Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-10-19
9O dead MNEs WISCONSIN OCTOBER 1896

FAD MINES, WISCONSIN
from land was the most beautiful l ev
er saw, and | persuaded the gentle Cir
to go for short time upon deck, that
her own favorite brow might be famed
by the twilight breeze. The sun had
gone down in glory, and the traces Of
the blood-red setting, were still visi-
bic upon the western waters. Slowly,
but brilliantly, the many stars were ga.
therlng them together above, and ana.
ther sky swelled out its softened beau
1ty beneath, and the foam upon the crest
OF the waves were lightened up like
wreaths of snow. There was music in
every wave, and its wild sweet tone
came floating down from the futtcring
pennon above us, like the sound of a
gentle wind mid cypress grove, but
neither music nor beauty had a spell
for the heart of my little friend. talk
ad to her of the glories of the sky and
and seal pointed to the staron which
she had always loved to LOOKOUT her
only answer was sigh-and l turned
with her to the bedside of her brother.
1perceived instantly that he was dying.
There was no visible struggle-but the
film was creeping over his eye, and the
hectic flush of his cheek was fast deep
ening into the purple. l know not
whether, at first, she perceived the
change in his appearance; she took her
seat at his side, pressed his pale lip to
her own, and then as usual, let her me-
lancholy eye rest fxedlyupon his coun-
tcnance. Suddenly his looks bright
ened for moment, and he spoke his
sisters name. She replied with pas
sionate caress, and looked up to my
face as if to implore encouragement.
knew that her hopes were but mock
cry. A moment more and convul-
sive culver passed over the lips of the
dying boy-a slight shudder ran thro'
his frame-and all was still. The girl
knew that her brother was dead. She
sat in fearless silence-but saw that
the waters Of bitternesswere gathering
fearfully at their fountain. At last she
raised her hands with sudden effort,
and pressing them upon her forehead,
wept with the uncomfortable agony of
despair.
On the next day the corpse Of the
dead boy was committed to the waters.
The little girl knew that it must be so,
but she strove to drive the thoughts a.
way, as if it had been an unreal and ter
rible vision. When the appointed hour
was at hand, she came and begged me
witha tone that seemed less like hui
man voice than the low cadence of a
disembodied and melancholy spirit, to
go and look upon her brother and see
if he was indeed dead. / could not re-
sist her entreaties, but went with her
to gaze upon the sleepingdust, to which
allthe tendrils other life seemed bound.
She passed by the bedside, and l al
most deemed that her very existence
would pass off in that long fixed gaze.
She moved not-she spoke not-till
the form she loved was taken away to
be let down into the ocean. Then in
deed she arose, and followed her bro
Their with calmness that might have
been from heaven. The body sunk
slowly and solemnly beneath the waves;
a few light ringlets streamed out upon
the waters, single white and beautiful
CLEAN came up between the glancing
pillows, and all that had once been Joy
and beauty vanished forever.
During the short residue of our voy-
age, the bereaved sister seemed fading
away and beautiful as cloud in sum-
mer zenith. Her hearthad lost its COM
munion with nature, and she would
look down into the sea and murmur in
,coherentlyo of its colds solitary depths,
and call her brothers name, and then
weep herself .iata dg?lfi T;e are the three IT, IL
te' lots fronting on Water street, and be-
XII Dean and Division street.
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