The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-04-10

oreatnleSsly 70 Jpe name and bride, and
wonder helplessly where this mad gallop
was TO end. She swerved from a passing
wagon. and TUNED into .pslh that lead
to the river. In the sudden movsmsn!
the reins had been torn from my hands.
and | could not regain ihsm. | clung to
the name, and closed my eyes tina. |
might not behold the fate that awaited me,
How sweet was life in those precious mo
meuts, that Thought my sstl How all
its Joys, its affections, its last browning
love rose up before mel / thought Of
the pang that would rend Elliott's heart as
he saw me lying mangled and dead; and
then the thought would come if he was
pursuing and tying to save me. even, as
he had said, at the risk of life and limb.
remembered no more. felt sud
den shock. q fearful rushing through the
air, and knew no more until, days after,
ward. ! woke 10 faint, weak semblance
!, OF life in my chamber at home.
never saw Captain Elliott again.
The last words | ever beard from his lips
were those of knightly daring. The lsst
act Of his life in connection with mine,
was TO follow ia the train Of frightened
youth who rode after me to contemplate
the disaster from afar, and, as soon as he
saw me lifted from tho shallow bed Of the
river into which | had been thrown when
my frightened horse stopped suddenly on
its bank, hefode hastily of. Thn even,
ing he sent to make inquiries. and learn.
ing that | was severely, but it was hoped
not fatally. injured. but hencefortL con
tented himself with such ,idings of my
condition and improvement as could be
obtained from mere rumor. ...:......
AZ last, it was known that could new
er recover entirely from the effects Of my
injury, and tina! very day Capt. Elliott
departed suddenly from the neighbor-
hood. He made no attempt to see me,
nor sent me any farewell. When l was
once more abroad. and beginning, though
with much uhalloyed bitterness, to learn
the lesson of patience and resignation that
awaited me. | received letter from him,
in which he merely said that he thought
my own judgment had taught me that. in
my altered circumstances our engagemen
must be at an end; bu. to satisfy his own
sense of honor, Ills AonorO he wrote TO
say that, while entertaining the highest
respect for me, he desired a formal de-
nuncia,ion Of my claim. r.'
Writing a, the bottom of tie letter
".et it be as yOn wish" returned it lc
him at once, and thus ended my dream Of
romantic love, ge
had heard ere this OF Elliotts COW
ardly conduct on th.t day; and now frs
hethought me to inquire who had rescued
mo from imminent death. And when
earned that James Frazer, his arm al
ready broken by the jerk with which
brown Bess tore away flom him as he
caught al her bride. bad ridden after me
and was the first to lift me rom the wat
er. Many times daily he made inquiries
concerning me. His had been the hand tha
sent the rare flowers that decked my room
His were the words that bleathed words o
comfort and hope to my poor mother
His were the books | read in my linger
ing days Of corvalesceucc, and, his. now
was the arm that supported me. as slowly
and painfully paced the garden walks.
| | have been his wife for many year
| | have forgotten that he is not handsome
or rather. he is beautiful 10 me, because
soc his grand and lovely spirit shining
through his-pain features aud animatinl
his awkward figure. have long since
land aside, as'utterly untenable, my pc
theory that beautiful spirits dwell only il
lovely bodies. 1t may be Providentia
compensation that in denying physica
perfection. the soul is not dwarfed or dis
torIed, bu, shines the brighter that it i
not marred by petty vanity OF love Of tn
world 8 praisc. -,.,..n