Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-06-15

stead Oh Witnessing II mitnuSi onn C. O.
It had been told her, even by one, whose
veracity she had deemed unimpeachable
she should have been tempted to believe
it apochryphal. Another lady, who de-
clared that she should have been equally
incredulous, called the attention of hel
companions to the sweet smile that IRA
dated her countenance, and the still
sweeter voice in which she addressed
those who were seated around the table.
Though the object of the meeting q be-
ing of course well understood by those
presently was not distinctly specified, the
general tenor of the remarks made by hel
and others, went to show that they were
engaged in drawing up memorial, OF
what might be better termed remon-
STRANGE to send to their sisters in distant
land, whom they consider most culpably
remiss in their endeayors to improve the
social and moral condition ofthe degraded
and oppressed.
Miss Gadson, whose impatience would
not permit her to wait till the remon-
STRANGE was finished, stole up on tiptoe
behind Mrs Warrington's chair, and peep
ed over her shoulder that she might
get some idea of the style and general
drift.
CO., said She, Then she had returned
to her expectant companions, "What she
has written is so beautiful and so pathetic.
Such sweet and touching reference is
made to the good Samaritan, when the
Priest and the Levite had passed by on
the other side. Our efforts must be
crowned with success, if the hearts OF
those to whom our remonstrance is ad-
dressed are not made of adamant. Look
at her now-did you ever see so angelic a
countenance?"
.+ To my mind" said the lady address
sed, "She is the very personifcation OF
benevolence and all iss attendant virtues. %
"She appears more interesting from be-
ing in her ball dress
'' She does indeed" was the answer.
''It is circumstance which exhibits in
a strong light, her self-abandonment,
and her devotion to the cause in which
she is engaged"
How few are the ladies in her station
who would have listened to the voice of
duty, and on such a night as this, would
dared have ventured forth, lest the winds
of heaven might visit their faces too
roughly
As the ladies took no particular pains
to speak in suppressed voice, she heard
all that was said, which, if possible, caus-
gelic expression.
Time went on. She dictated several
more sentences to the ladies, who sat al
the table with gilt edged paper before
them, and wrote one more short one her
self, when, on consulting her watch, she
found that it was nearly time for her car
riage, which had more than an hour be-
fore called to take her to the ball, to be
there the second time.
! Nearly at the same moment that she
looked at her watch. Captain Harcourt,
who had been advised by his servant OF
the lady's delay in proceeding to the ball
that he might enjoy the felicity of hand
ing her into her carriage, and possibly
the still greater one of being invited tc
take seat by her side, stepped into g
hack, which he ordered to drive to the
house where Mrs. Warrington and the
other benevolently disposed ladies were
assembled. The hack drew up oppo.
site an arch, between that and another
building.
As he sat waiting for the arrival of the
lady's carriage, he thought he heard q
low moaning sound, as of some one in dis
tress. After having for few moments
listened attentively, he imagined he must
have been mistaken.
| What he had heard was undoubtedly
nothing more than the wailing voice of the
tempest.
1t was not long, as he could see by the
gas lamps, before the lady's carriage arri
we'd.
:" Too early by five minutes" said
the footman. jumping from behind the
carriage and stepping beneath the arch
to obtain shelter from the rain, which
continued to pour down as cOpiously as
ever.
The next moment he stumbled and
fell, his entrance to the place of shelter
having been obstructed by some Object
lying on the ground, which the deer
shadow of the arch prevented him from
seeing. AS he arose to his feet he cried
out: -9 Ec--
s'Help here-bring light. Here's a
woman, and dead believe, for my face,
when fell, touched hers, and it was like
ice.'
! Harcourt, the next instant, was beneath
the arch, and assisted the man to remove
the apparently lifeless body, so that the
light from the lamps fell upon the face
1t was that of youthful female, and was
very pale, with the eyes closed. The
dark hair saturated with rain lay in dis
heyelled masses around her forehead and
temples, some of the longer tresses de-
scending so low that they had become
twisted and entangled with the ends Of
the woollen comforter which she had
arourd her neck as slight protection
against the wet and cold. The lips were
slightly parted. revealing teeth. white