Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-04-15
med itself TO death after t disappeared--

pined nSelf TO death after dlSappeared-
she told me so, and i believed her--asking
for fvler, poor tarler hundred times day,
and whenever it awoke in the night, and
dying, literally dying, with that word upon
his lips. My wife added, that she was CO.
ming hom'. What could l say! knew
that had wronged that 1 was fool and
a madman but what could / say.
Well, our arrangements were made, and
set off to meet her-leaving my poor lit
tie boy at home, with a hired girl to take
care of him, until | got back. To be sure
that he would not go astray, l had tied a
young Newfoundland puppy, of which he
was very fond, to the post of his trundle
bed-telling him to stay there until retur-
ned with his mother, which might be in
the course of that afternoon or night-fall."
Here he stopped, and his breathing chan
ged but after few minutes, began anew,
in lower and steadier, though much alter
ed tone.
''Well, sir, we met once more, and she
forgave me; and we were happy. And
SO ] took her into my arms, lifted her into
the saddle, and we started together-two
as happy creatures as there were on the
face of the earth-notwithstandin the self
reproach and heaviness | felt, on hearing
the particulars of what I cannot bear to
speak of yet, or even to think of-the death
Of Luther and his two elder sisters. Poor
Luther-poor baby Well, we were already
more than half way back to the place where
she was prepared to see her little nesting
asleep, and dreaming of its mother-his
dear new mother, as he called, and persist
ed in calling her from the moment told
him that she was coming to live with U.S.
Poor little fellow! He had almost forgot
ten her. Suddenly, as we were descending
the top of the hill, our horses began to snort
my wife caught my arm, and as turned
toward her, | saw the whole western sky in
preternatural glow. The woods were on
fire. Before | could speak, a strange dark
ness swept by, and | felt as if the hand of
death were upon me. l tried to speak but
could not | could only urge my wife TO
follow, and clapping spurs 10 my horse, l
rode straitway TO the fire. Once only did
| turn-and then only to look back and for
bid her TO follow me further.
Well, arrived at the place, and there l
found-bear with me patiently-frst the
hired girl, frightened half out of her senses,
and hiding under fence. asked her for
my boy. She stood aghast at the inquiry.
Her only reply was wandering of the
eyes as ifin search of something. AT last,
with great difficulty, she recollectcd her
SELF enough to say, that she had seen the
fire in time to escape with my boy-that
being dreadfully iatigucd, though she had
not run far, she sat down to rest herself,
looked toward the path by which we We're
eXpccted-That some how or other she fell
asleep-and that the last she remembered,
was something little Jerry had said about
flying back 10 unite poor Carlo. My heart
had died away within me. ] knew that |
was chiidless--I knew it don't talk to me
i knew il. And it was 50. When ar
rived at my house, | found it nearly de-
stroyed by lirc-aud little way off lay my
poor boy, with Carlo watching over him.
The child was dcad-that is Carlo you see
there. My wife is in the mad-housc at
Philadciphia--and here am 7, God forgive
mc.'