Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

ed his countenance. Her fair and con-
finding eyes, transfixed his soul. = ss
81 am guiltyp he exclaimed. H g
"Wherelorel" asked the girl. 80
"For Turing you froms an earth you
may never again seep e all.s Z
II came voluntarily" a a2tt q
"Nay, if you did / am guilty of your
blood" , a''s a ae5 ea 6ae " ID
"You are not guilty, God gave me
my soul, He gave me the impulse that
sent me hither. Lovecomes from G cd.
] feel thatthe Lowell feel is initself a vir-
tuel iiig-ss 44 ,e
aDearest. it is not more holy than
minel' exclaimed Marion, and he clas-
ped her to his bosom there in the clouds,
and their first kiss was wet with the
dew of heaven.-Marion spoke again.
~ have done wrong in bringing you
into danger, my unknown love. ! see
God as | never before saw him. for the
beauties of this sublime scene have Civ.
en- a faint view of the minds heaven.
My life has been partly right, partly
wrong but only wrong in that | have
not acknowledged God with the full
soul now feel. Heaven, is mind to
love God as he is, the just, the terrible.
| can now go down &live life ofpeace;
have the germ Of enjoyment, and it
shall henceforth for ever bloom more
and more. feel but one pang--your
danger" H.s ..,; n b.ea
"Arel we not Gods creatures? is it
worse to die here in the pure air, VIC
Tins to our love for this glorious ma
ture, than to die day by day in the pu-
trid atmosphere Of disease? We are
safe in his hands," s.g.5y3
The words Of Coma almost entranc>
ed Marion, they came, like heart ech-
oes to his grati6ed being. He looked
upon her as "a part of himself, and a
part of the nobility of divinity. u a8
"Yes we are safe" he replied, seven
though our minds never go down a.
gain. il read you as a book from the
God of our spirits; though we die here,
it cannot change us,-'twill only en-
hance and perfect our being of happy
thought. | have discovered the great
mysiei y that curses man,-'tis fear.
Men preach fear to each other, it de-
Estfoys the free mind Of man,makes him
/ a slave and generates sin. 1t is fear
that rules the world, it is fear that
holds one mind below another, but our
God never taught fear; it is the true
spirit of evil. Man would be above
wrong were. he .aboye fear. Look,
look, Coinal lsi5 he at- /. 81. ~ .s.
81 see, Oh! that had another soul.
that | might 60 into yon scene of beau
ty, and yet remain here with you lovep
"Walch that grand vortex! where
the whirlwind centers! Oh! my Coma,
was ever view like that unfolded to
mortal eyes bcfolel"
"Grand! delightful. That is where
the storm king makes his hail. The
winds are at war. Look how that
cloudy whirlpool draws the black and
white clouds together! hark! were Nj
agra here, it would seem tame as a
sleeping lakep
"lt will draw us into its immeasura.
BILE chasm," cried Marion Boiling Col
ma cIung around him and smiled. A
tremendous gust brought shower Of
hailstones against the lovers, and Boil
ing clung fast to the ropes, while the
car swung round and round in utter
darkness. Coma embraced firmly her
lovers waist. that they might not be
separated in death. Suddenly a stream
OF intense light awoke them from their
giddiness, and when they looked up,
the sun shone clear above them. The
buoyance Of the ballon had lifted above
the faint grapple of the whirlwind's
verge, and now the inky ocean of con-
yolving vapor rolled below in its own
mad wind torrents. Not a breeze
moved where the good balloon now
Aoaled, and the lovers again smiled, ay,
laughed through their drenched and
disshelved locks.
"The clouds played roughly with
us" exclaimed Boiling. but l trust you
are not alarmed, Coma
Not in the least, love. The bath
has raised my spirits even more. Oh,
look! there are asthousand rainbows
belowp 81 }eH p, 32s
'Ay, but let me still enjoy your eyes
No, | will look once upon that rainbow
sea. Yes, Coma, It's most glorious,
and yet tits only the meeting Of sun
light and gloom @ Z. sS va 81 a
But if Gods sun can make the tenn
pest smile with pillows Of many tints
what Joy shall attend the imingling O.
Gods spirit with ours, when we are
wholly hisl-but see againl Oh the
view makes my delight too intense
/ feel weak-hold me in your arms
Love- '@ }s ea& fs!'{ .
Marion was startled and surprised