Newbern weekly progress., 1862-05-31
From Clemson Literary Companion.
REDMOND;
OK,
The REFER OF ROANOKE
ON Gleason Literary Companion.
BY LIEUT.. CHARLES p. MORGAN, u. S. ".

diate compulsion. Then the terrified
girl, with the one idea uppermost in
her mind of escaping from this person,
whom she considered her deadly enc
my--fed, and taking the first method
OF transportation that offered, went to
Albany. There she soon fell in with
an agent of the Canterbury society OF
shakers, amongst whom she was prom
ised the shelter she was so eagerly
seeking. When however, on arriving
at the shaker village, our heroine found
the promised shelter could rot be Civ
Ell unless. she joined that peculiar com
munity. Poor Cora was for time at
a loss how to act. 1t was during the
continuance of her painful and bewil-
dering indecision, that our heroine
wrote the letter to Charles, that was
entrusted to Obadiah Blodgett, through
whose agency it accidentally reached
its destination in some six months af.
tcrwards. A few'days subsequent to
this, Cora fortunately remembering
that her mother had some distant rela-
tives in Boston, started for that re,
nowned emporium for the purpose OF
at least seeking a temporary asylum
from the bitter prosecutions, to which
for the last three years che had been
continually subjected. But the south
em bloodhound was sill upon her
track. Either by accident or design,
Theodore Redmond met Miss Clifton
once again in Worcester.
Then, with a cunning as base and
hypocritical as it was unparalleled, The
odore assuming a demeanor at once
unassuming, perfectly polite and rig
idly respectful, assured Cora, that il
she would only consent to return to
Raleigh with him, she should never
more be troubled with proposals from
him, which she had previously accepted
from another. What he urged, he said
was for her good, and he left her free
to choose, whether she would return
or not.
Being alone, wearied with travel,
and nearly penniless, and being more
over completely deceived by the alter
cd manner of her ruthless lover, our
heroine at last reluctantly consented to
return with Theodore to North Car
olina.
A short time afterwards that State
seeded from the federal union, and
Theodore Redmond being made colo.
mel of the confederate army, WAS de-
tailed to superntend the Notifications
then in progress of erection Oh the
Island OF Roanoke.
CHAPTER ".
OBADIAH BLoDCErr, after giving up
Cora'S letter to its rightful owner, Gas
related at the close of our second chap
ter looked inqulringly up in the cap
tain's face, and said,
'Capting, verify, | am at loss what
tew dew with myself. If ycw knew
what tew do with me, you'd oblige me
very con,i lerable much by sayin 50!
Il don't know unless | throw yon
overheard, replied the Captain with
a smile.
Il can't swim, observed Obadiah
But you can sink easy responded
Griffin.
sYay,' answered Obadiah, therein
thou speakest the blessed truth. | fee
a dredful sinkin meow, clean threw
Everytme ] try to stand, my legs sink
eth and carrieth me even untcw the
foor-when | stretch out mine arm, il
sinketh down even untew my side
and my heart sinkcth like a leade,
feather even as it did when tried tev
make love with sister Rachel Rumble
ford,-a-hum-hah.
What, did you make love among
the shakers?' inquired the captain.
'Yay and amen,' replied Obadial
with great JUNCTION. Verify there are
many damsels there, comely and fail
to look upon but my heart yearncc
particyewarly to one, even sister l'a
chael. She was delightful creature
of the bean-pole style of arkeetecht
ure, so that | opincd that if hoiste(
upon her shoulders should be abeou
a mile and half nearer Heaven thar
when standin on the ground. llcr arms
were OF a length decidedly beautiful
and of color extremely reddish
Judgin by the extent fher lovely feet
her understandin must have been tire
mendus. When spread fully eoutup
on the grass, they bore an exact resem
blanee tew pair of moderately sizec
salt-tsh. But she could dance the
sollum Sunday shakerdance like syr
rup-I mean syllup. That is wha
knocked me. When seed her dance
my heart topped and hipped an!
tapped abeout like toad ina mud
puddle. Then it began to sink, unit
at last | said tew myself, says |,
/, even Obadiah, will speak untev
sister Rachael and say-Rachael low
thee--lovest thou me!
And it came to pass that soon after
wards | met sister Rachael in the but
terry, and spoke untew her the words