The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-01-13
WHOLE NO. lls2.

I'Coh Sh ''N' EhOuAuSl pulbl lulO ~
Of weepingi the first tears ! had shed
since Ernest died.
Wien grew better they told me
how he had met his death. He and the
two gentlemen who were to act as
groOmsmen, were in the last car En-
Eest went into the front passenger cat
to spe ak to friend He had besn III
there but short time when the lOcofiio.
tive and all the cars Excepting the last,
which had become detached from the
rest) rol led over steep embanknent:
Many persons were injured, and few
were killed Ernest was taken -out
quite lifeless, from under some heavy
pieces of W ood. After this, life became
hateful to me. Uncle travelled with
me three or four months, hoping thus
10 alleviate my sorrow, but when we
returned home everything there re-
minded me forcibly of the past
After a time, my idea of being gov
erness REQUIRED to me- IthoughtifI had
something to occupy my time | could
not be so unhappy, and as uncle DO
longer .ob jected, / answered your ad-
yertisement Ernest had been dead q
year and half then. Laura was mar
ried to Mr.. Lawton then She offered
me home, and begged me always to
stay with her could not, so ! came
here. ] shall ever mourn for Ernest.
wear this black for him Now can
you wonder that l refused Mr.. Ring
gold?"
Il cannot, indeed; your history is q
sad one," said Mamma.
Helen is married now, and lives 10
distant State. My uncle and aunt
desire me to come to them; they need
me, they say. 1 must go, but am al-
ways sadder there; everything brings
up painful remembrance
But my uncle has been kind to me,
and if in any way l can contribute to
his.happinesb, l will gladly do so. l
shall never marry. Ny heart was Civ
en- to Ernest, it will always be bis. The
thought that gives Inc most happiness
now, is that some day will meet him
in land where care and sorrow never
come"
You will not leave us soon, Miss
Florence?" said Mamma ..
Not until the term of my engage
ment with you expires. That viii be
almost a year from now. "
Alas she left us sooner than that.
A few months after the above conyer-
sation, she was too i'll to rise one morn
ing. The physician said it was the ty-
phus fever. She had been looking i'll
for a week or two. and when urged to
take some rest, had refused, saying she
would be better soon. Mrs. Lawton
was with her constantly
One day Mamma followed the dOctsr
into the hall, after one of his visits, and
asked him if he thought his patient vas
any better. lie shook his head sadly,
and said her relatives had better be
sent for as quickly as possible, for the
lamp Of her life could not burn many
days e,A
Her uncle, aunt and cousin were sent
for She was delighted to see them.
"You have come just in time,' said
she, smiling, 'for in a short time /
shall see you no more" p
"Do not say so," said Mrs. LawtoD,
while they all seemed deeply grieVed.
''Why not7 am ready to go. Oh
how glad l am to know that soon this
aching heart will cease to throb, and
that / shall go to the home that has
been prepared for me on high"
The next day we were all gathered
around her bed. Every bosom heaved
with emotion, every face was sad but
hers. She bade us farewell, with .
kind word for each, then she said;
"Dear uncle, will you bury me beside
Ernest?"
On receiving the promise, q smile
stole over her features, she folded her
hands on her breast, the lids closed
over her eyes, and she slept 1t was
the sleep "that knows no breaking"
Many years have passed since then,
but | have never known any one whose
heart beat to such noble impulses as
hers, A short time ago visited the
cemetery where she rests. Her grave
is beside that of her affianced husband.
The costly monuments at the heads of
their graves are precisely alike--on his
| read !: ERNEST Hastings Aged
twenty two" On hers, single word