The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-11-27
NO. 50.

no miaister Of God tempered the maura...
message with heavenly consultations. NJ o.
ewes. strained BY sleepless nights, BY ince
weeping, read without tears tlen, for ...y
were scorched and dried a, the foun,an
Andrew Finay'-.he dear name tha
thrilled me with happiness so often wlen
scribej 10 some fond message of love a. 1--
ms enlbrance-heaied the fatal lis, OF ;he Je..4
lie third day.
| did not shrek rave: called my
dren to me. and kissed them they looal S.,
wonderiugly in my face. | talked with Sa5ls
very c lnllv. giving him the rniau:eSt i> r
tiens for the dav. and even wrote 10 Auaiet
widowed sister-what seemed 10 me ss $ Eli
as read il over-;hai he was dead
But God is very merc,ful: He sent u.
sciousness in the absence OF all other com
and days and weeks went by before | 4.a
framed coherent thought.
When | came TO myself. ii WAS night, n.
knew long time had elapsed, for t.e uas
burning on the hearth. and the curtains "
drawn close a.sins, cold autumn win
| could hear siyhing through the leahe>s
| had last shading tie window
wealth of foliage. did not comprehet.
at first, but though, had slept heavily,
wa, wearisd hy distressing dreams. Iat4
tfc loomed up for a moment with a red
upon the opposite mirror. and saw tWe
tionl-ss cures before IT, / WAS too ~
recognize or question them. amo>, 10 ~ ...s
hand 10 my forehead. which l tried 10 {,
# /. wou.i hel me 10 think more clearly
il touched nv temples, found my has
shorn closely, and then heard the low
. of a Young infant near the bed, and reca.
nv sister in law as she came nearer
stopped down 10 raise TIE puny. sttgu
.ii,!e i,h; in her arms. The deep
T IraSs She wore th- chtlj my own haiHI,.
gradually the truth came 10 me.
given birth 70 ;hst ia;heress little IL, -.
Inconsistencies Of delirium. aud |
.ctGou.
must have swooned then, and no wu.
with the rush of recollection that can. s...
me or, fell again into the leiharg.e
which had preceded the return o; &
and reason. Nor was thankful n l.-.
The boon Of lite when l again unc.oS,i
eyes
why did not die?' Why mus
ap the burden Of my lot. aud awak.a
such utter forgetfulncxs to the full nea
its lonelness9 "Oh, my husband! ny
band!'' l said; would to God that | Ia
for thee" How could l pray for
and resignation to One wto had taken
the desire OF mine eyes a. a stroke
But was a mother Aysin | hc.i
voice of that feeble life, SO closely linkel IS
mine and with my loss. Poor child uat
kno. fathers kiss. a fathers ble,siu
those children that he had So loved,
helpless infancy he had watched over vi :
for whose future life many wise and !.
plans had been his daily thought!
had been very selfish. very blind u.
live" prayed, "for them. Give M 4
WISDOM and wa.chfulness, and pa,iea
their sake. Forg i've my ingratitude
.hev are left me sill nv father c.
utter it IN truth, in heart, not by my Iaa
powerless tongue. Oh, the bitter
oh, the broken, sobbng cry of my
las,-'My father. not mywiil!" And
had the calm of this utter sell aba
stled my throbbing. futtering hea s.
ii thrilled again more wildly than besol
was only step that l heard-not
whisper-a gentle. guarded tread AT tie
hold Of my room. | could not have
tie sghtes. sign Of life il my exis;cuc
even then depended upon the effort; a. s
eyes were fixed upon that opening door.
the las, straining gaze which take, 4
OF earth.
/. was midnis sit. The mantle cig4a
just chin1ed the hour. a faint light ff.
now smouldcrng fire sent strange Sis.
r-eiiag upon the wall and, as / watch d
Jaw my husband enter! l saw lis
tim and haggard, ghostly pale-but SUI.
ace-iurned towards the fire, tie Sic
nurse, then, approaching noiselessly
down over mine. | closed my eyes T.
out the phantom my longing heart hal
jurcd up. No phantom. but alving pre-
warm. beating heart that plowed M
III another moment, his own dear arms
weak -nej by weary Illness, and, OF lao.
watching BY my bedside. that upheld ~.
He is calling me now from oar oHa
How blessed a voice that has been "
from the silence Of death how clear Il.
living presence once yielded up to IT,,
Of the gravel | have already VII.
loag for my still feeble strength; bu-
not offer up united thank sgiyias
had sci Iny hand TO this record for ny
aud nv chi!dren's children Of our ]
goodness to u, this most eventual ytas
words, no prayer, no life-iong praise
forth this overdowiag thanksgiving. MS
for what We ave received, but for tl.5
Tia, has taught me from whom il con-
our utter dependence for all things u
bounty.
Tire Byttomless Pit in the Mann
of Kentucky IS suspected by man
through the whole diameter Of the -s4
branch terminate. in il, aud the exq
denly finds himself brought upon i,
standing upon projecting platform. a4
ded on three sides by darkness aud g.
.ul! o. the right aud gulf the H.
before him what seems inIerminable -.
looks alofi: but eye Las We, rea;l
Top u the great oserarchins dom: -
j. there seen bu, the flashing Of lhs @
DROPPING from above. smiling as !. s.
in the unwon.ed gl=am of the lamp. Il
below. and nothing there meets ~ t.
save darkness as thick as lanpb!aek, - -
hears a Wild mournful melody OF tie .