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Full Title	The New York Ledger, v. XX, no. 5, April 2, 1864.
Date Added	13 April 2021
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1864-04-02
Publisher	New York : Robert Bonner, 40 Park Row
Source	Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title	The New-York Ledger Lady Ashleigh : a tale of fashionable life.
Topic	Dime novels > Specimens. Popular literature > Specimens. Story papers > Specimens. New York County (N.Y.) > Newspapers. New York (N.Y.) > Newspapers.
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OCR “ROBERT BONNER, (rato. “SATURDAY; APRIL 2, 1864... - TERMS, 8 ADYARCE sont ra s* eo, Thos dons its mantle green, ~ oe and ventures wn tt tech ean ‘iat . Dissolving sno} 3 Sve we eg a veha . Bike a Dabo awake : ealde Its eradiesneata.. «5 : Her watclt maternal taxes, Hove the ivy-piants, an wea@ 8 mgh the sod, 2 oi 94 ring taro1 Tot ine sacred Tem wal ‘ ere Christians onnip cat YG) Teve the sow-drop pare ot 8 ‘That hides the nitplng air, fe a doclle efitid To way iis rag ere Love the brook "Taat ghide ee hil ad pin, nd tl of giana sing ts ule "Mino broke thelr ley chatny Tove all living things, (‘That share our Father's love, * ‘And by their beauty lure our soate 1, To seek His home above, 'vora, / seleenen LADY ASTLEIGE, A TALE or FASHIONABLE LIFE. tue eirlotont eontucnce by tho clever mannan, red It: to one or two Joulat a solemn promise of secrecy, ement of Lord Latestring y Margaret Pimlico became known to ‘Some smiled, oubers eneered ; (he ladies footed to pity the gentleman, the gentlemen to ity the reRN anreed that It was an tl-aesoried match, and predicted Ik would e ec a unkaom ‘hat can asked Captain vivian of very one with whom he conversed upon the subject ‘Theophilus en looked exceeding pur, ied jh + slmpered 5 the hisses Oavendieh smiiea digaitcoiy. The old maid was the only answered the question honestly. ‘*Boventy thousand a year and a coronet,” she replied. “<1 knew he couldn e cut spe ont far ." observed the r Tojeted lov er, with a “All your fault. You remember the old cong?” 41 detest old songs, and——” oid women, "added the spinster, dropping him a eure With" good-hamored air, she. ‘commenced bamaing tre thues— ° cuaprei RV. + Mow wl erm engeoder crime! Courant Yor nm 2 of the Marchionesa of Belg hor lovely dang! for their fwnily seat in the north of England gave birth, 08 suppose, to & vartety of con Tepe The consequence was, that before the dey was | ke engag “1 can tinderstaad your disappointment fue tore Feadily than your Injustice to the angeli « ‘ingelle nonfense, uncle . Lord Lutestring looked exceedingly shocked, “You have becn cat Uinned the spoaker. ent, I sonfoes wince you allude to fm diseppotatednaloerably disappointed. After ail your promises tome, too! You have no ex: Lovo, Ned—love simmpered ius lordstsip. “In one respect, my dear boy, you are wrong, poeitively and entirely wro: Lady Margaret’ rejected Vivian before I pro- posed to her. ‘he nephew shragied his shoulders. © overheard her in the library.” __, for ye nthe ‘countenance of the disappointed heir “\dsteasn accoxDino 10 act oF coun, a ‘sae ve 1864, Marquis ot {Dust Duated with Laney piady toe aceomi 0 dilatory in mn hg? Bot bawn fk SH Ake coerts © ra Lord Lu seating raltea tac odutousty. More so Gan wiinout qfaet! Aste ay of your uncle ia 8 tone of praoh “ Your friends, you mean” repilea sh e peer. | the wephew had netted oo and seitlove, hat 18 your income, Ned “Your lordship knows ‘ate enough? seven dred a year ; a life charge npon Chelsworth, grandfather left mec sy, bts ed. award Pw rugged his shoulders, He had not the igteet