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COUSIN ESTHER;
-OR—
3ST0W AND THEN.
By Gage Hampstead.
We were seated in Grandmother's summer
parlor. The balmy June breezes, laden with
perfume from Orange and lemon-groVes, fanned
our cheeks. Besides Grandmother and cousin
Esther, were Blanche Ashmore and Rose DeU
mont and myself. Blanche was a real southern
beauty, with flashing black eyes and complex
ion like the olive, shaded with rose. Rose Del-
# mont, was fair and lovely. Ringlets of gold,
clustered about her waxen brow, and the red
dest, prettiest lips were ever ready to speak
words that seemed first to dart from her bright
blue eyes—‘mischief dens’ Uncle Jim called
them.
Grandmother was a regal old lady—with a
heart full of high generous emotions, yet given
to a weakness of pride in her large and prospe
rous progeny. To her kindred, of what ever
degree, she was devoted, misfortunes could nev
er cast her from them. She and cousin Esther
were sister's children, and both had passed
their seventieth winters.
Poor old cousin Esther was so deaf that when
the great cannons were roaring over the city
she exclaimed : ‘Wbv at last I can hear thun
der!’ Dear old lady ! living in perpetual silence
from year to year, yet lookingout upon the world
with iier clear, beautiful eyes, as if sweet music
was ever in her ears. No vestige of eare lurked
in darksome lines about her face. She seemed
washed clear of sorrows stains and bathed in the
sunshine of perrennial peace.
We were busy chatting, and plying our need
les over delicate embroidery, for in those days
of wealth and ease no heavier task befell our
soft hands.
‘They remind me Katie of the time when we
were young.’ she said in her strange quaver
ing voice. Grandmother nodded and smiled
assent.
•When you and she were young?’ ‘How long-
ago Grandmother!' said Blanche. I can’t rea
lize that jrou and cousin Esther were ever
young!
‘And yet we were my bright Blanche, and the
time does not seem so very long either. I can
step back forty or fifcjfc years and see the yonng
faces of my friends as if it was yesterday we too
were rejoicing in our morning season. Of all
the bright beautiful faces of that time your old
cousin Esther’s was the fairest.’
‘Cousin Esther, Grandmother?’
* Yes, Esther. There are no beauties these
days like her! I have always thought they
were never but one pair of blue eyes that could
not be excelled and they were hers! She was
as unconscious of her beauty, too, as the rose or
the lily of theirs, and I used to think she had
the purest, freshest heart that ever beat.’
‘Please, Grandmother, tell us of her life.’ said
Rose. ‘ Mother i-ays she was a rich young lady
once, and now she is very poor, how did it hap
pen ?’
‘Nothing is so easy as for rich people to be
come poor, my daughter. ‘Riches take wiDgs
and fly av.ay.’ I wilf tell you the story of your
cousin’s life, and I trust it will serve you well,
in the world yon ar^> just entering. The changes
of fortune arise from circumstances over which
we often have no control, but amidst all, we can
cling as your cousin has done, to principles that
nothing need change.’
‘Esther was an only danghter of wealthy Eng-
—rtsh parents. Her advantages wero the. best-af
forded that day in England. When she return
ed to her wild American home, her parents en
deavored to guard her from the approaches of
the beaux of the neighborhood, but beauty and
wealth were as attractive powers then as now.
Esther was surrounded by admirers, who never;
seemed to win aught but polite, almost kind
feelings from her.
‘In the same neighborhood lived a young
man, whose name was Richard Stafford. He was
highly connected, but poor—and possessed a
handsome face, and was intelligent. He loved
Esther I believed from the first, but never sought
her society, and even appeared to avoid her. I
was with her constantly and found, tbough she
strove to conceal it, she felt a deep interest in
Richard.
‘ In a few months they were engaged. Their
parents were surprised, but Richard’s command
ing presence seemed to repel all opposition.
• One day onr -quiet neighborhood was start
led with the news that Richard had gone to
Lonisiana, a then far away wilderness, where
the Indians tilled the country, and but few
white men were ever seen. I went to see Esther
and found her inconsolable. She had given her
consent to Richard to go, but the after struggle
was almost more than sbe could bear. He bad
gone to remaiD two years. Some scheme which
was to make him very rich lured him there, a
hope, I thought, to make his fortune equal to
hers, for his was a proud spirit.
