New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-25

Il and with one spring she was at Karls aide. The
4 pistol, dashed from his hand fell against the mir
ror, which too often had show him his altere
brow. and broke II into thousand fragments
where IL hung.
Karl raised his feeble hands moment on high.
then, turning slowly, sunk them heavily upon Mar
i garet's shoulders 3 Rsz zs5s
1 She led him 10 sofa and once more they sat
side by side.
Lift M your head Karl Margaret said at last,
bending over the bowed form before her, az know
| all.n
Y Yen must nal loo, unon tb,a aI,araa saae flb
Margaret, 1t would frighten from your gentle heart
the last yestIge of that loye hare dared "a hone
still fingered for me there,
- loved the face onlv as the in5ex of the spirit
Earl"
Before raise myse)f. Margaret lat ma tell won
that at last came n ,aasarva ova, vour ,oye
through much suffering though It came about.
Ny wife, you know. was lost In the wrecked YES
sci on which she embarked for France, and then,
when my weary heart turned to tho past for that
loving remembrance you told me would find
there God had set his seal between YOU and me
here, upon my forehead. I dared not seek you
dared not write yon, but oh In nv heart Of
hearts yon have been enshrined and the glory of
my life has been this last love for you tell you
this now. when you are forever lost to me--when
can never now call you by the SACRED name by
which never could truthfully call another--wife.
wild passion led me from you, bat oh Marga.
ret, Margaret you have been fearfnlly reyengedn
de raised his head-the bandage fell from bis
hrow--and with low moan he turned his faca 90
look at MS companion
She SAL hreathess and pale, painting for breath, |
her eyes fixed upon him.
have killed yan!" be cried, hastily covering
his brow. Margaret, | was born 20 be your |
curse!'
have disease of the heart.n she said, calmly, |
as she recovered speech. q Excitement often af. /
fects me In this way. have regarded its probable |
speedy termination OF my life as a blessing and
ooon TILL now, karl--till now, when you need me
Wnen should De mere to minister unto you all tho
while"
he threw his arms about her. Margaret be
said. al lot me call you mine in heaven Let Us be
made one here below, that we NAV be ono in tho
world TO come. Do not imagine because you be-
held In me q moment since a deliberate suicide,
that am not believer. | was mad, freBzied |
then but IN oil these months of suffering my heart
aas turned TO him who doth all things well. and in
my sane moments have regarded death as the
goiueh gate winch would swing asundef and admit
the hnmb!ed creature into the presence of his
CTeator! "
inen for all my sorrows am rewarded, oh,
harl me past promised for us no glory like unto
TINS The temporal sufferings vhich have assailed
US, have been sent for our eternal good end we in
onr blindness, have murmured Here, Karl, in
this solemn moment, when we feel God so near
as--when oursshattered lives are so near close--
DO give you my hand. We cannot hear them,
bnt the angels in that land where there is neither
marriage nor giving in marriage, bless this earthly
inion.''
Her'pale hand fell as if in blessing on the bowed
lead before her, and Karl drew the frail form
'ioser to him and wept like child.
Hall an hour afterwards the doctor entered the
'oom. Karl lay upon his couch holding silently
dpFh his ba a,S- 4