Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-11-06

PLYMOUTH INDIANA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER g. 1856. a

when lie # her she lwas better. | WAS
Obliged t6oleave her, to attend a pooI
work house child..c4iaa sas iuos ssasa
a had not been gone long--carrying
with me that fair face ling in its death
like trance. with all its golden hair scat
tered wide over the pillow, and the blue
lids weighing down the eyes. as one. car
ries the remembrance Of sweet song
lately sung-carrying H. TOO, as a tails
man against that dread. shadow which
somehow hung closer on me to night the
darkness, too. deepening into its origin
al blackness. and The chill lying heavily
on my heart again-when taesseng
hurried after me. telling me the lady was
dying. and Iwss to 60 back immediately.
wanted no second bidding. In mo
ment, as it seemed 10 me. was in her
room again. II was dark. ~
The lady was dying now, paralyzed
from her feet upward. | saw the death
ring mounr higher and higher--that faint.
blush ring with which death marries
some Of his brides. / bent every energy,
every thought TO the combat. l ordered
remedies so strange to the ordinary rules
Of medicine. that it was with difficulty
the chemist would prepare them. She
opened her eyes full upon me. and the
whole room was filled with The. cry OF
"Murderer!" They thought the lady had
spoken fsvsrishly in her death-trance
alone knew from whence that cry had
come.
But would not yield. and never quail
ed. no; feared for The result. knew the
power had 10 battle With. and knew
too the powers welded. They saved
her. The blood circulated again through
her veins. the faintness gradually disrers-
ed, the smi, ten side flung off its parsIy-
sis, and the blue ring faded wholly from
her limbs.
The lady recovered under my care
And care, such as mothers lavish on their
children. poured like life. blood on her.
| knew that her pulses beat at my bidding
| knew that had given her back her
life. which else had been forfeited. and
that was her preserver. l almost wor
shipped her. Il was the worship of my
whole being-the tide into which the
pent up sentiment, Of my long years Of
unloving philanthrophy poured like q
boundless flood. 1t was my life that l
gave her-iny destiny that ! saw in her.
my deliverer from the curse of sin. as |
had been hers from the power Of death.
1 asked no more then to be near her, TO
see her, 20 hear her voice. TO breathe the
same air with her, 60 guard and protect
her, | never asked myself whether
loved as other men or no; never dream
ed of her loving me ngain. did not
even know her name nor her condition,
she was simply the Lady to me,--the
one and only woman of my world. l
never cared to analyze more Than this
My love was part Of my innermost being.
and could as soon have imagined the
earth without its sun as my life without
the lady. Was this love such as other
men feei3 know not. l only know
there were no hopes such ss other men
have. did not question my hesrt o.
the future: I only knew Of love-I did
not ask for happiness. 8
= One day / went to see her ss usual.--
She was well BOW; but still aep, up nay
old habit Of visiting her for her health,
I sat by her for long time this day.
wondering, ss ! so often wondered, who
il was that she resembled. aud where
had met her before. and how; for was
certain that had seen her some time in
the past. She was lying back in an easy
chsir-how we'll j remember il ALLEN
veloped in a cloud Of white drspery-,
A sofa-,able WINS drawn along the side of
her chair,.with one drawer partly open.
Without any intention Of looking, | saw
that il was filed with letters. in two dif-
ferent handwri,ings, and that two mini
ature cases were lying among them. An
open letter. in which 10y, trees Of sun
bright hair. was ON her knee. It was
written in ha nd tbstynsde me start and
CULVER i knew the writing. ihosgh at
he moment could not recognize the
writer. ss,, r,sss f,.lf
Stsongly sgisated. took the letter in |
ny hand. The hair fell across my fin.
.ers. The darkness gathered close and |
lcavy, and there burst from me the self (
'ccusing cry of Murderer"
',No not murdered" !" said the lady. sor-
owfulIv.n The w6s killed by accident.