Locomotive, Volume 46, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 August 1858 — Page 1

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MY FIRST LOVE. At twenty I was considered rather a handsome man than otherwise ; in f.vct, whatever may havo been the opinion of certain of the envious and malignant, I had myself no doubt whatever on the subject, I was not rich, it is true, but my family was as old as the conquest, my father a baronet, and myself a cornet of dragoons. . . . I have no doubt that the generality of people would consider my position excepting the fact of possessing an elder brother an exceedingly enviable one. They are mistaken. 'A younger son with an state strictly entailed is no such enviable personage after all,, as he himself soon discovers. . . Still I was happy. It was Christmas time, and Lady Maria Templeton was on a visit to my mother and sisters, i , '. ; I never did and I never shall again see such beauty as hers. It shed light as she walked. She was dazzlingly fair in skin, and yet her hair was black. She was tall, light and sylph-like, and no man could venture to call her any other than a haughty beauty. But her eyes 1 talk of eyes of most unholy blue, of sapphires beaming with gem-like sparkles. I know hot what to compare hers to. There was my brother Tom, the heir to the' baronetcy, Fanny and Mary, Lady Maria and myself. She was our cousin and an heiress. ... ' , ; She had five thousand a year. This I did not know at' the time, or possibly much that followed might not have occurred. I was not old enough to be a fortune hunter, while my pride would have prevented the chance of my falling in love under circumstances which might have made me suspected. But I did though, and up to my very ears. Tom was a hearty fellow, fond of his gun and his dogs, his horses and hounds, and not averse to indulgence in those Bacchic revels which, even to this day, are not unpatronized by some of the gentlemen of England. He was, I have heard also, the terror of rural swains and the admired of every lady within ten miles of Courtney Chase. But even he was struck by Lady Maria. I met her at eventide. : We had met before often, but as mere, children, when we had quarreled and made it up, and been fast friends and bitter enemies within an hour. But now she was a lovely woman and I a cornet of dragoons. ' I never was so taken aback in my life. ' Young as I was, I had put down the impertinence of one or two older men, who thought they had caught a green hand. I had made a decent figure at mess, and club, and Almack's, and generally, in fact, was supposed to know a thing or two. I had stared a lady once out of countenance at the opera, but when I stepped up to Maria, to compliment her, as everybody else was doing, I blushed, stammered, and finally it ended in my muttering something about " Happy next dance ?" : " Certainly," said Lady Maria, in the most unaffected manner in the world, taking my arm as she spoke. " Now, don't look so very woe-begone, Mr. Thomas, or I shall laugh. So Harry, you are in the army. Why don't you come down in uniform, spurs and all?" There was something so easy, so whimsical, so bantering in her tone, that I could not help blushing up to the eyes. Was that merry, delightful laugh with me or at t For the life of me I could not tell. " You are aware, Lady Maria," I began in a somewhat stately tone, " that, unless upon state occasions, we dispense with our uniform as much as possible." 1 " Oh, yes, Mr. Cornet Harcourt," she replied, " lam fully aware of the etiquette of the thing ; but then I thought you were so new to it that you might like to make a sensation for once." For once ! I, the handsome man in " ours," to be talked to in this way, and by a little girl who a year ago had been in pinafores ! I could not reply on the instant, and so pretended to pull my gloves on. i We danced. As we moved to the soft cadence of the music, my heart began to beat with unusual rapidity. In the dawn of manhood, while the feelings are fresh and virgin, when everything on earth appears bright and lovely, to find one's self supporting a beautiful woman in one's arms, the air balmy with fragrant colors, lights dazzling, and music intoxicating with its effeminate sounds, is to dwell awhile in a paradise of which we never, perhaps, again obtain so perfect a vision. And then to talk with her afterward ! She was so full of animation and life, so really kind with all her playful sarcasm, that I soon found myself at my ease, even answering some of her bantering remarks. I was no mere carpet soldier. I longed for some field on which to distinguish myself. I burned for fame, for wide-world renown. Lady Maria soon found this out, and then her bantering ceased altogether, her voice sank lower, her eyes sparkled, her bosom heaved, as in whispered