Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-11
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al not hear!less one. i! know that could have
betrayed and seduced yon; and that had not Pro.
Vi'etce ln'erfeEed TO save you, you would have
oeen ere Tins, miserable as am now. All This |
acknowledge, and so offer no eYcpse for II IanIv
"''e ~ 10 say 'na, 90 where will, your image shall!
accompany me
haVe loved bul ore that one is yoursen-
Aiy marriage was entered into as a means OF ex
Treating myself from pecuniary endorsements
but The woman, with whom the hated connection
Is formed, loahed al Tie time, and she has long
ceased 10 be treated as my vile. You, Rose, you
only have loved. God Is my witness, that | pro.
ceeded IN my vIllanY step by step that, when
first saw you, dfeamed no, OF Your ruin :; thai al
each visit, your influence over me became greater
and grea'er-lha, at last, el, how worthless life
would be without you 'ha-bu why all this?
Do seek TO paiate my wickedness. No, no, no
Farewell, dear Rose, for ever! Your miniature
hangs upon my bosom, and there il shall remain
till that bosom cease to beat. Tomorrow. |
embark for distant land from which shall never
return hui may You yet be happy s! May the i'm
| age OF one, who would have been TO YOU all lha,
man ever was 10 woman, cease TO retain place in
your memory and may another, and more
worthy 'oVer, restore TO you that peace which |
have basely taken away. For re my only resi-.
ing place is the grave"
Rose, whose health had seriously suffered from
tue shock WHICH her nerves experienced, had just
Quilted her room: and was able 10 appear, as usual
in the paror, when the preceding letter reached
her. Ii had powerful, bul mol all agonizing effect
upon her feelings. She wspt bitterly over il bul
| never, except al The moment, was she observed TO
aude 10 lis contents The name OF Elliot, indeed,
soon ceased 10 be heard al the Toll and 10 sIran-
ger, il might have appeared if no snch person
had ever visited ii. The only remembrance of
him and OF the scenes connected with him, not
positively sci aside, was the Arab Iony. That
little animal, al his mIsTesss express desire, was
still permitted 10 browse and play about the pad
dock he was still as great fayorile as ever and
still canered up TO the gale, al The sound cf her
voice, TO receive bis lille portion OF bread from her
hand but she never mounted him again No
saddle, indeed, was put upon his back, till after the
last scene in this sad drama had been acled
Rose Wjmot was strong minded and piou5
girl, but she was girl of deep and enthusiastic
feeling. She never complained, and she did her
best TO assume that cheerfnlness which she no long
ef experienced. But the exeriIon necessary 10 thai
end was too great, not to be apparant and al no
moment was she object OF lyelier comlni issera-
lion, Than when she slrenuou>ly endeayored 10 az.
pear happy. Poor Rose! she was smiuen where
wounds are always the most severe and hers
| were mortal
| For several months strong hopes were entertain
| ed that youth, naturally coed constitution aud
change OF air and scene, would work their cuSlo.
mary results, and restore her TO herself. To secure
for her The last mentioned benefit, Captain Wilmot
| ehahed out, and carried partly into effect tour
/ through several OF the most interesting counties OF
| England. But all would not do The maiden be-
came daily weaker and weaker, and a, length
treated to be conveyed home, that she might dis IL
! the abode oi her fathers.
Alas what change was now visible in Rose
The delicate hLe, which was wont 10 nge hei
cheek, had given place 10 al alternate hectic
Flush and deadly pdeness Her fine hazel eye
was still bright and expressive, bnt the brancy
was that which consumption never fails 10 produce
aud the expression was one OF unchanGing pensiye-
ness. She was no longer the lively and cheerful
creature, whose very step gave evidence OF a con
tented mind, aud whose playful conversation com
munieated happiness 10 those with whom she was
associated but ''lhe ghost OF what she was, she
could only crawl from her chamber to the parIor,
and from Iheuce, when the sun shone warmly ou'.
10 seat upon tue lawn. Poor Rose. The fits,
auInmnal leaves were beginning TO fall, when she
re'unieI 10 her home The last were Sill upon the
| trees, when she carried to her grasa
| il is useless 10 continue such narrative much
, inFther nay, were there moi lew details IN pos
session OF The writer, which we G communicated
by The clergyman who attended Rose-durinc her
Iasl ness, ii might justly conclude here. But
these we tempted to give and we give them
in The language OF the Reverend Abraham VIII
Iiams, from whom they were received: ''@
The disease said our informant, ttsaned
ground upon her very rapidly; and IN ltale while
she was no longer able TO quit her ROOM. A sofa
was then placed tor her nearthc Window, on which
for an hour or two each day she reposcd, Buteyeu
lhis-lhe cxeyllou OF being lifted from one place 10
anoher-became too much for her; aud sire
kept wholly her bed. The calmness and forritude
which distinguished her from lhe FIST never, how
ever, LEFT her, Feeling indeed, that the hand of
death was upon heI she no uager pledto speak
OF Elliott bu it was invariably as one she hadlov-
ed and could sill love, 10 idolary
:" Surely God will iqrslve him. sad she, on one
occasion, when The sacrament was about 10 be ad-
mlnis'eIcd TO her. say not that he was guilt.
less; oh re, no! Eut forgive him, freely oh,
most freely anl here e-caspns her thin white
hands losethcr- pray that he may be lofSlvenx
by HIM who knowelh whereof we are made, and
who is not extreme to mark what Is done aniss'
Mortal man could not witness such scene, and
restrain he tears.