Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1859-12-22
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a SAD DOMESTIC S1ORr.
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\ [Prayidence, ri ',sISSI iii tl,s editorial
coiumn, tAers il ! sad 4 md touching
story, relating to the AnnnaneeTneni,
~hich N given 4 below h n Il lessen
from TIN tomb to ihe Yonng silh sn ttaousf.t4
Iless, md told 40 sioqDently fkaf II can
lnot fill % aaks IA inipssssiyls for good
onsreaders of every asSe. II 4, say :: 4
,s..fn another column se record fhe
deatt oi young lady wVltlied of u
broket, hesrt. w do nor iiilsE y to fres-
u. i. II sl.vy ~ rxflness I'M sslc
grief, to unfold the detaits Ufthc sad
story but when the privacy III afhiction
becomes public feeling il il nos impfop-
er'for the Press 70 place the events on
record II i not necessary Is repeat
nsmes or relate minute particulars. Il
j. enough that We draw the outlines ofa
picture for the re sder 10 Iaint with ap-a
spfopriate .colors: Many months saga, d
young man sought and received tie
:. Ind AZ young lady. wsose home
was IL The lap oflnxury and whose mem
tal and psrsonal attractions made All
pieasant around Ser. Like too many
confiding ones Of her sex. she trusted
mans unhallowed promise. and yielded
all to him. From that hour he estraTg-
ed himself from her, and soon removed
to 4 distant State When il became
evident that hs had exposed himself to
the prnaity nfthe law, at = request Of
friend ne visited her to fulfil the vo~s he
had long before made They were mar
ried ia ene of those hasty. uncerenoni- |
Gus ways, which occupy but lttls time
&c attention Late in the evening they
returned ID her fathers house, where
he feft hsr ila the street, promising % re-
turn il 4 short time. But that promise |
was never fulfilled. She wrote = 10 him and
received encouragement that he would
SION provide home for her, bit delay
followed delay, I'LL her letters and en-
treaties were nnheeded and unanswered
AT length pledge Of woinan's love
for her husband came into the world to
open new fountains Of affection TO the
young wife. Still the husband and father
came not
The 9notherre ;overed from confne-
meIt, but after .peated letters to her |
husband, found - answer; the idea that
,he was desert, BY him forced Itself
lpen her, and she gave way 70 despon-
iency and despsn.I The child, partak-
ng Of It's mothers grief, soon died. e
There was nothing more that she could
i've for, and Though suffering from no
disease she sank upon 4 dying bed. -
Then tho swift wing of lightning bore to
lhc distant husband the intelligence that
he was dying He still hesitated, bat
Il length set out ID meet his expiring
.ife. lEnnscious that her hours were
|e.. she only wished 10 live long enough
Io see her husband; ne was still oil to
her. Her last words 70 her friends
we're: Tell him that 1 still love hin
hat died FIR him. When evening
HE earth, tlle husband came
Az he approached the bedside of his IN
,Ired wife, he was recognized, and The
words y II comes, burst from her lips
Already had lie wing of the death angel
cast its shRdow ever that dwelling, and
shes entering the dimncss Of the
dark valley Next morning, in that
room lay the corpse ofa beautiful young |
wife, an which the husband had looked
FOR the last time, and departed
f.ass Sabbath afternoon the funeral
pf the young wife took place under her
fathers roof Her neighbors and
friends, g the number of five hundred,
were present; but the husband, who had
left her ID die for him, was not there. a |
deeply affecting address was made By
ber former pastor. and just ~ he am
was sinking behind the western hills,
Gn,r ypung ladies' of her acquaintance
clad IL white. bore her u 4 grave in the
garier. where the green turf was laid
gently over her Such IN the story of
4 broken heart. The grave isxa quiet |
place Cor the injured wife: hut where ii
iii the world can there be peace for him
who would bring sorrow and death upon
hery Tho story has its moral but W
will leave the reader Ia apply it; il il
fuil df warning, and w leaye the young
N heed II. g Y ,s.I
4 Passion hasits foundation in nature
yirturo Is acquired Nv the Improvement