The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-15
The POTTER JOURNAL,
rssasHED EvELT THURSDAY MORNING, By
ThOSs s. Chase,

fS whom all Letters and Communication
shSalt be aldree3sG, tc secure attention.
Terms.- i'm Advance
%a,a5 per AnEuTns
task of cling Fife she was to be free
] feared my new found strength would
desert me, and my courage fail, when
l,,oElug on the woman who was dcarcr tc
nae than my life, | tried to give her back
the liberty T,.ose Yorth she had learned
y kneg. ao3
Ellie -houid go, and would write the
words dared not speak. She would be
IN h tnother's hotaf. free to show her
joy at her rele9se, and smile .qpou the low
er she Ind haniShod. ~ il
| vea, to tell her; for it was I who
snug her now, who watched for her
con.in- and sighed at her departing steps,
i who waited for her smile and follow
rI her with wistful eyes. The ohid's
s!igeiei ajft ction was atoned fer now by
J:.7 unseen devotion to the woman
gatelhc letter, and she read it ST.
lentlV.
s',Wif yoa 60, loye7" I asked, as she
folded it.
..Ycs,--the old man has no one to care
Cor him but me, aud it is so beautiful to
BE- loved"
: sudden smile TOUCHED her lips, and
a of. dey shoue in the shadowy eyes
waich seemed looking iFto other and
.endereF cnes than mine. She eouli
~; know how sadly echoed those word,
por how longed to tell her Of another
man who sighed TO be forgiven.
fXoa must gather roses for the G pale
cheeks among the breezy moorlands, dear.
They are not so blooming as they were a
year ago, Jean Yopld reProach me for
,ay want Of care, / said. trying 70 speak
cdeerful!y, thorgh each word seemed q
farewell
apogr Jean how long it seems since
Sne kissed them last I" sighed Ellie, mus
ipg sadly, as she turned her Wedding
ring.
My hear: a3hed 10 see no thin the
hand had grown, and how easily that lit
t!e fttter -ould fall of when set my
sap.iyelark at liheTty. 70 4
locked I'll ! dared look noiongcr, and
:hen rose, saying
3" You will write often, Effe, for r
I54ll miss yoQ very u:rch."
She cast a quick look into my face,
asking, hurriedly,-
"Am to 20 alone p
"Dear, / have much to do and cannot
60; bat you need fear nothing; 81 all
ssLd Ralph and Mrs. Prior with you and
the journey Is soon over. When will
yau go p.
Il Was the frat time she had left me
Uace | took hes from Jeans ayms, and
longcd to keep her always near ne but
remembering the task | had to do, /
fels that ! must seem cold til she knew
all 'e- ~ -.
"Soon.-vcr3 soon,--to-moggow let
!aego tomorrow, Sir.I long to be away p
she cried, some swift emotion banishing
she crlmness Of her usual manner, as
she rose, with eager eyes and gesture
fall Of longing.
" You shall 60, Edic;" was all could
say; and with no word of thanks, she
fastened away, leaving me SO cal With
cut. so desoiate within.
The same eagerness possessed her al
shat day; and the next she went away,
clinging to me at the last as she Lad
Glung that night upon the river bank, as
il her grateful heart rcproached her for
'he JOY she fv.t at leaving my unhappy
Eome.
A few days passed. bringing mo the
comfort of few sweet lines from EiBc.
signed "Yopr child" That sight re
minded me, that, if would do an hon,
est deed it should be generously Gone
/ read again the little missive she had
sent, aud then wrote the letter which
might be my last ;-Yith no h,ut Of my
loves beyond the expression Of sinccrc>t
regard and never-ccasing interest in her
happiness no hint Of Allied Vaughan
for would not wound her pride, nor let
her dream that any eye had seer The pas
Sisn she so silently surrendered, with no
rcproach TO me and no shadow on the
name had given into her keeping
Heaven knows whatit cost me, and Heay-
en-, through the sgfering of that hour,
granted me aP humber spirit and bet
ter life. E|.-#x
il went, ard l waited for my fate as
one might wait for pardon or for doom 1t
came at length,-a short, sad letter, full
of meek obedience 20 my will, o" ponite &c
for faults | never knew, aud grateful
prayers for my PEACE
Ny last hope died then, and for many
,Hays | dwelt alone, living over all that
happy year with painful vivra1ess.
DRAINED again of those fair days and
woke 20 curse the selish blindness which