watch chances to gratify his
Shiechanaliati thirst.
there," continued Arl'.uir, scc::;
iugJy anxious to learn something more
fro j'ltis iion-coinuiiinieiitive companioii,
4,;l.s laatiy beautiful young ladies here a;
ever./ Tbc Milses J>>yer, where are
they?"
? Still in cur city, I I G iove, sir. V?ju
appear to have lived here *onee; you
nccm to know something of the belles of
the city. How long do y u expect to
remain with us? It it be for any
length of time, you will have a chance
of, seeing the two young ladies of whom
you inquired just a moment ago, as there
is to be a dance at the hotel in a week
or so, and I heard this morning that they
were, to be there."
Arthur observed that the moment he
mentioned the names of tho Misses Boy
er, (ho .driver who had before ap
peared dull and stupid, roused up,
changed his position, and commenced to
scrutinize him closely.
Rut not finding, in the lineaments of
our hero, a resemblance to the person he
was ou the qui vivo for, be withdrew his
impudent aud inquisitivo eye* from Ar
thur's face, and turned them iipon his
horses, "i
Arthur thought for a moment over the
iisftt reply that the driver made to him
and his inquiry whether or not he, Ar
thur, had ever lived in the city, und
concluded that the news of his visit
hud got out, and that it would be best to
' in...V/er him in a manner that would mis
lead hla mind, and remove his tmspi
clons.
This answer was thou given to tin
driver: ,
'Yes I know something of this city,
but my knowledge was not derived from
having lived here. I have becu here on
business severul times, but never re
mained long enough to become acquaint
ed with any but those with whom I gen
erally transacted my business. I should
liko very much to remain over a week
and be present at tho party which is to
be givcrt at tho hotel, but othor matters
will call me uwny before then.
:.. .^i-I.should like to get acquainted with
tup Misses Royor, as"?
- T
?^Why^I thought you were acquainted
with them," interrupted tho driver.
"Didn't you iuqu'tre of them a few mo-1
nicnts ngo, and if they wcro beautiful V
"Yes. But I.did not say that I know
them personally. I remember to hnvol
met them twice upon tho oars, and it was!
there that I observed how beautiful they
were."
"What time docs the up-train leave
here to uiunow r; Arthur asked, ns if
desirous of diverting the attention of the
driver; from tho idea of the Misses,
Boyer, aa l himself.
"Twelve o'clock," laconically replied,
too Dutchman, for our hero's driver was
no other than such an individual.
Hero the carriage drove up to the ho
tel. Arthur alighted, registered uuder
a fictitious name, and requested to bo
shown to a room.
After the servant was dismissed, he
congratulated himself upon having
found out so soon alter his arrival that
the Misses Boyer were in tho city, aud
that he had sucocded in eluding a re
cognition by the driver.
lie sat down on the bed, aud said to
himself, '"Thus far things have progress
ed as good as I eottld have wished them,
but to-molTovt ?"
Hero he got up and paced the room to
and fro iu a kind of abstracted mood.
Alter the lapse of a ? ft w moments'
time, he slopped suddenly before a large
mirror that was in the loom, and said?
?1 wiil act honorably about the tuat'cf
to the end. I will not run away with
her. 1 will marry her right here in the
city of Cla vbur:, iu spite of all onp isi
lion. She is too good a:id noble to be
claimed in any other w iy.
'T wii! go to sleep, and Ui tb? n.
tug I will write to her that I am here,
and that I intend tu seek an interview
with her fii her, and tell him plainly
whit my intentions are; that I have
changed my mind from the manner in
which I proposed that we sh >uld marry ;
and that 1 have a hopj that my inter
view with her father will result in m.ik'
i-,g us both feel happier.
'?Yes, I will write her this and then 1
will go straightway to her lather* store,
and tell him all from my own lips ; and
although ho has been hard and inflexible
iu the past; although proof against all
my entreaties upon paper, methinks win n
he sees me, standing manly before him.
pleading an honest love and asking a
recognition of it at his hands ; when 1
tell him right to his face haw m ich I
love his daughter, ami how she has
learned to love me in return, I say me
thinks he will rcleut, and withdraw his
opposition to our marriage."
