The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-09
THE HARP A.TAIE.

| From no h0maa ofHc Pea kotncr. a8frea
ed n s'ieAQssb ehcre IA me agency If sP.rts
Thu secretary Scllnrr Ind begun In tat,
il'c first sluing NJ happiness with his youth
/ al bride. THIN union WV mol founded ~
! tIat vague aud rynnrscent passion Whlei
often lives aud dies almost IN the Sam
m"ment sympathy aud rsietm htmtd
the basis nj lheir attachment. Time and
experience, without diminishing ito 0rdnur,
had conffr sl the prrnau,occ Of th
mutual sentiments. u was long since They
had discovered HAT they we're formed for
each othcr, hui want of fortune Imposed
The necessity ola tedious pfobntien I'LL
Scllner, hy obtaining the patent lor place,
found himself in possession ofan easy com.
pctencc, and on the following Sunday
brought home In triumph his long hetroth-
ed bride a succession of ceicmonnus
visits for some weeks cngrnssed many of
those hours that the young couple would
have devoted Ia each other. But 10
sooner WIS this ouerous duty fulfilled, than
they eagerly escaped from the mtr.sinn Of
society 10 their delicious solitude ;aud the
fine summer evenings were bni too short
for plans aud anicipatons of future felci.
~. Scllner's flute aud Joscphnr's harp
hiHh UP lIt llltGNhls ~ conversation, anu
with ihcir harmonious union seemed Ia
sound the prelude To many succeeding
years of bliss aud concord. One evening
when Josephine had played longer Than
usual, she suddenly complained of head.
achc she had III reality, lia.n with tins
symptom Of inhispositiun. hui concealed i,
from her anxious husband. Naturally sus
ceptblc of nervous complaints, the nttrn.
t.sIa Il
Tire emotions IL excited in her delicate
frame, had increased slight iodspostion
Ia fever, and she was now evidently i'll. A
physician was called in, who W. lltles an
tlcipatrd danger thai he promised y CUE
on The morrnw. But after night srcnt IN
dcliIinm, her disorder was Ifonouhced II
nervous fever, which completely ballled
the Efforts of medical skll, and On IN.
ninth day WAS confcsscdIy mortal. Jose.
phine herself mas perfectly senaihle OF her
approaching dissolution, aud with mild re-
sigunlion submitted TO her fate.
Addressing her husband, for the last
time, she exclaimcd;-
My dear Edward, Heaven ean witness
il is With nnuitolable regret thu depart
from this fair world, where | have found
with thce state of supreme felicity bur
u'""b" "'' ~ '"hb' ''h'l''h W NV
IN those arms, doubt not thy faithful jose.
phine shaii sun mover round Thee, aud hs
Suatu'an anger cheift'e lh'e I'LL we meet
again She had scarcely uttered these
words When she sunk ON her pillow, and
soon ieII INTO siuinb'r, nom which SHE
a"oh' no more ana Nhfh me CLOCK was
sulhloS hih'' u was observed ihhi slir lihd
picatlltu her last Inc ACQUIRES 81 Stlliier
may b" more easily conetl,td lhan dies.
crbed during some days II appeared
doubti' "ielhef ne Vienna survive and
Nh'i, amer confinement 81 some weeks,
ne Mas al l'nB,h permitted To leave his
thamhtr, ne powers OF y'uth seemed
paralyFtd, ms Il'hbs "eft tiiif'bied, hls
H1h't eihaeH'''a' ana ne s"hh INTO STAT
OF slhpor, rom "llch u. WAS 1ly To Ia
reused by The bitterness 81 gtiei. IL lhb
poignant anguish snfcred'u hx'd me
lhusholy deep soft"w '"ns'crhied 1he
memory ol lbs beloved her apartment
rcmnIn'd precisely IN The 'ialf ~ winch II
had been lelt previous 10 mr. hchiii : on
The workable lay hen unhhHli'd task The
harp stood IN us accustomed NOOK, TN.
touched ana ai,'ht every nlsht s'lIhef
went ~ s"ti oi pilgrimage Ia The sane.
tuaiy ct ms love ANA King his huie,
breaIh'd forth, III deep plainiite tones, his
l"tVeht aspirations lar the cherished shade,
lie WAS thus slhudinS III Josephme'S II
phlimrui, lost IN thought, WHEN broad
giran OF moonlight iril On The open WI
dow, aud from The n'ishbourllg tower TIE
Waterman proclaimed The ninth hour; al
ihis moment, as II touched by some lnti.
sIhlc sph1t, The harp WAS htaid 10 rtspond
10 7is ilutc ~ p'lirel unison, aud harmony.
Thnodersiruek at This, prodigy, S'!loe
suspended lbs hnlr, hnd he hhrp bccan'
silent he then began with deep cmni'on,
Josephlnc's fportc air, when ihe iarp
resumed 'is m''"di9o" Vibrations li',,a7s
With 'cstaoy. Al this confirmation ct his
hopes he SINK on the ground, 10 longer