accents she wished me successful fortune. - " You are of the favored of the earth, Harry," she .said, drawing me on one side toward the conservatory ; " poor us can do nothing, but wish you men good speed. Oh, how I sometimes long to be a man, that, I, too, might be a soldier, a sailor, an orator, or a statesman. It seems to me so sad a life to be born in a station where one can be nothing. u Oh, Maria !" cried I, enthusiastically, " 'tis far better as it is. If we wish to be great as soldiers, or sailors, or statesmen, why is it ?" " Tell me," she said smiling. ' ' ' " To win the love of such as yeu. Rely upon it, that is the prize man covets. It is the consciousness that woman will smile which impels us to great deeds." " Harry, Harry," she said, with something of a sigh, " at your age I believe some such feeling does exist, but it soon lades away, and man covets success for its sake." ' Some few," I began. Most men there are those choice spirits ' who do great deeds from a sense of duty, but with most men ambition is the sole guiding impulse." I looked at her with surprise. She spoke warmly, and yet with secret bitterness. " A philosopher in petticoats V I said, in a laughing tone. " I have lived more in the world than you have, Harry," continued Maria, smiling ; " but here comes your brother Tom to claim his turn. We will continue our conversation by and by." . It was my brother Tom, and looking rather surly, too, at our long tele-a-tete. A somewhat vicious glance which he cast at me convinced me that he was deeply interested in my beautiful companion. ' As I resigned her arm a feeling of despair came over me. I knew I was in love. 1 I retired behind some fragrant bushes, and reflected an instant. It was quite clear to me that Lady Maria was intended for the heir of the baronetcy, lie had, at all events, made the selection, afld what hope was there for me ? He had title, position, a house, and a goodly income on his side, while I wa3 a mere adventurer, a younger son, an incumbrance on the estate. And with the law of primogeniture, and the example it sets, people are found to wonder at the dearth of early marriages, and at the fact that so many never marry at all. It is not that they cannot afford to marry, but they cannot keep up the style they have been accustomed to at home. A wealthy nobleman's second son, while at home, enjovs as many luxuries as the heir. It is hard, then, in his eyes, to descend to the plebeian villa and no carriage, even though happiness be the result. The evil law often, and the agglomeration of wealth in the hands of the few, is the great cause of modern

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indifference to marriage. The middle classes, unfortunately, are too fond of aping their betters. But why moralize, when I have so much to tell ? I watched them narrowly. Tom was grave, even sulky, while Lady Maria was more than ordinary gay. She fairly laughed at him, and presently the grave eldest son of the house condescended to smile. This was just as the dance ended, and as Tom was naturally in , request, I again joined her. " What made my brother so grave ?" I asked. , " " Poor fellow I" she said, with a burst of merriment, " he was lamenting the hardships to which eldest sons are subject" i - . "AVhatl"Icried. - , " Yes, ho really did, poor fellow 1 He is obliged to dance with everybody, and therefore cannot show me the exclusive attention which, he was pleased to say, ' my beauty, accomplishments, and so forth, deserved." - " He was quite right," said I, dryly. "How so?" ' " Who can see any one in the room while you are present ?" , . " Et tu Brule I" cried Lady Maria, laughing ; " don't be ridiculous. Because we are .old friends, and like to talk of old times, don't try to flatter me. When is to be our first campaign ?" :i " There is talk of India," I said, " but nothing is decided " . ' . , : " India !" she cried, with something of a start and a . blush, " indeed !" . -. ,. . ,j " I heard it said, but scarcely wish it so much as I did." ; :' . "Why?" , - . .: , "I have met you 1" . . - : . ' . i , ," Now, do not look so sentimental, and make such tender speeches, or I shall laugh. I suppose you mean to dance, so you had better ask me, as here comes John Powers bent upon the same intent." 1 ' ' . I eagerly led her to her place, to the great dissatis- , faction of .the Irish captain, who did know of her for tune. . . . ... . . . ..