The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-07-31

-"God! even she, my poor Ro<a-dcad :
Always. always the inevitable worl-dcad,
dead . Then shall no one on earth recognise
me . Nor one kind eve shall greet me >"
With staggering step. as he were drunk.
he plunged into the wood. and pressed his
throbblng head against tree. that he thus
might 10y degrees recover himself lie then
directed his course towards the village His /
way led him across the solitary church-vard
where he remained Standin" with bare head
at the foot of a crucifix. and said Hero ho-
fore the image of the Crucficd One. Rosa
gave me her word that rhe would remain
true to me, and wait for NV return. Sorrow
overwhelmed us; upon this bench fell our
tears: in deep grief she received the gold
cross my dearly purchased pledge of love-
Poor beloved one, perhaps now stand by thy
grave"
With this Sorrowfn observation. he sank
m"fIonless upon the beach, where he long
continued sitting, as iiunconscious. His eve
wandered over the church-varl. and the
small mounds of earth that covered the fresh
est graves. 1t grievcd him to see how MANY
OF the wooden crosses were fallen with anr
without the hand OF a child troubling it>cIfto
raise a"aln these memorials on fathers or
mothers grave. His parents. too slept here
under tn" earth, hat who could show him the
spot which their graves occupied?
In this manner he sat long. sunk in gloomy
rcverie; the untaihomallc eternity weighed
heavily upon his soul when human step a
woke him ont Of his dreams. 1t was the old
-ravr-'!i@"rr, who, with his spade. IN his
>houldcr.came along Nv the church-varl wall.
Misery and Indulgence might hc read in hi>
whole EXTERIOR; his back was bent. and thro'
his constant labor with the spade had become
crooked 3; his hair was white and wrinkles
plou@hcd his brow: though stren.tf! and >t,ir
ii spoke in his eve.
The traveller recognized at the first glance
lauw-hi> rival. and would have Willingly
~pran" towards him; but the bitterly di-ap-
pointed hope which he had already expert
rnr'd held him back, and inspired him with
:! resolve t" say nothing h,t To >co whether
I.auw would know him awain
The rravc-,liggcr remained standing some
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