Arthur now divested himself of his
clothes and was soon soundly asleep.
In his slumbers he dreamed that he
had had tho interview, and it resulted
favorably to bis wishes.
l>ut let us learu something mote of
him and his court ship, aud the name of
the girl whose image was so fblidly en
shrined in his heart.
Well, to hurry along, wo wiil state that
.Mua^tuuy w tthotuuu was engaged,
[was tio other than Miss Bliza Boyer,
the youngest of the Misses Boyer, the
belles of which the driver made men
lion.
Arthur A Ins ton did not. see them on
the train, as ho said, but had tuet them
one night at tho oily hall, two years pre
vious to the time of which wo are writ
ing.
It was there l(o got acquainted with
Miss Fli/.a Foyer ; aud it was there that
the germ of that love was plantel iu bis
bosom, which was destined to ho the
great event of Arthur Ainston's life.
From the very first moment that he
behehl her, his heart was enchained.
So completely did her charms captj
| vate him, that, in defiance of all eti
quette, ho attempted to make a confes
sion tolicr the first hour after ho rhet
her; and only desisted when told il he
attempted any such thing again, it would
bo on pain of being bnuishcd Forever
from the society of bis fair iuumorata.
Arthur stopped; that is, his tongue
obeyed his bidding, and nO further oral
declaration was attempted to be made
that night.
But all could see that he had fallen
desperately in love,
Tu every act and movement of his
could be seen pomist^kablo ?igus of a
love "just newly beta."
And it must be admitted, that so clc
gant wore Arthur's mauncrs, dress and
personal nppoaranco, thutnlmost any girl
would have felt fl ittered by his hi too
tions.
That night when he went home, many
resolutions to learn more of the charmer,
Eliza Buyer, aud u faint but undefined
hope of one day winning her esteem,
engrossed his whole bosom.
He fell asleep thinking of this queen
of beauty and intelligence.
\\ hen he arose next morning he found
bis mind more absorbed than ever witli
the idea ol herself.
The fact of it is, bp approached uear
ly a lunatic. IJat if his rogret und
chagrin wer : great when he reflected who
Eliza B?yer was, how immeasurably su
perior her position was to Iiis?] and that
probably she would not recognize hiui
ou side of the bail room, they were a thou
sand limes more intense when, on re
ceiving the morning's mail, he found a
letter fioin his father commanding him
to return home immed'atelv.
lie read the summons over and over
again, as if unwilling to believe his
? V'V.p" .3,? *-t-;-"! ??->?*?;.
senses
Finally, however, he forced himself to
regard it nS ?' roility, und tint, ho did
burn that night!
Tho- ? who i> rvd loved with that warm,
burniugt iuiiito Sovej that was now aglow
iu the l?..s om of As :bvir Alston, cm
well imagine the bittomesI u*f his sorrow
at (Uis moiucut.
It appeared tu him* at fn>.l tluit a
cruel fortune hail permitted him to gel
a glimpse of Paradise, only to be *uin
inoucd forever fr mi it.-? holy pre
cincts, without one ray of hope to illu
mine his future life.
So greatly was his mind exercised
that at one time he resolved to disregard
parental authority, assert his freedom, and
linger around the gates of this newly
found haven of bliss.
Hut iu his calmer momenta, better im
pulses took possession of nlo bosom, and
be concluded that come what would, he
should.never have it said of him that
he was an undutiful son.
Here he fell into a gloomy reverie
and was only awakened from''it when
called to break last.
He wont down Stair's, but to say that
he ate anything would be tilling an tin
truth, lie did drink a little black tea,
but that wa> all.
