Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-21

lit said to the great city OF kondon ard on hrs
return at midsummer, Lucy was TO be his bride
They parted with few peaceful tears, aud though
absent were still togelher.-Aud now a letter came
10 the Fold, saying that bcfore another Sabbath he
would be at the FOld fw beautiful fields in Fast.
dale, io"g mortgaged beyond their Tee SIMPLE by the
nara WORKING statesman trvn whom they reluctantly
were passing away, had mean wniie been purchased
BY Mr.. Howard, aud IN that cottage they were to
abide, till they had built for themselves hosse a
little farther up The sylvan null below the shadow of
heim Crag. Lucy saw ,he Sabbath OF his return
and Its golden sun, but 1t her minds eye only
iof erc was 10 descend behind the hlls, she was
not to be among the nunbcr OF living things.
Up Forest uiis~ alter the youth had como by the
hyht of Tue Getting and he crossed tho noun
Ia'os to Grassmere by aestic pass OF the so,a
~ Ha"se, sill as every new arose IN heaven,
wlth It arose rs iustrous emotion from the bv
som of his bciro,kcd. Tho mdnighs hour had been
hxed Tor is return the Fold, he reached the
cliffs above w hitemoss, To- according agreement
hight was bn. niny IN the low window. the very planet
oil love- IL seemed to shed bright serenity over all
tue vale, and The moon glitterng waters vi Rydel-
mere were image OF life, pure lonely undis,ur-
oed, and al the peiaive hour how profound, Bcs-
sing and praise be to the gracious Goo! who framed
my sprs 50 u delight IN Inns beautiful and glorious
creotion,--biessng and praise be 10 the HOLY Quo,
tor the boon vi my Mary 3 innocent aud religious
love- Prayers crowded last INTO MS soul, aud tears
Joy tel from his eyes, he stood al the
almost AFRAID IN ,he trembling of iite-dcep affection
to meet her first embrace!
In The sience, soos and eighs, and or two long
deep groans! Then III anOiner moment he saw thru
the open door Of the where Mary used to sieep
several hgures, moving to and iro the iight and
one figure upon It's khcss-whu else could It be but
her fatner! unnoticeu he became pale laced
company-and there lie beheld the bed, mute
aud mo lonless, her face covered with deplosable
beauty ewes closed, ana her hands c!asped UPON ne
breast dead dead, dead! Eluttcred IN his riny-
ing ears Voice from me toinbs, tell do n an
Thu midst VI Them WITH great violence upon the h,or
hncircied VITA arms 'na' lay round INN softer and
skier iar than tvwerwreaI ms tue neck of child
VINO naS iau INN down from play, was he, when lie
a~okc from that ht-iyrg e,en on hls own maiden
oed, anu WITHIN her very bosom that beat yet, al
though about IL beat no more! At that blvs, ava
kening moment, he might have drought lie saw tie
INST glimpse vi hight Oh me morning GI,er his marriage
day ior her tcce was turned towards his nesr with
her faint oreatnings feit the touch vi tears. MOI
Tears alone now ueuiniIneu cyeS, for tears he
Could have Kis5ed but the blue heavy WIN
something that Was not slunoer-tne 0rbs themselves
We're sca:oaly visiOie and vuice-il was gone to
DC heard never again. iii IN the cho;r VI Wine rvoed
splits, that sang Il. the right hand CT GOD!
Yet no one doubted thai che anew h,ul--:im who
had dropped down ike superior being from another
spIierc OIL the Innocence her Simple idnood-hnu
,aught her 10 kuo" 80 n,ucn III her own svrl-o
aer parents With profuuuder and moro holy love-
tU see III charac ers divine, Heavens promises
vi forgiveness 10 every contriIe hcar.-ana lie OF
perfect blcsseaness beyond death and the grave. A
SIM that shcne over her face the moment sho
mad 6cen brought to knuw that he mad al last
III,
lcF bosom moved-no not tor all tne three days and
three nights that he continued sit beside the beau
iui corpse, Z" hen lather and mother forgetting
their cares IN sleep, that smile told ali Stood
round watching nor departure, neighbour, friend,
priest PAT mt, and him the suddenly dist Iaccd aud
dcSelae, thai IN the very oil aspiration, she
kney han well, and Sas recommending nIin ana bis
ahllctons 10 the ply vi ono WIN died 'osave Sinners
Two Jays and two ni5hs, We hivo SAID, did ne eli
oeaide heI who so soon vas 10 have been Ills bride
ana come or go who wonid into the room, bs say
them not-hls sight was hxcu on the winding sneet
eytlng without single lear from feet forehead
aud sometimes looking up to Heaven. AS men for
s'tten in dungeons have lived miseraDly long hout
food so did he, and he would have done ON and on
to the most far off funeral day. From That one char
close to the bed side he Night after night
when ali tnc vale was nushed he cpt. Through
one oil Tile migRlgDts there mad been lhunuer
storm, the lightning mted cliff close the cottage;
out II seemed tina, he heard II not; and during the
hoods oil next day, to hun the rearing vale silent.
On the morning OF tho funeral, the old peoplc-for
now they seemed to be old-wept to see him sttinr
UNCONSCIOUS beside their dead child-for each of the
few remaining hours had now It's own Office, and a
nan had come to nail down the GOTTA Three large
specSs suddenly alighed on the face of the corpse
and then Off and on-and nway-and returnina-was
heard the buzzug of large bell flea, attracted by
beauty 10 Tts corruption. 'Ha, hal" starting up he
cried horror, What birds of prey arc these whom
Satan has sent to devour the corpse''-lIe became
stricken with sort of palsy, and being led ont to the
I
within, on the green daised turf where beneath tho
shadow Of the sycamore they had often sat- bull.
ding up beautiful VISIONS of long bissful lifc
! The company assembled, but not before his eyes;
the bier was Lifted up and moved away down the sYl-
van slope, and away round the head OF the
Lake, and over the wooden bridge, acconpan her
and there, as 1t passed the way side houses on the
road to Grassmere, by the sound of Psalms-bu; he
saw, he heard not-when the last sound OF the spade
ebounded from the smooth arch Of the grave he was
MOI oy, out all the while he was laying where they
LETT him. with ole or two plying daleslnen his head
and feet. When he awoko again and rose up, the
! cottage OF the Fold was as II she had never been
born-for she had vanished for eyor and I've and her
sixteen years smiling life vas all ex,inguished IN the
dust!
Weeks and months passed on, and still there was
vacant witness in his eyes, and a mortal ghatli-
ness over his face, inexpensive Of reasonable soul
tsearcely seemed that he knew where he was or in
what part OF the Garth yet when oft by himself he
never sought to move beyond the boundaries of The
Fold During the fret faint glimmcrings OF return
INC reason he would utter her name over and over