Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-08-25
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woman like me very tiresome. A
number Ct my young friends are anx
} ious TO manifest their sympathy fol
! you, and 20 lend somc little enjoy
ment to your stay among us; and
have almost decided TO have social
gathering Of them here, some after
noon"
40, auntiew (for she had learned tc
call the old lady thus) "the bare men,
tion of such a purpose is perfectly
shocking, and for me to consent TO il
would besacrilege to the dear memory
of my lost treasure"
"But you must have some enjoy
meDt, love"
enjoyment the word is dreadful
to my eur. There is no enjoyment
for me in this world, for my life is
buried IN the grave with my sainted
James, and beg the world 10 forget
me, as all in it but me have forgotten
him. / want no consolation but bis
memory, and shall find no happiness
until am laid by his side"
$50 you think, now"
80 / think o, auntie do you not
know that shall think SO all of my
life p
"Yes, as girls lives 60, which are
spans of several months, when they
commence anew existence, with other
feelings and purposes"
"Your insinuation is awful, aunt"
replied Mabel but my own life proves
its incorrectness. ] have not changed
during these three years"
"The more need that you should
change at once" dryly responded the
old lady.
"Yonr words terrify me. 1 can
never forget my lost one"
"Neither should you. But while
VIC grieve tenderly over the departed
We should remember that our lives
are not urns in which their ashes
should be deposited. We have our
duties in life as well as they had, and
their removal does not absolve us
from them, but rather raises up new
obligations TO their fulfillment. No
one can live within himself or herself
and do their duty 10 mankind and
heaven. Neither is ii best that we
should ever force upon all who come
in contact with us the sense Of our
bereavement by look, word, or dress
Betbink you, how long we would sub.
nit to one who, having q fearful
wound, should tear it open TO all, that
they might see it in its hideousness
always"
"6ut no one was ever called upon
TO part with such great treasure as
mine"
rnSbad didBot psgeelye the panied, re-
sand will wear deepest mourning
for him all my life, TO prove that there
is one who can cling to one object
through life and never seek another"
The subject was dropped, and the
young people were not invited to come
TO Aunt Fleming's,"
The young widow had found quiet,
sober retreat down by n wooded
stream, and here she wandered every
day, and in the solitude INDUCED in
her pet melancholy.
One day Mrs Fleming was surprised
and alarmed TO SEQ her return from
one Of these visits to her retreat, lean
ing heavily on the arm of a young
man. 1t was evident that something
had befallen her; for she was very
pale and almost spcechlcss, a I'd the old
lady hastened to relieve the young man
of his burden and lead her to the couch.
The young man was already known
to Mrs Fleming as Ernest McClelland,
the physician, and in reply TO her
look ofinquiry he explained the cause
of Mabels helplessness. IL seemed
that while passing along the road he
had been attracted by her screams,
and going 10 her assistance, bad found
that her alarm was occasioned by a
harmless snake, which had made its
importance from some dead leaves
near which she was seated. After
dispatching the snake, he saw that
she was rendered so powerless by her
alarm that she needed his assistance
to reach the house.
Mabel had, by the time this recital
was made, recovered from her fright
sufficiently to make an effort TO con-
vince Mrs. Fleming that DR.. McClel-
land had not done himself justice for
all the bravery be bad displayed, in
saving her from what she believed
must otherwise have terminated in a
dreadful death. Her expressions OF
gratitude TO him were warm and sin
cere, and when he ventured 10 beg
the privilege Of calling the following
day, TO learn if she had entirely re-
covered from her unpleasant alarm,
the request was readily granted by
Mabel, and acquiesced in by Mrs.
Fleming, with smile which might
have meant nothing--or a great deal.
During the remainder Of the day
and evening tho memory Of the dead
was tabooed, and Mabel favored the
patient old lady with repeated thrill
ling accounts of the young doctors
terrific combat with the harmless
snake.
"Sho felt that he was the savior oi
her life"
"And,' the old lady remarked, "do-
served her warmest thanks"
eyes, her eternal gratitude"
"She knew him." the old lady said,
"to be a good young man"
"a noble man" Mabel thought.
ale was worthy TO be received as
a iricnd," Mrs Fleming continued"
"He was a genuine hero" Mabel
was convinced.
IA highly respected gentleman,
, the old lady knew.
$50 self-possescd 80 brave SO regard
, less of personal risk"
"A pleasant talkcr."
"Ilandsome, dignifed, noble in biz
! bearing"
"And an agreeable compaion."
! "With such expressive eyes, ant
; grand intellectual face, and delightful
, waving hair, and musicnl voice, anc
=. daforonttal mir"