The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-01-07

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remembrance to me, Nellie, That I
had caused her aged heart one pang Of
pain Oh, it is a terrible thing, to give
suffering to any sensitive heara She
thinks she has done all this for the
best, and perchance she has but life
has grown dark to her child, very early,
very early.
oh, Nellie, continued the weeping
girl, kneeling down before her friend,
and folding her white arms across her
lap, ooh, Nelliel you know mel You
have always understood mel You know
how 1 love my motherI how I wor-
shipped Philip Deanel Can you dream
of the anguish Of my heart, when
told her would give him up for her
sako?"
"Do not cry so, Elsie. I know you
suffer; but a brighter morn will come,
after the stormy night Your mother
may change"
ut would be all too late! IIo has
gone far from here 1 may never sec
him again. Oh, Nelliol when saw
him coming, looking so lofty, SO noble,
with smile upon his countepancG, I
could but weep bitterlyl He looked
startled and bewildercd when he saw
my tears. Then I told him I was
lost TO him-I never could be his wife!
told him the cause. He was wild
and wicked, my mother said and
told him to forget all, and would have
said more, but he stopped me. Ell
sie Elsiel mock me not with such vain
wOrdsp cannot tell you Of our last
hour together. When we parted, he
bowed his proud head upon my hand,
and the hot tears fell therel is it in
deed possible? he whispered Must 7
leave you, Elsie? you, whose life 1
thought to make so joyful by my great
love?
She bowed her head as though the ten
der memory of his last words had brought
a new pang.
Nellie Lyle looked down upon her
young friend and she thought how
strong had been the fetters that bound
that young, loving heart to earth. Per-
chance the mightiest one had been bro
ken, to WOO the soul heaven-ward.
elsie, said Nellie's sweet voice,
"There is a love, whose power far
exceeds all earthly affections Earthly
love is sweet-Divine love immortal
Now that the sweetness of earthly love
IS lost to you, will you not look up, and
let radiance from above scatter the
darkness all away? Elsie, dear Elsie,
won't you look up?'
Tho bowed head was raised There
came an answer, solemn and thrilling ::
Dear Nellie, there fingered so much
joy around my earthly pathway, that l
did not think Of any brighter life be-
yond. An earthly love, so sweet and
strong, possessed my heart, that il long
ed not for the love immortal And now
, that am stricken cannot look up!-
I! No sweet voice ever whispers to my
7 troubled heart, BE still Oh, Nellie,
t / have idolized Philip Deano."
"Then with the poetess, / may an
2 swer, Elsie,
''And thou hast met the recompensc uIl must, E,
Who give 10 mortal love their filth and trust
'Then you do not pity me, mur-
INJURED Elsie "DIy punishment is JUST
til "Pity you'll oh, Elsiel have always
owed you since I first knew you.--
! Could ] shield you from the slightest
pang, gladly would do so. We are
[ different, Elsie, and yet we are SO
r much alikoI Even spirit-frionds, are We
9 not, Elsio?' ..a
D "Ay, twin-soulcd, sweet sympathizorl
G. "Lifo would be still darker, if you
g we're gone;" and the tears gushod from
her eyes.
: Nellie put her arm around her neck,
p and her brown curls hoated over El-
T. sizes black hair. Tears came TO her
S eyes too, and she oboyed that sweet
r command, weep with those that weep
d At last Nellie whispered, ~ must go,
4 Elsie. Papa will think strange If 4
/ stay so late, soe the light is burhing;
he is waiting for me-" '
y Leaving a kiss upon Elsios brow
n sho passed out the gate, across tho
d street, to her homo-the most beautiful
e home in the village Of Bloomvalo. The
G cottage was built IN somewhat antique
!, style. The windows and doorways
r. we're arohed and beautifully carved;
while in front a long piazla oxtoBded,
lis white pillars wroathod with ihe
! graceful branches Of the oolumbino
- Within, an bespoke elegance and ~
B. fnement. In one room at an oid mani
Nm his large arm -ohnir. wrnnt in drcnn.