After returning to his room, ho men
tally swore to ?ee Eliza Uoyer, before
leaving that night
As to res dve with him wns n^vn,...!..
r.C hastily snatched tip it pen and indict
ed upon a piece of paper that was on pis
table the following note:
"MiSB Ki.r/..v BoVen:
1 hope you remember me. Indeed,
if you really deemed mc as impel tiuynL as
you declared I was on last evening, 1
know that I am uot forgotten. Hut
need 1 teil you that it. wns not imperil
notice on my part that dictated the dec
laration which 1 attempted to make.
Did not. Miss Hover, my actions convoy
a stronger declaration than jl \vArc pos
sible for mortal lips to impart 'i You
might have hoard mo in vf?aMcatinn of
myself. Aud now that 1 urn summoned
this morning by my father to return
home to night, I beg that, you grant me
;i iltort interview this niteruoon. I
know that I offended you last evening,
and I can never forgivo mys. If until
assured of your forgiven.->s?, from your
own lips. .So, iu defiance, of all eti
quette, aud bocau.se ktj may uC< |ny last
uppo'ru^v oi; ever meeting ymi, (<i be
seech ut your bauds this suiall ravor.
1 ' *?tr j\Xti 4.It I
"A favorable responso from you will
forever bless this da/* in.the lifo of
***** X ARTHUR,AiNSTON"!
Aftor reading thix note over, ho rang
for a servant. \V tri a few directions
ho placed tho Uttle billot in tho waiter s
baud, and shut ted t.To door.
If his mind waB troubled by the .sum
mons he got a few tffiurs before, to re
'.ur:: home, tho rw?: enso that bis pres
ent situation placed ^tim in, uecusioued
a torture ten fold hu>yior to bear up un
der.
lie knew comp?jJ-atively uotUiug of
tho girl to whom he -.had written, ex
cept her name, aud that- sho was proud
aud haughty in her manners.
Iu this mood of < rnipd he paced tho
room up and down, .during tho cutiro
absence of the servant.
vPresently u nip wtfj^hoard at the door.
Almost afraid to motet tho waiter, aud
still move afraid to ??!*tdtho note, if he
slr.nld have one. Arthur approached
the door, opened it, and to his delight,
luiugipd with many gwiiua of lear, lest it
should contain something to wound his
feel" gs, received th?5 responso to his
n.'te. It was neatly^iocased i:i a beauti
ful envelope
IIc closed the door, and fell upon the
side of tho bod, iu a frame of mind not
at all enviable.
His whole life appeared to be centered
in the rue grand thought of his exist
ence, and that thought-v us. of Kliza
Foyer.
Liko the mau who li.id i?vedoJ his las!
dollar in n lsrge lette- v Schonte, and de
pended* up ui its rcsuF lor th > sue<:< ss of
bio future lite, s > Arthur regal 1
his Tov> for" i.lira. ^|^o was fostuuate,
if unfortunate, disgrace and misery were
inevitable. ,
Tim; with Arthur Ainstqn. All <d
his Lapis, his aspirations, and his res
lutj is to one day distinguish hhnsclf,
were merged iu the oue idea of alternate
hope ami fear, and depended for their
sue.ess upon the revelation which he
would soou learn fiotu the uote in his
p ssessiGn.
liaising up and standing before the
mirror, he said :
"Can my nerves be so terribly tiffeeted
! by the beauty oT a Woman who perhaps
cares nothing for me? it is child-like
! weakness iu tue, and I will bravo the re
sult like a man, bu it. ovcu worse than 1
e.\p. et. I have her answer, and I will
' read it.
I Here Arthur opened the note, which
was written upon gilt-edged paper, in a
beautiful and graceful hand, ami read :
'?Miss Fliza Boyer will see Mr. Ain
ston in the parlor this afternoon at d
o'clock."
These were the only words the note
contained.
How sfrango they appeared to Ar
thur! Ho could tK>t understand how,
if she would consent to permit him to
visit her in her own parlor, she could
write to him so vaguely and iudcG
uitely.
