The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-30

letter reached in the forenoon. That eve
mig appeared at g largo party, danced,
and laughed, and coquettei until day
break. A week later, my iAother SAW the
anouaeclnsna of his death in Western
paper, and sgat il up to my rooin. When
We met, not syllable was exchanged on
the subject nor has his name ever passed
my lips or pierced my ears since. But
Grace!p and her voice SINK to a whisper,
''deop in my heart there is q grave
sealed, FAST for tramned down the Garth
myself bead it hardi No grass grows
there; no tear ever vets it; no Sunbeam
ever strays through the darkness to light
it. Ny former selfis buried there with has
nemQryll' - a ~
4 spell was on my tongue ana senses.
| saw tho lonely grave; shuddered in the
frosty night that enveloped it. Once a
fear crossed my mind that we wore going
mad together; for a. maniac | believed her
to be at that moment.
The angel seemed to draw neoror-to
bend lower .i'ae"atfa0 2"
Louise re5aned:- t. am to bemarried
in three days, and to a man whom have
no more respect than | would feel for a
loves SICK school-boy; one whose society
barely to,erate; Just such common
place pup Ct as you might pick up BY the
dozen n any modern drawing-roo:2 wcl.
Finished with guests. But my segacious
il.s.gll,32a b S. consulted coafd2ntially with
each ofthe FIVE hundred oracles of society
and this is Unanimously voted suitable
match, --by the same rule that a grovel-
ling baru-far,l fowl, if his wings was tip.
ped with shining yellow, 10 CAT be con
sidered q suitable match ior g soaring
falcon' ~ ~ s'-'a'' n
"Bus Louise, you hal q right to pro-
test--to rebel inst this sale of your
solf!n,,' -as1a on,0,.84 al, H..
SWAY should | be refractory, ny dear
Innocent?, l prefer an establishment Of my
own to I y. rescntrasido1ce-a purse whose
strings are entirely at my command, to
upon q father whom my un-
ruly spirit has d:spleased. Marry | mu t,
or my Younger SISTERS viii push no Of the,
stage before tue bloom Of my youth has
departed. Gould I remain here to fade
and shrivel nto q scarocrow warning to
NJ ses Amelia, Marcia, and julia Wynne,
I'd sllitn ,he calalnitious erilna ola roman
tie attachm ,nt q NY mother blandly
Supposed l would treSt Air. HN.,so1'g pro
pos&l W;tL IT, respect it a ser ed, and
coner... aliatod lie ,fst6r the most li5hly
sty'c, when / informed her
tlat I Lad returned fay~..as..,o :eply. |
have lad other wealthy stiito.s, but none
of them w2rs quite 50 rich as b.. and he
possesses the additional Write Of good
nature, 50 | trust he vii! not .n:ommode
me seriously. He is foolish enough to
adore me, ana as a Have sa;d, | do not
esteem him o. neutrality-suspicious. to dis
like him: 50 we shall be q pattern couple,
and happY-yes. quite haPPy!
She was raising the gate again-no
longer with spasmodic uncertain energy,
hut witlotIie efficient continuous power Of
wiIl-a will which, in her earlier, and, [
wos obliged to say to myself, her better
DAYS, was inyincible, when excited to exert
It's full vigor,@ -a'3 ei'' =
It was only puff Of wind that futtered
the veil, but the angel seemed preparing
for flight. Steps and voices were heard
UPON the staircase. Louise ,s,,rang to
feet, folded me in q convulsivc embrace,
pressed a last kiss upon my mouth, and
the qrina deer elaslleA ete, never more to
Weld to the touch of a ii1ortal's hand.
Amelia, a pet. girl Of fourteen and
Louise's maid were the intruders. The
lkttor brought 4 pair Of lamps that drove
gloom and apparitiens from the chamber.
: g Bless me, uLouiso." exclaimed her
sister, & don't you mean to dress for tea5s
AUD MI, Wilson is the soul Of punctq-
atty" =
afhora is les, ne a, thon, Of my
e:nbodyf1g the qua lity, "rctorted Louise,
oaro1essly ds.' Mss LIE gh andlnysaf have
been making work for you, Margarstp to
her maid, who was surveying the disor-
dered room in i anifest dismay " [ will
help YOU pat tlese dresses away and
without even smoothing her hair, she
proceeded to fold some and replace others
to their several repositories.
at does provoke me to see you 50
unconcerned and collected" sad Amelia.
j" Did veu ever see another bride behave
as she does, Miss Leigha Even Herbert
complains that you are disrespectfnl to
Nh. Wilson, Louise, in always consulting
vzooilr < IN convenience. taking your own
time. without caring VII: ther it SUITS him
or not. 1t is too badm
AS her sister did not notice this repri-
mand, delivered with the aspcrity OF
dictoriaf dilemma, the fiippant miss address
sed herself poutingly to me, and rendered
her assistance doc expedite my toilette.
She doubtless aninlaiyerted menta i uFon
my stupidity, as she had done upon
Louises Indifference, for my maze was
not ended, nor was the new aching at my
heart removed. / was under the neces-
sitv, more than once, Of pausing IN the
task Of dressing, and heldlng myself UP
BY the table, sosstreng was the impression
that the sastrglsIing river, booming with
out, was bearing me with it--that | had
become one of It's many moaning waves.
A---<s-e-k