The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-07-16
a Romance ofReag Effe.

HdNluS Dctn Oh Jlle nOrJn SluC o
that city to see a friend, was re
Gently prevented from reaching
his home, in consequence Of ;
steam-tug having passed up the
river, with a small fleet Of vessels
| i'll tow, and one Of which haC
been cast off, and hauled in, jus
west of the bridge, leaving the
draw still open. While wait
ing, be witnessed the following
scene
The vessel we have mentioned
was moored, and made fast, out.
side OF several canal boats and al
we stood looking at the men upon
her, one Of them approached fe-
male, who had been crouched up
ON the deck, and addressing her,
pointed to the shore, then to the
bridge, down towards the throng-
Ell and busy street of living NOV
ing, headlong Chicago.
She rose, picked up a small bun
| die, from which she drew forth
4 coin, which she rendered to the
hardy sailor. He refused it, what
ever it was, lending her a hand,
helped her from the vessel to the
deck, and then from the deck to
to the bridge. BY this time, alarge
croud of passengers throngcd the
north end OF where the bridge
would be if fitWere alwaysa bridge;
and in contemplating the new
faces, and the reprepresentatives
of the various classes there assem-
bIed, we had almost forgotten the
incident we have related. Our at
tcntiOn was called, from a vain
endeayor to discover some cessa-
ton of tugs going up and down,
and schooners and brigs pulling in
and out, by hearing most audi
| bic sob from some one near U.s.
1t was not the sob of childhood,
caused by some sudden change
from gaiety to grief; it was the
sob Of some mature breast, filled
with a sense Of loneliness and dis
pair. 1t reached other ears than
ours.
A lady, dressed in a manner
which bespoke wealth that could
crafty taste and elegance, and
who, like ourselves, was detained
at that place, stood near, accom-
panied by three children, whose
desire TO get at the extreme end
of the platform, she with difficulty
repressed. With a woman's ten
derness, her heart recognized the
stifed ebullition Of sorrow, and
approaching the person from
whom it came, who was none 9TH
er than the woman we had just
seen land from the vessel, she
quietly, and in that soft sweet
voice of woman, which none can
resist, inquired if she stood in need,
Or was i'll, Or was her sorrow
such that she could not be reliev-
ed. A portion Of the railing near
us, was vacant, and towards that,
and almost at our side, these two
women came to converse. The
stranger was a fair, handsome girl,
of about seventeen years; neatly,
but coarsly dressed, with shoes
not only well worn, but heavy,
and unsuited as much for her sex
as for the season. The poor girl,
in honest simplicity, and with an
earnestness which despair alone
can impart, related her history,
uninterrupted bya single observa-
ton from her companion, but Of
ten accompanied by the tears of
both. We have not space for it
at length, but we will give it,
changing its order just enough to
enable us to state it briefly.
She SAID that she was born III
Boston; she had no brother or SIS
ter now she remembered that
she had sister, the Oldest, whose
name was Lizzie that sister, years
ago, against her fathers will, had
married, and with her husband,
having been banished from the
fathers sight, had gone off, and
had not been heard of since--no
doubt was dead. At the time of
her sisters marriage, her parents
We're wealthy; the pride which
drove away Lizzie, had brought
silent regrets, and after a while
came melancholy complaints by
the mother, sighing for the en-
brace of her frst-born. These soon
led to anger and elimination at
home, and dissipation by the father
abroad. Losses came upon them,
and at last, gathering the few
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