'I*ui,"J no argued, ifl hive h?r pot'
m:->ion to vioil her, aud should not com
pi i n of meeting with bad luck. Indeed,
my sf:;r of sdcccsS must be in the asccti
daney for, b} Ouorgt), I did not dream
two hours ago of any such good fortune
'?Won't it bo grand," lib continued,
-?if instead of making amends for the
hisni? already given. I should rbpbsl it
under her owji i\?A"! Ifl can only
avoid the piercing glauces of her dark
eyes, T may be tempted to do it."
So saying AfUtnr pulled the note
from his no'-kot and road it again.
W'jata mystery, Hp thought, it was
wrapped iu. Not one idea could he
glean from its phraseology, either for or
against himself.
He replaced it in his pocket. Bird
Walked out upon the street, lie had
not proceeded far before he met tucou
pic of friends, one of whom said to
him ?
? Well. Arthur, old follow, how i* that
k mil (tail ilj
daiked eyed beauty? Did you dream
about her last night V
"I havo very important business to
transact this morning," responded Ar
thur, "and I trust you will spare me
from answering tiny questions now."
But Arthur's friends were determined
not to bo put off in any such manner,
and declared,?
"Now, Arthur, there is no use to
deny that you lovo the girl, and if you
will own up, we may be of resistance to
you in some way. You remonibor that
you havo always said you never expec
ted lo Gnu your affinity until you met a
dark hrunottc, of a particular cast of
features, with dark eyes; dark hair and
beautiful white teeth. In not Miss
El'za Buyer the personification of tho
woruah you described as your ideal
one ?"
"I would like to talk with you, boys;
but as I have business of ai^ urgent 08
tun.- to transact, if you will excuse mo
this morning and conic to my room to
night, about 8 o'clock, you will much
oblige mo, and then I promise to tell you
all, asj am going away to night
Here Arthur tore himself away from
his friends, and walked hastily up Com
merce Street.
"How strangely lie acts this morning,"
remarked one of his frioiids to the other,
"lie must have made a declaration of
love last night to Miss Eliza, aud re
ceived in reply one ul" those withering
glances of rebuke, for vrhi?h sue is eo
noted for'exhibiting whenever a gentle
man presuihos too far with her."
"I dplt't know," replied the other.
'hut 1 shouldn't wonder if such was
4.*'thug'a j'ato, if he was s> foolish as to
iflilKe* iv'Vo to .Mi?s hi;z.r Jioyerj on so
slight nu acquaintance. But we will
know all to-ulght, so let's not speculate
any furl her."
The two friends Went their way and
thought nu more of Arthur, until the
time for their visit to hid room arrived.
Meantime, our hero was becoming
more ami biorc, if possible, infatuated
with this mysterious girl.
The whole day was while*! away iu a
kind of listless dreamy air of ubstrae
...
lion, '-ntil within an hour or so of the
time appointed for the interview, wheu
he became nervous again.
Finally the hour arrived.
After retiring to his room, and care
fully adjusting his toilet. Arthur Aiustot.
.Malted on a visit, the re Milt of which,
was either to make him excessively happy,
or cause his cup of life to overflow with
deep, bitter sorrow.
Arrived at the door, he rang the bell,
handed his card t > tho servant und
waited in breathless silence for her re
t urn.
Presently she rc-appcarcd,showed him
to the parlor, and said, "Miss Fli/.a will
ho hero iu a few minutes."
. He was now left alone, to think, to
wondcr and to admire.
Everything in the pairler betokened a
! refinement.?hny i?n <-v?r.i>n.ro..,.n
taste that Arthur construed into an omen
against himself.
??How foolish," said lie, ' iu a youth
like myself to a-pire to the lovo of an
occupant of such a happy place as this
must be. Surely she will tell 1110 to
leave her presence the minute that I
approach the theme. But?
At this moment footsteps were heard
advancing^ and the last sentence which
Arthur commenced to frame was cut
short.
It, was Eliza. As she entered the
parlor, Arthur advanced to moot hor,
bowed gracefully, and extending his
hand to hor, SRid :
"Miss Boyer, It 1 am refused the
pleasure of pond icting yon to n scat, I
shall feel, in the beginning, that you will
never whisper, forgiven."
