Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-22
n. c., FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1871.

I DRAFTED young writer, Arlle ZcrrilOn,iS diving
! OF yellow fever. He was ell route for the
/ Southern States, when he was taken vio-
lently i'll. Day and night his rawlings are
OF you. y few months since, he became
rational little while, and implored me to
+ beSeech you, by the old love you once bore
/ him, to come TO him in his dying hour. He
says the Dark Valley will not seem terrible
to him if you viii smile on him before he
i- goes.
/ SIN the name Of humanity, entreat you
/ to come, and oh. hasten
! every respectfully,
''ARTIIUR DEANS.
! "NeW \ ork, Nov. IS, 49,
"Dying Arlie, my darling. Oh can it
be that you yet care for me? What mys-
/ terry is this ? ''By the love | once cherish
ed" for you. Beloved, do you not know
that that love is immortal ? Go to you
would wade through fire to do so. May
God prevent my being late y
J s.Bercie, beautiful, worsl,ipped one INV
clnl;ilood's, bOylood's and manhoods low
er? Why did you wound me so cruelty :?
Have you not told me 1 was dearer than
lie ? Would not have given my soul for
yours L soon would have returned to
claim 3Du as NY peerless bride, when you
sent he that awful letter, accompanied by
my picture l-had given you, saying you had
ceased to care Tor he. You have broken
my heart Ber-r'
Then, for Il moment, The rawlings ceased.
and uneasy sleep fitted over the great, wild
mournful eyes Of the speaker.
hneeling beside the beautiful, wan suf-
1erer, very tenderly raising the curly head
AMI resting it upon her thro0bing heart
and fraught with great joy and deep an
guish, Bercie shoWercd passionate kisses
upon the White bow and cclorless lips.
mtlInurin5 ''Ariic, ny light, my life, you
are too true to me, God could Grant no
richer boon, and lor It [ thank Him Oh,
l thank Him. Speak to me, mine own
Tell NE what he,rtIess wretch has caused
this agony to us both -
Then, lifting those wondrous, pleading
eyes above, her very soul went out IL the
humble, !elycrt wall: Father, now that
Thou hast given me this cup Of almost lln-
earthly sweetness, take, OH. take it not
away. Spare him or let me die, too, All
Nerciful One ~
Throughout the night that devoted Girl.
her brother, who had accompanied her. and
the noble old plysician-he who had writ
ten to hcr OF Aries sickness--kept watch
beside the invalid, whose every movement
Was watched u ui;li GREATNESS interest: vet
he knew them not.
Sobbingly Size called linn by every en-
deaiing name, 50 tendcrly smoothing the
lasirouS, tangled hair, and gazed ycarningly
into the classic, pure face.
AS morning light entered the apartment,
SO did that OF TcasOn-thc mind of Arlie
Lel1.iI0n. Enclosing those matclcss, ccru-
lean eyes, they fell upon the bowed figure
and smile like that, methnlIs, he will
wear when he greets her in the ''city which
IS to come" iumned his features with
happiness 2lmoSt too great for earth, and
"ith 4 long, Wild cry Of EBercie, my idol ~
claspcd her convulsivcly to his breast
''The crisis is past; he lives, thank Godr'
exclaimed the physician.
'.And more than words can tell. thank
The 81, my CREATOR Dedicate us fully
to Thy service, l implorc Thee - said the
sweet voice Of the flthomlessly grateful wo-
man.
We, reader, frielel, viii leave ;lem now,
until the day they arrive at Dercie's home.
VainIy had they sought to cnlighten
themselves on the strange subject Of how
Allie received a letter in clirOgraphy Just
like Bcrcie's hurling ut him his plighted
troth, together with the picture of himself
lie had given her, the former telling him
never to again address her; while Bercie
never dreamed Of writing such miSsye,
and had with her the likeness.
But they were boundleSsly happy, trust
ing each other 50 completely, believing
time would reveal the evil hand that had
played so against them.
Very soon after her arrival at home,
Bercie was handed a note. Twas this
- Girl L am defeated, but shall not stay
to see your triumph. Oh. how | hate and
curse yolt-yOu who have turned my life
into bitterness
/ have failed; but, all rejoice to know
have made you suffer! How well for
:"hle, / succeeded in my plans L loved
.Allic ZerrilOn with Il maddening love; he
sighted me ; and | vowed to hazard my
5Oult to prevent your marrying him. | stole
that picture once when you were away ,
used Il falls" key; and, taking it to a fine
artist, promised to compensate him very
literally il he would act as requested, and
never to aclInON ledge it. Swearing Secresy,
lie copied the miniature 50 perfectly it could
not have been told from the ORIGINAL From
his studio ! visited a .JeWeler, bribing him
not TO mention " hat he did. The picture
that had produced he cncaSed precisely
Ike the one from which it was taken, and |
returned it slyly to your draWer-the real
one l sent to Arle Zerlilcn, With a letter
purPort;n9 TO be from you l had long, in
privacy, practicGd your writing-the illusiC Il
was perfect, telling him the reason you did
not care TO mention to forget yOlt-to write
you no longer, as you had 10 affection fol
him.
i tell you this, for | yeaIn for YOU to
know who caused You such agony. Had
that lie physician not written YOU, you'd
.i,,t have known how ATIc had been dtIped
and you'd have died believing linn un-
true.
Would it had been 50
DO not seek me- LOrelia Wilde | 6
to try my WilcS upon other lovers
Bercic Iadrian stood like one Stupefied
like one struggling to comprehend some
thing S. terrible it has mOmentarily numb
ed the senses. Gently drawing her TOWARD
him, Ar]ie read the paper she was staring
upon, eNclaiming ''FOrgive her, Oh, Re
decmer, and aid YOU to do so. We thank
Thee that this sorrow may endure for {
seasOn-jOy cOmeth!
E'erissaeeE O2l the I'rairies--A Sad story
ST. LOUIS, December Y.
y gentleman who arrived in Kansas City
last Saturday informed the Kansas City
Times that the Sunday previous terrible
affair occurred III Saline county, Nebraska
\ party OF emi9ramtS, with their families
were passing through the country west
ward, when, the cold constantly increasing
they concluded to camp and light fire.
They were on piece Of high prairie
several miles from any house, and three
miles from them was piece OF timber
land. After unhitching their teams the mel
started for this timber to procure fuel. MOI
returning for several hours, the women lef
their children and started to hunt them up
This is all that is known, save that tht
next day the bodies of seventeen persons
who persisted fom intense cold were found
The children who were left in the wagons
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