Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1844-11-09

words vibrate still. | thought of then
and unfortunately, thoughtof little bu
them. Lady Maclacklin talked to me
of inattention to herself, and rudenes:
to the lady of the house. To all heI
reproofs only answered, 'Adela. =
She called me an ass, and sent me
home to Hoginton.
"From this place, l proceeded, ac-
cording to previous determination OF
my father, to enter upon a course OF
studies, at the University of Leyden.
Yet even here, in spite of the novelty
of the scene, deep reading, and fire sh
companions, the phantom, the eidolon
of that fairy form, was constantly be-
fore me, and amid the din of strange
and unfamiliar sounds, the tones Of that
light laugh were ever audible. There
were times, indeed, at the dead hour
of the night, when alone in my
gloomy chamber, l felt a sort of con-
seriousness other real presence, it was
as though the unseen spirit had quit
ted its slumbering tenement, and flown
TO cheer me in my exile a mysterious
feeling seemed to tell me she was near
and convcrs1nt withmy Utmost thoughts
1t was winning fancy, and ! cher
ished it as the child Of my Solitude
But the most extraordinary feature was
I no'vi .o"'A -" M~re
than once in my slcep,I fairly had it.
| was aware of repeating it time after
time that it might not escape me, in my
waking recollections. Morning came
and it was gone. an indistinct murmur
fingered for few minutes on my lips,
and every trace had vanished.
"After an absence of nearly three
years, the sudden death Of my father,
summoned me again to England. and
circumstances arising out Of that event
soon after, compelled my personal at
tendance at York. Once here, l de-
termined not to return without inclu-
ding iu my visit, some of the beautiful
districts of Cumberland and Westmore-
land. The excursion was of course to
be performed Oh foot, and accordingly,
with few necessaries wrapped in oiled
silk and disposed in the pockets of my
shooting jacket Gan arrangement by the
by infinitely more comfortable the COM
mon one of being harnessed to heavy
knap-sack, crede erperto) | started on
my solitary ramble. 1t was at the
close of lovely day, that ! found my
self descending one of the mountains
that look on Enerdale water there
was a wildness and a beauty here
which, albeit, on a somewhat reduced
scale, far surpassed, in my opinion, any
of the more known and more celebra-
ted scenery of the lakes the water
itself, possessed an unequalled brillian-
cy, and threw back the forms of the
surrounding cliffs that rose direct from
its margin, with a distinctness as to
seem rather Il continuation than re.
Election. Il might be, too, that the ut
ter seclusion of the spot, its difficulty OF
access, and comparative freedom from
the profane footsteps of summer tour
lists, lenti an additional interest. A
single building was visible, situate in
one of the numerous little bays, and
which held out promise of accommo-
dation for man mo horse was very like
ly 10 tax its power of entertainment
resolving to make this my head quar-.
tiers for few spare days ] proceeded
on the following morning to explore
the romantic valley, which skirted old
rugged 'Pillar,' extends nearly to the
black lead mines of Honiston Crag.-
With view to visiting that singular
spot, / quilted the low DOGGY grounds
and was endeavoring to make my way
up a rarely frequented pass, both diff
cult and dangerous of ascent, called
Scarf Cap when trusting to a loose
stone, my foot slipped, and fell
wrentching my ANGLE most severely, az
| did so.'
"For some time struggled hard to
retrace my steps, but the pain, increas
ing momentarially, became at length
insupportable; further progress with
out assistance was clearly impossible
The clouds meanwhile, or rather mist
were rapidly gathering round, few
drops ofrain succeeded, the air became
suddenly chilled, and almost in an in
slant hill and dale, rock and river
were shredded from my sight by the
rushing storm. By dint of crawling
on hands and knees, both Of which
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