The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-03-04
CHAPTER ".
Had we never loved 50 wildly.
Had We never loved 50 blindly;
Never met or never parted.
We had nc,cr been broken hearted.

Never met or never parted.
we had nccr been broken hearted.
NyRYs.
Time, while it did not chance the hear,
OF Agatha, gave room formanv influences
to have their force upon her charactcr-
instruction, too, did it, office Of criaruiu~
her sphere Of thought; but dcspondcncr.
tn" growth Of an unconscious despair. dil
more to bring on the result 50 much de-
sired by the abbcss. After months and
months Of ntiring effort 10 brine the vie
tim ready for the sacralicc it was public.
~ known that the old Count julian WI,
to wed the beautiful haIlad-,ii..,,r # Rome,
After the ordinary preparations JrmqnI-
ed by wealth and luxury, the details Of
which belong rather TO the list Of an up-
ho!stcrer than to the purposes Of Ar,, tie
city palace Of the Roman WIS rot in read-
iness for the reception Of the bride.
In all this gogcous display, poor AGA
tha felt no interest. Her only mental oy-
clama,i2n was, Il shall be free >Ian
not be the death cr &"il"." Sometime,
thoughts OF another kind wound Tux" in
distinct shapes, and She would saw. "Surc-
Iy the good old Julian will die with no
harm from me . but Heaven preserve him
should he rouse the something, know not
what, which makes him so odiouS to me ~
And then she would knccl to the Nirrin
and pray with an mpas,oucl tcryour hy
Which she hoped to escape from crime
and he able t. endure the revolving future.
We have said she took no interest in
the arrangements of the mincc,v mansion
over which she wLs t. preside. Their,
WIS one room which she stipulated should
b" sacred to lcrsrlf unprut;tncd hy auv
foot but her own. Into this the giri threw
alI the @or@"ousnrss Of her oriental fancy
IN decorations at once delicate and sum-
tuouS. RoSc-color and pearl, the dain-
test alabastcr, and gems that grew rs il
were out of the harmonics Of lrht and
shade, made this room at once soothing
and exciting to the senses. blossoms that
breathe Of the first creation of s,g,.i.. bird,
Of sad and rich melody, AMI water steal
ing with Il light flash into vases of raarlv
whitcncss, filed the mind, not with ina
Gcs OF delight, but those Of mouuful ten
!trncs", wn"n The yor@iug If q rang seems
to haIIow thc sweetness Of gujoymaut.
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