Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-19

ttldl ItlCH--hIll mus W u
that one of the most gifted of their number
has said,
"Oh hope not, ask thou not too much
OF sympathy below
Few are the hearts whence one same touch
Bids the sweet waters flow
Few, and by still conflicting powers
Forbidden here to meet
Such ties would mike this world of ours
Too fair for aught SO ,rt."
"But to my story. We had been out
three or four days. with favorable win Is.
and the sea and sky had revealed to u
cash day their varied aspect of beauty. A
change had been threatening through the
day, and as the night approached, the dense
settling of the vapors seemed to hem Us in.
and that strange ulicrance of the elements.
where they call from point tn point. holding
as they do, undivided empire over the
world Of waters. was sublime. not to say
appalling. Mrs. Lacy was tmjd woman.
and though the thread of life seemed every
m mcnt ready To srinder, she still CLING to
it with Wild tenacily. Ellen though, not
of herself, and | believe she would have
shrunk from wincssin the fearful nproar
abnnt us, as tn, vessel plunged onward
bravrly onward, yet hel plcsS even in her
strength. | was leaning agant the com
panion way, alive Ia an aim Isl painful
sense of snblimjty. when the light form Of
Anne rushed into my arms. and clasping
hers about me she buried her face in my
bos IN.
"Oh! Charles. dear brother Charles, d mi
send me back--Iet me stay with you and |
shall fear nothing"
IL gathered the sweet child TO nv b rs ,m
an | by strange instinct approached the
taffrail of the ship. hecam, aware of a
sudden and terrible ium ilr--nf b'ackn"sS
even mnrc dense than the thick clouds
about us. Anne cling convulsveiy To IN,
neck. and inStinctly put out my hand for
support. for there was a fearful crash. IA
wild reeling beneath M, and | tcl, myself
lifted from my feet and horne onward in
thick darkness. | was cltnging to the
chains of larger ship that had crossed or
tracks in that fearful storm, and had passed
over her gallan, souls, leaving all to perish
save MS two 81 w"nderousIy preserved.
when afil .ctinns con. Singly upon our.
selves we are nvcrpowcrrd wuh IA sense OF
deSoation; we tread the wine press alnne
AMI the burden is often too much for human
endurance; but when the calamity is gen.
eral the in ividuaI is merged in the many
and the self ,hness of grief is forgotten.
scarcely wepl' for The gentle and beautiful
Ellen. | was o,is of dull aching
weight Of bereavement, but then | felt a>
an atom in The great mass of human sutfar-
ing. The ocean, too, pure and deep, seem
ed a it resting place for the good and
lovely
When Anne awoke to consciousness. she
called franically for her mother and sister
Slowly and gently revealed the sad real.
ty She stood with her little hands clasp.
ed, her wet hair streaming over her shout
ders, and those deep, earnest eyes gazing
into mine with an Intensity that panied me
to the very heart. When all had become
clear to her, she dropped her hands slowly
and the tears gathered into her eyes
them as by IA new impulse, she drew herself
to my bosom. and nestled there, like dove
weary and desnlate.
"Tenier and beautiful sufferer! she ga
thered her duty only from my eyes, and AS.
sented to the slightest inlmation of my
will | was her only friend on the earth
and her gentle nature, now dnubly gentle il
her sorrow, lavshed all her tenderness Or
me.
"Gradually she awoke from the listlcss
ness induced by newness to suffering. ant
the wonderful elasticity of her charactc
revealed thousand glowing and impaS
stoned traits. that had hitherto escaped m,
observation. Frank and courageous. sh,
regarded things as they were in themselves
and not as they might appear 10 Others
Challenging the opinions of none, with al
intutive feminine tact, her conclusion
,l, ,x,hat \ynnlI I,,sIrn
Mature is. after all. the best teacher
would women but yield themselves to ih
promplngS of simple AMI wrmlnly ma
turo. they would be far mare effective than
they at present are. Our sex are worship
pers of truth-you smtle-huI il is Irut
nevertheless; and might you, dared v"
preserve your primitive lruthfuneSS q
heart, we should fall down and worShI
you.
But digress, and am describing Ann
rather as she appeared when like Sprnsrr
Amoret. she 'reclned in the lap Of woman
hood then while she sal upon my knee,
tender and simple child.
IL would scarcely assert that Anne WA
endowed with genius; and YET know II
at any rate il was thoroughly woman
gcnius-earnest, truthful, aft ctInnale. de
pendent, and YET nobly self-Snstained-in
passinned and yet never miSlakng ar pei
verring her emntinns-enIbadym eve
quality of her sex. and YET eIrvaling all
CAV as bird, simple as chIl ,; her ow
bright nature investigating all things WI