The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-07-25
! A Mormon Story--A Sad and True His
tory.
From the ST. Joseph (Mo.) Journal.

Two years ago, along the fowery banks
of a little rivuet that ran laughingly thro'
one of the valleys of old Wales, maiden
| and her lover walked. Both were young
and one was beautiful-and both were
sad. 1twas farewell meeting. The low
ers had met to exchange their vows anew
and then TO part-he to embark as a sailor
| upon vessel bound for America; she 10
| remain at home, patiently counting the
long months that would elapse before they
could meet again. These lovers were
rude, ignorant, and superstitious peasants.
They knew bu: little-but their love was
great. Fondly they pledged each other
their eternal troth-lingeringly they held
each other in 4 last embrace ce-slowly, and
with bleeding hearts and swimming eyes,
they parted.
Three months afterwards a letter reach
ed the home of the young girl from the
captain of the snip in which her lover had
sailed. He had been drowned-and in
his chest was found some papers that ena-
bled his captain to inform her of the fate
that had befalen him who alone had made
earth happy to her.
Not long after this there came to thas
country an apostle of a new faith. He
was man of strange!and ferYid sloquence.
lie drew picture of a new home in new
world. He peopled tia. home with saints
he filed it with the glories and delights
of Heaven brought to earth. He pro
claimed himself the Moses, sent by God to
lead bis chosen children to this promised
land.
The parents Of the yousg gin of whom
we have spoken took her to listen to this
strange and enrapturisg discourse. For
many weeks a deep and profound stupor
had settled upon her, and she lived as one
shusiasm Of the Mormon prnpogandist
with stolid apathy, until he chanced 20
pronounce the word "America That
word, the name Of the land for which her
dead lover had sailed, acted on her like
spell. She listened, henceforth, as one ell
tranced, and at the close of the dmcourse
she s9Agh ht cut the preaehe. asd sonversed
With him.
Tha. lies be told he7-vhat cunning
ar, lie used to draw her on-what spells
IA threw around her IN the name of relig-
ion-wiIl never be known. In few days
the missionary hoary headed and the hus-
bard Of a harem of wives in the city Of the
Grcat Salt Lake, was seaisd as the hus
bard Of this poor and beautiful young girl
and ere long, with his colony Of converts
and his young wife, embarked for the land
Of New Jerusalem.
Last Saturday they reached this city,
ia the peaceful twill ght Of the day, the
poor, deuded Mormon wife, separating
herself from Der companions, walked down
the zjycr's brink. She stood upon its
bank, and watched its angry and turbulent
hood, hurrying on toward the sea. She
Beard footstep behind bor, aDd sehela
her lover, be whose grave she had believed
| to be in the ocean, and to be reunited to
whom in the spirit land she sold herself
on earth,
4 wild shrek pierced through the eve
ming arr. She threw her arms toward
Heaven, gazed up toward the eternal sky,
and turning, leaped madiy into the rapid
stream. Without word he followed her
fer o moment they were both lost 10
| slght-they rose again, elasred in each
others arms-and then sunk to rise no
more.
a crowd of agitated and weeping wo-
men soon gathered on the bank, from
whom our informant gathered the incl
dents Of this strange story. One Of them,
who had known this ill-starred couple in
Wales had met the lover few moments
before. TIE story Of his death was false.
he had boen picked up by whaling vessel,
carried 70 the coast of Oregon, and then
from thence he was making his way east
ward. She bad told him bis betro,hed was
on the river bank-he hastened to NEE.
| heT-and died with her.