Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-27
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hate sorrow mud 10Y Ia thousand shapes, orc loI'
ever near us. Death Is at our thTesloll' Lille
springs un almost al our feel. Our neighOoEs aye
l"eSullalntions, agonltsE hHu yet We soe" !"
Could we but unToOf (AsnlOdeOus like the lon-
ses which. day after day, present lowaIls us so In
sensible an aspect, wliot maIyels might've mol us
oIosel Asst is, each Of them spins out his little
t6reod, and dies almost unknown, and soon Tor
golen. 49,. 4,
H. SQUARE. The room In which we usual
! ly dweltns OF the baCkof the house. II wHsspa'
cious, and not without some ptetenSons to the
graceful, the marble Chimney place being dis.
iiuguished by a painting Of Ciphano, whilst on
the ceiling 10y scattered some Of The conventional
eegnuces Of Angelica Kaufman From HE vim
dOWs which occupied Tie uollheIn extremity oithe
room we looked (to The LEFT Of large oriental
plane) upon the lack Of crescent OF HOUSES
the points OF the arc Teceding from us. mI..-
ton these things mtTsyiO recall TO your mind our
precise posiliOn.l
SIN lie centre Of this crescent was home
which had for a long lime been unlenanled,--
While its neighUoT dwellings were oil busy with
lie and motion, this one was, for some reason de-
serted. We were beginning to speculate on tile
causes of this accident, aud To pity The unhap-
ny landlord, whose pockets were lalnenltng the
lack OF reut, when suddenly--it was on an April
moTnng--we perceived, TOT the first time, sigms oil
change Ille WINDOWS OF tue utbtllGu UluUb!Ol
were opened, and woTkmen We're seen busy about
its different rooms. There was IN aIf OF pEepa-
ton, evidently which announced an incoming
tenant,
"WullP sid A., at last that unhappy
mon hos discovered some one bold enough to take
his haunted housei OF perhaps, after all, he is
meIely endeayoTimg . 0ecOy the unwaTy nassen'
gers! We sail Ste'
"a few remarks terminated the question; for, NJ
Ter the house had been duly cleHnsed and beaui.
fed, and Odor of the paint suffered to fade away,
vaTju aTllces Of furniture, were brought into the
rooms. These were oil moderate prize aud ex-
nlnued TO us that the new tenant was person
OF respectable station, but not rich. We began to
| feel a wish TO know what Mariner Of man hewas.
0uEinleIeSt IN tue once empty house had reserved
new Impulse, and we looked out, day after day,
for tile strangers arrival.
eat last a young man Of lively and agreeable
presence was one morning giving directions TO
female servant about the disposition Of the luTn'
luTe. This was evidently the master Of the man.
sion. lie stayed lot half OH hour, aud then de-
parted; and he repeoleG Ibis short visit daily. He
ives probably clerk in some puPlio Ufioe-A meT-
chant OTprOieSsiUnal man, Whose time was Tequir
ed elsewilere. But why did he not reside IleTel
That was problem which we sEoye to solve in
vain. In the end, he went away altogether,
Zach morn we missed hmin tn accustomed room.
"And now ITO one except the solitary maid was
seen throwing open the windows IN tile morning
10 let in the veTnsl Mays closing them oil nil
rubbing with lileoate hand the new GurnltuTej
gazing at the unknown neighboThOod, or sitting
lisllesSly in tile Afternoon, 'unpoTadsed IN rustic
dreamsj she Appealed 10 be the sOle spirit Of tile
SPOT ilwbs The genius lOcr which We had Teck-
oned upon. Out imnginnlions we've not SATISFIED
aud we looked forward COnfdenllytO another new
comsr.
were not disappointed. Alter the lnpse OF
u fortnight from The young mans departure, our
| inquisilive eyes dIscOveted him again. lie was
sitting al breakfast with lady by hiS side. Pref.