"Be seated yourself, sir," iho said,
gently, hut firmly releasing her hand
from his ; "and as I havo but a few. min
utes to devote to your call. I hope you
will tell mo at oaco in what manner you
insulted me, and for what purpose you
seek my forgiveness. I do not'remem
ber to havo ever beon insulted by you.
If you aro aware of Any such event as
having transpired, you will please to tell
ine as, iu such a caso, it must have been
one offered by you which I did not ob
serve."
"Do not remember, Miss Boyor!"
cugcrly exclaimed Arthur, "Why, did
you not stopjme abruptly ou last evening
when I dared to tell you a truth, and
declared if ever I attempted such a
thing again, that the penalty should be
a forfeiture of your society. Was not
that alone enough to lead me to believe
that I had insulted you ; that I bad of
fended either your dignity, your posi
tion, your personal beauty, or your idea
of a rigid etiquette, by my presump
tion ? Hence the note that I penned
you ibis morning, and hence my ap
pearance here. And I am in earnest,
Miss Hoy er, when I ask your forgive
ness. Iam going away to-ni,ht, and
shall never feel happy again if I have
to leave here under the impression
that / was the means of rendering
unhappy a single moment in the life
of one so fair. If it vraa your dignity
that I insulted, I have repeuted the sin ;!
if it was your position in life, I promiso
never again to presume, in such a man
ner, to one so lofty ; and if it was your
beauty, 1 beseech an absolution
on the ground that it is irresisti
ble, and that (ma is no thing of I be
will."
"Mr. Ainslon," returned KKza, ' if you
are really iu earnest, the Burprise which
vour note cancel wC 111 ?
more than equalled by your p/cscnt ut
terances. Hut to shorten this inter
view." Kliza continued, "I will say that
you did not insult me. I only spoke to
you in the manner I did, because I
deemed you presumptuous, and that I
might avoid a shower of empty compli
ments. My heart sickens at the idea of
ball-room declarations, and hence my
conduct towards you. I tntst this es
pianation will satisfy you."
'?Perfectly," rvjoincJ Arthur. "1
thauk you for it. Aud uccd I tell you
it almost tempts mc to repeat the pre
sumption here under your own roof.
Oh ! Miss Iviz.i" (here Arthur dropped
all formality^ "if you do not believe in
the sincerity of ball-room declarations of
love; if it was bcoauso of your hatred
for these that you refused to hear me bi t
night, oh ! will you, can you disregard
and disbelieve ouo uttered under your
own roof? Will you not believe me
when I tell you that I love you as 1 have
t never loved before ? when I declare that
j in you I havo found the vjsioncd quocn
of my most exaggerated dreams of beau
ty and intelligence ? Believe mc, Eliza,
without your love in return for the senti
ment with which vour dear charms in
spire me, my future will be a dreary,
unhappy blank. Oh ! turn not from mo,
niw Aanr ?!.>??-? f?. .... uwoju 18
my judge this is no ball-room declara
tion, no impulse of a moment ; it is a
declaration of the heart, a confession of
deep and earnest love, and I entreat you
to spurn it not."
"Mr. Ainston," Elisa replied, some
what excited at Arthur's unexpected
confessiou, "it I did not k.iow you to bo
a gentleman of intelligence, I should
think that the purport of your visit here,
was to insult me ; but as I believe it is
for an hom st purpose, \ will not f;ign
the affectation which would load me to
doubt you. I believe you are in earn
est, 6ir, and 1 feel flattered nt your good
opinion of myself. You appear frank,
and 1 shall be equally so with you in re
turn. 1 thank you for your expressions
of regard for mc ; aud yot, I could wish
that we had never mot."
"Vor God's sake talk not in such a
strain Klisa !" Arthur excitedly ex
claimed. "Ho you uot know that my
whole, life depcuds upon this issue. A\"?11
you destroy my happy dream, and crush
my hopes in theif iosipiency, by saying
you 'oould wi#fci:*haft m*9&?& ?Wpr
inet?'" .vt..*?. - ?te?'J wpmfmfi
"I oould?;wi**V#i*,
Eliza iysumed~4ftfflaj?e &JW,??jffy'?tD0
means of inspiring you with a | pj?ioa.
that c*fyllfyjipyjf?
lias loug since been decided and many
bright, goldon hopes ruthlessly shatter
ed; and I beg that you dismis? the.idea.