• It was useless to try to console her frantic
grief at first. After a time she became quiet,
but sadly dejected, and so*unlike the sunny girl
she had been.
‘ During the two years, but two letters came
from Richard, for there were no regular mail
routes tben to the west. Time passsed as time
will to all, heavy as hearts may be, and Esther
was expecting her lover home. Poor waiting
soul! as days passed, then weeks and months,
what a change came over her! Sometimes we
had to watch her closely, tor she was dazed,
blighted with grief, and we dreaded her reason
next. She would talk of wild beasts tearing her
Richard in pieces. Then she would picture
him bound down while the savage war dance
was the. prelude to his torture and death. So
vivid were her descriptions that I used to shud
der as if the scenes were all being enacted be
fore me.
•Twelve months more and Esther was an or
phan 1 . Devotedly she had loved her parents,
bitterly as she mourned, she appeared to feel
that her new affliction was intended to arouse
her from her old.
‘ Her large fortune was managed by unprinci
pled men, and in their hands diminished great
ly in value.
‘After a time a gentleman from a distance, but
‘'well known in the community, saw Esther.
He was a large-hearted, clear-headed man, just
the nature needed to shield a poor, shrinking
%oal from the stormy blasts ofsorrew. Friends
persuaded, and finally Esther consented to be
come bis wife.
‘The old house was filled with guests when
the beantifnl bride entered with her almost hus
band. Poor lamb ! she heeded not the fact that
an altar was prepared, and she would be the
sacrifice! Very lovely was she this «addest of
nights she would ever live again! The soft,
white lace that swept from her brow to her feet,
was scarcely whiter than her face. A smile flit
ted anon on her face. A strange, vacant smile
that awakened only pity in those that saw it.
* I was the first to imprint a kiss on her pale
lips. The second was Riohard Stafford. Poor Es
ther lay in his arms still and insensible.He amoth-
,ered her face with kisses, he looked around
wildly upon the astonished guests—placed his
burden in the arms of her husband, and as he
did -this, never can I forget the moan that es-
d his lips. He left as he oame, and never
that day to this has Riohard Stafford been
seen by kith or kin ! Doubtless he went to the
wilderness of Louisiana where he may have died,
poor fellow, from the wild beasts, or still wilder
men, as poor Esther had pictured.
It was dreadful to see Esther after that. She
was a true, noble woman and finally overcame
her grief. Her husband was tho best of men. I
have seen him weep when speaking of her af
flictions and lament tne part he acted. But two
such natnres soon learned the best way before
them and walked in it. I doubt if a more fanlt-
less husband ever existed, or a more dutiful
wife. Love follows in the path of virtuous ac
tions, and two years after when Esther stood
beside her dead husband she felt that the tru
est, and tenuerest of earthly blessings was be
ing borne from her.
She was very beautiful in her sables, as she
moved amongst us, as a merciful sister to the
distressed. For several years she remained a
widow. All thoughts of Richard had left her, I
think—at least all .hopes of seeing him again.
After a while a stranger came among ns—a man
of princely grace and elegance. Most artfully
did he seek.to woo the rich young widow.
Strange among all whe loved her there was not
one to disapprove ! All thought him fit for the
golden treasure he seemed to bo winning.
‘They were married. I have always thought
cousin Esther loved him, bat her love was
founded on false impressions, as time proved.
They moved to Augusta. Ga., and her husband
displayed traits of character very soon that were
opposed to the high refinement of bis wife's na
ture. He spent her money in vulgar and ex
travagant show. Their house was fitted with
costly fnrniture, and ornaments. Her husband
idled away his time amid profligate company,
or gambled his wife’s money. She soon found
he was more fond of his wine and company
than her society; and too soon sbe saw that her
fortune was wasting away. In a few years they
were poor, and Esther was toiling to maintain
herself and three children. Her husband laid
aside bis elegant manners after marriage, as one
casts off an ill-fitting-garment. From harsh
words he descended to blows, and tben his poor
wife lelt her utter desolation. Finally he de
serted her and this last act was the kindest he
ever did. Poor soul, in a short time her three
children were sleeping side by side in the pau
per’s corner. Some relative found her broken
hearted and destitute. She came back to ns,
and since then the wide opened doors of many
homes received her. From her afflictions she
came forth beautiful in spirit as she had been in
person. I love to remember my peerless young
cousin, but I do not know but after all, there is
not deeper, purer affection clinging aronnd her
as she is.’
