The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-05-17

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lsful un.u bn Thought lhtl ha
mwr nul uevef hr rtwliol tui
Wv hli return tui ,a.irllty nnstp
nnno ol fIni puuIImon' which
ahoud tInilmls thl majesty of tho
Iuw Three i0mo whrnhIl h1lH
bad hteu maul hIth W. hlaIaf
ancc's'w that promised lm fba
tnoana Vt speedy reunion VITA his
family, they we're dnshrl g. tho
ground by aomo disastrous accident
and cuch Of these solaunsol lum and
lIslroaa wna followed hy longlh0u
od Indulgence in tho morbid feelings
10 which wc have alluded.
AZ length, after all those toila.
and 'ullo.ing nnd delayed hopes.
fortune began to ahover down such
bIo,sings that h1 lolt that the hour
ho bad 40 longcd lorwa, near Fate,
80 long lruwuing, turned 20 him her
brightest emilos. Ito took new Icaso
ol lilo aud hope, and wont about
dressed N such joyous smiles and
shining ehoerIulnoss, That oyory
chanco spectator porIorcc glallcncl
at tho Nght Of the face that beamed
upon him, llo was liko man
rcgcncratod, born into nor oxis-
tcncc.
Joyously ho wrote Of bis new pros.
poets. Soon he assured his wife and
children they should bo olaspcd in
each others arms.
Tho new house was TO bo built.
the new homo to be furnished. How
happy was hc in reck.ng the ycars
that bad been added TO tho liycs Of
his chlIdron, in calculating their
progress 10 physical and intellectual
growth, and in adapting their new
home 10 their enlarged wants.
How busy he was-how happy
Many finishing touch did ho give,
with his cwn hand, to his now homo.
Many a night when the hustle and
turmoil Of tho day was over, did he
lo wakeful, through tho long dark
hours OF stiffness, his thought eu-
gagged in travels to those iar-away
happy regions whoro his,bolovcd ones
dwelt.
And then came a Disappointment
That steamer, always before prOpi-
tious, brought him no letter in the
well.known hand. In what agony
dragged the long fortnight OF delay .
Another steamer, but no letter. The
long trusted friend was dead, but
delay was insupportable, aud he
ventured 10 write TO another whom
he believed he might trust, for aid
~ this emergency, and now he
ayallcd himself Of spcodicr means Of
communication, and flashed his
message along the wires that bound
tho continent.
And still 10 answer came. None,
though no waited till every green
leaf Was withorcd In his heart.
Torn by suspense, almost mad.
dened by a horrible dread of he
knew not what, fearful TO put the Sc
crot Of his retreat into the hands Of
those who might ensure his ruin,
resolving TO risk all and then TO dc.
lay nm act which might plunge others
into this abyss as well as himself
torn By thousand, powerful, con
tending emotions, resolving aud
shrinking, reprovlng himself for
cowardico in either case--at last all
this turmoil became inaupportable,
and he suddenly resolved TO re-
turn.
And ono day, scarcely a month
after, n pale aud anxious man pre-.
seuted himself in the streets Of g.,
iuquiring in n voice expressive Of
the concentrated Anguish and sus-
pensc he endured, for tho wife of
John Greer.
Days passed. lie could learn only
that she had suddenly left her home
and departed with her children from
tho town. And this was the only
tidings that greeted him, and this
had happened months ago.
Yainly he paced the streets. None
knew and none greeted him. Bron.
zcd and bearded, emaciated aud sal.
low, he was all unlike what he had
been in his happier days.
She Is ill-she is dead-wcro the
words continually in his thoughts.
lie fell i'll, both mind and body sink.
ing uudsr the fearful weight he had
80 long borne. And then his land.
lord called To his aid . physician
as il shanccd the very ons who'had
40 often come as a messenger Of heal.
ing into his once happy home Of
those other days.
And from him John learned at
length the solution Of that terrible
mystery which had well nigh cost
him bis life.
Sarah had wearied Of waiting-of
her long watch Of suspense and delay.
Falsehood had been at work too.
No doubt she was weaker than even
sue had dreamed. She had been
told her husband uas dead. Ills let~
ters had been intercepted. Then
her beautiful, promising boy sicken.
Cd aud died, suddenly. Perhaps her
in,cllec. was weakened. LIST US be
as Icnient as possible, believing tina.
she did not sin with dclibcration
aud open eyes.
This was the strange mystery Of
her Disappearance. ihe bad be-
come the wife OF another
The frat day that saw the injured
husband able to leave bis temporary
lone, he me. bis wife uron the