The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-05-29

He was taken up insensible and carrje
} down the nearest hatchway to messmate'
q hammock by his friend Brent; and sur
| geon, happening, with his wife, 10 be a pas
t senger on board the ship then, bound for tn
; Cape of Good Hope, he was summoned.
r That night "whisper fell" among ,h'
, crew Of the Dartmouth" that the merry
hearted sea boy was like to die then a lad,
the surgeons wife, moved along the silen
deck, and passing the boundary of the pas
sengers promenade, was guided down the
hatchway 10 the lower deck, and there
stretched on hammock, sickly lantern
shedding its rays ON her dark crisped locks
matted with blood from a wound in the head
was stretched poor Emma, Temple, with
Brent crying beside her.
The blue shirt collar was opea, and red
stream was trickling across the slender throat
Of the girl bronzed by many a breeze, and
strongly contrasted with the fairer proper.
tions of the swelling bust; the sleeve had
been ripped, and the rounded arm, with its
bloody bandage, looked strangely white
above the tanned and almost muscular palm.
She was removed as soon as possible to
the ladies' cabin, and gently tended rest
and care turned the scale in her favor, and
then the sailors were told the wonderous
tale, that their favorite, "Johnny Marvel, I"
was a girl
After sxch a career, young as she was,
truth to tell, little fitted TO play the part of a
lady; all thai the kind and judicious wife of
the surgeon could do for Emma she did
She took her into her own establishment as
an attendant, but a summons to England
! asrahgihg he plans she he'd formed 70. her
protegee, under her own Surveillance, our
heroine found new home in the house Of a
married officer of rank commanding gar
rison of importance Oh the frontier Of South
Africa.
Her journey 10 this garrison was underta-
ken in one OF the cumbrous conveyances OF
the colony, but ere this reached its destina-
lion it met with common casualty, 1t
broke down and as there was probability
of delay, our heroine resolved, with her
usual independence of spirit, to proceed on
foot; beng guided to the top of hill, she
looked down or the town, whittier she was
destined, descended the rough slope, crossed
the bridge which spanned a turbid and
swollen river, aud inquring her way TO the
residence of the commandant, proceeded to
the gateway of the building pointed out to
her, -,..-s - -
A sentry paced up and down in front of
the entrance she was about to ask which
would be her best mode of obtaining admits
tance, when the tall STRIPPING interrupted her
with, "Pass on young woman, ii is against
orders to speak on my post"
The voice was E'lward's.
Yes, there stood her early companion, her
friend, in the uniform of the 9lst Regiment,
and is not to be wondered at, that a recog
milton took place in spite of rules and tegu>
lations. At length Emma, at Edwards ear
nest entrea,ies, and after a mutual promise
TO meet again, passed through the gateway,
and presenting herself to her new mistress,
entered upon her employments, without,
however, abiding in any way to the singular
circumstances attending her arrival.
Edwards Information was the first she
had received touching the scene of her early
career, for it so happened that she had never
revisited them from the time he had put her
under Brents cRre on iae deck Of the sDarl-
mouth four years before. He had put sor.
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rowful tale of himself 10 tell. HIS father had
been drowned out fishing, and it was not
long ere Margaret followed he had been
induced, in what he a, frs. thought an evil
hour 10 enlist, aud said he to Emma, "whai
am going 10 tell will not cause you much
sorrow for your own sake. Your father did
not live long after you left; he put himself
into dreadful fury when he found oui
what had to do in getting you out of his
clutches, and before my father and mother
died hal begun 10 think had best get Out
of his way, which you see did at last, and
and am sure this is the happiest day Of my
life.n
These two young adventurers upon the
4 uncertain sea of life, had been enjoying the
res, and peaceful recreation which the Sab.
bath always brought them in colony where
the observance Of the sacred duty, is deci-
dedly more attended 10 than in England, and
+ had extended their walk across the bridge
entrance Of the town.
have said before that oil distinctions be-
tween these two young creatures had ceased
IN their childhood, and Emma Temple, the
household servant, now looked on Edward
as superior being TO herself He was but a
soldier, but he had been commended for
steady conduct and good principle, and truly
moral might be read in the history of the
fisherman's.son with his good name, and the
IySatlemans daughter with the curse of the
drunkard upon her in her dependent, and
but for Edward, friendless condition.
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And ere they parted they pledged lheiI
troth. He was 10 try and obtain rank and
pay commensurate with the responsibilities
Of a man who marries the woman he loves