The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-05-07

o' hc cHE"Scu hoaTuinS
with Mrs. Flemming, an elderly widsS
lady, who was evidently delighted to Sc
cure so handsome boarder. She also
had single daughter, lively rosy check
eel las Of about sixteen, whose piauant
and spicy conversations, served on many
an occasion, to enliven Edwards droopinp
spirits.
CHAPTER NJ.
1t was n melancholy Gttle par,y that
sat around the breakfast board ut NAL
coi'nv'ile, on the morning Of Edwards de-
parture. Ellen could not conceal that
she had been weeping; Ashley's unusual.
ly bouyant features were oyershadowed
with gloom, and even the Senator seemed
to have lost portion Of his sternness and
and dignity, and could no, disguise GER
tain sadness Of aspect. No one had told
HIM OF Edwards departure, but he kaew
IT he Jeh that he had gone, before he
had had time TO observe his absence
Did lie regret it would he have recalled
i''m! oh no! he did not doubt but that
he had acted aright-his paren,a! author
''y had heep outraged, and yet his better
nature would plead for his first. born. and
Ae b0red him sGHE Though his boy had
resisted his commands on the instant, still
he might have been less hx.sh-he might
have reasoned more tenderIv, and he
might have spared him his wiihering and
bligh'ing SARCASM. Such were par, of
the Senators reasoning, on that me,nora.
ble morning.
A day Or two afterwards, among the
papers received from New York CITY, they
saw Edwards arrival at the St. Nicholas.
and also saw his name among the pub.
i'shcd list Of persons, who had taken pas.
sage IN the Chelsea for San Francisco
The gold fever had just then con .menced
to operate, and as voyage to California
WAS then regarded as n considerable un.
der'aling, tue names Of psssepge5s were,
IN many cases, published. Ou. readers
will remem5e. the mistake that occasion.
ed Edwards name being among them,
which mistake was not subsequently cor.
rec'ed. The Sepator, Ashley and Ellen,
were converting together in the sitting
room, when the papers were brought in.
and AS they perused them, each one saw
the items in question-tle eyes Of each
ono drank in tie important facts; but no
words were spoken; no observations were
made concerning a matte5 with which all
ieit so deep an interest. Edwards name
had not been menti>ned, in the presence
OF his ftsbher, sipce the fosmeg bad left; it
seemed 70. be az intte5tlirtsd point
About the third week after Edward bad
left, Ashley was preparing to leave for his
home, in the South. True, he was not
tired Of the society at Nalcolmville; the
Senator was afsble and cQw,eous, aud
no had spent paaRy q pleasant hour listen.
ing TO his brilliant and scholarly converse
tons. Ellen's society, too, he enioyed
With zest that increased, in proportion
rs his stay was Prolonged; in fact, he was
not certain in his own mind, but that he
was 10th to leave; but his friend, whose
particular guest he really was, was absent,
and the contents Of letter that he bad
Few days before received from home, de-
eided bin iq going earlier than he might
otherwise have done.
IL Was the last evening that Ashley ey.
pec,ed to spend at MalcoIpyille; /; q BEAU.
hfal, though cool autuwp evening it was,
and Ashley and Ellen were contemplating,
perhaps for the last time together, the
splendid 4aaayama Of the setting sun, at
Malcolmvllle, and the intense b.iiIiancy of
his horizontal rays reflected upoa L,e
snow-capped summit of the neiehhor;po
cliffs, that projected high over the Hud
son. They were conversing Of Edward,
and copjeciuring that he, too, though
hundreds OF miles distant, might 6e
watching that beautiful sunset, and think.
ing okHeW. Ashley bad Just made
speculative remark concerning the pro.
grsss he had probably made on his yoy.
age, when they heard a cry, or rather a
terrific moan, that blancbed Ellen's cheek
with terror, and filled her companion With
alarm and CONSERVATION. IL vas not the
shrek OF terror, nor the yell Of distress.
buha groan Of mortal agony, AZ il the
strong heart had burst, and discharged Il. |
self by. one low, terrible unearthly effort. |
FOR moment they gazed upon each 9th. |
er, but in the next, Ellen had thought Of
her father and with the rvv unoc Ia.