The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-08-29

/ Ths night before marriage, as they
were conversing alone, the Colonel re-
marked that he expected to be little
frightened on the next evening--saying
that with him the older the worst--tor,
sald he, when was married the frst
time, was not SO much embarrassed ~
when l was married last to which Mrs:
Starks replied by snying-then you have
been married tieice It seems. 1he Colo
mel at first tried TO change the conversa-
tion, but soon found that it would not
do /; aud knowing that It would have TO
come out sooner or later, he went Into u
detail Of all the circumstances connected
with his first marriage, giving names and
dates. This was subject on which the
Colonel was eloquent. He remurked
that his long lost Mary was not out ot his
mind for one hour at time owing to
that fact, ne spoke of her to lhose
VINO never heard OF her, and could not
enter into conversation with him. lie
went on To state that she was the earliest
his first choice-The companion of his
youth. Having taken hold upon his feel
ings at such an early age, the impression
was indeliUle, and recollection OF her
name nsver could be erased from his
mind aud though said he, have passed
through the town, the country, and inc
dreary ildernnss-through suhWcr, ihro
winter, aid friends aud ioes-heath aud
aiflctions-through smiles and lrowns--
yet | have ever borne, printed upon my
imagination, the image OF my lamcnted
Mary. Here the mists began to gather
in the eye Oh the Colonel, and Tor few
moments death-like silence prevailed.
| AT length looking upon his intended bride
he saw that she had been taking a more
than usual interest in the relation he. had
been making. He then broke silence by
saying, '.you must forgive mo for the kind
reric IN beranco / bear for the beloved
companion Of my YOUTH While he was
uterlng this sentence, Mrs. Starks swoon-
ed away,& would have fallen from her seat
/ had not tne Colonel supported her
! While she lay IN this death llko state,
many were tho reflections which passed
through the mind of Col. Lossley. firs,
supposing, that as lie had for tune kept
tins secret from her, aud at last divclged
It with out intending to do so, It might
have q tendency 10 destroy her .ontidence
in him, or cause her to fear that her atiec-
I,ions were so much placed upon The msn'-
ory of his first vile, that, it would be IN
possib.e for him to love her as he ought.
4 These and many other thoughts OF the
like kind, rushed through his mind, and
he but awaited the return ofthe power
of uttsraucs Oh the part of Mrs Starks, to
hear her renounce hun forever. But, oh,
how mi,taken were his fears no sooner
aroused from her swoon than she threw
her arms around his neck, and resting
her head upon his bosom, sobbed like "a
child. CRYING out Sob, my husband my
husband I" The Colonel being much as-
tonished, inquired rather hastily what she
meant? With n countenance still beam
ing with joy, and sutlused with tears, she
exclaimed with voice half choked with
ut,erance, 81 am your your long lost Ma
iry |. aud you are my Henry, whom 4 have
mourned as dead these twenty years J"
The 10y then became mutual. That
night aud the next day were spent in re-
lating the circumstances which had trans
pred with them during their seperatlon,
and in adoring the Providence that had
brought them together. On the next ev-
ening those hidden to the marriage attend
ed. The parson came-but there was no
service for h,m to render. The trans
ported couple informed the company
that they had been lawfully married up
ward. OF twenty years before, and IN ex-
planation gave the aSove brief outline
Of their history.
The late Rev Mr. G. happening one
day to go Into the church'yard while the
beado was employed neck-deep in
grave, throwing by the mould and bones
70 make way TO, another person, thus ac-
costed him" Well. Saunders, that's a
work you're employed in well calculated
to make nn old man, like you, thoughtful
| wonder YOU diuna repent o. your evil
waya.n The old worthy, resting himself