Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1850-02-08
For the Southport Telegraph.
ADMISSION
A "YARN'' OF WISCONSIN.
BY III. F. sCHOFF.
fCsaNs., ErnrU

tCoNCLUDEDD
Once more he caravan stopped, added two
ladies TO It's numbers and its windows were shut
tight while the journey of the night was wear.
somely commenced. The chittering al the cap
less man soon died away, and there was another
lack of excitement.
1t was not however Of long duration. The
elements of which the company was composed
could not long remain without an explosion.
"Nho dat smoker q ,wh!" choked the colo
red gentleman. "Trow him away, him often
sve'
That smoking is perhaps offensive to these
ladies'" chimed in the sheriff
SIS 1t otfensive?" inquired the smoker, sendinU
a voley of the article about the head of the Iady
forward, and the dim light from the end of his ci-
gar gave an imperfect view of a bonnet and
plume which Edgar recognized with start.
, lie knew it perfectly yet where had he seen il?
=, n conception was looming up his mental hori-
zon, but it was dispelled by an inward prayer it
might not be. The conflict of the preceding
evening arose in spectredom before him.
'ls 1t indeed offensive, ladies'? poo-o'
"a ttttc would not offend, sir responded the
meo1Ious voice of the one who had received the
most suffocating draughts of the unpleasant in
aspiration.
The words were scarcely uttered when the
cigar was strnck from the month of the offender
by an unseen, and of course, invisible hand.
"Thank-ee, sir, or madam, said the bereaved
with a sigh
! This unceremOnous attack seemed to have
| been very well received, and mufllinr himself
| mp in his cloak, the offended was apparently in
a good natured repose. But that voice. il was as
familiar to the young admiitee, as he thought, as
his own sisters. The suspicion he had lust ba-
nshcd now arose in freshness and eiror. Those
tones still rung in his ear 1t must be he was
riding with, ay! was even touching the beautiful
stranger who has so mysteriously fascinated
HIM; and the thought became a haunting con-
J yCton.
by strange attraction he discovered that he
was leaning, not backward for repose but for
word, to eaten the echo of Il rapid and difficult
breath. haIt-dclirnm was filling his mind
with unWo1te imaginings. lie rested his heai
upon his hands which were laid upon the back
OF the seat forward. Tipping, rolling, loling,
tumbing, yet thinking of thousand things
which were novel to him.
| Heavens whata mistake! His head was UNI
! consciously thrown upon the shoulder of the be-
lng whose personality he now very strongly sus-
p c;cd
6 ask pardon" he said dfidently, " for an
involuntary familiarity madam"
at is pardonablc sir, as such"
I He was no longer in doubt His very arm
was shaken by the trcmor of the unknown
, Even il it lad not been darker than Egypt's
! darkness as an Am rcan he would not venture
| uiou a self introduction. He was certain that
! she was as perfectly aware of their situation as
| himself; and that her emotion was equally as
VI mt as his own on the consciousness Of it.
! The embarrassment Of lis position had upset the
! tran ullty which his resolution and lis nap had
lett within him.
| The two other ladies' were chatting chcerfuly
through the thickcning blackness OF the night,
while the gentlemen passengers were sleapnp
o. sullcny 81 ent. Sool ing, it might be Judged
| from their tumbing and weaving about like so
many boys of loan. Edgar, too, would gladly
have sl'pt, but every nerve and muscle was u
sense that drank in its quota of the fearful OK
| cItemcM OF the moment. Resolve to make him
! sell known was dissolved by the fear of mistake
or offence. Modern splrtuaIiSm alone must ac-
count for the apparent intercommanication of
mentality between the young rangers.
Oil" thought Edgar, "to love an invisible
object, that even touches YOU, is half supported
! by your trembling hands, being who pours out
It's gratitude to Won by its implicit leaning on
your assistance. Yes, to adosc an unknown
which yon feel within the very reach of your
tented arms, and yet to have a chain, All ac-
! cursed letter upon your tongue writhing with
the claimed e,oqucnce of its holy admiration!
An unknown, oh! an unknown" groaned he, as
the conception became inSuppOriabe.
The last words were uttered with an indistinct
murnur, yet audibly 10 the ear that was strained
to catch the sound.
4 heavy long breath and deep drawn SIGH
was all that followed and a head fell heavily up
o h>arm lie dared not give an inlimatiou Of
IN arm. The Idol of his rena:ure sentiment
was apparently litrlcss in his aims. The we'll
ing fountains of his soul were open and freshly
/ flowing. thrill as of guilt shot over his con-
ceptional vision, but flashed into the brightness
ot innocence, when the pulSajons of his heart
h2G. the alarm of distracting fear. He strained
his eyes through the enshroHding blackness of
night for an assisting hand but the blank vacan-
cy Kissed the vanity of the thought that there was
near him b'iug which knew how to share the
agony of the moment.
Aware that an cutlery could effect nothing for
the relief of the ianting girl, he drew from his
pocket bottle OF smelling salts. and apph d ii
carefully for restoration. How agreeable the
protjr of a benevolent action upon ona who has
no longer the power of asking il. Ii bears SEM
bance To the silent miniStrauonS of guardian
i spirits, and works gratitude that fades not away
E in the lapse Of years.
SO critical a situation under anv other Circum-
/: stances, would have baiil,d every resolution to
= undertake Its management aion'. With the We
ry madness OF an irrepresslble tenderness added
r his face burned with the glimmerng suscipiciIn
that some movement or noise might betray him.
An ungerouS world would nave blamed him in
r the performance of a duty it could not appreci-
ate AM mlSJudged the motive it could not under
4 stand. Edgar could have prayed it should not
have happened. vet he did all he could do with
: unmlngled pleasure. Should the long and pain
tuI breath Of returning consciousness reveal his
unwaT1nted otfciouSneSS, no explanation could
have satisfied an inquiring mind He was sut-
I tering from the very anguish at suspense. He
thought an arm was laid lightly upon his; slight
impulse given to its motion and then quickly
withdrawn.
n The other ladies had been chatting constantly
with woman'S loquacity, hut all at once there
= came pause in their contabuaton. The rain
had ceased TO make its Gathering murmur on the
* canvass above. and fearful silence seemed to
: conSpire against the distracted Edgar. He lis
r tened, could hear nothing but his own breath,
4 which was becoming hurried, loud, and painful.
2 What could ne do? Should be speak? Elements.
i viii We not cast fresh topic upon the addebrans
of these worthy masrons? What lhe elements
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