The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-07-17
WO0DSFIELD.. OHIO, SATURDAY, JULY, II, 1917.

placed himself by Ellen, and took her
} hand in his! Then, without daring to
meet the eye Of any about him, he said:
81 wish to make an explanations
am under the painful necessity THAT is,
have the pleasure to announce, that !
am already married. The lady whom
hold by the hand is my wife,"
Then turning in an apologetical man.
ner to Mr.. and Mrs. Dutton, he added,
81 found that | had never loved until |
knew your second d~aughterw
And Lucy! She heard all with
strange calmness, then walked steadily
forward and confronted her ~betrayers!
Terrible as pale Nemesis herself, she
stood before them, and her look pierced
like a keen, cold blade into their false
hearts. As though to assure herself Of
the dread reality Of the vision, she laid
her hand on Ellen's shoulder, and let it
glide down her arm--but she touched
not Edwin. AS those cold fingers met
hers, the unhappy wife first gazed full
into her sisters face; and she marked
the CHASTITY pallor of her cheek, tho di.
lated %nostril, the ~quivering lip, and the
intensely mournful eyes, she covered
her face with her hands, and burst in
to tears, while the young husband, awed
by the terrible silence of her he had
wronsed, gasped for breath, and stag
gered back against the wall. Then
Lucy, clasping her hands on her fore
head, first gave voice to her anguish
and despair in one fearful cry, which
could but ring forever through the souls
Of that guilty pair, and fell in a death
LIKE swoon at her feet.
After the insensible girl had been re-
moved to her chamber, a stormy scene
ensued in the room beneath. The pa
rents and guests were alike enraged a.
gainst W: but the tears and pray
ers Of bis young wife. the petted beauty
and spoiled child, at last softensd some
what the anger Of the parents, and an
opportunity for an explanation was &C.
corded to the offenders.
A sorry explanation it proved. The
gentleman affirmed that the first sight
of Ellen's lovely face had weakened the
empire Of her palmer sister over his ai-
fsctions. Frequent interviews had
completed the conquest Of his loyalty;
but he had been held in check by hon or,
and never told his love, until when on
his way 10 espouse another, in an I'm.
guarded momenthe had revealed il, and
the avowal had called forth an answer
ing acknowledgment from Ellen.
They had thought it best, in order
"to save pain to Lucy," and prevent
opposition from her, and to secure their
own happiness, to be married before
their arrival at c.. fh
Lucy remained insensible for some
hours. When she revived, and had ap-
parently -regained her consciousness,
she still maintained her strange silence.
This continued tor many weeks, and
when it partially passed away, her
friends saw with inexprsssible grief
that her reason had fsd-she was hope.
lessly insane! But her madness was Of
a mild and harmless nature. She was
gentle and psaceabls as ever, but sigh
ed frequently, and seemed burdsned
with some great sorrow which she
could not herself comprehend. She
had one popularity, which all who
knew her in after years must recollect
this was a wild fear and careful a.
voidance Of man. She also seemsd
possessed Of the spirit unrest. She
could not, she would not be confined,
but was continually escaping from her
friends, and going they knew not
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While her parents lived, they, by their
watchful care and uawearying e~ffsrts,
in [some measurs controlled this sad
propensity; but when they died, their
stricken child became a wandersr,
friendless, and forlorn.
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