The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-06-18


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stNavar aoain Georga never arain said the
DIVING woman uTar diem Iav me by nv door
hnr noy. h,,t rror,isa me that If eyer Won leave
tI,ig 5rao5f,I Mace and shaf4 rrov rich vou Win
bor. nc ~ar,ota5 to soroe r,,iat copntrv church
vsr5 a Iono 1,no v,ar off--yarv far from here
= b.re III ,sn ragt II reacr Daar Gporro promise
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rsssionafn,, IN bis kpeas before her ,.Sncab 10
me Warr arotbar word one jook-bpt one
II. o.osod grea1.iry for III an, tb,t clasnnd
l;s neol GROW, g+if, md boavv 4 deem sigb ea-
o,noj f,,n tho wasted form before him t}a Ifns
~,6rod an5 ! .a,iIa ngavcd unon tba f,ce INT tha
Iiny were rsIrd and the srile faded INTO . rioid
,t5 ,,bosti,, stara TTa u.as aIone II tha word
,TI7st,:-bt 1, tbc g;}arca II doso1at;on If Ill
r7gor,rIa roo-n tlo niearobla MAJ, lnoI+ ~, tho
Fasd Nod ~ lii crif. ar9 c.lIad II, f;od u ,.it
ness dreadful oath that from that hour he
4crotad birneaIf 10 rnrarra bpr daa.b and fbat
If III cbiId. +i,,+ fron, tbeneafortb ~ rbn lqst
,,or,cr+ of bis l;fo bis vhc}, onor,os should ho
directed Il thison, oh;act.th.t III ravapoa .,o,Id
10 nrotr.rtaa and tor;hln. .h,+ bis lotr9d should
b. rn9yin,, and vtinar;ybogTo. and shonld
h,,,t n. oh;o,.+ tl,ro,,,,b +ho. .,rarI4
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rna9 had na5o snrb forcc ravaras on his f1ra
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in Tnfsrortna sF,rnL, affrio,btaJ f.o, hin, 90 ba
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III the violence Of his mental suffering and tile
blood which had flowed from the wound had
trickled down his chin. and stained his shirt and
neckerchief No tear. or sound of complaint
ESCAPED him, but the unsettled look and disor-
dercd haste with which he paced urand down the
ward. denoted the fever which was burning within.
1t was necessary that his wife's BODY should be
removed from the prison without DELAY. He re-
ceived the communication with perfect calmness,
and acquiesced in the pgcpriety Nearly an the
inmates Of the prison had assembled to witness
its removal; they fell back on either side when
the wldower appeared; he walked hurredlv for
ward and stationed himself alone, in little rallied
area close to the lodge gate, from whence the
crowd, With an instructive feeling OF delicacy, had
retired The rude roftiG was borne slowly for
ward Oh mems shoulders A dead silence per
vaded the throng. broken only bv the audible
lamentations OF the women and the shuf1ling
steps Of the bearers on the stone pavement. They
reached the spot whore the bereaved husband
stood; and stopped He laid his baud upon the
coffin, and mechanically adjusting the pail with
which it was covered, mosioned them onwards.
The turukcys in the prison lobby took off their
hats as it passed through, and in another moment
the heavy gate closed behind it. lie looked va
cahtlv at the crowd and fell heavily to the ground
Altbonrh for many waeks after this be was
watched nioht and dav in the wiIdasr rovings II
fever neither the consciousness Of bis loss M
the recollection of the vow he lad made ever LETT
him for 4 moment Scenes chanred before ~
ewes nlace succeeded Mace and event followed
event in all the hurry of deIirium but tbav were
ali connected n some wov with the great ohiect
of his mind ue was SAILING over q boundias,
eynanse Of sea- with blood-red sly above and
the anory wafer. dashed into fIrv beneath coiIino
and oddyino nm ON eycrysida There as,norbaI
vessel before thpm foiIjnc ana Iaborinr II the
bowIipo storm her canvas futterino in rihbands
from the masts and her deck thro1red with flo
ures who were Iashed 10 the sides over which
hinge waves every instant hurst swpaninp away
the devoted creatures into the foamiur sea on
ward they bore amidst the roarino mss of water
with Il sr.ed and force which nothlno copld resist
and striking the stern Of the foremost vessel
crushed her beneath their keel From the hur,
,yhirIpooI which the sinking wreel, accustomed :
shriak "a I0ud and ghrill-the dnat III crv of Inn
dred drowning wretches, blended in one #crc.
yeIl-that il rang far above tie war-cry I'D mn
elements, and echoed and reechoed iii ID seemed
to pierce air, skv and ocean. But what was thai
that Old grey head that rose above The water,
surface and with looks Of agony, and screams fol
aid. butfeted with The wave, One look and he had
sprung from the vessels side and with vioorous
strokes was swimming toward it, He ereachedit
he was close upon it. They we're his features
The old mau saw him coming, and yainlv strove
to elude his grasp. Bathe cmsped him tight, anc