The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-11-29

,ry AMI geI up. Ii dass mi snow qHIie
n hard INV. and perhaps NE may le able
IN find he pash. Ne ranlQi he lFE irnm
hame: i any rsIe ne wIll BE warmer
walking about"
"Mhai were you -, ing shout home.
sis;erl EE your vince sounds great way
Of. and feel sn SLEEPY. ] Do mol think
tl.al shall ever see home again.
Huh. dearest! only Try and areuse
yourself. Lily. speak 10 me! LILY! Lily!
There was no answer.
aIf she sleeps now" mnrmures Ger
Irudp, = he viii wake no more. U God.
he merciluIl SAFE her-sase rs BON
Nv pnor mniher! Nv dear 'am And
ll,e poor girl lifted up her clasped hanrs
and wept. She iOok off her warm CLOAK
and spread Il over Iils--ihere was no.
thing else lie could do. God al"ne could
help them. His will he DONE said
Gertrude. And rs she. kncli and prayed
strange calm came over her. and her
heart Was filed with trust. :" lie know
eth best" thought she, stie wal eom-
lmi them. And ysi, il il were lis VIII
10 SPARE rs little longer-we are so young
10 die; but Thy will, o G"d, not mlne'
be done -
.The girls will not he home now"
said widow Hoffman TO her 'Nn. as she
glanced nj The clock. and then nj The snow
covered easement. as well as she could
in The darkness. - am glad that ! thought
Of their slaying.aiS-. You can 60
10 he'd, Eric, dear" ...a..1..... a
i He obe,ed her, anil was asleep in a
moment. Bni his mo,her could no. rest;
so she opened her large cla<ped Bible and
read. pausing al intervals 10 listen 10 The
whisperings rihe snow sit drii.ed against
the window panes.
= Paul Vanderpant, ASSURED OF the safety
of his beloved, went 10 he'd, thinking what
, merry walk they should have on The
following day back firm s., and how
} he would tease Lily for having veniured
t. 10 doubt his word. About ten minutes
afterwards he was sudd. My aroused by
/ some one krorking q, the door, and dis
n iincily heard the sweet voice Of Gertrude
d bidding hun get up as quickly as possible,
!. and toll the chapel bell. .. -4- .
II Paul was soon dressed. and went forth
wondering what should make Gertrude
n summon him; and, above all, why they
!. had ypnpred home on such a night.
|. "Thank God. she is safe!" murmured
4 he. they must have hrsrd Of the f"-'
/. neral al s.. ana she rama hefselE IN
/ tell me, Thai | might know that she had
D returned in safety. Dear, thoughtful Ger
D trude! u was wild night for funeral,
anyhow" added Paul. as he entered the
- little way-side chapel and began to toll
the bell. -.... 49,.
- Il was above year since the bell had
h been heard before. MANY started out OF
their sleep al the sound of IFS melancholy
- voice, and murmured hasiy prayer: 9th
ers slept on, and dreamed Of The wiz
dow, as she sal alone in her lille chamber,
shudde.ed with strange fear. Gertrude
d sprang up from The cold ground. where
s. she had been nesting close beside her sis
ter, and where she would. probably, have
IS soon slept. with cry Of joy. God had
il heard her prayers, aud sent the voice Of
n the way side bell TO guide her homewart
is through the snow; and she. knew, by the
sound, that il could not be very far of
.. The young girlpfeli endowed with super
,e natural strength; and. lifting the slight
:. form of her sister. ialiher arms for she
|. would rather have died with her than have
/. left her behind--she tottered forward in
e the direction from which the sound SEEM
d ed TO come. Now she diverged from the
Is RICH, path. and the voice of the bell grew
,e fainter and fainter and then, again, ittoll-
o. ed more and more loudly and distinctly,
\. and. as she caught glimpse of The light in
ID her mothers cottage, it ceased altogether,
t. as though it knew its mission was ended.
ID Having rang The accustomed time. Paul
er Vanderpan, quilted the chapel. and pro:
K ceeled homewarl. The snow had cea-
,e sed to fall, and he saw, to his surprise, d.
n rec,ly before him, a female figure. slightly
clad, and bearing. as II seemed. some hea-
w burden. Sl"wly il toiled on, stagger-
" ing beneath the weight il bore. anu. at
!, length, sank within few PAGES Of widow
y Hoffnan's cottage. Fer moment. Paul
:. :, thought of the wild legend which Lily
:, had told him concerning The spirit of the
:. 30 way-side chapel; bu, il was only for a
momenl-in the mex, he had sprang for.
a ward, and was kneeling beside the forms
Of Gertrude and her sister.
80 We will no attempt to describe thu
y, scene that followed, or cndeavor to ex
:; PLAIN, or to ID single remark Of on
n own to the above simple and truthful mar
49, ralive; but content ourselves with adopt
n, N ing and believing Gertrude's own swee
hi, creed, tina, nothing Is impossible 10 God
nd The wedding Of Paul Vanderpani ant
hit Gertrude Hoffman took place in the earl,
il spring, and Lily was sufficiently recover
ID, ed 10 he her sisters brides maid.
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Ia. The editor of 4 newspaper at Peril