Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1850-12-19

min-i and shall be guided by your superior
Judgment
indeed, cannot bit feel filtered by your
preference, AMI .hall strive To di.ohurgs my du.
~ as a friend and 6roMer' At the mention OF
the last words, there was visible change in
Louisas countenance; bat hosioing ilrnr,'s eye
fixed upon h.r, she recovered herself, ard in
quired.
is every thing in Readiness for my depar-
ture p
Tomorrow | expect TO zee a gentlemon from
whom can lrarn uil the particulars Witch are
now required. nNs Jet, o,iiSsi To use IL
utmost caution ~ prosecuting my inquiries,
which has made it lar m,re tedious than 1t would
Otherwise huve been. As soon as your health
shall be sufficiently restored TO endure the JOUR
ney, everything will be ready
Do you still think 1t best that should 90 10
Philadelph phiar'
Il do. Aud as You have sgreei to submit to
my Judgment, | design placing YOU ior one year.
At ali exceilet b'afling school a ieV mile, ir"n
that city providing the arrangement meets Your
approval.'
Il could not do myself the injustice, to disap
provo Of a course which reason teaches the
ought to pursue
Reader, we will now pass over one year,
and again introduce to you the orphan, but nn,
now the poor bound girl, Tor she has just enter
ed her uineteen,h year. Behold her seated by
an open easement, in neatly furnished parlor,
Just OH the outskirts nf the beautiful village OF
q -, where she has been diligently pu,su
ing her studies for the last year. At her feet
Iis lying guitar Oh which she has Just d,conr
.eL a sweet snd favorl,e air. TIE song has a.
woke in her mind a tram Of deep meditation,
and all the scenes Of her past life come crowd
ing through her brain; each thrilling re-pon
sive chord. until a tear, u sigh, has con.-craled
lita memory. Her whole soul seem. absorbed
in this waking dream. Strange! she mentally
exclaimed, strange that il all the letters he
has written me, MT one sentence Of I0ue has
been breathcd. H.. warm, and nbchauging
frleni ship has been waited in each little mis-
lslve. yet It chlls my hear; like th" cold
breath of winter. Once tho name OF br uher
would have filled my soul with gladness; but
lah! have | not beard him utter words that sent
ia thrill ofrapure through every vein1 Twice.
only have | heh.!i him since first 10Y eye res
ted upon the glowing scenery OF Ion lovely
vale. Then, as no", the setting sun threw u.
yer the entire landscape a bright golden man
lt!r, Which waved Ger the green tre.top- in a
hcus md graceful flls. Bat it seen. less beau.
itiill noV than when he first drew my attention
To II. enchanting beauty. Iii. eloquence i'm
nsrlei to each gorgeous hue II double briliancy
for my enrap'ur.d gaze. Nav they seem ia
d-d. sadness presses upon my heart AS
view those priceless. git, which Nature has
spread ont 81 h"nntifuliy around me. Is 1t that
doubts of his sincerity will at snch times insr''de
Themselves upon tnn, which fill my heart with
yIunm, and des collation.. Yet | cannot hslIcvt
him changed. No. He is truth itself. His
L. .l,x. Il
Ition. P4rhap. he Think, tive rlch hercss ha. n"
the same affections which k,ndlrd in h. hr'n'I
Of the poor orphan hn,,ri ari We, hnw rl"ll,
would again he II. p,'r ,ni tr'"rii''' buNd
Girl, could iha. alone -"c,rs h,- sympathy, h,
love- But he CONS e. night rri ny hr,v
must no, be clnna,d Tat song n" d-.i,ai m
TO sing let rna run over il ag'in. thh ! may
I,roye have not been nnnindful Of hi. r"qn"st
Hastily sweeping the strings of her GU, r 'h'
struck sweet and melancholy air, while h"
rich voice poured frth the following simple y'
touchin. worls:
i Fair lady, come in'hy bower
While i"'ms all sohi, are r'nncing
Their smiles on tie y"rng hnds, aud flower
And III. n'cr the wavei,is are dihring
All luvriy MID bright,
I'm a caim summers night,
Like thine eye. yet not half 50 enchanting
THY feet. ir me k,re, aud adore
The image that lives IN my breast.
!, And Thy iicc cv"Tmnre;
Then, ih'n viii this heart he al rrst
Md iinc arbuur nj VINES,
gariahi ri twme,
For the idol Ugh To- posses.
q Beautifully YOU could not have sung it be,
0 ter exclaimed rich manly voice Ut her sid
rs the last tone died away
= 'Henry-Mr. Wilson,
Dearest Louis! you know not how hapI
. you have MAIDS mp aid Henry as he cl,-py
II her preferred hard, IN bo'h his, aud pressed
!, fervenlly to hi, lips. i feared lest the 81,
It should be forgotten
o you surely could not deem me so regardlr
| Of your whhes!' she replied while II blu
u stole over the feature. of III. l"ve'y Tpha
:. which told Henry thai the idol was won.
!. CHAPTER VIII - Conclusion
e 'Rrbscca. !, II not singular that We have II"
10 er been abe to learn any thing of l.onsa, sin
! she left Us so mysterio".ly?'
g 1t - indeed
il u have made ii'isrnt enquiry about Il
=, younr msn wh" called himself Henry Nils'
c, hu, can gain no iniorm dinn, when, "r IN wi
. mnl,ier he lri, Mi. city,
III lila, he returned /, Philadel phia. do v
! kuow?'
rr lie has. saw gentleman Tins moral
IA frorn 'hore, who j. acquainted with him. "
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