-.... :,-,; ; - .1 ; I never shall forget that evening. I had come down to Courtney Chase a vouner and harrov subaltern in , Her Majesty's service light-hearted, merry, full of lun ana iroiic, without a care or thought of the morrow, I gradually found myself anxious, thoughtful my brow was obscured by care, my heart beat with painful rapidity. I was in love. The boy had become a man in one evening. And yet I was happy. There was a delicions imtoxication in the sound of her voice, in her soft, white hand as it lay in mine. There was rapture in the waltz when her beaming eyes met mine, and our very hearts seemed to beat in unison. It is an hour of bliss when the senses are steened in voluptuous languor, when nature seems decked in wondrous loveliness, when all that is in the world smiles upon us, when the emotions new and delicious come gushing to our hearts, we cannot find words to describe. It is the opening of the portals of a new existence it is love's younsr dream. , . n I handed her down to supper amid the groans of . one or two ot the men, and not without some spiteful looks from the dear young creatures I had totally ne- . gieciea. am, wnat carea 1 1 i . t . r Thenext day, and one or two that succeeded, were speni in riding, arivmg, walking, or in home amuse ments, according to the state of the weather. But, no matter what the occupation which took up our time, I .continued my assiduties to Lady Maria, the daughter of a poor earl, but the heiress to a distant relative's wealth and estates. ' ' Tom was equally attentive, but I am bound to say his attentions were not equally well met. My heart oegan to oeat as l tounu myselt the lavonte. Wild visions of the future berran to cross mv brain- I want ed a few months of being of age, when I should be--come my own master and that of a small property I ' held from my mother. - No selfish reflection on the folly of marrying on three hundred a year entered my head. That was precisely my income, besides my pay. I thought I could not live upon it : and even so blissful did the nrosDect seem. that I actually determined to sell out rather than delay ' my happiness. I was wild with passion ; I reflected on nothing. I believed in but one thing my love, ardent, devoted and sincere, for Maria. .- - Men, and women too, have the cruel .courage to laugh at these early passions, and to cover them with ridicule. It is possible that many, perhaps the majority of youths, are incapable of feebng love, enduraDie ana eternal, at so early a period ot their career. On this point I am incapable of giving an opinion. But this I do know, that in my case it was the one passion of my life. I felt as keenly, as deeply, as devotedly as ever mortal man did feel more keenly, I do believe, than those whose blunted feelings are in after life attracted by beauty and grace. : - Life had no charms, existence no delight save her. ' Others thought so, too ; and, as I was aware of my brother's preference, I brought the affair to an issue. It was Christmas eve. The day was lovely. The snow was hard and crisp and dry. Shakespeare's line womu truly not nave applied, lor no " Rain and wind beat dark December." We had walked out. I, as usual, by the exercise of a little maneuvering, had Lady Maria on my arm. . My brother Tom, who was slower in his movements, was forced to content himself with sister Fannv. I suppose he did not wish to appear to watch us ; so as we came to Dileet Lane he turned to the right as we turned to the left. . The paths met about a mile below. Our path was down a valley, with rows of dark nr-trees on either side a sheltered, pleasant place it was in summer and not without its attraction in the winter, even if its being free from gusty wind puffs were alone considered. About a quarter of the distance was passed over in silence. . I could not talk. Lady Maria tried me once or twice. I answered her in monosyllables. , , At length she began the conversation in a tone so tender and considerate 1 could not but respond. " Dear Harry," she said, " are you not well ?" " AVell enough in body." ' "What!" cried Ladv Maria in her iovous tone " something pressing on your mind 1 Can you find no physician t uan i do anything ( " You, and you onlv," I said, gravely. . She looked up at me with a keen and penetrating glance, which 1 shall never forget., bhe turned pale as she aid so, and Dent her eyes upon the ground, ' " Well, Harry," she said, sadly. ' " Maria, it is no use disguising the truth any longer. I love you l love you with all my heart and soul Nay, do not interrupt me. From the very first even ing 1 came home my senses have lelt me. 1 am wild with intense, earnest passion. Mine is no boy's fancy. I have cast my whole soul upon the one issue you or nothing. With you, this earth would be the most joyous of earths ; without you, a dreary waste, I have not spoken without reflection. Maria, I have said that I wish to succeed in life, but I begin to fancy that love is worth all amDition. 1 am willing to leave the army, In a tew months 1 shall be ot age : my fortune is small but if I dared to hope that you you could but learn to love, it would De enough tor both. "Harry, is it possible," said the lovely girl, with beaming eyes, "that you know not of my wealth of my fortune ?" , , "Fortune !" I gasped, letting go her arm, and looking horror-stricken. "Go on," said Maria, kindly; "that would make no difference to me." "Dearest, beloved girl of my heart, pardon my presumption. I had no suspicion that you were any other than the portionless girl I knew a year ago. Had I suspected this," I added, proudly, "I should have crush

