Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-03-07

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Thomas, come up, and bring one
of your fellow servants"
There was a trampling up stairs,
and then down; after that Mr.. En-
lyn came out of her husbands room;
he left the house forthwith, with
out speaking to Alice. Then the
doctor came; he, too, was shown up
stairs. Bye and bye he came down
into the room where Alice was
He took her kindly by the hand.
MY dear Mrs. loft, prepare your
self for bad news"
''Is he very ill?" gasped Alice.
eyes, very i'll; nay he is dead"
After that the days passed like
dream till the day of the funeral.
She wished to follow him to the
grave-for he had been very good
to her she thought; and now that he
was gone, her mind misgave her that
she had been faithless to him, not
in deed, but in heart,-but this was
forbidden by those who had the
!
A relation of Mr.. loft had turned
up, a nephew a lucky -boned
youth, with long neck and tuft
of red hair~on his chin; and this
Ephraim Toft, was the chief mourn
er. Mr.. Elmyn also was at the fun
eral, and when they returned they
went into the parlor and drank
wine, and afterward sent for Mrs.
loft, to hear the will read.
He was a solemn, courteous man,
this Elmyn, with a full, resOunding
voice, and he read out the terms of
the will distinctly and soneriously.
1t was difficult to repress a feeling
of elation as he rolled over the list
of Mr. Toft's possessions, and ended
with the clause that left his wife
sole legatee and executrix. How
through the gloom of this day, had
bright vistas of the future cleaned
and shown!
"Aheml there is codicil," said
Mr.. Emlyn; and bit by bit the cod
icil undid all that the will had done.
The lanky nephew uncoiled himself
and glowered and blinked with
amazement and delight. There was
but one bequest to Alice-a copy of
THE Times of-June, of the day
previous to the old mans death.
They left her to herself for
while, and she tried to grasp what
all this meant. The lawyer had po-
litely handed to the widow her lega-
cy, the copy of The Times. What
could this mean?
All, yes, it was dreadful, this pow
erty, after wealth had seemed with
in her grasp. But still there was
youth and hope; and William-yes,
might think of him now, full and
freely. She carried no burden of
gratitude, she was free now, and
perhaps William was at hand
Well, she would read this Times.
Presently she clasped her hands to
her forehead, and with strained
and horror-struck eyes read, this par
agraph:
"DEREL1CT AT SEA.-A pathetic
incident is narrated by the master of
the steamship Suez, just arrived at
Liverpool. 1t appears that in the
Indian ocean she met with a dismast-
ed vessel, apparently abandoned by
the crew. A boat was sent to board
her, when the following sight met
the eyes of the officers: The main
and upper decks had been swept
clean by the sea, the bulwarks were
carried away, and every vestige of
the spars and rigging. No living be-
ing was found on board, but in the
captains cabin was the body of a
young man with golden hair and
beard, much decomposed. A letter
was lying on the table, which was
brought away by the boats crew,
and we are requested to give it in
full, as it may lead to the identified
ton of the ship: dearest Alice:
How often have l thought of our
last parting, and longed once more
to clasp you in my arms! Love like
ours is never to be parted, let the
sulky old centenarian do as he please.
l write to you at your sisters, as you
desired me, No. l9 Bond street, Mel
ford Regis. How well l remember
the happy hours we have spent
there! lam in command of the ship
now" The rest of the letter is illeg-
ible, except the words, "Come to me,
your loving William Black" The
body was sunk in the sea, the vessel
left to its fate, and the steamer con-
tinued her course"
That night, as the sun was setting,
lighting up with golden flames the
broad estuary of Melford, the tide
was in its full, the white-winged ships
were floating in upon its bosom; a
young girl appeared on the farthest
extremity of the landing-stage, and,
raising herself for a moment, and
taking last, long look at all the
beautiful scene around, cast herself
into the waters, which closed around
her with sullen ripple. Once, and
once again, a white arm was seen at
the surface; boats put out, and men
with ropes shouted and gesticnlated
from the shore; but it was of no use,
the sea claimed its own, and still
boards in its hidden treasury the
bones of William and Alice.
BUTLER'S PREJUDICES CURED.
THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF A CHANGE.
/ came into command in Virginia
in 1868. there organized twenty
five regiments with some that were
sent to me, and diciplined them
Still as my brother officers OF the
regular army said my colored sol
diers would not fight; and l felt it
was necessary that they should fight
to show thgt their race were capable
of the highest duties of citizens is to
defend their own liberties and
country's flag and honor. On the
29th day of September, 1864, was
ordered by the commanding gener-
al of the armies to cross the James
river at two points and attack the
enems line of work; one in the