The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-05-26

brood over the barbed sorrow that ranked
in her soul. Sometime she would be seen
late of an evening sitting in the porch Of
the village church; and the mik-maids,
returning from the fields, would now and
then overhear her singing some plaintive
ditty in the hawthorn walk. She became
tervent in her devotionS at church; and as
the old people saw her approach, SO vast
ed away, yet with heroic bloom, and that
haliowed air which melancholy dlfuses
round the form, they would make Way for
her as for something spiritual, und, look
lHg after her, would shake tnelr nead5 in
gloomy torebodIug. ...
Sne lelt conviction that she was hast
entng 10 the tomb, but looked forward 10
il as u place of :est. Tle silver cord that
had DOunu her To existence Was ioosed,
aud tnere scented 10 De no more pleasure
under The suu. Ii ever her gentle busom
mad entert4lued Resentment against her
lover, 1t Was eXtlnga. sned. Sac was IN
Capable oi angry passions, and iii Al mo-
nLnt ot sLudeIeu tenderness she penned
nin !arcWell ieLler. L. Was coucheu III
the stmp.cst Language, but touching from
its very simplicity. She told MIN that she
Was dying, and did not conceal rom him
that his conduct was the cause. She even
depicted the sutfrrIngS which she had eX-
perienced; but concluded with saying that
she could not die in peace, until she uad
sent him her forgiveness and her bies-
sings.
BY degrees her strength declined, and
she could no longer leave the cottage
! She could only totter to the window,
when propped up in her chair, it was her
Ienjoyment to sit all day and look upon
the landscape. Still she uttered no com
| piaint, nor impaired to any one the NAL
ady that was preylng on her heart She
never even mcnLlUued her lovers name;
nut would lay her head on her moth
er's bosom and weep in silence. Her
poor paren,s hung, in mute anxiety,
over this fading blossom of their hopes,
still hatteriug themselves that it might
again revive to freshness. and that the
bright unearthly bloom which sometimes
flushed ner cheek, might be the promise of
i returning health.
In this way she was seated between
them one Sunday AFTERNOONS; her hands
We're ciasped III theirs, the lattice was
thrown open and the soft air that stole in
brought With 1t the fragrance of The cius-
terlpg honey-suckle when her OWL hands
had trained round the window.
Her father had just been reading chap
ter in the Bible; it spoke Of the vanity of
worldly things, aud the joys of heaven; il
seemed to have diiIused comfort and Sc
reuity through her bosom. Her eye was
/, fixed on the distant village church-lhe
Uell had toIed for the evening service
the last viilager was tagging into the porch
and everything had sunk into that hal
lowed stiffness peculiar to the day of rest
Her parents were gazing on her with year
ming hearts. Sickness aud sorrow, which
. pass SO roughls over some faces, had giy-
en- hers the expression of a seraph's. A
tear trembling in her soft blue eye. Was
she thinkinS Of her falthess lover?-or
, were her thoughts wandering to thai dis
; might soon be gathered?
Suddeuly Tie claug of hnols were heard
IA borseman gailoped TO the cottage -
he diSmo inted before the window-Lhe
girl gave a FAINT exclamation. and sunk
back IN her chair: it was her repentanl
lover! He rushed into the house, aud
flew to clasp her to his bosom; but heI
wasted form her death-like countenance
so wan, yet So lovely in its desoation-
smote him 10 the soul, and he threw him
:. self IN agony at her feet She was toe
faint to rise-she attempted to extend hel
trembling haud-her lips moved as if she
spoke, but no word was arliculatsd-
: looked down upon him with a smile of unut
tcrabe tenderness. and closed her eyes
! forever! III .- q -s-. tr-g ..s.
> Such are the particulars which 1 gath
cred Of this village story They are but
Scanty, and am conscious have but little
:. novelty to recommend them. In the pres
ent rage also for strange incident and
high seasoned narrative, they may appear
trite and insignificant. but they interested
ulC dL tlulC, uHl tdntu III COu
, nexion with the affecting ceremony which
+, j had just Witnessed, left deeper impress
sion Oh my mind than many circumstances
of a more striking nature. | have passed
through the place since, and visited the
church again from better motive than mere
curiosity. 1t was wintry evening, the
trees were stripped Of their foliage; the
, church-yard looked naked aad mournful
and the wind rustled coldly through the
dry grnSs.. E2erGre2ns however, haa been
;vjanjed ag2at '.s gfa@e Of the vliage fa-
isor.le, AID - s!ea v9eae1oent oegIsiJ .kee,
,.na ."r' ... i"r~@. The ahprr1 ,tn0r was
.8sr . ,-.-..-...- lire" a.-:g ,,s
ui.,-.... .. ....Hs ; s...!.- uhes, 4s on- tae
Id. II taa .4a-yat: ;i,s, a2~'Gfs wafe With
;,GeJ, il IS 1rUe Dut care seemed 10 have
ooeu taken hat 10 du5, should sol their
: wEitenesS, | have seen many monuments
where art has exhausted its powers to
awaken the sympathy Of the spectator;