St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-02-02

"Mothcr and father-one sat-: beside
me. the other stood just there at Ae
foot of the bed. Mother smiled BIT
father looked so stcrn.'' u.
at was a DREAM" said Jessie. ~
ono; was awake. Oh, dear Mis-
Jessie you do not know why <Iafeasea
to sec them. l did so wrong! I broke
their hearts; I did, indeed, wicked gill
that | Was If mother could not par.
don me, even on her dcath-bed think
how | must h&e ,sinnel! They want
ed e'e, to marty, ,Csu<iu~ Oliser-,2,~~-.r,,s
! eSsie started. /. -, ,.., t........:(
""y parents, I mean. III was very
soo|:; hqt so shy, aud serious, ard old
fashioned; besides, he did not love, me,
and ne was SO much older: ran, away
one night with a gentleman who had
fallen n'elovc> with me, and ,of WHOM
my parents knew nothing, ~ but the
was very handsome, and. said he could
not live without me-, We were mar
Rcd and went TO- Europe. 1 i. wrote
many letter: to M mother; they new:
er: torgave me; and, at last, l heard
that they were both dead, and: that
grief for my disobedience killed them.
"Ihat made me low, spirited, and my
husband began to care less for me. At
last we We're IN Italy ; he devoted him.
self to beautiful Italian lady, and I
grew jealous. I, .reproached him, say.
ing that his wife deserved, bis respect
it lrut Ills love-. and he told me the aw
tui truth ; our marriage was a false one
! was. a; poor degraded creature. l
think my heart broke them Still alone
With him IN a,strauge land, what could
| do? So I lived with him still. Soats-
times he was kind, sometimes cruel
At last he said We would return to
Amerloa. t.:aa OH ',,rn,,.. ~. ii. :.
;tj;We vent on board of the ship to:
setaer late at night. In the morning
l found myself far upon the ocean, anu
alone. Ashley had one. to- the shore
again in a boat, while Il thought him
on deck He: left. a. mote and: some
money. Ill oil<jd IT,. ,i>.3;, .s.fu
she was tired Of mel he said, and l.
OF him, and it Was best to part: :,,z:,;.o
u was;ver,. i'll after :th.t-delirious,
/ believe, but, it vas over. Ashley
Honeywell aud sI-rould never, meet
again. .r.t.f!t:,i ;,...;, ..,,... -,
"Ashlcy Honeywell?"' sAsped Jessie.
:'Yes, that was; his 7naue.,r Oh, Miss
Jessie, do you know him ?'' .q.,osH q
II do,'' said JESSIE, .asd, her cheek
was xhiter than that Of the dying girl.
:.'What next = n !aI; y.-... ,..,;.s,.
eve came to America, and Was
alone in New York city. My money,
save and serape it. as / would, lasted
but a little while. Il Then the woman ]
had boarded. with turned, me into the
streets. !. 1t was my nineteenth birth
day; That night Il W mt down to a
lonely dock meaning to drown myself.
As ! stood there ready for. the leap a
hand came upon my shoulder. ~:a,r.
- have been: watching you ten min-
utes'" be said. shy poor. woman, you
are mad just now. Stop j t..inkir's =,
II turned; and cav the. face Of inv
Cousin Oliver It,brou-l.t back home
memories and I burst into, tears, ind
was saved, from the great sin ofsuicile
At, last he: knew. me- ri ,~r.~ .r,, {;
":Causin ,Weadeline,' how hive
you come to'this "9!..I ,.o.:,.y s,t' ~, !,
'''soI told him my sad story; and he
was very kind aud good lie, took
c"re Of me, and a:few days after brought
me here to live with old Jane, who had
been my nurse, nod who loved me dear
ly.. Since tina: he has sbccn So kind ia
me l have wanted f'r notl,idsy God
will bless him am sure !; I do, Twill
with'my dying breath; but oh, what a
strange thing hu,naii .,heart! r CAL.
never Danish my %ve fur Ashley tloin.
eyweH, who's was 10 cruel to- me- I
would n5t. have seen ,,l.ini,s had I; lived {;
but as Jou;knSw hin, oh Miss Jessie
will you writete hin. and say, 'Weude.
line isGs sdead, only that perhaps he'll
griave tor me 4 l'ttle?Y .>y,y,f> l9:l;. =
81 PROMISE" said pale Jessie. 2t,iuys
he:pyi"g girl. tfs7f' back upon her
pillow, and flat otbecsgirt prayed be.
side her, until o: step upon the foo, Of
the outer room told that the Doctor
was there. afro" a>' t. n.:'t q zar u
Old Jane, sobbing for her darling,
knelt at the foot Of the'rude cot. And