The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-01-21
LANCASTER H. SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 81 1851

hh" Soou H'I part, SdIu Tue Hermit,
bitterly.
Her infdclity to her husband was the
sole cause
Liar Z exclaimed the youth, as he start
ed up. Deep though the debt Of graft
tude | owe Won for preserving my life,
that debt would be cancelled by any base
slander on my mothers name
Peace, bog, peace = cried the Hermit,
4 know your mother to well. Her levtv,
her folly excited her husbands jealousy.
lie attempted TO take her lie, his last rook
at Icr WAS whcE she lay weltcring in her
blo"d--hc fled. All me what misery
have suffered since that day
You !. exclaimed he youth.
Yes, 7! /, your reputed fsther-I, her
intended murderer = shrekcd the Hermit.
as be started up. % you know me
TOW /
4 will believe YOU, said tie rou,h.-
Bat oh had you known my mothers
truth-her taiIhEuIness--her long, her
weary searches after you, you would not
wrong her as YOU do
Mark me boy When first " edded
y"ur mother. believed her all truth-alI
purity. How soon was deceived ! A
Young Hida!go made my house his home
he was your mothers lover. Twas
long ere ! suspected aughl wac wrong,
I'll chance al last possessed me of the Sc
cre,. His lie ! took-hers attem pied {:
uor does my conscience tell me that did
wrong
Unioundcd jealousIy has been your
ruin, replied the youth. The young Iii
dalgo whom you speak of wooed INV
mothers sister she aided his views. nor
did he die as you imagine. He lives and
is the father oI thriving family
BY your mothers sister, cried the
Hermit
Yes was the arswer.
a long silence ensued. Tho youth saw
the wild excitement of his ia,her, but dread
ed .eet any further conversation wo,.id
drive him past the bounds oi reason,
Wrapped in deep ;hougIit. ,he Hermit
sat at the helm ci ihs toa. ill they came
to the ieewaid OF one Of the islards in The
centre OF :'hlch rose rugged high noun.
tam. Making n sign 10 tho Young man
IL grasp ohe OF the oars, he hauled down
the sail, and catching up ,he other oal
himself, they pulled towards the is and
and landed.
From The ,ummit of his hll, aid
;he Hermit, his voice chokcd With emo
ton, we can sean nearly all he isles
around. Ifyour vessel is in sight, good
and we!l-if not I can hire men to carry
You TO the nearest seaport
Pardon ice, said the youth. Fac has
thrown me most mysleriously III your
way. will not; cannot leave YOU
Beware, boyr cried The Hermit. BE.
ware how yod act "
| know how to act said the youth, as
he sunk on his knee before him. j have
seen my mothers griet-from childhood
| have had her tears shed on my cheek.
Father by that followed name con
jure you-do not ask me to leave you =
Rise, rise, foolish boy. Your mother
the may hear of your loss-and -
Providence has willed it so. Come
with me. Let my mother share my hap
piness, and in your reunion mako al
hearts glad
How can II To raise my hand against
her Iiie--to accuse her cannot, | dare
not
III YOU knew her grief you would not
think so. Oh cannot your own heart,
your own feelings. father grant me your
blessings and grant NY rcquestr
The Hermit opened his arms, and bis
son, throwing himself upon his breast, ea
gerry inquired
viii yoa not bless mother also 2
On the same island, where once stood
the Hermits hut, there now stands q
lonely mansion. Almost every summer
'hersa is seen the family surrounded by
Their domcstics and The inhabitants ofthe
ncighborns isles, all joined IN happy con
VITALITY.
Sinclair had lived too long retired, but
his umfoundcd suppositions had yielded to
truth and the fond forgiveness and attach,
ment Of hls faithful wife weaned him from
his selfimposeG solitude, and banished
his remorse, while their names are still
cherished with fondness by the denizens
Of the uebrides.
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