The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-02-05

| eHubW VI SUCH du nOuOTVu CIlUl. Ills
subdued the feelings of Sequin to some cx-
tent, and he told her that such an objection
as that he could not, would not take, and
after much persuasion had taken place on
his part, our heroine at last consented to
become his squaw. AS they then talked
of their future happiness, oh! how sweetly,
how delightfully."- the moments seemed to
glide away. This, then, was the happiness
of the noble Sequin, to look forward to a
complete union with the one, the only one
he adored. Alas! alas!
Six months had now glided away, seem
ing as only SO many weeks to Sequin, and
the time was drawing to close when the
beautiful Virginia had consented to be-
come his wife. But all pleasures have
their drawbac As Virginia had contem-
plated the step she was about to take, in
solitude and alone, she began to see her
error in being SO hasty to answer Sequin,
as she had, atfirmatiyely, and she wished
| then they had never met. The nearer the
time drew near, the greater the tendency
became for her to recall what she had said
and tell the chief, at all hazards, of the
change i'll her feelings in the important
matter. Yes, in his very next visit to the
trapper village, she would lay the whole
matter before him and let matters take
| their own course. AS she saw him ap-
preaching the village On the next evening,
how she trembled with fear, for she was
well aware that Sequin had full power to
| punish, Or even to kill her, il she disobeyed
his wishes. Nothing daunted, she deter
mined to tell him all. AS they wandered
together toward their fayoritc retreat, the
Fatal Cliff" how little did they dream of
what o great change would take place be-
fore they returned to the village. How
wise it is in the Ruler of the Universe to
keep the future yelled, as it We're, that we
may not see the calamity that may be but one
step ahead. AS Scquin began, as was Gus
tomary on such occasions, to talk Of their
future happiness, he was commanded to
hush, and then did Virginia tell him in all
her simplicity that henccforth they could
be only friends, as her feelings prompted
her to withdraw from one whom she had
| once loved but her love had modified in
to friendship, and she could never, would
never become his squaw. The savage
could not have been more surprised had
lie been shot, at such intelligence, and lie
remarked, half Gudibly, cam I dreaming
Can it he Virginia who is crushing my
very life by her worls?" And the quick
| sensitive ear OF Virginia catching his faint
soliloquy assured him she was the one who
communicated her feelings, and that she
indeed meant every word that she had ut
tered. Sequin could hardly realize but
| that his own ears were proving false
on this occasion; but Virginia arose to
leave him alone, when he started up also,
as though crazed, and babe her tarry, as
surfing her his heart would break, telling
her that earth was so dreary and cold,
and how he had waited 80 many months
to gain the hand which would soothe all
his sorrows-in word, that earth without
her was to him a prison below, and asked
her once more in all the eloquence which
his heart could pour out, to say her all was
HE, and that forever. But his entreatics
did not avail. Now they were standing
near the edge of the Fatal Cliff, that won
derfnl freak Of nature where the rocks
overiet the tree tops, whilst hundreds of
feet below man would not appear larger
than small boy.
Virginia again started to leave the saw
age, but he again commanded her to stop.
"Listen," said he, "You promised to share
my wigwam when again the trees blossom
ed. The time is near at hand, and now
| you prove false to your VOW. Earth with
out you would be drear and lonely, and l
| could not live and see you the squaw of
| another, for rather than this l will go to
the happy hunting grounds, where pleas
ures ever abound, and where | shall be
free from sorrow and want forever. Lis
ten Go back to my people and tell them
you were the cause OF my death that you
have murdered me. hope to meet you in
the happy hunting grounds Of the I'M
known
A moment of silence, as of death, and
with one bound the noble Scquin had
plunged over the Fatal Cliff; down
down! down into the rough bed CT gran
lite below. Then silence again prevailed,
| and as Virginia stood ON the edge of the
Cliff, looking to see if perchance she
! might behold Sequin, or catch sound of
his voice, as he struggled in death below.
But not the least sound broke the stiffness,
and not for some minutes did she fully re-
alize what had taken place. Standing
there as though i'll dream, it flashed up
on her in an instant what wonderful
| tragedy had taken Place, and herself being
the cause Of 1t all. Could she again re-
turn to the village and tell her people all
that had occurred, and give them the
reasons for it all Above all could she ac-
knowledge that she had been the one, the
only cause Of the death of Sequin for
well she knew that on the morrow, when
the chief should DO missing, that immedi.
ate search would be made, and she would
be questioned as being the last one lie was
seen with Alas too well she knew that
if she told her people the truth, they would
torture her to death--a death Of torture
worse than dozen common deaths. "And
il | do not acknowledge the TRUTH said
she, 81 will be accused with his death any.
h0w-with his murder indeed and moth
ing but inevitable death awaits me on eve
ry hand. Shall | too join Sequin on the
other side of the beautiful river, in those
happy lands where labor, toll, anxiety and
trouble of every kind shall cease forever
Oh! what would lie the CONSERVATION o
the villagers the next morning, should
and Scquin he both dead at the bottom O
the Fatal Cliff? Would it not break thu
heart of my dear old father, whose feet ar,
becoming so feeble and slow Would i
not kill my kind. loving mother to los,
her only daughter, whom she has raised
with SO much care and tenderness, t.
sootbc her in her hours Of feeblcness ant
age!" But time was passing by, and sh,
must do something, and that speedily
"Yes, will do it,
A scream Of anguish and terror rent tn
air, and Virginia too had taken the fata
leap, which should end her earthly career
and land her spirit with that of Sequin il
the lands of happiness and the unknown
in the spirit world. Yes, there in TIL
moonlight, at the foot Of the well nance
Fatal Cliff, might be seen the noble Sc
quin who had been such great warrio
} in his day, whilst close by his side on tn
} hard and rough bed Of granite, lay he
} whom Sequin had loved so well that til
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