Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-29

san an! desire wcro aroused almost to mad
ness within him. His hot breath was npop
her check, and his oyo flashed with n
! lgtt unnatural and liendish.
! With n cry for help that could bo bear3
above tho roaring of the tempest, shc
nroko from his grasp. and rushed towards
the door, bnt ero she reached it q powerfnl
blow from without hurled it from its
nIpGcR' and well known f,sm bounded
inlo the room and caught her IN his arD,a
ca She ieel fainting to tho floor.
LI@&Ids stay cd not to ascertain who Tho
intruder Was, but daahing throupI. ons os
tAo WlLuo"1. pi1nged hcadiong 10 tho
ground, and dlsapFoared in tho darkness.
My story 5 soon ended. Walter. for il wag
no. had been saved md taken from the wreck
by 2 vessel bound 10 foreign port. He
had been months upon tao ocean; he'd but
Just arrived that night, and was hurryine
up despite the tempest, when tho we'll
known voice OF Julia, in her cry for heIp.
reached bis ear.
What more need be told How that AIR.
WIlburn was relnased that nieht from ian:
how Edwards mover was again soen On;
tho people wondered whether he wonld
return 10 claim his property, which, bv
tho way, no never did, how swoetIv Jnlia
looked IL her bridGl robes, with tho bloom
once more upon her cheek, and tho love
light II Lcr eye. Are not all these, and
more TO bo found in old, musty volumes
OF the Cape Fear Recorder {? %
was at the wedding, and grand n(T4ir
- was-the eye feasted upon the beauty OF
Wilmington there assembled, and the in
ncr man rejoiced with the bountifnl snn-
ply OF good things that were scattered pro
iuseiy around. All were anxious to take
Walter by the hand, and as be passed
through the crowded rooms with his bride
upon his arm, and kind VOID for each
4 q Ig10 r,yvSn =
pine8s.
Waller and his bride, after sojourn here
Of a few months, returned to England
Mr. Wliburn accompanied them, where
they enjoyed as much happiness as gener-
ally falls to the lot OF poor fraiI mortality
In this world OF trouble and of sorrow,
The old house has entirely Disappeared:
it's very foundations turned up to make
room for new and moro imposing cdificc,
whiIo around it, on overy side. the eviden.
cesot progressive geare plainly visible.
Whcn Wearled with tho cares and
troubles Of life--perhars soured bv tho
alienation OF friends who basked in tho
sunshine OF Our prosperity, but passed by
on the other side when tho hour of ad-
7erslty camo-WLen those who wcrc re
clpicnts of many acts Of kindness which
should have been most gratefully remem-
bered, because so checrfuIly and uuscl-
4A110HiJ rHs LulL u"tIJ AKo leaves hL
the chill blasts of Winter, without word
Of sympathy or coincidence, md the heart
feels heavy aId tho head hct-at Such time
the scenes OF our youth and tho memo
rlcs cf other days como wildly before us to
lightcn the gloom with tho bright recoI-
iections OF the past. They at least arc our
own, ard can mover DO taken from us.
have stood i'll the presence Of tho learned
and the great have attended many q
bridal service whero Jewels flashed and
glittcred i'll the "soft light Of alabastcr
costliost silks and richest veIvcts and
brocade-and yet amid oil thcso displays,
l think more frequently and more pleas
lntly of the simple taste-the beauty nm
ldorned-the genial, hearty welcome that
oh, SO many years ago
hat joyous wedding at tho "Big House
On the HILL"