Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25

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Which / am about "a re-
IN of the many evidaaecs Of the
< oft-repeated Saying, that truth is stranger
than fctiOrl. Science. which has opened
30 manv doors which has solved riddles
harder than The Sphynx ever propounded
70 the Thebans. looks with silence upon
certain kind of pheuea,enon which has
puzzled wiser heads than mine, and which
Webster classes under the nebusous word
supernatural.
Quite a. lucid In che aefnision of these
who deny the agency Oe other than phys-
ical. or natural causes in producing this
class Of events. Imagination. coinci-
dence, optical illusions. are the wet blank
cts which these sueessly practical people
shower upon the heads Of eli who mar be
inclined to exelaim with the poet. There
are more things in heaven and earth. He
ratio. than are dreamt Of ib yes,r philoso.
ply" That the writer aas not extin-
guished years ago by one Or more,of these
vet blankets, may be acseptsd as proof
that they are nos so potent Cor the pur-
pose as many good people imagine them
10 bo. Irepeat, truth Ia stranger than
actiOn. which repetitiap means tiat / am
not exercising my imagination. beg
20 state that am toe profoundly igRor-
ant for my such mental exercise. I
wrote, cosscious of bas one reason. It's
the Goth tf March. tho anniversary OF an
essr-ncmairabfe night. Like Celeridge's
s'Ancient Mariner" my heart 10 filed
With : wolnl agony and / am constrained
g Tepeas the tale.
Years AFRO, I was invited to spend the
month Of March with family with whom
enjoyed she most intimate relations
This family consisted Of three persons
Mr. and Mrs. Linden, and their daughter
Marie, lovely CIR! OF nineteen.
Marie uns to be married on the 18TH OF
the month. and it was the desire of both
moaker and daughter that | should spend
a. much time with them as could pre-
viors 70 theeve It has been 50 often as
serted that there can 5e no real love between
wcrnen, that the saying has come to be
accepted 81 truth. ! have no heart TO-
night to make any attempt as retuting
this absurd error but that It is an error
ny Iove for Marie Linden woSid b con-
conyInsing proof 10 my own heart, though
bad never loved another woman.
q Porniar writer ms sald that " TO
have iace that can iook oeauufai Tor
thoee VINO love u, on whom u looks with
l5ve, i enengh for ordinary women. -
puch ? lace had Marie Linden yet, dear
as loved her. doubt IT can convey
any clear Impression Of II 20 the feader.
Hazel eycas auburn haErs and . bright
eomplexiOn. tel nothing--it was not in
form or color that the beauty lay. Per-
hsps IL was because she face vas SO sweet
and tTue, or perhaps i Was in the eyes,
blch we're sereue TO the very depths
san1 sexeaity, which, made 1t inn
ate anything akin to sor-
bssesser--I know not
aah mp story.
Mr. q EKas situated on a
crest of risilse band, about mile dis
tant from m aid seaport town. Il com-
rnanded variety of scenery, which must
hare satisiied The most dfl6cult taste =
iIIhn house faced the north. fronting sbe
hkoad bav. which sverrt into .l,a one, 80 !
nsfween The hav and ti,e h6nsS { hrr,sd
axnanse Of leveI ground extended Far
,.;Ics aIone aha .o.se n, ss.S ~s,,sS ~
rrn s;da wer,, r;;ca,Iv v,aosad .Iorsss ~;sl,
sse.srs,s. 80 laes:se;k bstxss. 80. "':. =.
7I,e sssson ,I,e r;nened ~es;n ws,sd 'I;,,s =
1 bi.Iewv sea. The east side cos. ,oand-
q ! view Of che tcwn here d;sl,Ipcs lent
he usual enchaotment 10 the Uietnre