Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-10-26

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ed TO llnger over the spo! as if sacred as
scclatlons connected him with the grave.
Two or three years after the shipwreck,
and during the height Of our bathing sea-
son, was requested by lady to look for a
trunk, which had probably been taken to
the other house. at has upon it," said she,
"the hume Of A. DUPONT"
81 am afraid" she added, "you will
forget The name."
" Not at all, maiam." said, "by the to-
ken that have dog Of the same name"
When returned, the lady was so much
pleased with the result of my errand, that
she asked by what good luck she had the
honor OF sharing her name with dog. So
told her how the animal came by the
name, and then, think, for the first time,
looked into her face. 1t was beautiful,
marked, indeed, by settled melancholy,
from which smile faded away, like that
CLEAN of candle light which is passing over
| the lawn.
The lady said she would come in and
see her name-sake when she rode out
And in few days, a carriage stopped at
my door, and the same lady was handed
1
that ne was a clergyman.
She enquired for the dog, but learned
from my family, that he accompanied me
to the island. As she evinced, or ex-
pressed, some interest in the animal, on ac-
count of his name though it is probable that
she really thought little ofthe circumstance,
my wife told her that there was something
else in the house which bore her name also.
Astonshed at the popularity of her name
in my family, she desired to know what it
was, and, accordingly, the piece of coin
was taken from It's place, and brought to
her.
1t was fearful, they said, TO look on the
young woman when her eye rested on the
silver. My wife was afraid Of commissions,
but ;antlng ensued, and when she was
sufficiently recovered they conveyed her
back TO the island, whittier repaired again
the next morning, and in private acquain-
ted her with the circumstances by which
came in possession Of the silver and the
dog. | inferred, without being informed,
that the young lady had left Scotland after
pledge of marriage, and that the young
man was fulfilling his promise to come to
her in America. The dog belonged to
her brother, and the token bore her name
and not his.
pointed out to her the place in which
William had been buried, and took nv
leave, promising when came again, to
bring the old dog with me.
learned that the gentleman in attendance
was an avowed lover.
1t was about this time that one Of the
servants Of the family whispered to anoth-
er his belief that a ghost had been among
the graves.
Having suspicious, that knew more Of
the ghost than most others, determined
to watch the next night, and ascertain whe.
Their was right in my conjectures. Ac-
cordingly, about midnight took a station
near where we now stand, and shortly af-
forwards saw approaching a white figure,
apparently a female. She advanced slowly
and looked cautiously around then she
kneeled slowly before the grave of Will
lam, and poured forth flood of tears
could hear that she prayed, bu. the
constant dash Of The waves against the
shore prevented me from distinguishing
many of the words Of her prayer, heard
occasionally a sentence-one in particular
| yet remember. She seemed to have had
in view other troubles and sorrows than
those resulting Immediately from the death
Of him over whom she kneeled, and she
was asking for support under the new tr-
ais that awaited her. The petition, how
ever, concluded with the following quota
ton -" Lover and friend hast thou put
far from me, and mine acquaintance into
darkness"
Just then | saw figure merging from
the shadow Of the house, and moving to-
ward the grave. looked anxiously, and
discovered that it was the dog DUPONT. |
was fearful that he would alarm her, and
render it necessary TO discover myself to
prevent harm but the animal moved slow
| ly forward, until he came in full sight of
the female. He paused, and advanced. and
paused again. The woman started when
she discovered DUPONT. The dog sprung
toward her, and fell crouchng at her feet.
- Poor dog, poor Cato" said she, calling
him by his proper name, " you are at least
spared for me-" She knelt down TO car
ress the animal, and both were PROSTATE
over the grave Of a beloved friend. That
nlght lauSh' Ihe young woman that her
heart was in the grave with William, and
she refused the addresses Of a clergyman
in attendance; and, when only few months
agoI heardof her death, and received back
poor old DUPONT, whe had been her COM
panion, | wished that one decent grave
might have been the resting place of Will
liam and Anna. Nor did think the world
would be desecrated, should poor old Du-
point, when he comes to die, be laid by
their SIDE"
| From Blackwoods Magazine.
Balloon Adventure at Night.