Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-02
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interview sufficiently proved but sh
was his all III fancy as in feeling. the yer
life-breath of his being as evinced by hi
every glance, tone and gesture. Sh
looked down upon him, while he locke
up to her, and this fact implies a differ
ence wide as two distant worlds. An
hence, the mightiest mystery of tyranica
passion ever developed in the ~yearnin
heart, is that of the boy for the full blow
woman. For there can be no love with
out the madness of alteration.
Sweet Thalia, let us fly at once, an,
never be parted MORE" entreated tn
youth IN accents earnest as the voice 0
prayer, while the moonlight streaming o,
his face gave him the aspect of a devote
kneeling before the statue of a saint,
A troubled, indefnable expression pas
sed over the fine features. of the woman
as she sighed
1t cannot be yet we must still wal
for the consent of my parents"
And that will never be given" he an
swered with a c~ountenanee Of measureles
despair.
We must hope for the BEST" she re
turned in tones as gloomy as those of tn,
other.
cannot endure it," cried the DO,
with a strange %convulsive shudder of the
lips ; your rich father spurns me like {
dog, and your brother insults me on eve
~ public occasion. People point at me
as a coward, and SO | am-but it is 70,
your
You talk wildly to night" murmured
the woman. almost alarmed at the singu
lar cleaning light beginning to dart, a;
In htful pulses from the large blue eyeG
of her lover.
II shall go mad if | lose you /" he ex,
claimed, passionately springing to his feel
and kissing the bright ringlets of her ra.
ven hair, which his tears soon sprinkled
with gems of crvstaldew.
Ihen falling as suddenly on nsKnees
and clasping her throbbing bosom, he i'm.
plored
"Ohl my angel, | know l am poor
that cannot support you in the style tc
which you were born it would brake
my heart to see those divine hands soiled
with labor, to look on that dear form
thin with want, or clad like mine
Therefore, | will never press you to Gy
with me. But why can you not love me
as L love you? more than all on earth
more than all in heaven 2"
The intense passion, the fiery poetry 0.
love touched also the soul of this woman
as she glued her lips to his, murmurinc
Dear Wade, l do"
Then there is another way for rs tc
enjoy an eternal union he said in 3
voice milder than his words.
What mean you" she faltered, recoil
ing with a gesture.
Loving hearts that are barred from
beating together in life. may still sleer
together in a common grave" was the
startling reply, and the brow Of the
speaker turned pale as the moonlight that
lowered like some wierd unhealthy
thing around his head.
Whatl would you commit the friubt
full thing Of suicide, and peril your ilnmor
tai soul Z" she cried with a shivering hor
ror.
Who can tell if it be a sin to DISPOSE
of my own life when it ceases to be worth
the keeping y he asked as if in a dream,
The good book, the preachers, your
own father = she rejoined with a look Of
indescribable amazement.
Ny father breaches and pravs, and is
ground into the earth by poverty yours
curses and grows rich. How do | know
then which pleases God best, prayers or
curses 2"
Are you d~eranged, Wade? Do YOU
doubt the Creator ?" she inquired in
greater consternation
He cast a gloomy glance at the sky.
and muttered 'sAll is dark yonder il
Heaven would have US believe, why does
it not disclosefits secrets2 We have seen
many die, but none return to tell US how
they fare. We guess not where they go.
What if those bright stars, and this dark
earth, were all eternal, could they have a
Maker then Has the space in which
they move a Maker also /? Is not eterni
ty old as the eternal ? All is dark here
and yonder p
Alas unhappy youth. the icy arrow q
Oh tAO ASOO ndo tuIlll0Q lily ll6XOorl6DC
ed heart. Thou hast tasted of the for
hidden fruit that brings not knowledge
but undying doubt. Thou hast plucked
the apple of Sedan that grows even in
the wild wood of Arkansas, as it. grow.
in the gardens of London and Paris, as il
grew in Greece, Rome and Hindoostan-
as it will grow so long as the earth grows
men. Alas alas! for thee there shall
never more be starry dreams. or thoughts
with wings like angels
Let us diel" he continued gazing
earnestly upon the river (" let US two e
brayely to sleep beneath the shining wa
ter, as lovers have so often done, in eacl
others arms ; and if the Almighty shoulC
chide us, We will plead the priceless val
ue of SO much love and truth And h,
seized her with a -strong clasp to his DO
som, as if about to bear her into the rapit
stream ~
mo, no, for Gods sake no !" she eiac
ulated in accents frozen into gaspin.
whispers by terror.