The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-06-15

that calm sea, and the fairer light which burnt
f in her heart when one hand held hers, and one
voice whispered to her that she was dearer to
one heart than all the Jewels which eastern
| princes held far over that glittering sea.
She thought she felt his cold form trem-
BILE; it was glorious thought 1t infused
, new life into her veins and courage to her
, heart She started up, and tearing open his
vest, placed her hand upon the fountain of
life. Oh, what wild cry of Joy rose to her
lips.
"He lives he lives thank God =
She resorted to every means in her power
they were but little, alas how very lttle-to
restore him. and Heaven was pleased to bless
her efforts with success. Breath came back
to James Moreland's nostrils, and life and
warmth to his heart. His first words when he
opened his eyes, were but an added assurance
of his fervent love.
MY Ellen--heaven be praised. She
is alive
said no more. But he lived; that was enough;
and the brave woman, casting aside all thought
of herself and regarding as naught The in
creasing pain in her wounded side, prepared
to 90 for assistance. The nearest settlement
WAS t"o ullleS up II Ndlleyt oul "hdt to HeE
were fatigue and exposure while James lived
She sought the thicket where she had hid
den her infant it still slumbered, and care
fully removing it, she brought it to the side of
its father Then divesting herself of her
shawl and apron, she wrapped the injured man
tenderly in their folds, and committing her
husband and child to the care of heaven, she
set forth upon ber errand, bearing pine torch
to light the tortuous way.
At length after toilsome tramp of an hour
, or more, she reached the dwelling of the
nearest settler and aroused the family
: No entreaties were needed to move those
hardy fellows to action in case where hu-
manity is concerned, and in the space of FIVE
: minutes a rude litter had been constructed Of
t interlaced boughs, across which bed and
some quilts were laid, and them each armed
with his trusty rifle, the three men set forth
i for the scene of desolatIon. b..
The devoted woman reached her husband
some time before the others, and she was
more than rewarded for. her exertion by the
favorable change which had come over him
since she left him. A faint color flushed bis
t cheeks and the handkerchief she had bound
= around his head had staunched the flow ot
blood.
Little Racheal, nesting close up to hel
< fathers side, still slept one tiny hand dabbled
t in the blood which oozed from the wound in
e his forehead, the other supporting her smiling
cheek-a picture of unconscious innocence and
t beauty.
? They put the father and child together
e upon the litter, and went to look at the smok
: ing ruins of the cabin. The charred remains
of the savages could be perceived amid the
= embers, and they left them there undisturbed
n feeling that Ellen Moreland had done her duty
n in thus destroying them The next day the
g settlers of the upper valley gathered together
1t and casting the body of the unDumed Indi
II an into the ashes with the rest, they covered
Y the place with the ashes of the burnt house.
IS ILL MARRY HIM, FOR l NEED HoME.-Many
many times do these words sound the dealt
G knell to all earthly happiness; many, man:
II times this the burden of requiem to whic
d heaven alone listens when the marriage VOW
plighted; a requiem which the fair, pale brid
d would not for the world speak aloud, but whic
Of every heart-throb thrusts home to her burnin
spirit, even while in deeetful mockery she an
e swers the fatal yes"
2, "I'lI marry him. for | need home" Poo
J. girl. She gives her hand, but there is no heal
in the matter. She is clearly aware of his IN
n fitness to make her happy; she even shrinks. 4
e first, with ill-concealed inward loathng, fro1
5 the idea of surrendering herself to man whor
a her heart has not chosen. She tries to summo
h courage sufficient to refuse him. But she
e unconscious of her entire inability to depen
a upon herself She says, che will at least kee
Of me in respectable position in life-I mus
y marry him." And forthwith she stands at tn
g altar and plights love which she does not fee
e She becomes his wife; not from a sense of low
l. and duty, but from the mercenary desire t
obtain shelter from the fierce storms who's
10 violence she is unable to resist by her own pow
a ers, HELPLESS creature-however deserving {
at pity!
it "I'lI marry him. for need home" 4oun
er lady is this TO be the motive that decides you
h choice? Heaven forbid. Arm yourself with
h consciousness of power to grappe with actu'
life for Yourself. By careful process OF sell
le culture, prepare to sustain a true womanly In
sr dependence should health deprive you of you
le natural protectors and supporters. Prepare
d stand self-supported amid the selfish thron
le that crowd ife's motley stage. You will the
be at liberty to consult your heart, whenever
s. candidate for your hand appears. You coul
Ell even venture to marry the man you love, eve
st if he had no home with the joyful thought
W being able to get one-and what happy HON
is would that be?
le "I'll marry him, for need some one to low
a. some one who loves and cares for me''-this
At the better reasoning. With this your mott
this your aim, you shall be the crowning glol
ID of your home, and your husband shall a
ne knowledge you to be the good genius of h
m existence: and this invaluable power of sci
er reliance shall be precious talsman of safet
I'd at all times and under all circumstances, ar
It, will prepare you for any crisis or condition
le which YOU may be called,
n "I'li marry him, for need home Ye
T. and a miserable, unhappy home you will hay
a. with nothing but mercenary love in it. Yo'
~ character shall determine the question Of yol
Id husbands success or defeat in the mighty bait
e. of life-for many man of high promise an
MS golden gifts, has been dragged deep into de
~ pair by weak minded, inefficient wife, ''wt
st Just married to get a home" She is but
ld weakness and disease to his pinion, instead
ad beauty and vigor to his wings, which otherwi
= would have bourn him on to honor and fortun
IN LON s,,,rr,, him for need a home - do VIC