Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-01-17


thrawn over NY face, Jet Kind M
biaeishnsss ID tho darkness before rneG
convinced me that / Was u ! lighted
room No sound could Ihsar save the
suppressed breathing ofm mhling
companion, and the heating 81 INV own
hear. After remaining for ! moment
on the ottoman, which snnok from her
nervousness, she again sddressed me
You are armed with pistol and dag-
ger q,
am. said ]. inwardly praying Thea
] might have ccasioa IL use .hsr u.
YouWill passss gise n ] i'til bSas s. esn
ons, said she, ''lss'! y 9
Ha thought l.l an kgtraysd ; and
she asks my weapons 1t defence that I
may be made an easier prey \
Let me ask said |, your reasons
for this strange request !. n
"A true lover never ask for sIssosss
from one ia whom he conf des, ans
the mask, adding, the business SseI
In hand for you has need Of arsc,
calmness and prudence but 49,
pons could avail you nothing They
viii not be required She shuddered as
she spoke adding quickly, such a.
they have already done too much,
She paused momcnt, and seemed to
be schooling herself to some d adfal
task. Again she addressed me s
Il have tale to tell you sir no, not
tale, but questions to ask. Had
you an only sister, one who was young.
fair. iaJtaevnt, and ignoran, ofthc worlds
wicksaness, and thus unprepared to cope
with vile art and sinfulness and should
she meet with one who was in appear
ance all full of nobleness, purity, gene
rosity and true manliuess !; and, in her
own full-hearteaness, should she love
him as only woman in natures simplici-
ty can love and should he, taking
foul advantage Of her affection for him,
work her ruin, and having succeeded.
then scornlully leave her without repa-
ration, an outcast even from his bosom,
dark thing upon the world unwilling
10 live, unprepared to die and should
hs., in the hour when he spurned her, as
,,vdisboaored thing, from his feet--even
when sac was pleading for the love and
protection of one who with hellish art
had wrought her rtiin-should she in
that inoiilklt Of crowded miseries strike
a pionard to his heart
She would nobly do her duty, cried
/, excited almost to madness by the pain
full picture. isz
- Would you aid her ii, removing all
the proof Of crime q continued the
mask 49, wo'd you assist the poor girl
to place beneath the dark earth all that
was earthlyiof her base defier ?
would = IF thou art she lead on
am ready ; aye, ready to do more
Would that my hand instead Of thine
had sent the recreant s soul to its kissing
home. | love thee now better than be.
- a. j 4 ri
fore. True thou hast been dishonored,
but thou art avenged z
Be not too hasty, sir, said she /; le,
me sketch you one other picture, before
call on you for action. Again vii
suppose her, with your full kaowlede,
and consent, 70 have given her affection,
and her hand to one whom you believe,
TO be noble, manly, and in every wa,
calculated to make her know the tru,
bliss Of existence. She loves him, eve
over the bounds az this worlds adora
ton watches for his smile as the flow
or beaten by rain waits for the sunshine
signs and droops when the Clouds
sorrow cast their shadows over him
joys when his hopes brighten minister
TO his every comfort, and seems bein
as closely sonnd u him u light Is 10 Il,
dianond. Suppose lhnt ks to- sklloi
you have entrusted her, TIE iniAff No,
heart jewel Of YOURSELF the brigh pl
ner Of yonr domestic freside iifiag Il
that he should grow cold and nnminali
of her peace that his love for n
Should fade that her smile should "a
upon him ~ lorch-hght Oh fnner
pail that her voice should no ionger |
music 10 his ear 4latl he should SET
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