The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-06

ID u JULIAN CRANES. ft-A
Il M, pitifal story. The poor creature, who
had walked tweaty miles that day, 10 the Neat o.
Julv sun could scarcely speak from very fatigue; and
when she had ended her sad tale. there was scarcely
Q dry eye in the whole company, albeit the Darkroom
whom tears were novel. Her eaby-as sweet m in.
Aas ~ ever saw-hy motouless on her breast, and
though the mother knew il not, Il never would move
again save in the agoniss Of death.
She was no common besgar. There was dignity
IN her appearance, she crept slowly towards the
open door Of ne hotel that commanded respect; and
sAoss who bot q moment before were h!,"g the a'r
with thew noisy vociIcations, were s'Ient az sne
passed them on Der way to the house; her poor
Ssst, tidily though co.rse'y clad, were esereo S"d
every s,e1 left In il impress trace Of blood. She
onlv asked permission to rest Tor an hour, and to
nossten her lips with water; but those rough back
woodsmen, gathered that day for froc, could not
witness her sufierings unmoved. One brought her
chair: another insisted on adding little whiskey
<the only stimulant he knew to the water she craved
and third-s herculean monster-would have re-.
leved her Of her child, had she not chung nervousy
70 il. Il was delightful exhibition Of heart. She
received their attentions with modest gratcfulness
that alone would have won my sympathy, had not
had been-was still-beautifal. though sorrow and
unkindness had sadly married the lines Of grace She
evidently Of gentle lineage, and when she spoke,
her language assured me Of il.
When somewhat rested, they questioned her Of her
history and intentions. In the simplicity Of their
worldly natures, they knew not that this might
Be Offensive; they meant we'll and kindly Whether
she felt that the interest which they manifested was
sincere, whether Heaven had pu,posey ordered all
The events that followed, know not but rhe frsI,
revealed her history u that ungen,le crowd, whose
sxcianatons Of surprise and anger, mingled with
ehreats and now and then big round oath. attended
her narrative TO its close.
II was the old story. Living happily and pcace.
fsuy in her fathers housc-a country rcctory in Eng
hut-she had loved, "not wi.eiy but too " ell -
Forbidden bans and long and painful struggle be-
tween right aud wrong-brtween love aud duly
were Ehowed BY misguided elopem,ent. The still
unwedded pair hcd this land, and Tor time lived
in comfort and luxary. But, alas, the romance
was exhausted when she became u mother.
On the same night when the first faint cry Of the
infan, fell OH her ear, the unnatural father iorsook
them lsth, and from that hour she had neither sccn
heard from him. PenniIess frendIess, home less,
With her first returning strength she forth with
her baby %" her painful pilgrimage. Weary and foot.
sore. she yet staggered along. day after day, the
wild roads OF the Wcst-the only aim Of her journey
be ing to reach the seacoas,, where she h"e 70 beg
passage home to her father. Poor prodigal! there
vere fifteen hundred miles between her and the At
tan,c, and yet her energy was unbroken. She frI,
that if she could but reach her father The only friend
she had on earth, all would he forgiven. So she
struggled on. day after day. stopping seldom, and ON.
" for a brief rest.
Careful as she had been Of her precious burden,
the child was evidently dying when she entered a
humble tavern prairie in illinois, where the scene
Of my story occurred II had doubtless dawu the
poson Of death instead Of the nourishment of life
from its mothers breast and the excessive heat Of
the SUM- which poured down upon them as they pass.
ed across the shadeless prairie, had completed the
work. Even she ended her narrative, the poor
ching shivered and groane family one or two con.
vulsive motions Of the Iimbs-one or two painful
gaspr, then slight quiverny Of the lips and was
dead-dead in its mothers arms
Then saw the perfect exhibition Of human ago.
ny. She uttered no words, but despair spoke with u
thousand tongues from every feature Of her counter.
Ance. II was worse than she could endure. Her
hands relaxed their hold, and the cOrpse would hu W.
tallen To the ground, had il not been cnnvh, by one
OF the hyaandrrs. She turned as pale a. death. and
~ rigid ma,blc and the next O,ncnt she t,, L,v
stretched before tier heart had iteraiiy brkry,
Ia the vioIeace Of her anguish, and the stream Of
O'ood that issucd from her beautiful lips plainly told
~ that efforts Tor restoration would BIZ ,,sel... A
physician came, but sh' WA beyond all his .t;m.
nc pUUr wanurfer 'cs,-umI may t,e H,rgtv.
en-, bet the doctors announcement that he could do
ao'hng, souaded pleasantly IN my ours. Il was bcs,
chat she died thus.
AZ they lifted her corpse to bear IL to room. there
fell from her bo-om locket Of gold At that mo.
ment ono Of tho c0mpany-n pale younr mnn u no
had been ior some days Hn inmate Of the inn. md
whose quiet and sorrow t dcmranor had him
n mys!cry-spany forward and gra.pcd tho Iockrt.
love. aSscs'"s 1.ns flew open, di'clo'i"g-~h"', The
towards the co,p'c, mnd cm-,ing himself upon Il,
shricked rather than Said, MY sister my poor sis
ter" '
And there, Gr oat that ieautiluI prairie, where
ovsr:prsad her lonely grave, they ~rlcd hcr mad her
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