The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-08
CHATTER XXvIn

ENllHllLMlEl uS AAAsAN OnL llllIuS can DC
healed in a measure as well as our bod
les; otherwise what wretched creatures
we should be, for who among the most
favored of US all has not lost some near
and dear friend-some by death and
some by a worse living fate? And we
have felt our souls oppressed by a
weight Of woe that seemed for a while
destined never to be removed, but which
time has gradually lightened, and the
heart has again felt free and almost
happy. 1t is hard indeed to part from
those we love, even though we shall
soon see them again, but OH the agony
Of an aching heart which never expects
to see its loved object again. Could we
only cultivate a feeling of resignation,
how much better should we be enabled
to bean up under our trials and tribula-
tions!
Mrs. Hewitt had never felt the happi-
ness Of a change of heart. She had
never felt the need of a Savior, and she
had yet to learn the bliss of a soul in its
earliest love. Thus in her hour of sor-
row she had no all-saving arm to lean
upon, no help to ask for aid in bearing
all as a child of Gods, so she mourned
as one without hope.
Six weeks had elapsed and they had
heard no tidings of the lost ones. They
had searched far and wide Advertise
ments had been inserted in every circu-
lating paper; in fact, everything had
been done by the doting and agonized
parents; but all had been of no avail.
AS yet nothing had been heard of the
missing ones.
Mrs. Hewitt at first it was feared
would have become deranged, so frantic
had she been; but as time, with its heal
ing wings, strobe steadily onward, her
grief had subsided into q calmer state,
and she now seemed so quiet and unlike
her former self that fears were enter
tained for her life. a deep melancholy
seemed to have settled upon her, and
the Colonel was forced to hide his own
sorrow that he might prove more Of a
comforter to his wife.
A letter had been Immediately for
warded to Harry, and he was now ex-
pected daily to arrive, to devise, if pos
sible, some new means TO gain inteli-
gence Of his lost sister.
Robert was almost inconsolable, con-
stantly blaming himself for what he
termed his carelessness and want of
thought.
But Clarence, poor fellow! AS soon
as he heard the news, which was three
days after its occurrence, he set out i'm
mediately for the now desolate home.
Never had he fully realized how dear
Sonora was to him until now that dan
ger pended over her. Not even when
she was to become the bride Of another
did his heart feel so utterly destitute as
now-now that she was gone, none
knew whittier, perhaps never more to
return to them. He resolved to seek
her out if living, even were it necessary
to travel the world over and invest his
whole fortune in the undertaking,
With this firm determination he set out
for Bridgeport, where he now awaited,
with anxious impatience, the return OF
Harry.
1t was late one afternoon that Mrs.
Hewitt sat bolstered up in the large easy
chair, while the Colonel stood looking
mournfully out of the window.
Robert and Clarence had gone over
to Captain Marsh's to talk over and
form plans with him, and to see how
Blanche was, who seemed to take il
more to heart than even Mrs. Hewitt.
From the first announcement she had
seemed to be sinking, as the terrible
reality forced itself upon her.
"Perhaps it might never have hap.
pened had 1 been true to my darling
friend, p murmured she mentally, as sh,
and her cousin sat alone in her own lit
tie room.
The warm September sun shone in a
the open window, shedding its declinin
rays upon her pale cheeks and sunke
eyes. Pushing her chair nearer tn
easement, that she might have bette
view of the broad open avenue leadin
towards the Hewitts, Blanche suddenl
exclaimed:
'Here comes Samp as fast as th
horse can carry him Perhaps he Ina
brought some news from Sonora" an
rising, she tottered towards the doc
which Cordelia had already openeC
With her Cousins assistance she do
seended to the piazza, where Samp wa
already talking with Robert and Clal
ence, while grandpa and grandma stoo
listening anXiously.
"Any news, Sampson, from Sonora 4?
asked Blanche.
mo, Miss Blanche; but Massa Harr
hab arrived, an pears berry much e1
cited bout it, and Massa send me aft,
de young gents" answered Sampson
and the great tears rolled down h
wrinkled cheeks.
The young men started Immediate
for home, after promising to Ike,
Blanche informed Of everything favor
bic.
When the two young gentlemen e
tered the house, Mrs. Summers al
Adele were listening TO the recital