The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-05-16

SIDE, and, with IA feeling Ot despair | can,
not even hear To- remember, ! seemed to
sw"on away. Oh, Mark! fear rha,
dream fore,oid my Edwards doom.-
Think OF the perils OF the ocean and of
The sV ord caunot rest nor sleep.
shall "ie IT he does not come soon !
Again she wopt, and | sooihvd her,
telling her that death meant marriage.
and laughing at her superstition, >er feel
ing strange tore%udipg vt my own heart
Ihedays passed SLOWLY by, but bruueht
no sorrow. One bright morning a ling
ing step was beard upon the pathway, "a
clear manly voice sounded through the
hall, and Steirs wept with joy upon hen
lovers bosom. lie was there, he was
safe size hsd no lear now her dream
WAS forgotten III the lvit q vision OF pres
ent and future.
few days more, and | had listened
tn The words which made IN, Stella an
Others. had been the first To salute
her ns a bride, and thanked my God
that lie only read the anguish OF my
soul.
She WAS to leave us soon, and one pleas
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~, L., h.,,',. L,si,t,. "'"i rP
lowed with my sister.
la fallen intn n reverie, from which
| WAS aroused hy Edward Warnings voice
"A boat ! lie cried. "A toat! Now.
i we can tinh the owner. We may lave
., v,n l,p Wv my
i, /. W. .,.
,ro - ,~.,,';, = a''' Ivy S,I'e', soup
wI;ch !, .a' ,I";.'', ''' Ill., r'" -" po'I '"
oms mad wJ. IanI ms ,r,, H." ,,;,L "''"n 'i, "
Wv ." l'e"H
trees. will ro .nJ borrow !, t,r yn"
Away She ,rin,.J and M, w.,
mo foIIow,d h,r ,ru T.. h,.,l -, ,
Iurnr.' he said .L,n', run ,x,r .,,I ,n,
wife while | am y,,,,. N,l.i A,d h,
!""keI back, i.u..h n,!y. us he vanished
iaron.h IA. Lu>lrs
H.. had sr,rr.lv cnna vL.p , L,y ,.oI
uf thunder bruk. uuon nm, oars I,,I.
eel up at ,h. sky. VA, FAST clnuI;r,,
over.
We are TO have a Storm I said. ,'Thc
boat wi! he of 10 use. wish they
would com. back
S,ell, turned ss | snake and her f,,.
rrew deadly white. Mark, MAXI sLa
ga~pel call him hacli-caH him back !
Ql"kiy, cousin. qi.k!y"
Are you afraid u! the storm + said
She pointed To- the loaf aud uar
near II, IN answer. My dream! ! sh.
murnur"d. My dream DO You re
mel"brr II z
a. she spoke, tl.>h of lightning
9'en"e" ul'"I 'ne ho''zp"' aud """' her
ana 'e"''er P'a' "' 'h""der drowned her
VOICE
Edward oh, Edward . come back
come back she sob"ed.
Bat he was h"lond the reach Of her
sweet voice, that r"ice which he WAS mev
tr To near aGAin-n", never Tor, rs she
kn"It beneath that willow, praying for h.
safety, the lightning flashed again, and
;he thnnd"rs a"luI voice Was heard once
more; aud when silence re'gncd again,
aud recovered from the stunning effects
o' de"f"ning crash, knew not where
""'''' """H me P'"N'ra'e on TIE Gr"nin:,
l ~" "e' Hh'e' l"'e ana G"a''iN, "'h
o"'N "'''N "po" "T' ""s"'"' 'e"ea'h
me rive" "ee' ""e'e ia" last seen her,
P'"" ing
For the tfSt TINE IN my life | folded
her III my arm-. Upon those IiieIe,s lips
pressed passionate kisses into those
closed ears poured Wild pr"ies;a'ion>
"t love 4; close close pressed that scar
ed bosom to my own. "nd wildly moan
ed as ieIt the soft hand growing cold
aud hard rs marble.
They found me afterwards. Wandering
in the woods. carrying her in NV arms,
aud raviug Ike u urauiac They say thai,
| was mad f'r weeks but | h we lost uo
remembrance Of thtt iav, nor of the nor
rihIe despair Of the young hrii.groou's
iace, as lac looked upon his sweet w,fr'>
puaeiess form. ne wept; he mourned
aye. mourned incerely-- hnt not KS |!
dill E,i.uIs ,nn..,t,y.l =, ;,I I.,,, -. !