The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-11-11

not be a VIE TO you III anything but
the name. lacked everything which
could render me sharer Of your in.
ward life, that could bring me to the
hearthstone of your heart, to know, to
appreciate and to participate in all its
secret workings. Nature had made
me so different, so lacking in vital en-
ergy, or strength Of purpose, so help
less and dependent, that could not
but know there could be no charm for
you in my companionship. Your
treatment Of Inc has never made me
feel this, for you have always been
kind and considerate towards me, but
from time to time, the conviction grew
upon me that it was 50, and continued
observation and reflection upon the
difference of our characters, forced
me at last to the actual knowledge of
it. and yet, when am gone, you will
forget all my weakness, all my short
comngs, and remember me only as
the mother Of that precious child by
whose side am so soon to slumber,
and as one, who, however many were
her faults. never added to them the
least shade OF distrust, coldncss, indiI-
ference or want of affection towards
an almost idoliZed husband.
We know not the future, my dear
precious one" she added, drawing my
head down TO the the snowy pillow and
pressing her pure lips, which had new
cr quivercd with any unholy pas
sion, TO my check and brow. "You
may be happy in the future yet, hope,
pray it may be so. II it should be
so, if you should ever meet with her
Henry, and there is no obstacle to your
union, let no thought of me cast the
Slightest gloom upon your prospects,
have only lived loryou, and feel, then
will you! that from my grave | sane
ton it with NY whole heart.
And so she died as she had lived
pure as Il snow fake, gentle as the
Go!lcSt summer zephyr.
Though she had never realized my
ideal Of a high-souIed, loIty-mindcd
woman, yet loved her most truly for
her meckneSs, her gcntleness, and re.
spected her iroE my very hearts core
for her trustlul. icryent, everything
picty.
She, too, was gone, my gentle, child
like Emily, and | missed her, not on|,
hourly, but momcnlly, at my table, b!
my tircsdc, but most Of all when lai'
my head upon its lonely pillow an'
missed the fair face and sunny curl:
from their resting place upon my bo
som.
But no longer sunk into listessncs
and inactivity. had learned the les
son Of active eXertion, Of constan
employment for a mind diseased
Long before this should have cngag
ed in political life, as a spur to my dor
mant energies and an occupation 70
my idle hours, but had always bcsr
upon the wrong side ofthc party qucs
tons OF the day for the people OF tina
district. 1t was whig, by large ma
jority, and had ever been an uncom
promising democrat, and for the SAX
of political advancement, could no
change my opinions. But public feel
ing had been gradually changing, am
upon my return from California toun
my own party in the asccndcncy, hay
ing the winter previous elected bot
representative and senator to tn
Legislature OF the State, their frs
triumph. A Senator was just then T.
be elected and request was mad
that my name might be made use o
on the democratic ticket. was wei
and iavorably known throughout tn
whole district and my party was tri
urnphant by an almost ovorwhclmin.
majority.
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.