Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-07-23

1orms, tnan recollectlOn or his departed glo-
ry returned. But the roll of years at length
wore away his grief; finding at last an object
on which he could place his affections, he
again entered into married Connection
From the time that he left his companion in
Georgia, till he married his second wife, was
about five years.
But what shall we say about Mrs. Lossley:
for strange to tell, she still lived. Weeks
months, and years had rolled by, but had
4 brought her no tidings of her absent hus-
band; post offices were examined--but no
| letters came. His name was looked for in
the public prints, but none could be found
! Travellers were inquired of, but to no avail.
! Not word could she hear of him. At length
she gave him up as dead, and conceived of
hls death IN many ways; at one time she
| would fancy that she could see his bones at
the bottom of some stream in which he had
been drowned in attempting to cross again
she could see him in some lonely spot-mur-
dered by robbers, or destroyed by Indian vio-
lence; and at other times she would fancy
that she saw him languish on some foreign
bed, and after severe and lingering illness
fell into the grave among strangers. thou
sand times she looked on the way she saw
Inn depart, and mourned him dead till time
had dried away her tears.
/ After the lapse of seven long years and
more since the departure Of Mr.. Lossley. Mr..
Starks offered his hand in marriage to Mrs.
Lossley, and as it was firmly believed by
herself aud friends that Mr.. Lossley was
dead, and Mr.. Starks being gentleman wor
thy Of her, she accepted the oatr, aud they
were married.
! At this time, Mr.. Losslcy was living with
his second wife in the State Of Missouri,
where he continued to live something like
eighteen years. About fourteen years after
his marriage his second wife died, and he
was left with two children, a son and a daugh-
ter The daughter was the eldest, and took
charge OF her fathers house.-But little
more than three years after the death Of her
mother, she married and moved to North AL
ALBANIA, and her father and little brother went
with her.
In the mean time Mrs. Sarks had lost her
husband and father, and having but one child,
that little daughter, she removed to North
Alabama also, to reside with an aged uncle
who was living in that part of the country; so
that Lossley and Mrs. Starks became neigh
bors-and they again became acquainted with
each other as Col. LoSsley (Which title he had
obtained when among the fur traders) and
Mrs. Stdrks. They soon formed an attach
ment for each other, and Col. I4ossley event
ually offered her his hand in marriage, which
she accepted. 1t is to be observed, that dur
ing the Whole of their intercourse they both
took great care never To mention any circum-
stances of their first marriage; and both pas
sed for having been married but once. They
had both been SO very cautious on this SUBJ
Nt, that the slightest acquaintance was not
discovered until the night before the mar
rage was to have been solemnized. Perhaps
the fount of their former sorrows was sealed
too deep to be readily broken up again by Ell
ther of them.
| The night before marriage, as they were
conversing alone, the Colonel remarked that
he expected to be q little frightened on the
next evening-saying, that with him the old
er the worst---for, said he, when was marri-
ed the first time, | was not so much embar-
rassed as when was married last! to which
Mrs. Starks replied by saying-.then you
nave been married f,cice it seems. The Co
lionel at first tried to change the CONVERSE
ton, but soon found that it would not do; and
knowing that it would have to come out
sooner or later, he went into a detail o. all
the circumstances connected with his first
marriage, giving names and dates. This was
subject on which the Colonel was eloquent.
lie remarked that his long lost Mary was not
out Of his mind for one hour at time; owing
to that fact, he often spoke of her to those
who never heard Of her, and could not enter
into conversation with hipI. lie went on to
state that she was his earliest-his first
cholce-the companion of his youth. Having
taken hold upon his feelings at such an carly
age, the impression was indclible, and a re-
collection Of her name never could be erased
from his mind; and though, said he, have
passed through the town, the country, and
the dreary wilderness-through summer,
through winter and friends and foes-through
health and. ffc:ions-through smiles and
frowns-yet have ever borne, printed upon
my imagination, the image Of my lamented
Mary. Here the mists began to gather in
the eye Of the Colonel, and for "a few mo-
mcnts death-like silence prevailed. At
length looking upon his intended bride, he
saw that she had been taking more than us
ual interest in the relation he had been max
ing. He then broke silence by saying, "you
must forgive me for the kind remembrance
bear for the beloved companion ofmy youth"
While he was utterng this sentence, Mrs.
Starks swooned away, and would have fallen
from her seat had not the Colonel supported
her. While she lay in this death like state,
many were the reflections which passed
through the mind of Col Lossley. First sup
posing, that as he had for time kept this Sc
cret from her, and at last divulged it without
intending TO do so, it might have a tendency
TO destroy her confidence in him, or cause
her to fear that his affections were so much
placed upon the memory of his first wife, that
it would be impossible for him to love her as
he ought.
! These, and many other thoughts of the
like kind, rushed through his mind, and he .
but awaited the return of the power of utter
ance on the part of Mrs. Starks, to hear her