The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1844-07-05

that could be ascribed TO her dress-ll de-
served that.
Letters are frequently asked for in
newspaper Office in reply to advertise
ments--so we babe the young woman go
to the front office, and inquire of the
clerks.
She had been there, and there was no
one but boy, who could not give her the
information.
So we inquired the name.
Kitty Nae lanes; :, but, perhaps, ii
will be Catherine on The letter, SAID she,
las that is my name
We looked on the lelter-rack in the
front Office, among the "A. BIS The X.
VS. the .P. Q.'s,' &C., but saw none
for Catharine.
Returning, we inquired to what adver-
lsement the letter was 10 answer. 'Ad-
vcrGscment to no adveriiscment--ii
would be in answer to my letter.
And from whom did You expect let
ter
The young woman looked much confu.
sod; but apparently considering il peril
nent, she said, From Thomas -
We saw at once that she had, as hun
dreds before had done, mistaken our of;
lice for the post-ollice, and the name Civ
en- was that upon the letter which we had
some months before sent from our letter
box to that of the post-odice.
lie has not written, them said Cath
arne, in low voice, evidently not inten-
ded for our ear.
'But---he may have written
Then where's the letter. said she,
looking up.
AT the post-oilice, perhaps
And we took Catharine by the hand
and led her to the door, and pointed out
the way to the post-o.lice.
You will ask at the window sand we
but as the clerks are young men, you
need not tell them from whom you expect
the letter.
Not for the world said she, looking
into our face with glance to say there
was no harm in telling us.
We must have used less than our usual
percson in directing Caiharing TO the
posl-oilice, as quite half an hour after
wards, when visiting the place, we saw
her at tue window, receiving the change
and letter from one of the Gle ks, and
the Impotence, shall we say of woman or
of love, induced Catharlno to break the
seal at the door. glow of pleasure was
on the cheek Of the happy girl. We
would not have given penny to be IN"
formed that Thomas was well, and was
coming in the next packet We felt anX-
ious TO know whether Thomas would
come, but the names of such persons
rarely appear among the passengers al
the Liverpool packets, being commonly
included in that comprehensive line 'and
two hundred in the Storage
So we gave up all hopes Of knowing
when Thomas would arrive, but conclu-
ded that we should see the name with
that of Ca,harine in the marriage list, 10
which we had determined 10 keep study
look.
1t was but a short time afterwards that
we did indeed see the name Of Thomas
in the papers. He was one of the pas
sengers in the ship cast away below New
York, OF whom nearly every one perish
ed, and Thomas among the rest.
We had never seen Thomas, but hat
somehow cherished such an interest il
his fate, that we felt "a severe shock a
its annuncialon and what must have beer
the feelings Of Catharine, with her ar
den! sanguine Irish temperament Low
ing deeply as she must have loved, and
hoping ardently as she must have hoped
what must have been her feelings
We paused few weeks afterwards Il
mark the young grass shooting greer
and thick in Ronaldson's graveyard,
and to see the buds swelling on The
branches Of the trees that decorate tina
populous city Of the dead, when fune
raj, numerously attended, wound slowly
round the corner Of the street, and passet
into the enclosure. 1t was the funeral o
native of Ireland--we knew by the
numbers ,hat atlended-and as the sex
ton lowered the coffin down into the mar
row house, the place appointed for all ,ht
living, we saw engraved upon a simple
plate, CATHARINE Mac lNNEs.
The story was told. The small sun
Of money which Catharine had deposje,
in the savings fund, to give little con
sequence to her marriage festival, haC
been withdrawn 10 give her 'dccen, bu
rial
Influence Of Mus,c.--lt is CHARACTERISED,
of music-loving Bohemia, that IN the luna
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