Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-06-30


10 reach their home how widely different
"Wi,h a besung hean Adelaide aseended the
steps Of her fathers house. Il had a strange /
deserted look. There we're no lighls in The
drawiug-room, aud The servant who opened the
door was not old Hector, who had been 10 he
family since her childhood. She was passing
through the hall without speaking, when the ser.
want asked who she wished 10 seer
"'Miss c. replied Adelaide, IS she not
at homsr
"'Sho does not live here, madam
"'Nol live here! this is Mr.. G-'s resi-. 1
dence, is il nol!'
"The servant hesaied moment, and then .
answered, 1t was, madam, but Mr.. c. mo.
we'd away TWO weeks ago.
"Adeaide was stunned, and leaned against
the wall for support.
"'Can you tell me where he has removed to- /
\ "The man gave her The direction, and with .
sad forebodings Adelada turned from the home
Of her happy years. She could scarcely be.
ieye that The humble looking tenement to which
she had been directed could be the shelter Of her
parents and her sister. Pqrenlsl alas, she had
but one. A week before her arrival her mother
had died, even while praying that she might BE-
sparcdto see her child. The shock Of meeting
her family under such altered circumstances
preyed upon Adelaide's already enieebled frame.
and in four months after her return she was laid
beside her mother, leaving an inlanto TWO weeks
"From the moment that misfortune overlook
the once prosperous merchant, Herman Hope
the young clergyman 10 whom | have alluded
was constant visitor when in the city. il was
he who stood by the bedside Of Adelaide's moth.
er, when death released her from her sorrows,
and it was his voice which repeated at the grave
the blessed words, Il am the resurrection and The
life.' Ii was he who poured the baptismal water
on the brow Of Adelade's child, and, in her
conflict with the King Of Terrols, administered
: the consultations Of religion to Adelaide herself.
| 1t was he who whispered comfort and resgna-
lion 10 the sadly.slricken survivors, showing
them that the Lord loyeIh whom he chaslcnelh,'
and that those outward Affections which are but
for a moment, worketh for US an exceeding
weight Of glory
"Herman Hope was the last OF family who
had one by one passed away, with beaming
} of the cheek which was beautiful TO the last
Often had Mary lrQmbled as the azure veins in
2 his forehead grew more Vahsparcnt, and the
bright flush came aud went more rapidly, but
t Herman. buoyed by The hope Of calling her his
, wife, gave no heed 10 the disease stealing steal
: thy upon him. The knowledge came tooscon.
= The physician told them his only hope for Her
+. mans recovery was in a winters residence al
n Santa Cruz.
II Poor Maryl how many a wakeful, teOrCu
night. she spent in preparing the many IiuIe
}. things a womans love deems necessary for the
u comlon oil an invalid. She could not 90 with
II him, and smooth his pillow, and day by day
: watch beside him, speaking tender words Of love
and hope. Her ,aIher, aud her sisters bel peSs
u infant claimed her care; and commencing her
$ > belrohcd 10 the prol2ctjon Of Him who watches
over all his creatures, she turned TO her home.
II du,es with feeling of loneliness greater Than
y she had ever known before.
y "Mary received letter from her lover soon
- after his arrival. 1t was written in that glad and
:, buoyant tone which always marks the renewed
health of one who has been suffering from ILL.,
~ ness. and who feels the li(e-current once more
. flowing warmly through his veins.
a. "And now Mary's step grew lighter, and her
il heart-pulse beat quicker, as she played with the
II child, or administered some gentle restorative 10
her parent. Ii was time that she should receive
1- another letter, but when none came, she thought
W twas because Herman wished 10 surprise hel
he with his presence, and daily did she picture heI
Sc happiness when he should again be al her side.
is Nestle little longer, thou brght-winged ange
70 Of hope, nestle lille longer in the maiden's
heart! A little longer lei her dream, for her:
S. will be fearful waking! The beloved-the be-
,e trothed--has passed away 10 the Silent Land
as and she sat not by him when the dark angel veil
le ed his eyes in shadow--she kissed not his las
l.. ,bo b.;rh, onrol hova his coul tr
lie bliss. lock of hair! ringl and these are al
he that is efl Precious memenos of The dead, lc
81 be laid aside sacredy to be wept over in secret
to TO be kissed by the lips, to be pressed 10 tht
heart until the hand can no longer clasp lis trea
De sures! OF Mary's sorrow ] may not speak,
re would be proclamation. A wife bereaved of he
ch husband, has no need TO hide her grief. But
NJ, maiden bereaved of her betrothed, must fold th
ye agony in her own heart; maidenly deIicac,
promps her to hide all sign of grief, and only il
as solitude can her pent.up feelings have vent il
en- tears.
- Notwithstanding Mary's strict economy, tn,
little that had been spared her father by his scred
ok itors was nearly SPENT and the time she cout
ul steal from attendance on him, and the child, wa
er given to her needle.
d. Many beautifully embroidered fabric wa
er admired by her former associates, without thel
re being aware that TO the merchants daughter wa
nd due the praise so freely given
nd "a few years more, and Mary was left alOn
IS with the child She still toiled on, though, ow
to ing 10 the failure of her eyesght, she had cea
he sed to embroider, and was obliged to resort /
rst plain sewing to earn a subsistence. Some {
nd her former friends wished to aid her, but sh
ng gently refused their kindness, and for fourtee
a. years she has maintained herself and the o.
'st phan boy"
y, MIR. Boardman paused and Clara eagerly a
IN ked, "Where is she now, papa! What is he
er namel How should like to see such w
re man! And she never got married! What
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