The Van Buren press., 1860-12-14

sex; and mournful. indeed, wa. the;
,s.' aud fearful the struggles they witness
Cd IN the frame Of that young dcmented
creature. while her half audible mut.erinxs
told the story Of her blighted heart.
1t was bright. sunshiny morning. .
week before the Christmas of 1852, tha,
Saviiia. haviag lain in long and calm re-
pose which tho physician. had succeeded in
prodacing by iasans of . powerful opiste.
swoke with her reason restored, and her
system no longer parched with fever. Her
eye ~aadeEed slowly. but curionsly. around
ne room. scanning. half consciously. the
many strange faces that met her gaze. AT
ast it settled upon the form Of noble
ooking young man, who with her right
hand in both of his, his eyes bent upon her
face with all that wild intensity of gaze
which mingled hope and fear alone can give
the visual organ. his heart beating so loud
Iy that its palpitations were distinctly au-
diblc. in the rcmotest corner of the cham
Der. and his stalwart frame quivering like
aspen leaves in its every fibre. For brief
moment she regarded him with look of
stupid wonder. Then her fingers weakly
pressed the hand in which hel own was
clasped. as though to assure herself that
the being before her vas not . phantom Of
the mind, bat as substantial to the sense of
touch as to that of sight. Then her lips
parted. and faint scream of gladncss
struggled mp from the depths of her bosom.
1t was her lover-the companion Of her
.childhood-ths Husband Of her heart-in
all the proud substsntiality of life. who
knslt before her. Oh the unutterable 10Y
of that momeat? Who shall essay to de-
scribe it? shall not. Her lover could
not be prevented from giueing his lips to
hers in one extatic kiss of love and rapture,
the weeping. kind hearted attendants. While
Ssvilla lay in . half swoon. h..!.fs reverie,
that was more delicious than dangerous.
Ny story ;s soon finished. The landlord
in his false reply to our heroine's question,
and which was followed by such distressing
consequsnces, was not guilty of an idle aid
wicked pleasantry. Our hero. who by some
civic process. impossible to explain, had
reached sufficiently high in the military no.
meneiature Of California to have 4 soldiery
title pre6xed to his name, was known in
Nevada solely as Colonel Marshall. 1t was
his misfortune TO have . reversed namesake
IN the young city, drunken. gambling,
fighting loafer. who rejoiced in the name of
Marshall Fredericks. and whose fate was
correctly described in the landlords reply
to Savilla. the said landlord never once
dreaming that his rich and distinguished
fellow citizen. Colonel Marshall, could pos
sibly be the individual for whom q pale
little woman. huddled up in shawls. and
covered with snow, would inquire. The
embarrassment afforded the worthy host an
opportunity for making . thousand apollo
gies for his blunder. which blunder. am
happy to say. was graciously pardoned by
the parties most effected by its results. In
the Nevads Journal. . very excellent and
spirited California newspaper, cf the date
of December 26. 1852. appeared the follow
ing announcement
-honored festival Of Christmas in the year Of
Grace, le52. by the Rev. n. E. Briggs. Pastor of
the NJ E. Church, Of Marysville Col FRxpEaIck
MARSHALL, formerly of Bloomipgdale, 10 the State
OF New York. but who has long been one of our
most respected and influential citizens to Miss
SAvrLLA vAs DoaAx, recently from the sam. place "
We had the favor Of being m invited guest-in-
deed, We may - we'll say, groomsman-on this
happy occasion, and took q baehelor's privilege to
mot kiss the bridel Pshaw! We never had
thought Of such thing-but to-lead off the first
cotillion with her husbands wife as he. the hus-
band, Aforesaid, or. more correctly speaking. the
groom. by some sort of conventional regulation,
was destined to fall into the figure in the second
couples place. with the bridesmaid for . partner.
1t was the happiest. the gayest, and the spright
est bridal party in which ever had the good for
tune to participate and If we could find another
such woman as she who now lends lustre to the
matronly co2nomen of Mrs. Marshall, We should
be tempted to get married to morrow.