Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-07-28

Nv nat was ne IKE, Eiizd repeated
Colonel Hart.
He wa midlle-ag d Of a pale, grave
eountenance, with keen, large eyes, high
forehead, and pointed beard"
"H-aven save us We seen him.
to-" cried the Colonel, horror-struck.
at WIS no living man yop saw, Eliza. y
at was N. Anas asius,"
Ny husband died hat night. He died,
his lips on mine, murmuring how be
loved me. and how harpy he had hecn.
For many months af'er then I was
quite hapny, too for my wits wandered,
and I lhought I was again little West
In'Iian girl, picking gowans in the mea-
dows about Dumfries.
The Colon'l and Mrs. Hunt were, I
bell W, very kind to m". I always Iook
her for 1T le playfellow I had, who was
called Eliza. Il is only lately, as the
y ar has cIrcled roun aga 20 the
sp ing. that my head has b. come clear
and have found out who she is, and-
all me ! who I am,
This coming to nv hight sensrs docs
not give me SO much pain as they thought
it wulI; bee use gr' at eakness Of body
had balanced and sooihed my mind.
have but one desire; t. 20 10 my
own Alexis, and beforsth twenty fifth o:
My.
Now 1 have been able to 'nplete
nearly our story. Reader, ju lgc be-
tween Us, and hin. Farewtll.
ISABEL SALTRAM.
PosT-ScRIrTUM i think it WI be
well that 1, Eliza Hart should relate, s
simply as veraciously, the circums ances
Of Mrs Saltram'< death, which ppened
on III" night Of the 25ih of May
She living with us at our house,
some miles ont of London. She had
been very i'll and weak during May, but
towards the end Of he month sh~ had
revived. We thought If she could live
Ill June she m eht even recover. My
husband de,ir' d hat on no accouo might
she be tol the dav OF the month. sh~ was
inderd puIposely dec ived on the subject.
VIII the 25th e,>hc thought it was
on'v the twenty end.
For .om" weeks she had kept her bed
and Fanchon never | Fl her, Fanchnn,
!" ho knew the who'r history, and was
stric ly ch rged whatever decisions might
occur, to take no notice whatever f the
subject to her mistress for nv husband
and niys Il wrre aaair persuaded that it
must he some d ln>i,n So was the
physic an, Who noverth les, d. termined
t. vi,ii us himself on the night Of the
tw nty 9Th nf May.
1t happ mel ,ha, the Colonel was un-
well and could not remain con tan IL
in N 5. Saltram's rom. Iiwsa alirge
but very simple subulba bedchamb r,
with white curtains and modem fu-ni-
iure, all of which l myself arrang in
such ii m,nuer that tn re ehould BE- no
da-k corners, TO shad Tvs thrown by
hanging draperirs, or any thing Of the
K nd.
About ten o'clock, Fanchen accident
ally Quilted the rom. sending in her
place nursemaid who had lately come
into our family. This girl tells me that
shc entered the room quickl., but stop
ped, seeing, as she b lIeved. The phvsi-
cian sitting by the bel. on the further
side, at Mrs. S ltram's righ: hand. She
thought Mrs. Satram did not see him.
Tor she turned and asked her, Susan,
what clock is it"
The gentl man, she says, appesrcd
si ting with hs lbows Resin. on his
face partly concca ed in his hands. He
wore II ns coat or cloak she coulI not
distinguish whici.for the roo u was ra' her
dark, but she couli plainly see on his
little finger the sparkle of diamond
ring.
She is quite cert in that Mrs Salirsm
did not see the g ntle nan a. all, which
rather surprised her, for the p ,o7 lady
NOV. d from to TIM, AMI spoke, com.
plainingly. of its being very cold.' At
length she called Susan to sit by her
side, and chaie her hands.
Sa-an acqniesced But did not Ms.
Saltrsm see the gen | man I"
"Wh,, gentleman 20
''He WIS sitting beside you, not a
minute since 1 thought he was the
doctor, or the clergyman"
And The girl. much terrified, saw that
nov there vas no oDe there.