ed the dawning passicn within my heart; 'tis now too late rich or poor, my heart is irrevocably gone. I should have delayed I should have hesitated but I feared my brother micht speak first. He is somebody

I am nobody." "lour Drother, Marry, would nave Deen rejected, said Lady Maria, drily; "and I would not willingly offend you, but you must let me think this but a burst of boyish passion." I staggered as she spoke. "No! I was a boy when I came here a happy, merry, careless boy I am now a man, and you have made me so. It remains for you to decide whether my manhood shall be one of glorious happiness, or wheth er i Decome a desperate and hopeless wretch, whose career upon earth Heaven in its mercy will shorten." ' "Don't ! don't P she cried: "don't say such wicked things." ' ' "ihey are not wicked, Maria. It is even so. Like the gambler, I have unwittingly placed my whole exlswuce on me nazara oi a oie ueatu or me upon a woman's smile. You may try to deceive yourself, but you must believe me. When once a man's eyes have fixed themselves in love upon you, it is for ever. .... " Harry Harcourt, " said Lady Maria, quickly, "I would not believe it true for all the wealth of the In dies." .'..!,' ': "Why ?" said I, trembling as with the ague. "Because I can never be yours," she continued, with a deep sigh. , . I ou do not love me, I gasped. ' "Harry Harcourt. why cress me on this painful sub ject ? I tell you plainly that I can never1 no, never be yours. ...... "Uutwhy?" "I am engaged to another, and shall be married in a month." "Ah 1 I suspected it my brother 1" I shrieked. ' "No; to one you do not know, and whose name, in your present humor, I would rather not mention." "Heaven have mercy on me 1 Is this reality, or some horrid dream 1. Can it be true another's 1" . , "I am very sorry, Harry !" she said in her softest, tenderest tone. "I should not have come, had I suspected ' -. "Sorry, sorry," I cried, "sorry, indeed! Why, 'tis but a boy's heart broken nothing more. But but is this engagement irrevocable ?" "I have been engaged this twelvemonth," faltered poor jviana, who really did feel lor me. "And you love him r . . , "He is a man of noble character, a man to respect rather than love. He is much older than I am and yet I had looked forward with delight to our union as one wise and discreet, promising great happiness, until just now." " Until just now, I repeated. . "Yes, Harry if that is any satisfaction to you know that I regret my precipitancy. I should have seen more of the world ere I tied myself. Do not mistake me. Your passion takes me by surprise, but had I been free, gratitude, pride for you are a noble fellow, Harry would probably have led me to return your generous, disinterested affection. It is now too late. My word is irrevocably given, and to talk even of what might have been is a crime. Not another word, Harry, or 1 leave you. Calm yourself, or everybody will be talking about us. I shall leave as soon as possible. Would that I had not come!" I was stunned, overwhelmed and annihilated. I felt like some guilty wretch coudemned to die. I knew that hope there was none.; .Lady JVIaria lempleton would not have been so hard, but to temper her refusal. Another's ! It was fearful to think of it was maddening, and it nearly drove me mad. When I joined my brother and sister I tried to rally. It was but a faint attempt. It was no consolation. tor me to know that that evening Lady Maria refused him also. I pitied him; I pitied any one who had to endure the torture ot her smile, and knew it was anothers. I believe earth has no such other pain as this. How I passed over that Christmas eve, and how I endwred that Christmas day, 1 know not. 1 heard the siren s voice, but I understood it not . It was very Lite, and the merry party was about to break up. I had made my arrangements to start at day-break. ' 1 . ".Lady Juana, said I, .in as stately a manner as I could assume it was very unkind and very ungenerous, but I could not hold it "I come to wish you goodby. I leave to-morrow morning to join my regi ment . . . . . "So 60on," she replied, raising her eyes brimful of tears to mine. . "Why go t Ihe Christmas merrymakings are not over ; and who knows, ere the new year you may be heart whole or happy !" "JNever I must go," i said, coldly. "Harry," she replied, meekly, "do hot go. Your father, brothers, sisters, will all blame me. You were to stay untd