The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-03-20

soothe every sorrow OF which he was not
himself the cause 1t was now necessary
! to come 10 an explanations; and sad at the
/ inevitable pain which he was about 10 in
| fiics on his betrothed, Maurice took her
hand, made her sit down in her accustoD,-
/ ed place, and said, gently, dearest. i,
would be impossible for your father and
mother to accompany US in our wandering
life Until now, my Ursula, we have led
a loving, dreamy life, without entering So
berly into cur future plans. | have no
| fortune but my sword; and now, at the
commencement OF my career, my income
| IS so small, that we shall have TO submit
| together TO many privaiions. | reckon on
! your courage; but you alone must follow
me. The presence of your parents would
only serve 10 entail misery on them, and
hopeless poverty on u.s."
Leave my father aad my mother :"
| cried Ursula.
"LeaTe them, with their little roperty.
in this house; confde them TO careful
/ hands; and follow the fortunes of your
husband"
Leave my father and my mother ="
repeated Ursula. But do YOU know that
| the pi;lance they possess would never
suffice for their support-that without
their knowledge, WORK 70 increase it
and that, during many years, have tended
them alone -
My poor Ursula!'' replied Maurice,
"we must submit to what is inev,abIe-
: Hitherto you have concealed from them
The loss of their little fortune; tell it 10
them now, as il can not be helped. Try
10 regulate their expenditure of the lille
which remains; for, alas we shall have
nothing TO give them
Go away, and leave them here I'm
possible! | tell you, must WORK for
them -
"Ursuia, my Ursula - said Maurice,
pressing both her hands in his, ..do not
allow yourself, conjure you, TO be carried
away by The first impulse of your gener-
Gus heart. Reflect for a moment: we do
not refuse 10 give, but We have il not
Even living alone, We shall have to endure
many prlvaIions.'
i can not leave them." SAID Ursula,
looking mourn,ulLy :; the two Old people
slumbering in their arm-chaiTs.
.Do you not love me, Ufsula ?" The
poor girl only replied by a torrent OF tears.
Maurice remained long with her, pour
ing forth pTo.estaiions OF love, and repeat
ing explanations of their actual position
! She listened without replying; and a.
! length he took his leave. Left alone,
/ q Ursula leaned her head on her nand, and
remained without moving for many hours.
Alas the lardy gloom OF happiness which
frightened her life for 4 moment was pas
sing away: the blessed dream was fed
never TO return Silence, oblivion, dark
ness, regained possession of tina! heart
whence love had chased Them. During
the long midnight hours who can tell what
passed in the poor girls mind God
knew: she never spoke OF 1t.
When day dawnedi she shuddered,
closed the window, which HAD remained
open during the night, and, trembling from
the chill which seized both niAd and body
she took paper and pen, and wrote
Farewell. Maurice! / remain with my
father and nay mother: they have need
OF me. To abandon them IN their Old age
would be 10 cause their death: thev have
only me i'll the world. Ny sister, on her
bed, conided them 10 me, saving,
We shall meet again, Ursula ! If neg
lected my duties, should never see her
more. | have loved you w9ll-I shall
love YOU always. Y0u have been very
kind, but | know now that we are too
poor TO marry. Farewell How hard
to write tha! word Farewell, dear
lriend--I knew that happiness was not
Tor me, Ursula.
went 10 the old gray house, and so d,d
Maurice; bus all our representations were
useIess-she would not leave her parents.
II must work for them - she said In
vain / spoke to her OF Maurice's love,
and, with 4 sort of cruelty, reminded her
of her waning youth, and the improbable
ity OF her meeting another husband. She
listened, while her tears dropped on the
delicate work at which she Iabored with
out intermisslon, and then in low VOICE
she murmured, They would die: | must
work for them - She begged us not 10
tell her mother what had passed. Those
for whom she had sacrificed herself re-
NAMED ignorant OF her deyotion. Some
slight reason was assigned for The breaking
off of the marriage, and Ursula resumed
her place and her employment near the
window, pale, detected. aud bowed down
as before.
Maurice Erval possessed one of those
prudent, deliberating minds which never
allow themselves 10 be carried away by
feeling or by impulse. His love mad a
limit: he pray ed and inireated for a time,
but at length he grew weary, and desisled.