Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-10
FAYETTEVILLE, TEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1854

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Of they did while we were on the meul
tain; he pressed his hands across h
G forehead. as if in pain, and then r.
n sumed his interesting story:
q .sOn an humble couch, in an hun
d ble room Of a small country hous,
e | next opened my eyes in this worl
r Of light and shade, of joy and sol
: row, of mirth and sadness. Cent
: hands snoothed my pillow, gentl
feet glided across my chamber, and
, gentle voice hushed for while al
my questionings. l was kindi,
; tended by a fair young girl Of abpu
fifteen, who refused for several day
to hold any intercourse with me i
At length, one morning, finding my
self sufficiently recovered to sit up
| insisted on learning the result o
:. the accident.
You were discovered said she
sitting on a ledge of rock, amidst
the branches Of a shattered tree;
clinging to part of the roof Of your
broken coach, with one hand, and to
1 the insensible form of a lady, With
| the other.
/ "The ladyl' I gasped, scanning
the girls face with an earnestness
that caused her TO draw back and
! blush. 4
"'She was saved, sir, by the Same
means that saved you-the friendly
tree
"'And her father and brothel?' !
impatiently demanded.
"'They were both crushed to pie
ces at the bottom of the eprecipice, d
great way below the place where my
father and Uncle Joe got yo q and the
lady. We buried their bodies in one
grave, close by the clover-patch down
in our meadoW-ground.'
"'Poor Louisel poor orphan! God
pity you! | muttered III broken
tones, utterly unconscious thatl had
Il listener.
"'God pity her indeed, sir said
the young girl, with gush of beart-
felt sympathy. Would you like to
see her?' she added.
:" Take me to her, l replied.
81 found the orphan bathed in
tears, by the grave OF her buried kin
dred. She received me with sorrow
fol sweetness Of manner. | will not t
detain your attention by detailing
the efforts ! made to win her from
her great grief, but briefly acquaint
you that | at last succeeded in indus
cing her to leave her iorlorn home in
the sunny South; and that, twelve
after the dreadful oecl rrence
which ] have related, We, stood at
the altar together as man and wife.
She still lives to bless my love with |
her smiles, and my children with her
good precepts; but on the anniversa-
Ty of that terrible nj ght, she secludes
herself in her room, and devotes the
hours of darkness to solitary prayer.
As for me- added the traveller,
while faint flush Itinged his noble
brow at the avowal, '.as for me, that
accident has made a ply steal coward |
of me at the sight Ola mountain
precipice. /
But the driver, urged our lady !
passenger; who had attended to the
recital of the story with much at
tention-'what became Of the driver?
or did you ever lea rn the reason of
his deserting his pc st?' /
ellis body was found on the road
within a few steps Of the spot where
the coach went over, He had been
struck dead by the same flash Of
that bli nded the restiye
horse. "
The traveller here fell into q mu-
sing attitude, as i further 1ailusion
to the subject would be unpleaslng to
him.. Shortly after !. this we reached
the railroad station, where parted
with the nervous gentleman with I
feelings OF profound esteem.