Grass Valley telegraph., 1857-02-28
A Sad Story.


When the steamship Arabia came into port
on Friday last, several days behind usual
time, she Bfought relief to many heart
which would Scarcely dare trust itself to
dream its appfeheusions, and yet not forget
how but few short months before, sad eyes
were watching for those who should meet
their gaze no more forever.
No wonder TF6A, that when she touched
the wharf her ,aecE8fFsre crowded with e
ger aud happy} faces. tbat kisses waTserifs
and manly hansss>wers& & &claspeasng aest
greeting
Among those vhq' g fd8asteass oSssa vas
one wdose heart. r6boge.sng fr5la ~ tbs
'sf s1nrel,ar-ian t.,sss.f>ssSs,
tent lent wings to his teess- snonsI
the deck, inpatient <o-clasp Ire fal
form of er-who had ~ pledged q sor
years, and who in. one sR5A Y sel: .sas. to
crown his happiness by beco' ins BfsNif1.
Blest with the pefilSqs gift Of beauty yint its
most delicate, subtle and spiritual phase, she
had inherited with it the weakness of. consti-
tuition which so oft&reuts short the bright
hopes which such fair natures inspire. And
it was with the hope that the tour of Europe
might restore her to health that she left her
home and friends but few short months
ago. The voyage and the life that succeeded
it seemed to have realized almost entirely the
hopes of her friends, and those who were
with her sent home, glowing accounts of the
new charm that the rose tint of health had
lent to her exquisitely delicate beauty.
At length the day of sailing for home ar
rived, and from that time the hours were
counted with feveris6 anxiety. When the
regular day of her arrival passed and brought
no signs of the, e,Arabia, hurried steps were
heard pacing her wharf through each weary
night, until at last theSignal gun announced
her coming up the bay. Then fear gave way
to perfect joy, and as she touched the shore,
the eager lover leapt upon her deck, and has
tened to meet and greet his expectant BRIDE
A friendly hand checked his impatient step
and a voice choking, with agony told him
that she whom he sought lay cold in death
below.
Soon after leaving the shores of England
she sickened with brain fever and in spite of
all that medical skilr and the tenderest care
could do, sanksswiftly down, and died only
two days sail fp6m home.
They bore her beneath the kindly roof that
was so soon to haze sheltered her nuptials.
and thence decked in the snowy robes and YES
tai flowers which had been prepared for her
bridal, they took Der from the betrothed of
years, and gave her to the cold grave.
Familiar as the sad experience of life COM
pels us to be, with strange and sudden be-
reavements andTeverses, we can scarcely re-
member any circumstance in which so many
circumstances combined to invest death
with tender and romantic interest
To the beauty of which we have spoken,
were united mental and spiritual graces so
rare and fascinating, that among all who
knew the lost one, there is no tongue that
does not speak eloquently in her praise.
We may no farther withdraw the veil from
the sacredness Of grief, than to add that this
short and mournful history, like many others
the world never hears of, lies hidden in the
following simple notice, to be found among
the deaths of the city papers of Saturday:
DIED.-At sea, on board the Arabia, on
Wednesday the 3rd inst, Miss Annie NJ.
daughter of J. M. Lachaise, aged 19 years.
[.N Y. Com.