Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-08-05
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ana IN spite OF al that have since spfT.,.a :
Q FANCY that can see that beautiful face tnr.,s1
4 towards me with a look which reon;red no.
~. mo.Gs 20 explain its meaning, which told me.
;, .na1 was the possessor of what Ihad honed
me Iecoilections Of her gentle beauty floata
oss s my mind like apoet's dream of Paradise,
, anu lol moment my weary heart rests on i
aa hy oia eyes MI with tears, and nv hand
e.e.no!es, and my heart strives to find an en-
cuse for her eror---her folly. nrav ,,o 81 eA-
don me! Her beauty was INV cursa. ~ so s par.
voice, like that Of Syren's, lured mo ~ 90 ~
misery. 'lle on 70
The day was fixed for ourmarriaoe. and an
was smiling happiness, when received mi.
Vase ih!imatlon that was not the onlvs ~
"hom Aoel met in her walks, or CORRESPONDS.
Gu with. For amoment this intelligence star,-
led me, but then laughed at the petty mal ia.
as deemed it, ofthose who could thus a,ien,n,
to dlsunite us. saw her soon afterwards aars
70 me She had never seemed SO fair as 7 81, ha.
Side her in the glowing sunset; her rich clus-
terins curls floating as veil round her: har
beauty was glorious! Almost unconscionslr
| murmured, What libel on all that is pnya
ana lovely 1t would be to suspect thee. Adel,,
me ne words had scarcely passed my lips. when
iieit aconvulslve movement of the small sno,r,,
iaha held In mine, and her check grew nale
as aeath. was surprised, and feeling of
uisuus' ,or the hrst time entered my mind. but
IL passed away when she hid her face IN =, ~
bosom, und whispered, Rather susnect tho,
the mother could hate the child she bore tn.
Almighty hate the thing of his own creation
.ne mower hate the dews that feed it, than tb,,
l could deceive you, Walterv No more words
passed between us then, my heart was too fnH
OF Joy Tor utterance. AT length the darkness
ueepened, and we arose; as Abel lifted her
mead from my shoulder, a small folded paner
Tell from her bosom heavily to the ground
stopped to regain it, and held it playfullv for
an instant before returning it. Adel almost
screamed in her anxiety to re-possess il. .C;;ws
it me for mercy's sake, implore Won, She
uttered in voice so excited, that it sounded
strange and unlike hers; my eyes then fell un-
on some written words, TO my own Adel,
And this was not all, the hand that had nen-
ned those words was my brothers.! Yon ara
perhaps surprised at my writing thus calmly:
my hand does not tremble, it ia cold 40 ~,
heart, and that is marble.
needed not the adiuration of Abel hn+ -
pened the paper; it contained his miniamre
ana these words: Il understand that the davis
hxed---so much the better, or the love.s;ci,
swain might make unpleasant discoveries T
mink had better withdraw for few weeks
uli II is all over, and then, nous ve,rons. Here
is .'e picture you begged SO hard for; by the
pye' walter would give much for one of those
sweet persuaslons you have lavished upon me.
Au ,l, FERDINAND
thus ended the scrawl Have written a.
nough! Need repeat what said.--need
tell you how acted! Were to attemnt the
recital, should go mad. have not seen A.
del since that hour. From that hour life haa
been to me b!ank---utter desolation---still
live on. Life!-a living death!
"Loncly Il steer my bark eflife
Towards deathless land:
1t will not fear the seas Of STRIFE,
If ii but reach the strand
Where all Is peacc-and angnls como.
10 take the outWorM MANDARIN horna /,