The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-05-02

oiFeu, lIOH iulHS WHICH WOulu Oe Dbu
enough, aud ex posure, which would be
worse
1 Ny faIherp stammered ,he lady.
'Yes, No doubt his conduct proceed
ed from The purest affection for your
self lie had, Of course, every reason
10 believe | should make an excellent
husband. There was nothing ofseI( in.
lereSt in what he dld-no desire TO make
a looI OF myself. II mstlars not he
daed with increased bitterness, Il have
ma lie myself promise thsthe shall neve
ross my threshold; and | never broke
ny word yet, as you know bowing 10
1er with mock civliy.
/ He left the room, ard his bewildered
nearer remained long standing 10 the
anne attitude, utterly confounded by
'te words he had spoken. Was it true?
II at he, indeed, said he did not love
ner' Was every hope gone from her
for eve? Wss her very presence hate
iul 10 nim? Oa, hat she had died with
he blessed belief that he loved her!
Where could she turn for help, for sd.
Vjce' Her dream Of happiness was past
nothing could restore IT, Such were
he thnughts that passed across her mind
again and again--and. 10 truth, it was
hard thing for heart SO young, sud
40 loving, TO feel itself desolate and for
AIKEN,
After time, the hope Of winning his
feclon rose within her, and long ond
pa,lenly she slrove 10 resllza il; but alas!
% valn' Months passed on, aud he
lour drew near, ia which she expected
2 9fEGms 20 i, %pci66ff 5Sc6 fmfofe Hsr hope rev7
d. Surely she houghr, For The sake
f his child he will love me-, But a.
.a'n she wa, disappointed. He had re-
mned 10 his ola friends, aud TO his old
nusements, that she could never |
a pI c. u his hearl.
Eight yeats elapsed between the
ime of ser marriage and the scene with
which our tale opened AL that she
had endured 10 that interval none may
know. Her eldeSl boy, as soon as he
vas ab'e to talk. became his talher's
p ,yhing, and quick y learned 10 l.ugh
1 his mothers authority. II second
90, who wss still dearer TO her than
In frs, because she was sill more un.
happy at The time Of his birth, lived on
few months, aud she wept alone be-
,ide his grave. Her youngest darIing,a
bright rosy girl, with dmpled smile,and
yes full Of gladness, was l;tlIe more
nan year old a, the time lady En-
wood lay on her death bed.
We relurn to that death bed, where
ye lsiI the dying sufferer breathing a.
loud the sorrows that had weigh d down
her spirit for years. Exhausted, at
length, she bad once more sunk into 81
Ience, when light kuock was heard at
he door and in a few momCn :, !he
nurse admitted a woman c3rrylng
lovely infant. The lady clasped The
child in her arms kissed again and sg7n
is cheeks and lips, aud almost smiled
when she felt the touch OF lis cool hand
on her brow. You must leave her with
ne TO night, Alice, she said, lurning TO
he young woman who had carried the
child 4 wjl undress her. Nurse
nelp me 10 getup.'
Il was in vain The old nurse demonstrated
he lady persisted, and supported by pill
lows, she sat up in her bed, and tenderly
oosenad the babys clothes, and wrapped II
IN ,s lille night dress She even played
with it as OF old, and smiled 10 hear s mer-
Iry laughter. Sae dismissed Alice, bu', re-
calling her as she was leaving the roon;stid
earnestly Alice, you love this child; she
will soon be molheress, there will be none
TO care for her. Oh, be fsiIhlul 10 your
charge! Cherish her, do uol desert her;
b and may the blessing of her dying mother
! he with YOU 10 your last hour,