The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-05
From the st. Joseph (Mo.) journal, June IS.

From the st. Joseph (Mo.) Journal, June 25
Two years ago, along the fowery banks of a
little rivulet that ran laughingly through one
of the valleys of old Wales, a maiden and her
lover walked. Both were young-and one was
beautiful-and both were sad. 1t was fare
well meeting. The lovers had met to exchange
their vows anew and then to part-he to en-
bark as a sailor upon vessel bound for Amer
lea; she to 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 but little-but their love was great
Fondly they pledged each other their eternal
troth-lingeringly they held each other in a last
ENTHUSIASTICALLY and with bleeding hearts and
swimming eyes, they parted.
Three months afterwards letter reached the
home of the young girl from the captain of the
ship in which her lover had sailed He had
been drowned-and in his chest was found
some papers that enabled his captain to inform
her Of the fate that had befallen him who alone
had made earth happy to her.
Not long after this there came to that coun-
try the Apostle of new Faith. He was man
of strange and fervid eloquence. He drew a
picture Of new home in new world. He
peopled that home with Saints-he filled it with
the glories and delights Of Heaven brought to
earth. He proclaimed himself the Moses, sent
by God to lead his chosen children to this Prom
ised Land.
The parents Of the young girl of whom we
have sroken took her to listen to this strange
and enrapturing discourse. For many weeks
. deep and profound stupor had settled upon
her, and she lived as one in dream. She listen
ed to the wild enthusiasm of the. Mormon propa-
gandist with q stolid apathy, until he CHANGED
to pronounce the word America That word
the name Of the land for which her dead lover
had sailed acted on her like spell. She lis.
tened, henceforth, as one entranced and at the
close of the discourse she sought out the
preacher, and conversed with him.
What lies he told he1-what cunning arts he
used to draw her on-what spells he threw
around her in the name of religion-will never
be known. In q few days the missionary,
hoary-headed and the husband of harem Of
wives in the city of the Great Salt Lake, was
sealed as the husband of this poor and beau
tiful young girl and ere long, with his colony of
converts and his young wife, embarked for the
land of the New Jerusalem
Last Saturday they reached this city. In
the peaceful twilight of the day the poor, de
luded Mormon wife, separating herself from her
companions, walked down to the rivers brink.
She stood upon its bank and watched its angr7
and turbulent food, hurry,ng on toward the
sea- She heard footster behind her-she
turned her head and beheld her lover. he whose
grave she had believed to be in the ocean and
to be reunited to whom in the spirit-land she
had sold herself on earth.
A Wild shrek pierced through the evening
air. She threw her arms toward Heaven, gazed
up toward the eternal sky, and turning leaped
madly into the rapid stream. Without word
he followed her-for moment they were both
lost to sight-they arose again, claspedin each
others arms-and then sunk to rise no more.
A crowd of agitatei and weeping women
soon gathered on the bsnk-from whom our in
formant gathered the incidents of this strange
ssory One of them, who had known this ill-star.
RED couple in Wales, had met the lover few mo
m me before. The story Of his death was false.
a.e naa been picked up BY whaling vessel
carried to the coast Of Oregon and from thence
ne was making his way eastward. She had
S so.u MN mat his betrothed was on the river
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