Twelfth day. , "I cannot endure this torture it is too much," I cried. ' ' .. : i . " Harry, narry, stay for my saJw or rather I will "I will not allow it My departure is irrevocably fixed" "Infatuated boy !" she said, and turned away to hide her tears. Before a week I had exchanged into a regiment on the verge of departure to India. I spare the reader my campaigns in India. I arrived there in a desperate mood. I had rejected the advances of the young ladies who accompanied me on my journey. I hated the sight of a woman. I landed a misanthrope disappointed, and glad to follow a career which promised early death. I can safely say that during the four years compaign in which I served, the image of Maria Templeton was never absent from my mind. Despite everything, I loved her still. , At the end of this time I was invalided home. I was very ill wounds and cholera had laid me as low as they well could. During the whole time I never wrote home once, and received no letters. I had my income unspent at my banker's. I defermined to die comfortably, so traveled overland to Marseilles and thence to Paris. I felt that I had not many months to live, so took up my quarters at the Hotel des Princess. As an invalid I engaged an apartment on the first floor expensive, but very comfortable. I was selfish, morbid, valetudinarian, full of fancies and monomanias; a tyrant to my servant, disagreeable to all around me. What eared I ? The world and I had no further relation. I was dying. On my arrival in Paris I had some spare cash, but drew on my London agents for more, after advising them of my arrival. I bade them transfer any balance which might be due to my bank in Pans. 1 received an answer by return of post : "The balance due to you and now in our hands is seventeen thousand and some odd pounds. Are we to transfer the whole amount, or will you draw for whatever you may require ? We shall feel highly honor ed by the latter course, which will show your intention ot continuing our service. "What on earth did they mean ? The men must have lost their senses." I turned to the back of the letter "Sir Henry Harcourt, Bart. "My father and brother deadP I cried involuntarily, I hastened to my banker's. "Were you not aware, Sir Henry ?" said L , the banker. "Had not the slightest idea. Excuse me, I will call again.

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And I hurried back to my hotel in a mood of mind which may be more readily imagined than described. My father and brother had both died believing nie an undutiful son and a bad brother, when I was but engrossed in the web of a hopeless passion. I had sisters, a station to keep up. I coldly resolved to marry some quiet English girl, and in the peace and tranquility of a country life to forget my sorrows. Or would I get Fanny and Mary married, and be the good brother and uncle. At all events, I would do something. Strange tliat I no longer thought of dying. My head was, however, in a great whirl, and I felt rather faint Hurrying on, I reached my hotel, hastened up stairs, opened the door, and sank upon a sofa. I believe I did not faint, but sleep soon overcame me. It was nearly evening when I awoke, and I saw I was not alone. Two females sat in conversation by the window. It must bo my two sisters. I Btartcd to my feet "Sir Henry," said a low voice. I shivered all over. ' "Lady Maria," I replied, in cold and freezing accents, "this is an honor I little expected, and one which I must say I can scarcely appreciate." "Nay, sir," said she, a little, and only a little haughtily, "it is I who have to demand an explanation. These are my apartments. I returned just now, and you may imagine my bewilderment on finding a gentleman fast asleep on my sofa my delight on finding it was you." "Delight, madam P I said, for I was firm and collected now; "I can scarcely understand your delight at meeting with your victim, and lest you find an explanation of your words difficult, allow nie to retire." "Stay one moment," exclaimed Lady Maria; though pale, she was more beautiful than ever; there was a soft melancholy in her eyes which I dared not minutely examine; "one moment, Sir Henry. Have you received no letter from Fanny ?" "Not from one living soul, madam. I did not give my address to any one. I hurried from place to place, and never, if I could help it, visited the same locality twice." "Then why have you come here ?" ' "To die 1" , "To die 1 You are as well as ever you were in your life" ,.. - , - "Madam, from that hour when in your seductive society I learned the fatal art of love, I have never known one moment's happiness or health. In sickness, in battle, on the field, in the tent I could find no rest Your image was ever there. I chased the tiger and the wild elephant, in the hope by such savage amusement to blunt my feeling, but