The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-04

painful necessity-that is. / have the pleasureto an.
nounce that | am already married. Inc iAuy """'"
| now hold by the hand is my wife
Then turning TO Mr. and Mrs. Dutton, III an
apologetical manner, he added -ow
"I found that l had never loved unui L h"e"
your second daughter" .aD1a
calmness. then walked steadily forward ana con-
fronted her betrayers. Terrible, as pale US en
herself, she stood before them, and her looms P'
with a keen, cold blade into their iaise h1a'n 80 ~
though to assure herself of the dread reah'y
vision, she laid her hand on Ellen's shoulder amu %
it glide down her arm-but she touched NOT .
As those Geld fingers met hers, the unhappy ny
gazed full in her sisters face, and as she "a.N1 ~
CHASTITY color of her cheek, the dIlated nostrn' ~
Quivering lip, and the intensely mournful eyes, sne
covered her own face with her hands, and burst INTO
tears while the young husband, aWed oy "v Vut
fc silence of her he had wronged, gasped lor oIea.
and staggered back against the wall. Ineh Lucy
clasped her hands on her forehead, and nrst ghNO
vent to her anguish and despair in one fearful cry,
which could not but ring forever through the Souls
of that guilty pair, and fell in a death-lke s"oon ~
their feet.
After the insensible girl had been removed 10 u
chamber, n stormy scene ensued in the room oe.
meath. The parents and guests were alike enrageu
against W.. but the tears and prayers OF his young
wife, the petted beauty and spoiled child, at last
softened somewhat the anger of the parents, and an
opportunity was accorded to the offenders.
A sorry explanation it proved. The gentleman
afnfme0 that the nrSt elgnL OF Ellen : Ofci1 INV
had weakened the empire of her palmer sister over
his affections. Frequent interviews had completed
the conquest Of his loyalty, but he had been heid IN
check by his honor, and never told his love. until,
when on his way to espouse another IN an unguarued
moment he had revealed il, and the avowal had
called forth an acknowledgment from Ellen.
They had thought il best, in order to save pain 10
Lucy, and prevent the opposition from her, ana TO
secure their own happiness, TO be married before
their arrival at c..
Lucy remained insensible for some time. When
she revived, and apparently regained consciousness,
she still maintained her strange silence. This con.
tinued for many weeks when it partially passed
away, her friends saw with inexpresslble grief that
her reason had hed-that she was hopelessly insane
But her madness was of a mild and harmless nature.
She was gentle and p~eaceable as ever, but frequently
sighed. and seemed to be burdened with n great sor-
row which she herself could not comprehend. She
had one popularity which all who knew her must
recOlect. This was n wild fear and careful avoid
ance of men. She could not, would not be confined,
but was continually escaping from her friends they
knew not whittier.
While her parents lived, they, by their watcbful
care and unwearied efforts. in some measure CON
trolled this sad propensity but when they died,
their stricken child became a wanderer, homeless,
friendless and forlorn. And through laughing springs
and rosy summers, tramp, tramp, tramp,-no reL'
for her of the crushed heart and craZed brain.
[ remember her az she was in my early child
toward the last of her weary pilgrimage As ny
father and elder brother were frequently absent, and
as my mother never closed her heart or door %
- crazy Lucy size OIteu bpchb an VI W
our freside. Her appearance was very singular.
Her gown was always patched with many coiors, and
her shawl or mantle was worn or torn, until II va
open work or fringe. The remainder OF her InlseTa-
BILE wardrobe she carried in a bundle upon her arm,
and sometimes had a number Of parcels Of old !
herbs, etc. S. -
In the season of flowers, her tattered bonnet wa
profusely decorated with those which she gathered Ia
the woods or by the wayside. Her love for these
and her sweet voice were all that were left 81 the
bloom and music of her existence. Yet, no her
meek and childish piety still fingered. Her God had
not forsaken her down in dim chaos Of Der spirit
the smile of HIS love yet CLEANED faintly-in the
waste garden Of her heart she still heard His voics
at eventide, and she was not afraid. Her Bible wen
with her everywhere torn and soiled volume, but
holy still and, it may be, as dearly cherished, my
dear reader. as the gorgeous copy now lying on your
table, bound in purple and in gold," aud with
gliding untarnished upon its delicate leaves.
Thirty years from the time of the commencement
of this mOurnful history, on a bleak autumnal even
ing, q rough country wagon drove into the town q
C. 1t stopped at the alms-house ; an attenu-
ated form was lifted up and carried in, and 10
wagon rumbled away. This was Lucy button,
brought to her native town TO die.
She had been in decline for some months, and the
miraculous strength which had 80 long sustained her
in her weary wanderings forsook her utterly. Her
fi6stsfBEalhHf 4 ha died some time before, and the Widowed
Lucy had no friends, no home but the alm-bouse.
One day, about a week from the time of her ar
rival, Lucy appeared to suffer greatly, and those
about her looked for her release almost impatiently :
but at night she was evidently better, and. for the
hrst time, she slept TRANQUILITY till morning. The
matron who was by her bedside when she awoke was
startled by the clear and earnest gaze which met her
own but she smiled and babe the invalid % good.
morning to reassure her, when she exclaimed.
" Where am l, and who are you ! 1 do not know
you"
A wild surmise flashed across the mind Of tho
matron ; the long lost reason of the wanderer had
returned. But the good woman replied calmly and
soothingly
"Wby. Won are amono vour 1iood
know me presently
Then may be you know Edwin and Ellen. >, re-
Joined the invalid they have GOMEZ o., / had
married Only think, Ellen married TO Edwin
Strange tits that | should dream that"
MY poor Lucy" said the matron. with n Onsb
OF tears, +" that was no dream twas all true.D
"All true !" cried the invalid "tben Edwi,
must be untrue. and that cannot be. for no &c.,
me we love each other well, and Ellen is NV sis.
ter; Let me go to them | will go to them.v
one endeavored to raise herself, but fell. b.t
fainting on the pillow.
4" What does this mean ?' said she 4" what makes
so weak 2"
Just then her eye fell on her hand-that old ,rt
Something is the matter with my sieht.u .bo
said smiling family, for my hand is like an Id
"And SO it ISL said the matron. gently sand
are mine yet we had fair. plump hands when sg
were young. Dear Lucy, do you know moi Ian
MARIE Ailen-I was to have been your bridesmal -
L cannot say more. i will not make the v
attempt to give in detail all that mournfuI rem. :
brance, since the recreant and traitorous 10,
stood before her and made that terrible announ
nent.
The kind matron paused frequently in the s..
of her poor friends madness and war.
lerings, but the invalid would say, with fearf1i,
calmness, GO on. go on" though the drops Of
agony stood thick on her forehead. When she
asked for her sister, the matron replied
"Sbe has gone before yon, and your father also"
And mother ?" said Lucy, her face lit up with
/ sickly ray of hope.
.Your mother has been dead twenty years"
dead! All gone Alone, old, dying! O..
God, my cup of bitterness is tulip and she wept
aloud.
Her friend bent over her. and ~mingling her
-o~-s With hars, said afectionately "But you
NOW who drank that cup before you ?"
Lucy looked with a bewildering expression, and
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