Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-17
The rolling Bell.
A sApn.rn aOnNNlNo rALr

| The curly breakfast was over; parents and chill
dTem hat joined i'll reading chapter in the BibIe.
Mr.. Sedgwck the head of the family had then Of
] fered up tervent prayer, at the conclusion of
whlclwe all arose from our knees, when our enrs
were greeted ny the clear, deep peas of tue ring.
the clock. Sour time. piece must be Slow,
nat IS not the first bell for church, renlied
he husband SLlemnly. ''rhere has been death in
me village The bell is going to Toll for Martin
Such then is his unhappy endH' unused his
wife. ''Well, 1t will be wrong 10 mouth his
ueatn. liueath Was ever a merciful providence it
Is so III this case.''
"lsita person who had been long scka'' /
asked.
Instead of answering my question directly, Mr.
Setlswick Saiu:
s'Thete is very melancholy history connected
with that Dung man. Ii is sonetime since
the excitement occasione4 by this strange tragedy
died away, but the telling oil tie bell this morning
must briug il back forcibly 10 every heart. Per-
haps you would be interested to hear the storys''
expressed my desire TO listen 10 the narration;
upon hch my friend gave me The details of the
| following story, which relate with only slight
deviation from the original
| Martin Lord was once the flower and the hope
| of one of the most respected families III the vii.
| lag. His amiable disposition and superior intel
| lcct procured for HIM universal love and esteem.
| Although of slight figure, and pale features,
which indicated constitution by no means robust,
Martin remarked for his uncommon beauty;
and indeed his fine, noble forehead, shaded by
locks of soft brown hair his large expressive blue
eyes straight nose with the thin Grecian uostris
aud voluptuouS mouth, entitled him Ill some
measure 10 that consolidation.
| Martin was great fAvurite with the ladies, old
and young but he never showed any marked par
partlality 10 any one, until he became intimate
with Isabsla Ashton lie dauyhtet of our Iute
Gle eyman. who died of grief about wear ago.
NJ two beings cuuIIl Ne. more indifferent. Isa-
bella was the most Young and thoughtless girl in
our village She could Lay. lutte sympathy with
person OF smell 1,,, ..hnys nd iut,.llt.ct AZ Mar
I'm: and beauiifm aS Sb,. VAS il seemed SIR np.
that he. had piyrn his love 10 her 'rh-re is no
doubt thai sit. WAS attached 10 INN. nrrhans sh.
loved him rs las Sic ys cannbI,. oi LOVING inv
one: but IN ,bis instance ms IN all others her of
fections werr secondary 10 her love of sarcasm and
mischief
Martin and Isabella had been notified out as low
ets bv village s,ssins for several uontts. he WINS
now TO- suJ sL. woS NJ ,h.. same noe. when The
IrogeI H. occmrrd ,vbIcb III ioIIinJ hsI has rsc,Ii
| ed 10 INV memory.
1t was an autumn evening. nearly five wears
since, Tint Isab,nn ,ook aIyaniape of The absence
of bar In,hsr In Loys - c;.I ,atbs,;ny of vnung
Dsnn. al th.;r honS. Nnr,;n of co,,rs.. S,as
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being nnder IN ,sS,r,,ni from, tI, sr,yIiv Of The
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