Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-05-16
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CHAPTER KXI.

-1e sT CHAPTER KXI.
1t Is 4 hour past midnight. The old, ne G.
i=ctet lamp has burnt low, ana is casting only
ie~ sentre rays through the log cabin.
On enc of the equcIles in Tie oorner is
stretched :he pals and e,naciated form of the
kind woI.ia1. Her weary head is rceIing in
the sy.iS q i4etta, who is seated on the couch
-a-i..aI h-r. For several hours, she has beea
passing through y succeSst5a'of paroxysons,
aad SIC can hardly possibly survive another.
The ex;yenities arc cold, the eyes are set, and
she clsnim! sweat is,onthe brow.
Oa her kuees, at the side of the couch, is
Ve::iti5. W.tit ore hand sic clasps the atten-
listed Gagars Il The poor woman, while he-
head is bowed on the other, aud her thoughts
are as'ay ou high. On "a errand of mercy for
the dying. 20 .''.. VA.
..Thers !--therei'' cried L4tta, ps She clas-
ped be- fond loving mother tightly in her
ETnls.
Verti;;a Epung to her feet. The woman was
In he! las, struggling agonies. Her arms were
thrown up, and her head, with clenched teeth
snt Nd, starsng eyess was set back. But tee
struggle t+-;is brief. Her arms suddenly fell
less in her daughters arms.
Po3t Ectsa! she is flying wildly through the
log caJii1. -ingiHg Eer hands in an agony of
grief; While Vcgtiiis IS standing al the side Of
the 3couch, gazing 10 sadness at the cold, sto-
ny features OF her kind bhnefactress. :::
The evening Of the following day. about
dqsk, tH.o pals; feeble looking feif.4es, passed
wesrily through one oftho city gates. They
rapsel-e few MON eats, jnst ias!,Ia, and spoke
: few words, III a 15sS #liiaper. .-- 5s as 1
This vas Yertitia ana Letta. asa5 "a .s.s-
..Do you really think you can find your
b-other?" inquired Fertitis. 7I
81 was once With him at Rotne-1. think l
can, . replied I.etta. aa tssn bas .os sob
e5f"Ged bIess you, nry dear girl, and guide
your steps,'' said Yertitis, as tear stolefrofh
her eyes. :.
esHere:'' said I.etta, as she haudsdr Yertitia
the scrap of parchment, which she took from
fold OF i1ot dress; Nthat mar be of use to
go-.''i pii3i 80 l25i 4s 32.. ,.
TN 4 fond embrace; i,ad these two deselate
hearts sepereted, and were soon lost in the
crowds that pressed along the streets, in The
darkness. aI23 a2ll4 2Ss '' l'- :. -. ~. =,
- i
I. The JeHess was greatly surprised, as YER
titia hurridiy entered the door. Inan instant,
she had little Earfe III her arms while the as
tonished woman stood gazing, as if doubling
the realty OF the scene. = !, - .ra4s.I
e An hour after this, Yertitia WAS seated in
the is;t.e anti-chan1bcr, with the Jewess at her
SIDE. She IS the silent Il.otioniass picture Of
grief. Her checks deadly pale, her lips
arc tightly compressed, and her eyes fearless.
Alas that tears could flow. She has just
heard from the Jewess the story of her nlotli-
er-s tragical death,
The next dsy, Yertitia, az she sat alone in
the little chamber, in Sadness thought of the
parchment, which she had slipped into her
bosom. She csrelessly took it out, and read
8 ssBe kind to hcr--ask her no qaestions-you
shsn be abundently rewarded, when call, .
.sraa se.sss,,.,-. z.-,fs -,fs.ss,F 4liARcUs.;'
20 AS her eyes caught the signature, thepareh-
rent dropped from h sr' :ssfnbling fingers; and,
"' Tn first ,tr.s, her ir,.. stony syss ssre