notion how much they amounte “Tt would never take, hm muttered, musing- iy. Her father looks Upon. hie ainghter's hand as a stepping-stone to a berouctcy. “1 have already hed some. conversation | mamma Munvers, and her husband, as she with him ‘upon the mubject,” obverved the |ealled the barriaier, who was an Itnuiense f6- ret 4 vorito with both the And how did he recelve ft 7"! nk Heaven ! murmured Lady Ashleigh, saone ofthe d the door of the e heathen ‘womens ‘Has any one seen you, except the servants id your gon 7 asked Lady Ashleigh. . wbetal a fislag thing,” was the reply ; but d his voice as 1 passed the door of tho Grewing-oom, and felt that my task had be- come 8 duty. you nae ¢ Bale nde in the odirmative. - “The time bas been brief.” with « liquid so pure ead ott carnfulobserter would kave Pronounced » Ella kate detects tae ofan, ” observed her taayahiy “y sou poe. age.” wad m drawings fro bad i tag me ll he knew, and t ius werved oe Heaven Delp aa Pardon ur mormured Lady Ashleigh. ‘ Pardon! repeated the unscrupulous wo map. ‘Pardon is fur erlminaia ; our deed is a secriice, and not acrime. 1 have loverrogated my heart—for ch ething taken coun - tel with soy conscience. and both aasire me Ba gatanges of hia view. “Mowe Beautitu |ibas the denim of Marks Arion Will be aa aot of rrcitndn met. tne upiaony sbaxhiasTa= (or ower er, sou thin Derwiee ia iandly 1h Wo Wad nek EtsSs Eojame braced Tike tro added Esther. a. Her two daughters, Allce and Jane, into the room to bid’ their father good ‘The baronet kloted them fondly ; and hie wile fearing test the being she loathed should insult her feelings by repeating his earesses, ied them Mamma?” exetalmed the elder, “1 have vet id Lady Priory and Me, Yallop goo nigh Do you not see, they are engaged at the cardia love ?* Jane, ties youngest, tnaleted on Kleing god- to make yourself agreeable to the young nay =no very difficult (ask—and leave the re me.” ‘The Honorable Faward Pumpkin looked as if he had just swallowed a black draught, gave a deep-drawn sigh, and then resigned himself like a martyr to his fate. What could he do? The estates and his uncle's peerage in ail prob- ability were lost to+him.' Miss Yallop and her Imndred thouaand pounds were the next best ‘hings in the market. _ That same evening, in the drawing-room, the rawing-room tier hercle even ure. uo longer: a me., 1 brealtio freely again. How Phate ‘him, sie added, clenching ber, evalt white hand’—*“how bitterly T hate If her destroyer bad heard the hacia, be would oaly have re you fll, mamma” ‘aquired her daugh- ter Alice, tenderly, islit headache, my love—the heat of the drawing-room—It will soon pasa ‘Jane and T wilt pray that i may, replied the chifd. “Governeas says that God listens ite that wilt Ve When be wie shat have “How fedlingly ¢ them,” Charles ‘orton doghiosty. jem once more: \ «Bae hat will aot when sho ay, When she wilt she shall have nay.t am right ™ he added. SNe, sr, you are not right,” answered th sharply; » have'a reat Ineltnation to user with you your impertinence tn sup “Well, yeu; her own wespons, if you will. Tryon'e deny ie r3 are | teman, “Probably because they aré less" polished,” retorted the ld mald. | “Not another word! Ge I the knife, as the Spaniards ‘Borriton placed his fend upon Mabe, and “Thank a uno, vale col the pr ma, Ned 5 0, ne ot chs 0 one,” "replied mica for he recollected tom a iota “Sty mate od bis srs et 1 2 As for her laugh. rd against that sweet, sensible ipted the venerable wooer, “It {8 Sot my font If Thave created an Interest fn her young and innocent “Young! repeated the Honorable Edward waltzed herself thin with the Wintringham ; nay? exclaimed “What are the right, and never are hae ee ae for ‘ing such a thing. ‘Tt Is mena and cowardly,” she continued, ‘to k @ wom _ with—wi Nae Hor own weapons? iggesied the bere ens muceesaful,” observed the gen he had od £0, repeated made never “ Dy my patronage.” new had never known ft succeed in obtaining any appointment more important tidewalter's piace or a clerkship In the Treasn the son of somo needy dependent, his eaten "yocame clouded again. nd rather havo Chelewortn,” he replted. % tf Ghelawarth goes with the title.” Ks Ely, ; witty enale, added bistordship, ad it would never do to weaken teee a the inst county ‘meet made pies of Mt, my ora” inter- Famed the nephew, Somewhat urusquely, {Sand eed not trouble you to Tepeat | ““Umph f* elacitate ahi, musingty. “Wondlanda. at Teast ‘eat your dbsporal “have nothing to give you,” obae peer, drily, just keep up the family fail, Besides, Vonay ave @ buateronn tamily 0 ow oT Notwnltkely.” aatd the Honorable Edward Pumpkin, in a signifleant tone. ‘Lord Lutostring smiled complacentiy. “The provision I alluded to,” he ny anted, 5 > 5 zg R 3 a wealthy one, - 3183 Yallop vw have a hundred thousand pounds for her portion Her father told me so himself.” J ad the noble Tes in mat ng proposed that his nephew sho lovable person, Cantal ‘ain her the “ forlorn hope. Yallop he repeated, ooking exceed ronounced her ni a ‘Vivian hod nicknamed “Do be s littl more parliamentary in your exnletives, Ned? sald his lordship. “* Hideous? ina ery strong When speaking of ‘indy, You are rigeeneratng becoming quite radical in your langu a Mtnog et the thing is oo sbeurd ‘as well make love exclaimed the nephew. ‘one of her father's apeec = “And will havea hanced owand pounds !* Tcoula mummy ‘ee is as prosy as «Then she has ni aT hundred thousand tyounds m attentions pald by the haudsome nephew to the extremely plain young Indy, and the half-bash- ful, half-couseious cir with which she recelved them, Fortunately, therewag.no. danger of. ihdraw thera, at a very short hotice, y notice, at @J,aust as papa dl- rected hef. “Yourfilénd has very soon found coxsola- tion und¢ his disappotutment,” observed Mlas Carrey i Contain Vivian, with whom she had 1 engagement of Lord Lute- ad Lady Mary ico. Nod h aphilonoy her, anaered he gentle man, “Bat Me ts right: What "besten can he re said the olf Bald, decidedly, “wha with “Nothis head. | We know what the result of the * Lady Ashleigh caught the speaker i her arms, and kissed her with passionate affection. It was a rellef to her orerlanged heat rs, Morria ts below, and wishes to sath your hudysitpy" said the head-urse, whet her mistress ente chamber in which her daughters slep\ “What brings her to the Halt go Tato t” asked the unhappy woman, wilh adfoted surpeiee, “Bhe came for arl, who remained to play with Master Tera Af you please, my Title beds Ul they fell asec. Airauge thot eery, "your , eiliaren's sham oy At the es wad ha ar re ote tat on which she had thrown herself, as asifshe had received an electric eyes fasting; her delicately chiselted ‘nos lila atigatly distended with indignation end ‘shame. - toa Hed Never fie exclaimed j never «4 “Calm Am meena weakness, Esther. Tuimanity i nae te But I am calm now, and ct a for reminding me of them ; though I scaroo- ip needed ity for my resolution hus long. slnoe been taken.” They shall never blush at the thle of my disgrace. cole “in whlch room does he sleep?” » “The amber chamber.” “Let usgo,” sald the woman ; “the servants, by this time, are ab supper, and we shall be um ert Aablelgh t took the smal] aily er lamp from the dressing-room table, and without terlng 8 . Ford, iked towards the door, folio