The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-06-28

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and took another path than that wI,;cl,
led to her home. Had he heard tthe
passionate cry which burst from heii
lips moment after, he might haye re.
Traced. his steps, but he was deaf and
blind in bis agony. Wiilfarnt vii
liam r sounded on the air, and reached
the ear Of the sleeping shepherd on the
hillside but not that Of him who had
len her The next day Margaret Sea.
ION" cav the announcement Of tho sail.
.iGg. OF ship 70 America. and among
the passengers was the name Of ~iY,f'
liam Johusonp s>N..s -s'a~lg ~,
-.sta So - %,'5S =. ssR-,< .M,g-.lS
Ip one 'oflhe most Beautiful sno,s IN
the delightful valley Of the Mohawk
5ohusoh Castle reared his, head. Sur.
rounded by>tall groves, and riclI shrub
berries, almost Oriental in their ntofp
sion, and kept by its owner, 4 Young
inan'f cree aud frank department, as q q
place OF almost feudal magnifcence, it
was no woader that its popularity was
beyond thatof any other mansion in
America. TO his house, not only the
great and learned among the American
and Europeah tourists alike resortea
but it was equally open to the Gro Sds
OF Indians, who attracted by the hearty
cordiality Of its master, laid aside their
usual reserve, and -aocked TO ia, l,osn;.
table board Of William johnson. -
From afar, Margaret Seaton heard Of
TINS sylvan, abode, and wondered if its
occupant ever thought Of her whose
celdness bad driven him to lis deep
shades. Drawn from him for a while
by The prospect Of more intellectual
lover; than the boy Of nineteen, as vii.
liam Johnson. was when she parted from
himt she too had experienced n disap.
,pointmeut as keen aud severe as low
ers revenge copld wislrto infiict.. Ret.
ribution for her broken faith to William
johnson had ev ertaken her, and nov.
disguised with the vain show in which
SHE lived, aud the sheartless desertion Of
her lover FOR whom she had sacrificed a
true.aud faithful heart, she formed the
mad project Of. going to America, and
Witnessing the new life which her form,
cr1oser was said to lead, ',.''-. .'-- ~ =
Circumstances were favorable TO this
idea. Her parents were no more. and
the wealth they had left was al her dis, :
.posal alone. She knew that since The
night on which the two stood at The III.
tie Gothic church, boy and girl in the
! Ehrsts Hush Of youth ! that she. at ieast,
must have altered. ,The,soft curls hung
as lovingly around the neck, hut the fair
brow hadsa shade OF care, and the blue
eyes were faded from their first bril-.
lance. Night and day she murmuted.
over the decision Of that night, and it
had lefi a SHADOW upon her beauty like
the blight upon the lily. .She.embark
led for America. under an assumed
name. arriving at The very height Of the
luxurisnt American summer. ( . =
johnson Castle was deserted when
the unknown lady arrived in its neigh.
borhood; and .anolher residence on the
banks Of the river, where Almost sibcu-
larly beautiful domain surrounding this
fayoredspot was an English settlement,
composed mainly of artisans or work.
men whom .he masters libera,itys had
induced to- remain. In one of these
habitations the proud English maiden
found a.home !; and yentured 10 ramBIe
over the very. grounds Of her old lover,
trusting to her altered looks TO conceal
her identity With the Margaret Of his
earlg dream, - :. ->7'l- ''r y.
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Wandering over the magnificent
grounds surrounding Johnson Hall, she
encountered an elderly lady, dressed in
deep mourning, accompanied iby two
beautiful girls. in whose sweet young
faces Matgaret read their relation TO VIII.
liam Johsson. These, then, were the
Echildren, and although she had heard
with q strange Joy, for which she had
despised herself Of the death Of his wife.
she could not retain such feelings when
she Thought Of those loving girls, LEFT
without mother, as, she herself had
been perhaps, SOME day drie;np, like
herself sPon the outer Circle Of a 6app;
mess which she could never hone 10
! know. Then ,csmet no remembrance
that had Il not been for her foIly. She
/ might have. been awife. and mother
the wife Of bin she indeed vorshipped
aid the mother 10 his children.
Determined .fo,have single look. d
no more, ofsthat face so beloved, Mar,
Egaret walked on. Past the fertile zelda
past the smiling river, through The
groves of ohesinutS-sn maple. and tc
the very bordefs of tho beautiful garden
What bounds Z "a miniature temple
4 the very representation of the It'll,
church at whose low gateway William
i Johnson had said farewell. He had no
forgpste1, then. But in the very door
way ofthat temple stood & figure, who's
appeafsnse there startled, and trouble,
her. IL wss that Of . young and beau
hflls Woman, swhose dark skin, long
2 straights black hair and. flsshine eye
toM hss. Indian originss While an
stood there. her strong, active jfaue, he
], dark bat -bewitching bssuty, and inyo
untnry grace 'of. her wnstudied ,att;tu6,
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