Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-06-25
A Singular Circumstance.

Some time during the year 1915, Mr. Henry
Lossey Of Georgia, the son ola gentleman Of mod
crate circumstances was married 10 Miss Mary
Lansing, lady Of some accomplishments and great
personal beauty. A few months after their union.
it became evident that they would have to gain sup
port by their actual labor and it was certain that
in Georgia they could not do more than TO obtain
mere subsistence. 1t was thought best that Mr.
Lossley should travel into some new country, get
piece Of land, make some lutte improvement on it,
and then return to carry out his companion.
Mr. l.. travelled to the State of Kentucky, and
was about contracting for piece of land in the
neighborhood Of where the town of II. is now built
lie availed himself Of the first opportunity of writ.
ing few lines to his companion This letter new.
or reached the beloved object for whom it was in
tended-but fell into the hands Of one with whom
MIR Lossey had been a competitor An answer
came-but not Of Mrs Lossley, but apparently from
her father, with whom he had left her during his
absence.
Dear Son Your wife took sick about week
after your departure At first we did not entertain
fears concerning her. After some days her brain
became affected, and she lost her reason and while
in this situation she called every person who was
in attendance on her and came to see her. Hen
ry.' A short time before her death she came to
herself, and seemed TO have but one desire TO live
which was to you and her las, sentence was,
in this life = and breathed her last"
On the reception of this letter, Mr. Lossley be-
came almost desperate His whole amount Of
earthly goods seemed 10 be cut off at one stroke
lie made several attempts TO answer the letter, but
found II impossible TO write on so painful subject
lie became solitary man-being in land of
strangers-and had no person to whom he could
unbosom HIMSELF and though grief is fond of com
pany, yet he had TO snare his alone The thought
oireturning to the place where he had often be-
held the fair face and lovely form of Mary without
being able to see her, he could not bear; aud hav-
ing leh little behind save his companion, that was
of any consequence to him, he gave up the idea of
returning. Neither had he any disposition to set
tie hlmseli aud finding that he could sustain his
eSief better when travelling than in any other way
he joined himself to a company of fur traders, and
shaped his course to the Rocky Mountains. He
passed nearly two years among the North Western
Indians. The hardshps he endured, the dangers
through which he passed, all had tendency 10
call off his mind from former sorrow and by the
time he had returned to Missouri, he had, in some
degree, obtained his, former cheerfulness The
roll Of years al length wore away his grief and
finding at last object on which he could place
his affections, he again married From the time
that he left his companion in Georgia ill he mar
red his second wife, was about FIVE years
But what shall we say about Mrs Lossley, for,
strange to tell, she yet lived Weeks, months and
years passed by, but had brought her no tdings of
her absent husband. Post offices were examined
but no letter came. His name was looked for in
the public prints, but could not be found Tray-
elers were inquired Of, but to no avail Al length
she gave him up as dead, and conceived of his death
in many ways.
Alter lapse Of seven long years aud more, after
the departure of Mr. LossleJ, MIR Starks offered his
hand in marriage to Mrs Lossley; and as it was
hrmly believed by herself and friends that he was
dead, she accepted
AT this time Mr. Lossley was living with his sec
ond wife in the state of Missouri where he continu.
ed TO live for something like eighteen years A.
bout fourteen years after his marriage his second
wife died. and he was left with two children, son
and daughter The daughter was the Oldest and
took charge other fathers house-bui in little more