peaker. Everything appeared (o ‘nvor thelr slogle do- nglags, a though exceedingly, ia cowed was ono of 1 most luxuriously furnished in the house. hairs stood on lady." The poor boy is ill. nlfcentiy Inlaid wardrobe aad cab Ugnow Esther £0 my dressing: room,” said | The toilet service also tho mistress of Henston, Lastly. “I Wl al-| formed of rare old Venetian glass tend to the children,’ & table Inlaid by the euna! Lady Ashleigh undressed them both, mper| sale workers of intended thelr usual nied to tollete, heard them |‘ {t was towards thistle that Father Morris repeat thelr prayera, at tween tho two wated that seo ‘Ah f yes,” drawled the “cywidh his banda,” ontinued. Bilas Carrey. ‘He hay such thingy I prowime, ke nny other Were 1 monn, T would wrestle ites. ? “Ty rege pity him she addod, “if T did not feel tonpted to despise him. _Thefentleman ‘replied oniy by a took of mut- The idea of any ove in soc working 3y ie to him the most wr RCo Hon that ed ever fatten rom tho tt ore indy. ‘society, 88 a matler of course, he col ah 4 perfectly immaterial whet! any 0 Mi igriead, | ithe haa h neard {he old mary oe <p a2 himeelt : ohvineed that Lauly Ashleigh was 100 0 econ him, Mr. Anon heart a of bringing dishonor and desoation on the home of his now cous. (On the contrary, he glorted I the Protect—It gave an additional zest to hi Helped triumph. be mutmured to himrelf, as agauch a moments but who can read the hi @ mother—its der motion, for; atgetdulnces of ae it ofall but the objects love? Wound i gra it does but mush witl ch increased tender- ness; e it, and it bease with forgives nen It isa femple in which all that ls holiest avd purest in Nature js Chanvined the idole may prove woworthy, but | the, ssagetiory, romains & sanetoary el me “When next, ? aoe them red Lady Ashielgh, ‘thal'be longer An worthy of tuele love. Crime will me set Ita blistering seal upon my brow; my life must Rerceforth Bo aa acted He—a se secrel, known only to Veaven and. myself, nad another.” she added, ith a shudder, aa she recollected her compact ri » She bent over the sleep! rine and trn- printed a kias upon tie brow of eae sorrow she thought, as she fotleed the tear thal bad fallen upon their innocent face, “*s panier, whose mind wala on readers doubters already. bave erst In ni ordinary mould, bad rout horeedl to remard er terribte calamtig rather sores er son! had had n rented to her degradation, 14 #ad Gallen upon her Iike an unforeseen misfartine, or some bide cous plague, which no amount of ‘prudence o icine could have are need not wonder at the bitterness of ber Unag a rim 1 ‘On entering her dressing-room, the “God grant that ft prove not the rents of| ate former conheetion with her pernceyt pas g “ para Si done," the whispe 1 2Should e_not drink eel Ber com | cf Tet im but dip bis hand ato the water, a will prove sufficient,” was the 16 Tepl; Is- Kady Aubleigh auhddered, “Te at returned to the drewing- you. woyour tale cheeks again,” she added, ‘mara the ce foot. *\Take it with you. . You ean conocal It a Sur handkerehet or pose” ot leave mi ered th mistress Hgaston 5 “1 drei, ihe horrors of us nigh S Childish and weak,# refilled her confeder- 3 but Tean rom: per cen fn merely an assumed ot “Not the e nightes Tar tne reply. “I hove tralaed him for an end. « Thave you forgotten aur compact" demand- cathe widow, sternly. igh made no rer but eHently panto: ho-eee lance with a0 Inolent expreedo ‘the chook upon the marble console to the: of Henston Hall wasstartied by Tho change that thas taken Bather ; y Ashlel cole the room with Meenas nave mised Jou, tay $ iove,” ob 3 calm

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