in vain. Behold, madam ! for once a man who for four years has been dying for love four years ! During this time what ; have you been doing ?" "Waiting for you, Harry," said the siren, with her soft eyes full of tears. , ; "Waiting for me, madam !" I cried, in a towering passion; "are you then a widow ? Worse worse than a wife?" ' "I never married, Harry," she continued, meekly. "Never married !" I gasped. "Never married, infatuated boy 1 You little knew that young as you were, you had awakened in my bosom feelings which I dared not avow. I was an affianced wife. Still I did not give up all hope. I determined to confess all to him, to explain frankly your offer and my altered sentiments, pledging myself, however, to fulfill my part of the contract if he held me to my vow. I could not even hint this to you, and yet did I not ask you to wait I begged you to stay. I hinted what might happen. Do you not recollect ? But you wildly disappeared. Had you paused and reflected, we might have been a steady old married couple !" It was a dream of joy I could not realize to myself. I sank on my chair half fainting. When I came to, I found Lady Maria and her aunt, Mrs. Curt, bathing my temples. - "But how came I here in your room ?" I said after some whispered words. "Wait," said Lady Maria, blushing, "I read in the Morning Post of your arrival at the Hotel des Princes, " very ill. I thought you were hurrying home, in answer to a letter of your sister Fanny's, in which I had - - allowed her to tell you all; so I thought as you were very ill, the nurse you wanted was was " "Your future wife," said Mrs. Curt, laughing, while - Maria Templeton blushed crimson. "Heaven bless you I" I muttered, and catching her in my arms, I imprinted on her lips the first kiss of love, though the aunt did frown a little. . I need scarcely add that I did not die. I am happy, very happy; perhaps all the happier for my trials; yet I often regret the four years of misery I endured through my precipitancy. Still I have great reason to be grateful that the genuine passion of my me stiouia nave terminated so well, and that, unlike so many in this world, my wife should be My First Love. Amattjre Gabdenig. The editor of The JS'ew Haven Register gets off the following rather clever "experience" of his efforts in the gardening line, taking another sufferer's experience as a text, as follows: . .. . ' "A friend thus describes his summer's gardening operations: The bugs ate our cucumbers, our chicken ate the bugs, neighbors' cats ate the chickens, and we are now in hopes that something will eat the cats." ; Exchange." . "We are half inclined to give our experience in the horticultural line, but we dare not, lest we discourage new beginners,' who are always taken with the 'garden fever as soon as they go to house-keeping. It is probably the greatest delusion that afflicts the human mind ! Aside from the 'bugs, chickens and cats,' it is a magnificent humbug of its self. We never could make anything grow, but what would have grown better if left alone. If we 'set out cabbage plants, instead of 'heading up,' as cabbages ought to, the leaves are sure to shoot out in the most perverse manner, and getting as far from each other as possible ! Our straw berries cost us about 18f cents a piece but thank fortune there was not much of a crop this year, or we should have been ruined! Raspberries, if possible, behave still worse. We have got, among other 'selected varieties,' what are caled 'perpetual bearers' that is, you are perpetually watching for indications of fruit, without ever having your eyes blessed with the fruition ! We are somewhat partial to 'string beans,' and have got 'strings' of the most flourishing vines ever seen, but no beans not a bean 1 that is, if we 'know beans' of which we begin to have the most alarming doubts. Our success has been the same, as to 'sass' generally ; but we can beat the country in tall weeds that is, we could, if we would ; but we long ago concluded, that if legitimate planting could not prosfpr, nothing else should grow. So we pay a man to, eep weeds out, from no other motive than ill humor ! We don't expect to 'raise' anything didn't plant wit any such view, but mearly from habit and we now caution others against contracting such a silly notion. A late number of The Homestead a capital paper by the way had a good article on 'top dressing for ceiv tain kinds of soil; and we have come to the conclusion that is what ours wants ; and shall at the proper moment, apply one, of Bolton stone, laid down in cement, and shall from that time 'lay down the shovel and the hoe and call the 'hens and cats' to hold high carnival, unmolested." . ; A certain dissatisfied wife says that her husband is such a blunderer, that he can't even try a new boot on without "putting his foot in it."