The Cecil Whig., 1853-05-07
For The Cecil IFMg.
COURT HOUSE POINT;
Its Mystery Of the Past.
BY A BOHEMIAN.
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| "Strange that such horror and such g race
| Should dwell together in one place;
fury S arm an angels face"
| On the La5adiean side of ''the Long
| Greek" near a spring whose refreshing
waters sparkled as they bounded over
the clear pebbles and empted into the
stream, stood small cottage tenement
furnished atterthe German-French style,
almost embowered with flowers, and
exhibiting no ordinary taste in its
adornment and neatness. This, reader,
this happy retreat, this place where wis
dom and virtue might revel, lived the
now unfortunate John Welsh. john
Welsh was one OF those universal geni-
uses, such a one as is well adapted to new
settlement. He could turn his hand to
almost any thing; he could mend plows,
make a cart wheel, or build boat with
which TO pursue on the Bohemia the
fnny or the feathered tribe-was a
carpenter; could mend the tn- ware for
the kmalr department, and build their
ovens. He was general lavorite, and
regarded by the Labadieans as one they
could not do without. They had heap
ed favorS upon hlm and up to this time
had never found him unworthy of their
trust; indeed, he was bound to them hy
still closer ties; he had married French
lady of education and refnement; one
Of the followers of their revered teacher
Labadie, who come over with the rest
Of the church. This lady Mrs. Welsh,
! had been dead about two years, leaving
but one child, a daughter who was just
entering her seventeenth year. Annie
Maria and her father were the sole oc-
cupants OF this beautiful retreat. She
might not have been pronounced a per-
feet model OF female beauty but there
was that bewichng grace and loveliness
about her, in an eminent degree which
we often see, more or less, displayed by
the toss OIL the head, the movements OF
the body and in varions ways in some
children even from their infancy. So
engaging, she was earl ly taken notice Of
by al! the ladies' of the neighborhood, /,
and her mother having but the one
daughter taught her all the accomplish
ments in which she was proficient. The
Indians would steal along, hiding in the
! luXuriant heritage or the ;ufts Of flowers
that covered the banks of the creek, 10
hear the joyous souncs Of her musical
voice as she sang the sweet ditties her
mother had taught her, until overpow-
eitd they would come forth to throw at
her feet tie presents which delight and
iondncss dictatrd; and as often as she
bounded away to visit the Great House
or the Mansion Of the Lord Proprietor,
sAr was followed unseen by some one
ot the children Of the forest as a protec-
tor. The Lord Proprietor would have
her at all his festivals, and as she grace
fully moved through hls hall and en.iv-
enrd them with her song and her wit
he would call her with unieigncd salts
faction 'tlr Daughter Of Bohemia" and
the Labadieans proudly boasted Of her,
as their second Schurman.' Her father
and her mother were justly proud OF her,
and she returned it with the sincerest
affection. Naturally reflective, the
death of her mother affected her much
and she gave way to grief The neigh
bolhood missed her enlivcningvoce and
the children of the forest looked for
ward with impatience to the time
when they should again see her. in her
former joyousness, and hear those glad
dening sounds which so often had
charmed them
On the day that the scene we have
described in former chapter, was
enacted at the Point, and the warrant
issued for the arrest of her father, she
was sitting on the step of the door when
Ottar, and aged Indian, took his seat at
her feet.
Does the pale face believe that the
spirit lives after the death Of the body 2
y es, Ottar, we belleve--those, who
do right-are blessed with 50 much hap
piness and joy that we are unable pro-
perly TO think Of it, or describe 1t, and
! the bad, Ottar-those who do wrong
are as greatly punished"
Does the pale faces great book tell
them to be sorrowiul at the doings of
the Great Spirit =
No, Ottar, it teaches us to be resign
ed to his will and bless him for his
Frovidences.'
Why does the pale face continue to
sorrow! Will she not find her song
that we may know she loves to follow
the teachings Of the Great Spirit 2
She was sllent--the Indian had en-
trapped her; she had always tried to
bring them to correct knowledge OF
their duties to the great first cause, and
with them, example had more effect
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