Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-06-19
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frO@ HsT>s. Mag 49,. Lsr Js.s
THE SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPH.

the Sis, of March. Of this present wear
Raia and snow mingled together: but the
very aresriness q the weather prompted
me 10 call upon tie Dadleys. Who ~ers
suffering a most melancholy donestic
bereavement. The servant admitted me
1c sithout announcement. AL was tbs
confidential friend Of the family. Mis-.
Dodly vas sitting IN chair nth her head
bowed over the arm and. when she raised
hcr face o. greet me. l saw she had been
weeping Dudiey was waking up and
down. back and forth. With slo-. drag
ging step. his bad sunk on has breast.
AT down beside Caroline. taking her hand
IN nine. for &C we're engaged to be married
when the year Of mourning had expired.
Ihis weather j. enough 10 dcprrs.
even the haPPy.- said; bui I ~ish that I
had found you more cheerful. Do YOU not
think that ,ou ought to overcome. 81 far As
possible. this trouble for Dudly's sake7 IL
Is Killing him
] snow II. and that - What give. me 90
much pam. Of course my grief is nothing
compared WITH has. but Il breaks ms hear,
20 sec ham changed. fear iLst II b. does
not DE outnght. a worse calamity ~ill
happen. SometiIae. I fear for his mind
The disaster which hal broaght such
irrcnsdiabie ruin upon the house u Dudiey
Vas the loss Of has wife Her youth. her
beauty. her devotion to him. and the tragic
manner Of b~r death were reasons apparent
% all ~hy his sorro~ should be deeper
than that "a many others similarly bereave.
To me. ~ho kne~ something Of the char
acters q both. and of tbe intense love
which seemed 20 blcnd their beings into
one. q was almost a marvel that he surviv-
81 hsr. Nhen had seen them togeth-
sr in the freedom Of thsir own home the
tbought had more than once occurred 90 me
than tie existence Of each ~ dependent
upon that Of the other. Yet she had perish
ed 'uddeuiy-bocn swept from ham ~ a
svift and terrible catastrophe which had
hardly allowed them a parting embrace
In the autumn q i-62 Dudiy had been
called 70 Havana uPon business. His
-ise persuaded him % permit her 70 Ac-
company han. How well remembered that
splendid autumn dsy upon which they
sailed Caroline and myself staved With
them on the vessel until the last moment
How beautiful Mr.. Dudley looked as she
waved her handkerchief TO as from deck.
the brigbi color lighting up her sl-ay.
elOqueut fac into the loyeliest animation q
We had Watched The noble vessel until Il Wa
= sf-eck m the Narrows then ~e had turn
ed away With a sigh. half sal. and yet not
sal. When her brother anc his wisc
returned Caroline and were 70 De narri-
ed.
That vessel was faied never 10 reach the
Cuban shores. When but - hours out q
Havana. a. midnight. in the midst q dark
ness and storm she ~as run into BY another
shiP. AMI sank IN siiy minutes. Thrown
from h.s berth By TIE severity Of The coils
ION. Uudly scircd his trembling -ife under
his arm. forcing his way through the disor-
dered crowd from the cabins. already
Sling Nth water. 70 thc upper deck Here
be maintained his place while the mrn
and ofbcers msde efforts O. launch
the boats. The first sftLcm filed and vent
down. The second ~,s more succcssfuliy
managed. A few women 90 whom vas
gwen ths first chance. were lowered into IL
BY the light u the lanterns whose uncertain
gicam made tn tempest more appalling
Mrs. Dudly dung % The arm q her hus-
band. begging % - allo~cd 10 stay until
BE- too. shouh make the despcrate ef1rt a.
salvation. Bot Tor once. ber prayers had
m Influence With him. lis desirs for her
safety overruied the pleading ofiove wtb
aimos, rudeness D. tore avay her ciinring
arms the rope Vas fastened about her
waist. and she vas loTcred down The
lantern threw q strange beam on her p,ihd
face. turned % him. as BE swung oH from
the ships side and that vas he last look
~ had q ti.e countcnancc dearest % him
Thc few men Who manned ihc oars pot out
t. get sssy from thc vortex winch tbs
vessel wouh make IN sinking. great
wave rolled in upou Il and the crl vent
forth hat ile beat had gone down. 1hen
pudicy caring no more for his own lfe.
jumped INTO The sea Bnt TIE crce of To-
uninJurcd vessel picked him up befors Eie
vas extinct. ,nd o. rccovercd c0nsci0u.-
ness ~ TOD himse u in The cabin q the oh
cr ship. Until iong after dsyiight fhe yes-
sel fingered around the sPot. until al hopes
q rcsruing sny fnating persons -iio nigh;
be oiinging O. the pieces q the wreck we're
over. Then H. cousinued on iis way %
Ncw York.
Over four months hsd elapsed. durinc