‘Yes, dear, precious old cousin,' exclaimed
Blanche throwing her arms aronnd c&usin Es
ther impulsively, ‘we will all love you the more
for your sorrows!’
‘Ah, good child, you have come to talk tome,’
said cousin Esther, in her poor pathetic voice,
there is tho slate,’ and she smiles one of her
rare, beautiful smiles on Blanche, who begins
to write on her slate.
The Longevity of Literary Men.
The death of William Cullen Bryant at the
advanced age of eighty-four calls to mind the
longevity that is characteristic of men of let
ters, and also the fact that many of those whose
names are held most dear now are already far
on for any but the literary life. Thus Mr. Em
erson is seventy-five years old; Mr. Longfellow
is seventy-one; Mr. VVhittier will be seventy-
one next December, and Mr. Tennyson is six
ty-nine. They are all cf them still vigorous
and active, and from each the world has heard
something new within a short time. Taking
Mr. Bryant’s age as a standard these have still
many years of life and usefulness before them,
y-resd • it is ue-owerthy that Mr, Rryawi—who
dies now at eighty-four, was in his childhood
what they call a prodigy. Testimony had to be
produced that he really wrote his own poems,
and there were about him those characteristics
which, it is commonly supposed, promise an
early death. Happily for the world this suppo
sition in his case proved itself in error,
TO CORKESPOHDBWTg.
AU communications relating to this department of the
paper should be addressed to A. F. Wurm, Elberton, 6a.
Chess Headquarters- Young Men’s Library Associa
tion, Marietta street.
Original games and problems are cordially solicited for
this column. We hops our Southern friends will re
spond.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 56.
L PBS (rook.)
PROBLEM NO. 58.
By R. F. Duanica. Marlin, Texas,
WHITE.
White to play and mate in two moves.
CHESS BY CORRESPONDENCE.
Between J. Edward Orchard, Columbia, S. C„ and A. F.
Wurm, Atlanta, Ga., in the ‘-Hartford Globe” corres
pondence turney, commenced July 19th 1877.
(Game 1st (Buy Lopes.)
White Black. White. Black.
Orchard. Wurm. Orchard, Wurm.
1. P K 4 r K 4 U3. Q Q B 2 KtXQ Kt
2. KtKBS Kt Q B 3 14. QXKt BXKt
3. B Q Kt 5 PQR3 15. BXB KtXP
4BB4 Kt K B 3 16. RKR3 PUB3
5. Cas. KtxK P 17. BQB2 PKB4
6 PQ4 PQ Kt4 18. B K B PK Kt 3
7. B Q Kt 3 PQ 4 19. Q Q 4 QK2
8 PXP BK3 20. QRKB4 K KB 2
9. PQB3 B B 4 21. QRKR4 Q K 4
10. B K 3 BXB 22. R K R 6 Q K Kt 4
11. PXB Cas 23. BQ Kt K Kt 5
12. Q Kt Q 2 / B K Kt 5
And Orchard resigns Jan. 1878.
(Game 2nd Scotch Gambit.)
White
.Wurm
1. P K 4
2. Kt K B 3
3. PQ4
4. KtXP
5. Kt B 5
6. Kt Kt 3
7. BK2
8. Cas
8. P Q Kt 4
10. B Kt2
11. PQR3
12. Kt Q S
13. KtB
14. PXP
Orchard resigns Jan. 1878.
Mr. Orehard having resigned from the "Turney,* 1
these games have been dropped from the soore.
Black
White
Black
Orchard
Wurm
Orchard
PK4
15. Kt K B 3
Kt K B 3
KtQB 3
16. Q Kt K Kt 5
QK2
PXP
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19. B K B 4
BXB
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