Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-26

Nothing, he murmurod. Il want
nothing now-l have beon dreaming
| I will not trouble you again. Nav Won
be happy
He turned and staggered out of the
door, and heard his unsteady octsteps
die away in the distance
"sPoor wretch muttered Edward. "a
| he kindly took nv hand, .he is to b
pitiedl But you are xpitatedl / hope.
be udded. in an anxious tone. won ha We
nothing to blame yourself for in this
matterT
az wish I had not I exclaimed. fer.
vsntly. But oh. Edward. I feel that I
have acted wrong: although. heaven
knovs. I never intended he should love
ma,
severely he rsplied, n 4 mournfal
voice. Lst us 70 back 70 the parlor
and forget, what has taken place
We returned together, and Edward's q
presence alonc sustained me for the rest
Of the evening. Fear, pity and re-
morse made nv heart faint. and nv
cheek male. Al. [ was wretchcd.'
Il think / understand your feeling;
said Isabel. who listened with deep in
terest. u know how I should have
fclt under conviction that any thought.
lessne.s of m;ne had ru;ued n feliow be.
| inc's hsppiness--perhaps shattered his
intellect But you heard from him
againY
sListenI He disappeared. For more
than A ycar he was absent, and nobody
knew what had become of him. At
length there came reports TO c., Of
a thin haggard youth. who wandered
about the country. begging Tor his bread
from door 10 door. irving in return 10
charity the touching songs, which he
sung In a soft. melancholy voice, and,
the musical tcues of nm accordeon be
carried with him, which played with
peculiar falling and skill Eyeryb ody
treated him kindly, for although he was
evidently of an insane mind, there was
miIdness melancholy enthusiasm
about him which won nll hearts. Search
was madc for him. His friends were
not m;staLcn In their susuicions. Hc
was tho wandering Gilbornel'
oh. auutI' exclaimed Isabel, tears
6lliug her eyes.
They carried him back TO C.
For several weeks ho seemed contcnted
to remain at home. but Mt length his
disposition to wander returned, and he
disapuearod again.
One chilly. rainy day. I was sitting
alone in my room. amusing myself with
nv first child--thcn about six months
old--when there was ring at the door.
Our domestic bad gono out. and there
be;uy nobody In tho house but me. I Ieft
Ella on the door, and went to open the
door
4 started baclx with. .au sxcliuation of
alarm. Gilborne, drcncod Witt tho cold
min was standinp on the stem My
first impression was of fear. and / should
have shut the door In his face. had he
not looked up 10 mo and said In a mol.
nncholny VOICE
at rains may I como iny
Il was touched. | held tho door open
whilo he entered. There was u FIRE In
tho sitting rsom. and l made him ait
down before IL 10 dry his clothes. For
ton minutes not word was spoken by
eithsr of us but his wild oyes followed
me about tho room wherever I won't.
trcmbled with an undefinablc dread
and oh, how ardentIy I Iongcd 10 hear
tho foot stcps Of Edward In tho hall.
tried 10 speak 20 the wrctchcd man.
hat for some reason | could not. and
his eyes still followed mo In silcnee.
al length, 20 my disraay, I heard Fl.
Ia crying In tho next room. C;ilborne
started.
tIs that your child'' he arked.'
i trembled ms I roplied that II was.
Turning deadly pale, ho started from
his scat and approached the room from
whence the orving proceeded. Much M
I feared him, caught his arm. The
tkouoht that In a p,omcnt of fronav he
might do violence 20 my child. made
me desperate.
alYou must nat no therer I said'
Il can hardly tell what followed I
ren,ember that his cyes plared upon inc
with nomsnssrv blaze Of maniac mas.
sion, that hc pushed mo from hin, that
a disxy sickness came over me. and |
fsll mon tho door
when / recovered my senses. 7 saw
hin, handing over my darling ELLA as
shs he Law on tSo rng gszing mn with ba.
by wonder In his face. with A cry of
,srror 7 snrang enrward Uc ralsei his
hoad' There was no frenzy; but tears
gushea from them and rolling down his
s.IIa,y aha.Ls e,ll ULa rair mo. ,ha
face % Of NV child r'" Wv
III L;ssod har .na r,.,n. from, IA.
knees. % and SeeSinr M nv psrSen in a .ois of