The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-07-18

Of her heart snapped like cord, and
few moments ago her heart ceased
10 beat. Your daughter has left YOU
A week ago Had lain there q
week And was !. dead Then what
was it in me that heard their voices
and thought and reasonedY 2 Dead
And then it flashed through my
mind, "Bnt il is not tho soul, only the
body, that shall die, The soul will
never die, and it Is tho soul that
thinks But must / be buried with
my body,.I wonderedY Was there
no way Of getting this live soul of the
dead lying herG9 / wished / could
get. out in the room, aud see tho body
as Il lav there. OH marvellous won.
deri No sooner had the wish flashed
through MY mind, than was IN the
middle Of the room, and there was my
dead body lying 10 tho bedl Was il
possible my mother did not see me I
! was standing directly before her,
her eyes were looking at the place
where | stood, and yet she made no
sign. ! moved nearer aud touched
ber, yet she moved not. / was inyis.
| ibie.
My father entered the room and
laid bis hand upon my mothers, say.
ing, "Do not cry, love, her memory
VIII yet brighten the few years of our
liyes.p
"oh, my darling, my darlingl" was
all my mother could say, while she
sobbed rs If her heart would break.
"And poor Robert = said my father
in tender voice. The doctor looked
up inqgiringly, and my father an
awered his look-"I mean Nichols
We received letter from him but
this morning, telling US bis arrange.
ments 10 enter business are nil com
pleted, and asking our consent 10 tell
Annie of his love-
II knew they loved each other" I"
said my mother, "and ! have been so
happy in their promised happiness,
but now" and her sobs silcnced
her.
"What have you told him ?"
II Ielegraphed at once that she was
not expected 10 live
"Hs will probably come on, then,
to.nightYp "
mo; he can not at the best reach
here before tomorrow morning"
"Well, you had better take down
your vile, and send the nurse 10 me"
Are you going 70 put her in The
womans hands Z"
"Yes.p
Aud Robert loved me mel Oh, If
| had but lived, how happy would /
have been as his wife. What delight
to be part Of such a mans life a
heart so strong and yet 50 tender
Poor Roberts / could not help
bat pity him for losing, not me, but
his love. What was be doing then ?
What would he say, and do, when
that cruel message met him :? l
wished ] might be At his home 10 see
him meet his trouble, aud as the wish
escaped me, wonder of wondersl l
was flying through the air, passing
over fields and villages, till found
myself in a grand old country seat,
that seemed 10 know az once, TO he
the home OF Judge Nichols. l had
never been there before, aud yet IL
looked rs familiar as il ! had but Just
left il. When ] was inside ] found
the same feeling OF familiarity with all
the people there. His father aud
mother had met often, but his sister
Grace / knew at = glance, though
seeing her now for the first time
That was Emily at her side, and Tom
aitting near his mother. Yes, | knew
them all. Hark They are talking of
me.
"Wbat was the dispatch, father ?"
said Grace, who had just como into
the room.
"i'or Robert, says Annie was dan
gerously i'll"
"Poor Annie Can you forward the
dispatch to him?"
1T would not hasten matters, aud
would hardly reach him, for he must
have left Rassell before this, and
ought TO be here in an hour" l look
ed at the clock--it was exactly nine.
"Can he go there tonight 2"
ayes BY letting John drive him
to Putnam he can catch The midnight
train"
"Have wc everything packed for
him, mamma, so that there need be
no delayg"
Eyes, Grace, and father will go
with him.
"Poor Annie" said Grace, "Robert
told me of her life. How delicate she
was, and how careful her parents
were Of her and of her great delight
in what other children accepted as
common things"
Yes, dear, and loved her tender
ly, long before ! began TO love her Tor
Roberts sake.n
''She will not die, will she, nam
ma ~ said little Tom.
1--WE cannot tell, my son, but we
hope not"
If she should die, what would Bob
'9o@
"Pray to God for strength to bear
it, dear; now, my son, kiss papa and
sisters goodnight
How happy they all seem to be in
each other. And if had lived they
would all have loved me as one OF
themselves. After long silence,
noise, was heard, some one said, at
is Robert" and / was at once outside.
He jumped out OF the carriage Joy
ously, the moment it stopped, and ran
up the stairs. Oh the misery of be-
ing beside him, of looking into his
eyes, and reading his heart, and yet
unable to tell him l was therel
He must have wondered at the