Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-01-22

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But how /. thls7f- a dram ir on my soul
i ses 4 bride-siI crowned wish aowsr.. and
s.niling;
As in deItghted visions, on thsbrink
81 . dread ehasm- thou art she ..,,''
Honota beard in silence. Remembering
the strange eottespondenee Of these lines
With the prediction of the aswcloger.
made long ago, endeasoring to convince
hersslf that il was mere coincidence, and
vsinly trying q yg 60 sabdps the fersheding Of
e MI, Dulsnis i said Rose. shutting the
tablets, and passing them TO him. q ny
He drew s card. and returned it, to be
perusedss 10 3'sts ees fssfkifpE Psssi1 "
The s ybil took Il. and athrill of super,
stiiious terror shook her frame as she
.e.'. e. ~. I,i;rast aas III. s5i hl'N
Aad tham5sl death are nter |"
An irrepte.sible low cry broke from,
the Pallid lips of Honors. Throw up |. e
cards ! she said 5: 1T is wicked. this
tGmL Lering With the, future |, 55f,,5. -
The above is tho eommeneement OF
Mrs. Southworth's great story, which Is
now being published in the, New York
Ledger. We give this as, . sample; but
il is only the beginning ofthis most iute,
resting. fascinating. and beautiful tale
the balance. or continuation of il. can
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i6, and init you win gel the cOn,iuua,
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chsrseterlEed, b, high moral tone. @s,
The sl9ry. is. Of hsslf alone, worth the
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tory OF the lovely heroine, Miss Panle-
how she came 10 be bridc for only an
evening, and all the strange and absorb.
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get tie Ledger : - @ :, -
Her smile u $50 % .Oft. her hear. 50 kind, -
| 4, 4, Her voice for PHYS tones 80 ct, l.y,i
All speak her WON sp:--but her mind
H., al t!fts shsE where bsFaIF and ..ssss' sI..J
hyis1aacG TT+---7T-- E74T-yT .kas9 d!rts
I,h rssl RICHARD HOE FFlfA.N. s4sdw
les-g saA5 gA1HreF. LeTEs ArD, RETRIsuFIoH. ,ny
"a Rachel BsntlyI she loSeIyLdaughtsEof
one of the tiehest merehants,ollL LgpdOn,
having married George HOfmana one OF
her fathers clerks. ID priRg The old mans
ssbse uce.iuh India, he enahis,feturps disin-
hetited, her apd discharged Georges The
latter being oyetghsImedsib iby disappoint
ment. look to, drink. and in n few years
became habttusl dTunksrdj j.his witespp.
porting herself and IRol children Rich.
ard. now foe boy ir.his .tbirteehtb YsAr i.
and Mary, ssBeetchldo of six-by selling
one alter notiers, the rem ~ ptsb Of ..her
once costly wardrobe and jsSpIrY..ss "a
On the last day OF December Of .the
year in which our story opens, R4sbeE
was without aood, light or fire. sapd that
very day the rent mustsbe paid.
Little Mary WAS moauingsfor breads apd
crying Hnhscold. eaJs. sel sss.f Es.4s
'rI,.1 n aL..n fa0 kaR -E1o EaN llNa
shop. rss 81 szE g " .zsta4g 4
The agoniEsd motheg.had bptone.more
article OF value left--=a loeketeontsining a
lock- of her Iather'sshair. She had hoped
toibe .a6leato save this. iheflaet memento
of her onceshappy. hotne.ss But ,geadsd
by little Maryisacries lorsfoodg sho seized
the locket, rushed 10 osapswnbroker's a 'sneb
tanned a few shillinga. by the amount
of the rent and with the EestspuIehAsed a
little bread and milk for her children, and
! then set out. with them. TO. visit she old
nGdentisl clerk of her father. Peter
Maugles. who had ever been kind 10 her,
to consult him about sending Richard
away from the contsninating influences
with which he was surrounded. o1.s e
On returning home late onlNeWs Years
eve from her fruiIless visfsi for the old
clerk was not al home, Rschel discovered
that her husband had been home aud sIo-
len the sum she had put by for The rent
from the place where she had concealed
it. and gone of again TO The CroWn
aud Maggie" tavern to waste Il in dtupk-
enness. Little Mary. chilled and hungry.
began to cry for food. and the suffering
mother. in hopes of regsining . portion Of
the money taken by her husband. .sst oit
4 with her children. TO the haunt Of vice