The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1868-02-20

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! With kisses and smiles TO his love-
Ger the wavelet sailed by the twilight cav
All rapture all pure as the dove.
Camilla sat alone. In the same cham
Der where We last beheld her she now sat
= the solitude where she dismissed Silas
Edgerton, and where he and her father
seized her, as she shrieked aloud and
tainted in their arms. There was always
a mystery connected with the occupants
of that chamber, whoever they were
and sometimes vague reports were circu-
lated among the servants, who whispered
that it was haunted, and even detailed
the strange noises they had heard, and
the appartions which stalked up and
down the staircase in the broad daylight.
Of course, Camilla discredited such
stories, yet like all of US, when a fear of
any thing is implanted inwardly from our
childhood, we can scarcely divest our
selves of it even at maturity; and al
though we make light of fairies, ghosts,
or goblins, we imagine that we see them
If kitty makes stir in the darkness.
As she placed her hand forward to ring
the bell, she cast her eyes towards the
farther end of the chamber, behind
where Edgerton knelt, and to her horror
she saw = she saw her brother Austin s
picture = large and lifelike, suspended
on the wall. He seemed to motion to her
to be calm = she thought he beckoned
from the canvass to come to him = her
father entered and she withdrew her
eyes - then look ed again, but the picture
was gone = no trace remained of the
vision, and her heart bursted - she fell
with a shrek upon him, and the treasure
of life lowered at his lips for hours.
Luckily she had passed away so. A more
trying and bitter sorrow should have
been placed upon her, and by her own
father. An eavesdropper, he stood with
out the door, noting every word, every
gesture, that Camilla gave = heard the
defiant tone in which she spoke, and
marked the derision with which she
treated his authority. He entered -
livid, dlvested of his parental sympathy {:
and we know not what would have occurred
but for her sudden weakness. Months
had elapsed since the event, and she now
sat in the same apartment, singing her
favorite legendary song = the " Phantom
Lovers"
Upon her being removed to her sleep
ing-room, Gonvalvo and Edgerton seated
themselves; the former uneasy and i'll at
heart, the latter humbled in his own esti-
nation, and every way disposed to cavil,
threaten and annoy They looked at
each other, as two whose interests de-
pended on the ruinof either, and some
movements passed in silence Presently
Edgerton remarked in provoking tones:
Your daughter, sir, disbelieves the
truth, notwithstanding the proofs 1t is
very singular, that girls have so little
faith = even in gentlemen. 1t accounts
greatly for defects in education, aud their
domestic training. She has never been
docile and obedient, Mr.. Cameon!"
Always! Always! But not now"
Why not exercise your authority?
Girls of her age are generally saucy and
self-willed. The nasty trash found in
novels, serve generally to change their
dispositions. At twelve they pout, and
wear long clothes. They say they are
twice nine, and will not be tied to their
mothers apron strings any longer; or
that they have judgment enough to choose
their own husbands. It's really over
bearing : parents nowadays are much
slower than their children = it's really
So"
They grow wise by witnessing our
follies. Girls are not machines that work
as they are constructed - there is a va
riety which they always seek, and always
procure by the best means possible. If
my daughter dsbelieves your story her
sef-will has assisted her for once. / my.
self never suspected it till to-day"
" Ha! ha! hal You suspect, eh?"
81 do"
" Well. How shall | make it plain
Shall | show you hts head? You disbe-
lieve one story; your daughter another,
but she is wisest aud safest. You must
believe it you must pay for it, or suffer
to be hanged for it,
" do not believe it. | will neither
pay nor hang for it."
" shall prove it by oath!
"It is needless If man is n mur.
derer, he is swearer; his oath is rs foul
as his deed"
"A jury will believe it,"
"a jury. No. Not a murdercr's oath.
He'll aud Injustice would revolt againstit." ="
" But they are leasued Compromise
or hang. | have said it. Fifteen thou
sand aud your daughter"
Never. Your bloody hand shall never
clasp hers. Iii could she sleep in mur.
derer's bosom - the assassin who slew
her own brother = she to cherish, love
and comfort him = ha ha
And the laugh was hoarse aud despair
ing. Edgerton remarked, emphatically:
q You devised it so, and SO it must re-
main have never lost a case OF human
fraud for want of an OATH. If il is your
will to bring the fair to an issue before
u criminal court, l WI iugly submit: il
not, cover the damages hy agreen ent, aad