ty young, neat, and attiTgd from head TO foot IN
while-slie was evidently BRIDE WeTusled at
once upon this oOnjuntuIt, aud Vetton tender and
NIeclionale manifestation on Tue lusbond's leave
taxing, confirmed us in our opinion
Gle went nwayi and she, eGl 10 herself, explOE
ed, us far as we could observe, oil the rooms Of
The house, Everything wos surveyed With a patient
| admiration; every drawer was Openetj Tie little
Hook case contemplated, and its splendid rows Of
books 0ll one by Dne examined. Finally, the maid
was called up, some inquiries made, and The eX-
ploTalion Recommended. Thelndy had now some
one to encourage heT open expression OF delight
We could almost lHncy thallle words weTe-'liow
beautiful this isl What comfortable sofa! " hat
a charming screen! How kind, how good, how
Ic0nsideIate OF ---P II wOs altogether pretty
sgeue. ID.
"Lvlus pass over the autumn aud winter months.
During II portion Of this time we ourselves were
absent in the country, and when at home, we Te-
menbeted but little Of whit happened. There
was little or 10 variety TO Eemulk uponj or pUSsi'
bly,, our curiosity had become Obated.
"At last, SpTinP came, and with II come thou
sand signs of cheeTlulness and life. The PLAIN
put forth lis tender eavesj the sky grew blue over
head (eyen in LOndOn)i and the windows OF the
once melancholy house Shone bluShlng with many
flowers. SO May passed. aud June came nn, with
it, air rich with roses. But The lOdyi-Ahl her
Irt, cd All - LeF
lnlleTing. Sometimes she venluIed into her small
garden, when the sun would fall upOn ii. AT 9th.
en- tim, she might be seen weaTied with The needle
work, OF sitting l0nguilly aOnri OF when her hus,
band was at Eume (belOIe aud alter his hours Of
business), she walked little 10 and fro, leaning
on him ioT support. His devotion increased with
her i,firmiiy. II was curious TO see how love had
tanned Tie high and lTOCSUme sRinl Of tile mnn.-
A Joyous and perhaps common manner becanIe
serious and refined. The weight Of thought lay
on him--the responsibility OF love, II thus that
in some natures, love is wantinI 10 their lull de.
velOpment. II Rises and refnes and mngnheS
1.-The intellect, which else would remain dull trivial,
ami prostTa'ed. From seeming baTTeRness, the
human spTings OF once into leIlility-lroln vngue.
ness into ChaTacteI--lrOm lullneSt into YgCT and
beauty under the charming wand OF love.
"But let MS proceed
mOn glitleIing uight in August, we saw lights
flashing about the house, mud people hnTTying up
Z. aud down, as on some urgent occasion. by de-
gtees the lumull subsidized; the passings backwards
. aud forwards became less irtquentj and at last
Tranquility was restored. single light, burning
in ali upper window, alone told that some one kept
watch throughout the night, The neat morning
the knockerol the house was (wsa todd stroud
Ell in white leatheTj and the lady had thought her
husband 0 child We drank its health in wine.
'For few days quiet hung over the Iiouse.--
But il was doomed speedily TO depart. Hurry and
alarm came again. Lights were seen Once more
nckeTing TO and r.. The phYsrinn's cnEEngs
was seen. II came aud departed. The maid now
held her apron to her eyes. The husband bunying
his face irhls hands, slrOve chow vninlyD I" hide
a world Of grief. Ere long the bedroom window
was thrown open, The shutters Of the house were
closed and in week heaTse WINS Vt the door,
The mystery was at a end; she was dead.
"She died. No poet ever wOye around her the
Caudy tissue OF his verse. The grave she sleeps
IN is probably nothing more tnan the common
mould. Her name events unknown. But what
orihisl She lived and died, and was lamenIed.
: The pToudesl can boast Of little more She made
the happiness Of one mortal creature, fond and
fragile as heIself--and for name, a tomb. Alns!
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