The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1858-11-11


me in the business on my own account, if I
chose; generously offering to furnish me with
whatever capital it might require - but observ-
ing, at the same time, that if it was agreeable
to me, he should prefer having me continue the
head of the establishment with which I was well
acquainted, as it was his intention to retire
from business, in favor of his son, and that Moth
ing could please him better than to see us to-
gether advancing the interest he had labored to
acquire and promote. / assured the good man
that nothing could be more gratifying to me
than such an arrangement, and that his pleasure
should always be law to me; while fattered
myself that had secured the great object of
my wishes, wealth and happiness.
I" At this juncture my uncle received intelli-
gence respecting mercantile house in Charles
ton with whom he was engaged in extensive
transactions that made it necessary for me to
repair Immediately to that place = and no time
was lost in making preparations for my depar-
ture. / sailed for Charleston reached that
city in safety - accomplished the object Of my
mission 80 transmitted an account of my success
to my uncle through the post-office ~ and while
waiting with impatience the sailing Of the vessel
which was to convey me to the place where my
fondest wishes were concentrated, / was at
tackled by the fever of the country, which ragged
w i
of my reason; and for weeks the friends with
whom / resided despaired of my life. A strong
constitution, however, enabled me to survive
the attack, and after sometime, CLEANS of re-
turning recollection and reason began to shoot
across my bewildered Imagination and memory.
The first that / can distinctly recollect, was, a
strong impression of beautiful form which APP
peared to be lowering around me- and admins
tering to my wants. Ny Imagination had con-
verified her into an angelic being - and fancied
that / had already passed the tremendous or
deal that awaits the departed spirit - had been
admitted into the mansion of the blessed, and
that the form which had beheld, was my guar
dian angel, sent to console ME for the troubles
Of the world imagined | had left. Perhaps
the sweet music of the piano. which from the
adjoining room, distinctly reached me, as fairy
fingers pressed the keys, contributed to the de-
lusion; for that I conceived to be the music of
heavens minstrelsy. Returning reason, how
ever, soon dispelled all these illusory dreams );
and instead of disembodied spirit, [ found my
self tenant of earth, and subject to the muta-
lions of time.
" said all those iusory dreams were dis
PEELED; but it was not so - there was one from
which could not, from which did not wish to
awake; with steps light and noiseless as those
made by fairy feet-eyes brilliant and sparkling
as any that ever sparkled under the delightful
skies Of Italy-a FORM which accustomed as
had been to the beauties of the north, far sur
passed all that my imagination had ever con-
eeiTed - this lovely creature watched over my
bed, and though to me utterly unknown, mani
tested a sympathetic feeling for my welfare, a
soleitude for my recovery, which endeared her
to me, and caused my heart to futter with an
emotion it had never before felt
g Unable to lift my hand or utter a syllable
without the greatest difficulty | lay for hours
viewing with rapture the angelic creature who
hung over me, as she bathed my burning brow
in the cooling fluid, or administered the reyiying
cordial and when | recovered strength enough
to make the attempt of expressing my graft
tude she placed her white taper fingers on my
lips, and with an accent, which like an electric
shock thrilled through every fibre of my own
heart, required me to be silent.
:" / am your physician, added she, smiling,
and if you wish restoration to health (heaven
knows how much pleasure such an event would
give y you must follow my directions implic-
itly.n | moved my head in token of submission
to her will; pressed her hand to my lips, and
the blushing girl hastily quilted the chamber.
The mystery which | had been unable to solve
when rejecting on my fair attendant, as before
my sickness | had never seen her, was unrav-
elled when | had so far recovered as to be able
to converse. | found myself under the hospita-
BILE roof of Col. Mornton, a brother to the mer-
chant on whose account ! had. visited Charles
ton, and to whose house | had been removed
on account Of its more retired character and
where / should be less liable to be disturbed by
the noise and hustle of the city.
TTo BE coNTISUED1