The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-30
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me-
a left school, AMI .carne home with a
mind full of underlined, yet enchanting
pictures Of the free, joyous life III store for
me. Society, as seen in chance g'iInpses
from the nursery, aad in my Vacations,
was afashing, noisy,, neFrly noisy stream
upon which my barquo would bound
without fear OF wreck or danger. My
debut sensation 80 my mother in
formed me, with natnra 7bride-an from
that moment begasn tbs. Development Of.
her rlans. De you suppose that the Cir-i
cass;an slave likes the ring of her gildod
letters better than the wretch IN the gal
leys does the grating Of his rusty irons 9sa
s"Both sarvitudes are CALLING / said
"FIis is no worse than hors, | should
Think N9nA fAs 81 ltts
"That is because you ore unsoph;stica-
ted. Ny mother would say that the ser
agEo letters arc to be coveted; thatin this
civilized land, in This Biblo-reatling, God
fearing age woman's. ears should desire no
more acceptable music than the clank lof
Of the manacles that condae her to the
the prescribed pace upon the turf Of fash
ionable. life. But hear Of. my heinQps
trahsgression-nny outrageous sedition
[ was involved i'll an iinpradent love
scrape-thus my mother termed it-be-
foreI had been aout'' q month, and to the
holy horror of the yirtuous Mrs. Grundys
Of our set, with one whowas not sehglbie'
in the first, second or even third degree
"a poor medical student. At the teri
nination of tbs, his last session. heohad
nothing that manih had bestowed to rely
upon, except the diploma his diligence
had earned. heavens endom1nento OF ger
MUS, and a brave, true heart, were naught
in their eyes-bl:nl, besotted bats that
they are!' se5ao" 2. ID .z.s....a 8,
" Louise! fcarostw1 u,da b .oqafs.
Don't interrupt me "odf +; @
She was sitting upright on the floor,'i
her black hair streaming down her shout
ders, her brow knit, her face growing.
white instead Of flushing, as her speech.
increased in vcbernence. -.3 sf'f ("
Is NV mother: is never y;olont. There
she had the advantage Of me when thed
outbreak arrived, which, thanks to her
diplomacy, was not until weeks Of absence
and cstrangeuant had" driven me well
nigh to doubtsof1 his love While they
forced ME to confess mine, for the first
tine 30 myself. I'isfyis;ts having been
discontinued, cur casual meetings were
those Of apparent strangeGs, or slight
acquaintances. The truth was revealed
one day, when through singular negll-
gence on her part, we found ourselves
together at the house Of 3 friend, in cir
cuinstances whore an Interview could not
be avoided. From him | learned that
nv mother had insinated her disappro-
baton of the attentions my duler; sight
had not considered marked, and his
proud nature required no more to exclude
him from our dwelling. iIefwas ready
for departure foE the faraW Vest, but THIS
conversation decided him to postpone the
Journey. A formal declaration, sane
toned by myself, was presented to my
father. and met, as | had fo}eWarned him
it would do, with peremptoIy refusal.f
l joined my pleadings to his. They were
not offered to my mother-I knew her
too well-but to the parent who had hith-
erto INDUCED my every caprice, although
1 had never thought ofseokingi sympathy
from him. Like most other men, he madei
a business matter of our petition Gould
the drops that were falling from my heart
have been coined into guipeas for my
lovers purse, how gracious would have
been his receptions into our fandly--wlth'
what flourish our plighting been pro-
clairnedl But they were only Iifeb.ood
whose flow must leave that heart q dead,
worthless thing, and, for all practical 'pir-.
poses, I would be better off. Then wow
ed that no mortal power should hinder
me from becoming his wife: that l would
follow him through poverty, toll, banish-
ment, to the worlds end. I met OPPOSE
ton here for which / was not prepared. LIZ
shall never forget the sad, but resolute
words, that answered my offer to do this
and more, if be would permit it.
"'No Louise! cannot ought not
to avail myself Of your generosity. Mine
you cannot be now AntliatI ask you
is, to remember and to wait. II live,
will claim YOU when yeur friends shall
feel honorel, not diagraced, by the ALI
ancce.'
Z" Remember and wait!' This was-fny
watchword, my talisnan, fof SIX Inonthss
and then had letter. from a brother
physician, in distant city, who had seen
him diew
The brow did not relax: he lips were
still rigid. She bowed her head again to
my knee. 0 a
Twilight was gatharingin the corners;
the CLEAN Of the silver was dim, and the
yari, eolored robes were sobered into one
dun hue. The bridal dress had been
hung upon the foot of the bed, and the
veil spread over it. Through ny tears,
the streaming white flow Of drapery took
the form Of a living presence-an angel,
whose garments Of ight were the one spot
of brightness in the room, bending to-
wards the griefsmitten girl in an attitude
of love and compassion. Without, the
roar of the Fall was heavy, ceaseieSs, and
| began to discern some meaning IN its
voice. + - Y ss'A8
aHis zeal in his profossion7 continued
Louise. $50 said the writer, :shada led lhim
into the the midst Of q dangerous elid.elll-
ic, then prevailing in that place. and ne
had fallen, an hon orable sacrifice 1 told
no one Of the tidings ! had received. The