The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-11-23

Is u u my uau8nltTt Are we NOT ever
mindful Of your wishes =
All, yes, dear father, more mindful than de-
serve But'-and her voice sank to low agita-
ted whiSper-"there must be no looking forward
to second marriage for me-no attempt to alter
my views on that subject ! have made vow to
the dead and that must be held sacred
what exclaimed her father, "was Sinclair
ungenerous enough to exact from YOU promise
not TO marry again young and inexperienced as
you were too|
All, no, flthcr-wrong him not. He was too
KIND too noble. He asked no promise---I made
!: voluntarily and as the words left my lips lis
spirit departed. Oh no, my father, never ask Inc
to break that vow-it is a halloved one"
well, my darling, let it be re- you wish, l pre-
fer keeping YOU with us. bui at the same time il
you should ever meet with one YOU could love,
and who Is worthy Of you, it will be very silly to
suffer few words uttered when YOU were scarce
conscious Of their meaning, prevent you from ma.
king the home Of an honorable man happy Why,
child, you are only nineteen. DO YOU tuppose lie
death Of one person, however dear, can cii!l vour
feeling into ice at that age I"
" | must then, in sincerity Of soul pray to BE
delivered from temptation said the young wild
ow, with a faint smile for shail never marry L.
gam
As time passed on, Mrs, Sinclair could not Ae!p
acknowledging that she WAS lar happier than in
the mountain solitude Her spirits were no long
er wedricd; she no longer felt that life was Il bur
then; She would gladly lay down. She needed
excitement OF society, and the social aud highly
cultivated ncghborhDod in which her father, res
idencc was situated Afforded every lci!ity for it3
enjoyment
The third year Of her wilowhood WIS drawing
to a close when she received an invitation to die
marriage of ftvorite cousin who would take no
refusal. Flea replied that if the bride would
excise her sombre dress and pcnsive face, She
| would attend; and the concession was hailed n,
an omen OF future success in drawing her into th.t
| world she wa so peculiarly fitted to aCorn
| There a motive for these effort. Of which
| Ellen little dreamed She regularly attended the
church near her father, residence, and her moth
or had several times called her attention to re.
markab!y handsome man who sat in a pew nearly
/ opposite to them; but she had not remarked that
buoE' 70 nt'r own lIir lace ills height. and the
turn Of bis head hld reminded her Of Sinclair, but
! there the resemblance ceased The broad brow.
! finely chiS7elle features, AMI clear dark eve of
/ the stranger, were all unlike the youthful bloom
| cf him who had won her young affections. She
| frequently heard Mr. Pcyton spoken Of as man
| Of distinguished cndowments who had spent sew.
esal years in the south of Europe with AN only
and beloved sister, fer the benefit Of whose health
the journey had been vainIv undertaken. These
circumstances had nearly passed from her mind
, when she was Introduced to him at the wedding
rs the intimate friend Of the groom
Peyton had f,l!cn in love with her from hi, cas-
ual view OF her ut church, and the culogums Of
his friends aHancel BRIDE who looked on Mrs.
Sinclair rs bright par ic liar star, had dcepcucd
the impression. The circumstances OF her mar
rage threw romantic interest around her histO-
~, and when he looked ON the youthful brow with
/ a shade of plaCIl Dpu.iyeu,.s tlu. scanned ,
l,..,i.. l...'t,vvi -,IaI UVri ri Wrat,, y ne Iet
that she wa, the only woman he had ever known
before whom Iii, hear: could bow with The homage
Of affection
Yet how speak Of love 10 one WHO still VIZ:
INC 1topa't mOurnin--wbo never Joined in mr.h
Of the light-hertelt II would seem almost like
sacrilcgc 70 breathe int1 her car the wild passion
that t!lel his he5r: ye, il, very h1palos ness ap.
peargd to add to its fcIvour.
But ere long new hope dawnel on him. Ellen
WIS surrounded b. the rry and the Joyous Of hen
own age. Her disposition WAS naturally buoyant
her spirits rose; the cord She hal believed forever
snapped, again thrilled 70 the touch of joy When
the bonds Of grief were once severed the re nc
tion WAS complete. She still reyorenccl the mem
DRY Of her first love- and if her heart had whispered
that she could ever be lpiihlcss to his ashes, III,
would have shudlercd with the superstition, hor
ror at the thought The possibility Of breaking
that solemn promise had never occurred 10 her
but time teache, many stron.,o lcs,nn.
, Pev,on fingered in The ncighborlooj cous,an
visitor Mt Wycombe LIt his ottrntions wore M
sufficiently marked to attract the on .cry,ton 4,
other.-iIer own family were too dcsirngs Of tl
match tohlzar1 tbe final surrn.s of tba l,y, Il,
alluling in any manner to his pa..ion former
PeytGn won his way slowly hpt surely Tn
fair widow b.-on unr6ns,io,siv to rc,,rc, thc WOW
| which had assembled TO Heaven with IN, shirt q
her dead husband Atlen,th he smoke Of Low,
, ana -hc listened with trembln, awe 10 the on.
pouring of spiri, which WAS TO-, Li,Llv onnrcri,
: ted Without pan,,.
He drew from her quvcrjpr lips the history O
her vow and Invested of every feeling of super
-ttion himself he could not conceive that 4 few
words uttered IN a moment of excited and nronize
feeling should stanl between linn anl lis hopes o
happiness lie di!n understand the impre~sibl
ami IN 'slnatve temperament OF the being VIII
lstene To his reasoning willing, my, anxious to b
convinced against the evidence Of her own feel
mss.
Her parents agreed with the lover in has view
Oh ,he 'a-c-rSha' urEea"n "li les hGr own near
E "o''pI' iH,rn H'i'dcd 10 t'e" Wishes anu d