The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-06
UyDYENG LOVE.

onposed the match. The reasons "ie sup
posed to have been good ones bu' CO! - ,aiii an! IL
is they assumed a fearfui resi- NY
and bTouoht upon themselves dire afiilc-
ton. .-,....
The Young lady was forbidden to see her
Io,rar and he was told not to visit her
house but they managed, as Is often tue
case, clandestine meetings, and inter-
changed assurances Of their Undylng alice
tions for each other. Busy village gossip
soon informed the father Of the cond.tlon
of affairs. Though naturally a kind faith
er. he was greatly irritated, and immcdi-
ately adopted stringent measures to seIa-
rate the lovers.
This course on the part Of the father
was the conscientious action of parent
concerned for the welfare Of his child, 50
he went about it deliberately, and with
determination that was not likely TO meet
with defeat But, alas alas what was
he doing? These two young hearts We're
already so intertwined-so grown to togeth-
er. so reborn as one-that TO separate tuem
was like cutting asunder vital parts OF the
human organization. The father, stern
and resolute to do his duty, thought not of
this, but pressed forward in his purpose.
The tale Of love. the fond prayer Of an ago
nized and breaking heart for him to listen
to argurr ent and Teason-thcsc were Of no
avail A parents duty. must be done
His first plan was to lock his daughter in
her room. He put ON extra bolts and a
paddock, for he remembered that ''loye
laughs at lOcksmiths" When he was about
to leave her after all this preparation for
her safekeeping had been made, he re
marked:
II do all this because | love you. my
child. You cannot escape, and no one can
obtain access to you. Reflect on all have
said to you. Forget this man, and save
me the pain of making you prisoner
His voice faltered, and he looked at her
with imploring eyes. She was sitting weep
ing, pale and trembling. In an instant she
sprang to her feet, and, standing proudly
before her father, exclaimed
Father. do your worst ImprisOn me,
starye me. drive me to madness: but never,
never VIII l forget or cease to love the man
to whom. before God, stand this houT be
trothed -
She stood looking heavenward for mo
roeut: then she reeled and fell exhausted
to the floor.
The father looked at his child as if his
pitv was about to overcome him, but IN
moment he recovered himself, and ad-
vanced toward the door.
..Cudutiful. wicked chi}d.' were his
words as he closed the door and. drawing
first one bolt and then another finally made
all secure with the paddock. As he went
away. he said ''May God give me the
ffruness to do my parental duty
The sad village tale, as now told Ly az,
relates TO that imprisonment continued for
some ten days. After a day OF two, adoI-
tionaI severity was added by making bread
and water the only food offered to the poor
prisoner. No one except the father ever
approached the room. He found his daugh-
ter growing paler and paler, and weaker
and weaker Most of tie time she was IN
bed. Repeatedly he attempted to talk
with her, but her only reply was
You may kill my poor body, but my
love is undying."
PRAY to God to fill your heart with love
and obedience to parental authority. Have
done with sicllly sentimentaEty.
But this sickIy ysentimentality was pas-
sion as strong as life and reason. Already
it was doing its wOlk. Health was failing
and hour by hour the mind itself was yield
ing. There were whispers in the village Of
what was going on, but the lu4I facts were
not known.
One morning the father went 20 the room,
bearing, as was his custom, her food and
drink. which still consisted Of the portion
of bread and water. To his surprise he
heard her singing. He listened and heard
the words of a song which had always been
q favorate one with his daughter. The
yeIses she was singing were the following
"I love thee, as the Glad bird loves
The freedom Of its WIrg,
On which delightedly it moves
In widest wandering.
II love thee as I love the swelt
And hush of some low strain,
Which briugeth by its gentle spell,
The past of life again
Then all became stin for a moment or
two Then there was moaning aud weep
ing. followed suddenly 10y laughter and
talking. The father made haste 10 ntCT.
feeling no little alarm from the strange pro
ceediugS. When he entered he found his
daughter sitting up in her bed, with wild
look about her eyes, which lie Lad Eeye4.
uUCiced before.
s'IIa, ha, HI, dearest, 7 viii meet you.
viii come on the wings Of love. Father
cruel father, has forgotten the kcyhoie.-
Tia. ha. ha.'
The father fed from the room without
feeiug or hearing more. \ terrible fear,
for the first time, took possession Of him.
He ran with the greatest speed for the fam
lily physician, who came almost as speedily
to see the poor sufferer v hen lac saw her
face he looked serious enough, and lie was
not long in informing the parents that their
daughter was insane. The father was
shocked and overwhelmed. He frankly
told of all that he had done, and blamed
himself, though he declared that be thought
he was doing no more than was his duty.
Sadness fell more gioomily than ever upon
that house and the whole village was stir
red by the circumstances, as related from
mouth TO mouth.
The young lady grew worse and worse.
At length her actions we've such that it
was decided to be necessary 10 remove her
to an asylum. She isnow animate Of the
institution at Utica. Avery touching scene
occurred in the cars when size suddenly
broke forth in the hearing ofthe passengers
many of whom had been told OF her condI-
ton and history, with verse from her IA
vorite song. She sung in avoice Of partic-
ular sweetness and Pathos these words
1T love thee. as I love the last
Rich smile of fading day,
Which lingereth like the look we cast
On rapture passed away.
MORE OF IT.-Newburyport, Mass, IS
excited over haunted schoolhouse. For
kO,,a tim, tho school las hpRp disturbed