Mft ?J 155c - J * it ? 7p9 ^ 9 Mi \\\\Z
of myself from your mind, and' reuiem
, i W^jr********
her me only as a mend.
Eliza hero got up and started: m re
treat, but was intercepted by Arthur,
who threw himself between her and the>
door.
It was easily seeu that she feared fco>
remain longer in tho rooin, lost her
heart should prove too weak to** resist
the siege brought against it by Arthur.
And ho was smart enough to see this,
lie knew that the "woman that deliber
ates is lost," aud that if he e?Blo^only
succeed in detaining her for -a short
while, the tender chords of sympathy
that vibrated in bor bosom towards hid,,
o.*'1- L-v/iS
might yield to the touch of his master
hand, and his love Gud its reward.
Sd, urmiy -planted between Elis* andS
the door, Arthur passic uately exclaimed z
"Tor Heaven's sake beextne ity^llyy-p,
just one mouietiL more I entreat ^Iff,!'.
Ob '. Eliza, if you do not l?ve mc now.,
s ay at least that you do not. hute me, andl
that you will not tea1% your heart to re*
sist the passion 1 fain would eukindie in
your precious bosom. If it is unknown?
J to love, let mine be tho happy lot to-teachj
j you its diviue lore. I leave to-night..
I If 1 go with no hope from you, 1 shall
- . Jr ??? - ? MOM
remote .egion, where I shell, seek. to.
drown my sorrows- iu-scenes unlike those;
around you.
?Mr. Aiustoa," Eli? saidt, ib-a- fcooe
whose tcemor betrayed, her feelings,,
'-even, if inclined, to" listen, fa*-four
declaration* you could- not expect ate to
give vou an answer now*. Remember,
that I never met ynu before last evcuing,
and I, therefore, ask. you igain to leave
me."
Arthur, more encouraged than ?vir,
j s.iw now that she was cither a terrible
coquette, or lovud him; The former be
knew she was uot, aud summoning,SO bis
i aid all the eloquence he could, command^
he renewed his siege.
'?Iknow EliSa," he resumed, utRat
declaration is a hasty one, aud that I
never met you before lust uight; but
then we aro uot strangers in. the strict
sense of the term. I have resided
hero for over two years. Your fath
er and brothers know mc, and through
them I kuow you have learned that I
am a gentleman. But if you will con?
scot to be reasonable, you shall know of
mo yourself. If you will not repel the
pleadings of a heart yet unskilled in the
art of deception ; one that Would spurn,
the idea of trifling with- female delicacy,,
yon shall learn all of mo that you want
to know. Oh! my doar, sweet Eliza,
think that it. i? * yra.ve m jour
hands. Can you. consign it to misery,,
j and sorrow, and darkness forever ? You,
my adored ono, are the tribunal that
shall prononuco judgment upon my
heart and tho love it has tor you. T
await your sentence."
Aulhur here caught Eliza passionately
by the hand, and looked her in the fae?r
full of painful aud uncertain anxiety^
Like a prisoner convicted of some
awful crime, standing at the bar of jus
tice, pile, motionless, and filled with
strange und couflictiug emotions of fear,
awaiting the sentence of death to be
passed upon him, Arthur AinStba
stood, boforo his gentle, adored Elixa,
waiting in agony am} doubt to hear tho
doom pronounced that was to seal his
fate for eternity.
Directly aha raised her eyes-front the
floor, looked Arthur gently in tjhQ (Tape,
with an expression of tenderness and
sympathy that showed how detply her
heart had been moved and ?aid iu a soft
voice, "Mr. Aiustoo,"
Atter standing thus for a few mo
ments, she again bung her head and in a
sweet subdued tone whisporftd-? "HOJ?*.'*
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