The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1854-02-01
RAVENNA, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY +, 1851

| Bless your sweet face cried he catching III.
lovely little creature in his arms; who made suct
a chsrub of You! Come. don't you want to e
with me in the boat and sail like anvther Robin
son Crusoei' 20 S
4 Mary threw her arms around his neck il
ecstasy at the thought, and Augustus springing
into the boat, it pushed from the shore, the oars
keeping time TO the music as they dipped, and the
rays of the seiting giided the white foam they
left behind.
Harriet caught glimpse of Mary. elevated as
she was 10 her brother's arms, as the boat glided
on, and, rushing to the bank she entreated him
to return, as she had promised her mother not to
suffer Mary to go the boat or the water.
Is she not safe with me- 2 cried he, laughing
/. who will take C. re- of her if do not 2
Mary. at the sound of her sisters imploring nc-
cents, remembered the parting injunction Of her
mother, and her heart smote her for her dsobedi-
ence. e
oh, Augustus raid she. please let me go
back. forgot that mother forbid me-iudeed l
did. Let me go to Harriet-ehe's calling me yet.
The child bent forward with earnest emotion
towards her sister, to show her willingness to obey
her summons. Augustus was standing near the
edge of the boat. with one arm thrown around
her, while he kept time with the other to the
regular rocking Of the slight bark. He was entire
ly uuprepared for her sudden, springing motion,
and before he was fully aware of losing his un-
| guarded hold she was seen futtering through the
air. like wounded bird, and then the waters
parted and gushed over her sinking form, the
| golden hair cleaning for moment on the surface,
then lost in the dark rippes Of the stream
Shrieks of agony now mingled with the gay notes
| that still swelled the ear; al! was confusion
and dismay. Augustus plunged into the water
| after bis drowning sister. Harriet and Rose were
seen struggling on the bank with those who held
them back from the mad attempt of saving her
with whom they must have perished.
At length Augustus appeared with Mary in his
| arms. but she was cold and insensible. Her lips
and cheeks were blue, and her little hands clench-
ed and rigid. She was. borne to the nearest
| house. and the usu II means of rssuscitatiou en-
ployed still when her mother came, ia answer to
| the sad summons that had just reached her, she
remained as cold ss the waxs from which she had
been drawn.
After unaVsilipg .Ttr,s 70 restore hsr. sis was
PRONOUNCED dead. AMI ~sa boroe ia s,ief that
| mocks description the ha,ne she lad left few
hours before. sie most jnyuus # husnsn beings.
They laid hsr on soEi, add sympaill zne friends
crowded round to catch one more look Of tho sweet
child consigned 80 ea:ly to such an awful doom.
Mrs. Norwood knelt down by her side, and clasp
ing her hands together pressed them on her heart,
as if to hold down it's murmuripgs. She lifted
hara baav ;rrv les e..
tion, when wild scream from Harriet sent the
blood rushing through her veins with startling
rapidly.
She breathes. mother: she breathes y exclaim-
ed Harriet, throwing herself into her mothers
arms with an hystericsl cry.
And truly she did brsaihs,-fans and uncertain
at irst the pale tints of life began TO steal over the
wan hue OF death. the rigi hands unclsnched, the
heavy lids slowly upift-d and indistinct murnur
| escaped her lips. Ii was then The widowed moth
| or wept aloud The grief was silent, but hen Joy
and gratitude bulss forth. She received her
living child to her bosom nce more, even as Jar-
| US received bis daughter fom The dead, and she
knew that the Son Of G ID was present, though in
visible to mortal eye with heart US tendery alive
to human misery, with ann as omnipote mt to save,
as when He stood by the grave of Lszarus, and
wept over him He was ab,ut to wake from the
slumbers of death. The fl ST words little Mary
distinctly uttered were. Where is brother,'
| And Where indeed is Augustus = was repeat
ed by the anxious mother. 1t was reeollected
then that Augustus had not been seen since they
left the rivers side; that when it was declared
| Mary was dead, he had exclaimed sg lin aud again
: That dead! Is she deadr Then rushed by
those who were around her, like niadman, and
disappeared. - s=a
A new and agonizing cause of alarm now exist
ed. The fears of Rose and Harriet were too ap-
palling to be expressed Mrs. Norwood knew mol
yet the cause OF their worst aprehensiens, though
she was told that it was from his arms that Mary
| fell. 5.f ssf G.G ss ez+,'r ~ 't
All night she sat by the couch Of Mary, cherish
ing warmth in her still shivering frame, praying
for her son. fearing she knew not what and listen.
ing to the echo of his name. she sometimes
heard it borne on the night wind. Harriet could
not remain within; che followed Rose to the
scene of their past festivity, where the people
were confusedly mingled, looking up and down the
stream, and shouting till the sound rolled back
|
the torches and lanterns cleaned itfuy through
the shades, Rose beheld dark object near the
bank, and running towards it, she discovered the
hat of Augustus, with his gloves lying beside it
At these dumb witnesses of his mournful destiny
Rose sunk in speechless agony on the sand, where
she lay unnoticed in the excitement and confusion
and when she was found, she was perfectly in
sensible, elasping the gloves to her bosom her hail
and garments damp and wet with the chill nigh
dews.
1t was a pity as kind neighbor said. whc
followed her to her own home, where they bore
her. it was pity to bling her to herself, and set
her take on so bite ry. 9r 9E@- e
The next day the deep. continuous roaring o
cannon heard all along the banks Of the river
where the people still thronged, in the hope o
discovering the body of him who they supposed
had made his own grave in its channel. Il wal