The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-11-23
From Gody's l.ady's Book.
The Broken Vow.
b MISS ELIZA DurEY.

Twas mumured not in festive halls
Where mirth is light around
IL echoed not from stately walls,
Blent with the muses. sound
Twas sighed not forth in bower dell
Amid the opening flowers,
The woodland had no tale TO tell
OF those long vanished hours.
Twas uttered DER dying bed,
Asked by dying prayer
The voice Of the departing shed
A ghasiy blessing there,
An earnest soul was fitting fast
When those deep tones were said
The lingering tones her lips that passed
Thrilled ow DER the dead.
Twilight was darkcnin1 into night, the first faint
star OF evening cleaned from the fir blue hclv-
ems, AMI the hush AMI reposc Of nature seemed
too holy 70 be broken by the strife Of human pas.
son,; yet how painfully dill The quiet Of tha' eve
ming srcnc contrast with the passion ,te grief Of
tint young heart, mourning over is fret sorrow.
I'll ca sind If was newly welded briic. She
W .5 but seventeen; the youngest diuyht Of her
fathers house and the spoiled pet OF the whole
family her life had pissed as one long bright day
OF sunshine AMI flowers She had been wooed by
one she hli known from childhood, AMI with the
consent of their mutual friends they were united
The day after their marriage the bridal pair left
mr. t'ther mouse Tor 'he residence OF MI Sinclair,
IN one OF the interior counties OF lrglnm Aiew
.h'pPy. weeks passed. whch sinclair proposed to
ms GiIo 20 Ni>' gorge III ,he mountains rom
winch the n,Ins sun frequently presents the sing
uiAr spectacle OF ti'e mount 'i--;he same Pneho-
iheiio' Whch IS Witnessed Ill 'iie STRAITS oi MesSi-
ma, and known by the more poetic name oi Fata
M0fSth'' OF ihe castles OF the larry MorSaht-
Ellen was delighted with the proposed excursion,
ana searched every oooN IN llle mouse "ilch AMOR
deI I, any information on inc su?leGt
1hls excursion which promised so much pleas
ure ended in despair and death.--They rel Led
The desired spot in safety, The morning was>rlv-
orabc to their wishes; the ascending vapors caught
the rays OF the rising sun, anu formed themselves
mo tl9 most fn1tt ne SCENES Ellen was 50 muci'
aO'oi oei ~ 'hl7 "ohief!u ana hitsniiceht SpecI-
ac'e t'' 'hc iofgot sc CAUTION 9uIiI4If ma; gwen
VT ~ HIS '!!Se .! NOM !N Ai!T spiFiiea sEeelt
servant who followed them; The movement start
i-,i her horse the rein WAS IN loose Oh his neck
treln, himself free from guiding hand, he dash
OF at fall speed. Sinclair AMI the servant both
followed but were unable to overtake her For
{ tunlteiy she met gentleman who succeeded it
stopping her perilous career Sinclair checked hi
! horse too suddenly, that he might expire IS Ii
! thank, to her pre,erycr. The animal reared, an,
( threw him with great violence. lie was conveye,
I home in -cn>cies' state, and surgical assistance
! hastily summoned but the force Of the fall had in
/ hicted some Internal injury which btffi. the skill
| Of the physician
/ 1t WIS beside hi bed in thlt cllm twilight thu
the Young wife ku..t with scarce a hue Of lie up
on her teltures
/ oh. Ellen, my beloved, calm vour,e,f-.hi
I sorrow mnans me, murmurfcd the dying man
passing hi, hanls clres,ingiy over the head whicl
B 1
/ A deep su.iocutcl sob wa5 The only reply to Ii
words.
It's hard to die, he continued, when wa
looking forward TO wears Of such Tranquil hnpp
ness wi'h you, my sweet Ellen; hut II the viii q
heaven, my oes, ov.Jvei, ana We must submit
"Oh. Henry, NV own Henry, YOU ilI,.-, - dow
to the cold, cold grave where | can see YOU n
lmorc-nayer moTa hear the tones Of your voic
Oh it will, it will break my heart was tn. 81
mos, nlrticu ltc rap'c
NJ Door Ellen, thi, is hard trill for you bu
YOU are too young TO grieve always. The though
i, torture to me, hut--evcn YOU may love agaiu-
may wed another and his voi.e wa, nearly side
with plniul emotions
Never, never, Oh, Henry, how can You ha
suppostiont We'd another! Give the wreck
my buried affections to another, Oh no,-.l
thought would Kill me-
81 doub. not YOU think 50 now. love, but tin
t WORKS strange chan yes in this world Of ours. "
, know not what we NAV do. lwi,h TO exact
promise from vou. The though. is bitter ar
painful 10 not wish that the rcproach of br
ken pro ni,e should mar your peace of mind"
Henry hear me- sail Ellen, in solemn tonc-
Should / ever 40 ftr forget my filth to your al
es as to lenl my ear to the Ian Eulge of love, m
heart t, the voice OF affection for another, M
your form on my brilll evening come to me AZ
I reproach me for my fi.hlcssucss
/ A bright smile passed over the face Of the your
man He murnUrrei-
Repeat those wnr Is again, my Ellen; thu
r t,ke from death is stia; -in Heaven You will /
n all my own Forgive myself dearest, but HI,
, 50 loved you. cannot think ,hlt another sh.
win -
His voi,e ceased to ariculatc, AMI agaia Il
G deep tone, of the young mourner thrilled the F.,
t with the repetition of these awful words. :
the, passed her lips She felt the hand that clap
ell hers relax il, q spa faint fiIttcring 90
n sciou ness seemed 10 hover moment on his ie
Il lures, an in another instant they wore the cal
o and passion.css rcposc of death
!,
! Ellen Sinclair buried herself in the srclu.ion
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