The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-05-14

"Ha had been unfortunate, and feared
to let her know the truth, ,--or his esters
had been miscarried and lost'--these
were undoubtedly the reasons that she
dii not hear from him; aud with sAssc
she consoled herself, till all probability
shst this Was the cause, seemed st an end
she then fancied another" He miEht
have died suddeply in distant land, and
the news of his death never have reach
ed her" Painfal az this conclusion was,
1t was far less so than the thought that
he had deceived her. Had he died ss
she firmly believed he had lived, ,--pledg-
ed in heart to none but hcrseif, she
could have submitted to the will Of
Heaven, and spent her remaining days
in sweet anticipation Of an eternal and
blissful union.
"Bu. time hath power to soften all regrsss,--
Prayer and though. can bring TO worst distress
Due resignation.n [No,areorth
Some of the finest poetry is but che
simple exp essiou of what every one has
felt. Yet this felicitous expression kind
ling fond recollection, of the past and
bright Visions of the future, is one Of the
highest and'happiess efforts of genius
The principal part Of Susan Burnett's
experience for several years, may be con-
densed into the lines, placed at the head
of this chapter. Various reports had
been circulated in regard to she long ab.
sence Of Bently, but none Of them were
satisfactory to Susan. Gladly AZ she
would have been relieved Of her "tor.
menting doub's," they had ye. far less
of anguish than the assurance that he
had ceased to love her.
The time came at length when she
could no longer doubt that he was hus
Of that conviction be revived. 1t has
been alsyed by time, aud sauctihed by
christian principle; but can never be
plucked from the memory. There it must
| forever remain sad memento of the past
and melancholy beacon to warn others
| of the danger which attended sll earthly
attachments. While sorrowing without
hope under these trials, the sudden aud
melancholy death of q once intimate
friend occurred. Il was a heavy blow,
and ut another time she could scarcely
| have suffered a greater atliictlon. But
by diverting her mind for moment
from her own sufferings, and fixing it on
the fate of her friend, it served rather to
mitigate than increase them. The dsy
of this young lady's burial was an awful
one. The rain fell in torrents, aud the
wind blew violently. But few of her
friends could accompany her to the
! grave, and very many were prevented
| from witnessing the exercises OF the fun
eral As they bore her remains to the
place of graves, the tempest gathered
new strength, aud spent itself without
mercy upon the ", eping few who attend
ed the bier 1t seemed as If the spirits
of darkness had been let loose, and wero
hovling among the rocks and hills in
fendish triumph over the untimey death
Of the once lovely and beautiful Miss G.
They succeeded in reaching the spot, bu.
scarcely had the coffin been let down into
| the narrow house, when a sudden gust
overturned the hearse and almost com.
PEELED them 10 desis., from further efforts
to com mplcte the solemn rites In few
moments however the wind died away
and the mortal remains Of this smisble,
accom- plished, ruined. girl. were .wee.ly
repo.ing in the dark mansions appointed
for all tho living. A pain dark stone
was erected at her grave bearing this IN
seription:
/ Death with h:s dart sth pierced my isears
When VAS in my prime
When thts you see, greye not for me.
Twas Gods appointed time.
As Nigh. be supposed, the thought:
of Susan B. dwelt with intense interest
on the mournful scene and never, per
haps. were words uttered, with deeper
feeling, or more conscious weakness, than
she uttered this warming of St Paul
/" Let him that thinketh he s.andeth, take
heed lest he fall" She had seen one fall
whom she had thought Of last; one from
the first rank in society, aud whom sh'
had known from child. And by com
pairing her own case, with that OF Lei
departed friend. she could not but fee
that it was infinitely more desirable, anc
that amidst all her Affections she hac
great cause for thsnkfulness.
She was thus led to feel more deepl,
than ever the emptiness of the world apC
the preciou-ness Of humble piety AM
from this time she began to hope .ha
she had experienced that change Of hear
which -lone can
. sswssten life with all its cares"
and fs the soul for heaven Years pass
ed away. and with them the poignancy o
her diappointments aud sorrows. Sh
| had felt .sthe riddle of the world anc
was much weaned from its unsatisfyin
pleasures. Her expectations Of earthl
happiness had become moderate aud "a
.ionsl. but her hope of heaven was stron
, and bright--in very truth, IAN ancho
> 60 the soul both sure aud stedfast.
: While her days we're thus passing i
| tranquility and contentmens, equally Ut
Q expected, and undesired, she received q
offer Of marriage from very respectsbl
, and pious gentleman with whom she ha
] been acquainted from childhood. tn
9 srdor Of youthful passion had subsidec
e and the question was now to be settle
7 in the light of experience and discretion
! She frankly told him that she could ne'
1 er r.love him as she had loved another
: and he .. frankly replied shss he neish'
e expected nor desired it,
7 In few weeks, large and joyful cor
pany assembled, and with the usual Ger
t monies on such m occasion they solem'
+ ly pledged to each other their hearts an
b hands for life. Her affections are no