, 1864-10-09
ALlFE DRAMA.
III ELOIsE ELLwOOp.

painful rtt1uopeeii0p.
For leng weary months my hea1th was or.
ceedingl, delicate, and The burden of life WIS
eieatsr than my strength. With claspcd
hanoB p1ayed for patence. for the aching
| pam aI J heart seemed be> onQ human en-
uu,an
hard hom Clarence no more, but each
day looked forHard 10 his comm. :, forgetting
10 the lLtei bity ot my desire, the cruel late
TINT separated ns forever,
AZ length my fathcr dyfn. without will
l hc,iteo bis property and Moveu to my
present eastern home, FIR t,oa. the scenes OF
Hy joy ahd no11y.
The interest Of life, and tue affection Of nv
heart, gradually c.nts red III my child, who.e
napfinSse ahd Weliare. are tbe great ends to
gotten him, who Was my dearest earthly
treasure, my husbauu-but calmly wait for
EttEItty's Sun to dlspetse thr clonds Of NOR
tallty, and trust, taat In that land where
t1ty :neithtr Earry nor are given in mar
Ilege,' onr soula may meet and Recognize
MARGARET DE VERp.
PARTlL
haSe given you the s3d hcsrthfstory OF
my fflena and.gueat, Al | read 1t, lrum the
cLuMoied ahu ttmt c0lored mAuuscrIut.
Fhich txhumed from a chaotic maxa hi
cast a"ay papers, aud hare taken up my
crude aid impractical pen, tor the purpusc
o1 craving aside the curtain, and showing
yta the concluding scsne ofa "Liie drs
How rad and pale she looked, when she
came to MS on that su,t1y August dev. ann
how ny heart throabsd With sympat1y. for
Inc poor J0ubg thlDg, When ehB showed rs
The etntents sf her little purse, mud said that
Mas all she tlad In the wcr1d, and, while bar
HPs quivered and the urshcu tears trembiel
On Re ner iashes, begged fvr shelter for the sake
long," sEe added with sweet smile. u oniy
Till letter can reach Clarence. Informing
him OF ny unlocked for mlsloetune,n How
gladly Ne gave herhome-1ny husband and
!, 1oF "e had learned to love tbs beautiful crea
tulc Who caus = ith her lover to visit US so ire
queItIy nearly two 3e41s belose, when Ciar.
ence "onld say ein,ltng!y they wanted "no
friends that wtre not lovers ike tn emseyIts.n
Ard n these happy hours, my husband and
! !1Fed owe! again tue sweet time Of our,
eonftel1p iof the love that spraDg up In those
before. -
There were marks Of care stamped On her
iace, aid she looked much Older nov. her
itAtutcs were sharpened and ths roses that
tIoomed IL her cherk WG1e Of u paler lue
than when ! KNEW her, happy blooming
But there Tas womanly Character i'm
pressed on her dark beautiful fate and SUB.
dued light Of SWEET resignation ehone from
beneath her aiken lashes, And q. she STOOD
before me thought I ntrer looked on face
TO Interestingly beautiful.
Poor Gear ~1fe-fhe had suffered mnch :.
more than knew, for size eata not word
VI ter husbands afiAfrs,-truS and loving
heart CT woman, ai ays.teady to <shie1d tbs
faults Of one dtart ,l&n lie from the merci-
lei gaze OF the world.
Scmtfiu cs re rat for hours to1ether, she
sewing on the little garments that would
soon be Heeded. nuo tall ing Of former scenes
and bin who 1llcd A1l nes laoughta. O,keu
the ep1it II the past va. So strong upon her.
that Ut aoue au.us1ug Incident connected
Win thtiF happy da1e, she woutd burst ont
In i!ptlbg lanRh such az vas wont to hear
tF4n 4csoss rhs fields, hera!ding the1r con.
ipg.
September came-ushe1ing IN baby Mani
who At oLce took captive all our atfso.
t'"te. TLth caIae the long Looked for letter
sna me weary day OF suspense that followed
VIXEN We Kew not whether life or death
Would tflumtb. 1t !Lade my heart acae n
see her lying 70 cold aad still, gazing with
c'J tttny syss into vacancy. We brought
The siek, sn1.tliEg babe mud laid 1t on I1er
bosor1, and In Its he1pless ssDess it touched The
coIGealsd fountains of affection Aad she wept
ling and frte]y: She slowly recovered aud
eilt nt1y and eadlJ The mour1ed the inss ~
HIN ehe loved 50 truly.
Then, one Bpri1g morning, she took h.r
chnd u her a1me snd left u.s. We urged her
ways, for We-my husband and r had Team.
ed to lore the br1eht-eyed Nsud, even "a We
woulc have loyed the little blossom OF onr
OWL bosom, over WHOSE grave the yiolets
had bioomed for two summers but she said
no, she Wirhed to leave forever the scenes
that remind ed her OF him and her great lass-
She seldom spoke ot Clarence now. md
never a. her husband Years passed and
then aGrroW wended its WAY to nv haupv
bone, for death had taken from me nv tus-
ba1c, who had walked 70 steadily and quiet
= ey ny etoe. /! took mp the cross and bore
II, Ferhape not always cheerfnl1y, and trisd |
TO say, resignedlg: :" Toy viii, not zine. o |
Loro be done" 4 letter came from Margaret
atkipg me to come and maze my home with
her; abe and Maud Eeeded me-. 7 shut up |
the now lonely house, in which / had spent |
Mazgare1's beautiful home Time had LEFT |
her much the sane, save sprinkllng here and |
there, her bafr With silver, and deepening
lightly the lines about the mouth, but our
beautiful Margaret ttn, And Maud. my
radiant beauty; her hair fell in shining col
den updnlattcns over ehou1dess OF dazzling
Fhtfeness; and her complexion WAS of that
pure transparency, seen only in decided |
blondes-so seldom fouud-while = pair Of
heavenly blue ey es looked me full ID the tacrl
she 1aE ented no resemblance tu her dark5.
beautiful other.
Manf-anEel Of lfght--the light Of our
houtehold, how We loved her, a. lid ali who
c.1ae within her influence.
One day, Margaret and were sitting
quietly with our sewing, when Maud ran IN I
all Authed with excitement e1clalmlng.
"Aamma, Auntie cur new ne.ghbozs |
hare come: MT their carriage on the hIl1, |
just thie aide Of the Castle. An old gentle
man and younger one-hfa son I Rhould !
fhink-and they bowed to me-"
We smiled 1t her enthusiasm and wonder
ed II the old gentleman and the youngeroue
was all that comprised our new nefghnors at
the Castle.
"Tbe Castle" was grand and stately
manefop, With numt roua halls, chambers,
III cool piazss, running the whole length |
Of the house with fms extensive grounds
embracing bread shady avenues and white |
grayeled zcaes that afforded splendid carriage
sweeps It mas situated At some distance
from our 1ets imposing homo *sa1ound the !
road, bnt jufted out In fnIl view from its |
elevated position a. seen from our sitting |
reom window across the fields. It had bean +
bu1t and occupied By an Enelish gentleman |