The Morning herald., 1876-09-05
THE LOST LETTER.
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oyTISUED FROM YEBTERDAY'S EDITION.

In the midst Of those terrific tornados,
which in the West Indies and elsewhere
carry in their path over immense districts
ruin and desoIation, there is a pause, often
Of considerable duration, caused, the scien-
tic inform us, by the calm in the centre
Of the atmospheric vortex of which they
are composed. Such calm would occa-
ionally rest upon the mind Of Philip Hav-
orth over the length and breadth Of
which the whirlwind Of passion had lately
been tearing One night, after one of
those hidden transports, which the proud
man would have died rather than any
mortal eye should have scanned, he threw
himself upon his bed (for he rarely went
tobed now, in the accepted sense Of the
phrase in a state approaching exhaustion,
mental and bodily.
By degrees sort Of dream-like peace
fell upon his spirit; he present vanished
away, and the past became, as it were,
once more a living reality.
tie thought Of Emily sherwood as he
had tll't seen her--a vision Of loveliness
and grace. He thought of her as he had
oeheid her almost the last time OIL that
clear summer morning, and like refreshing
a;y on his scorched and desolated heart
el the remembrance of her gentle words
and loving looks. Could they have de-
oelved? All no! and his whole nature
seemed suddenly softened. He seemed to
see her before him now, with her angel
lace and her floating white robes, he
seemed even yet to be looking into those
s't bright eyes, and to read there again,
as ne had read before, love unspeakable,
aa!n ,I Interchangeable. His heart was filled
WIN yearning tenderness, an intense and
longing tondness, and he extended his
a:lms as to embrace that white-robed
4 image Of truth and gentleness but she was
NV NV 'here; it was but her spirit which had
s'ne s'1 to still his angry passions with, the
m Sa'll OF trust and love. And in the fond
SMpeTst'llon ~ that so i! was, he sprang from
n ns couch, seized a pen, and wrote to her a
pS"s'0nate, Ss' ncoherent epistle, telling her
m "'s' She oad tried him almost beyoud his
nsns;h, 'ut that he loved and believed in
sa. sl SUI, and if she answered Immediately,
,"i "i' ne was ready to forgive her for all the
F'n VI, ,ie had caused him.
l0l' letter finished, he threw himself
,1 "pa Ills bed once again, and after a
,. EMS, slept more soundly than he had
Sa'e lor many e long night before. When
y lo'e IN tie morning he read over his
%uy'' 'iu! ana felt, IA he read, some faint mis-
4. inll's> bet these were put to flight by
sSsIy ~'lsyGolI2ctIon Of Emily as she had ap-
sisie' p;sl. 10 him in the vision Of the previous
svsDi M 'ne post, however, did not go till the
Isn sn'uS ne would keep the letter till
4, ,n a, Ala' for the delay! 1t changed
Norwood ''''' anu '''' VI ~
,l a. C. CHANGED that very afternoon that, TAX
men, NJ ~ provincial newspaper in a coffee
rm" v,n INTO which he had strolled on his
s,;,S g 10 l'Ie post office, the following para
'aPn sIn met his eye:
mo,. we understand that there is a matri-
J ~"'al alliance in contemplation between
h Il, Esq, eldest son of SirJ-
Mia i i bhtarl., and the lovely and accom-
Ssrs, SIsrSa,M, Miss Sherwood, daughter of Col.
g,anI u'IHooo' late of the -th dragons, and
sfm'uanaghter Of Of R. Sherwood, Esq,
pb;i,f pGi reading this most unfounded rumor,
nsn, ' y Hayiorth waited not another mo-
Au,, O'(t rushed homo 40 ;f dr;vor hy
,Ie'rssa,n.e,s and tearing his letter in a
Em;iS,a,'l pieces, threw it and the purse,
bestn;y, bny sl'f, into the fire, and vowed to
ess ',m Uo not another thought on the heart
hjth" h"ul1an saa who had perjured her own
for r;oh %,a sold his true and fervent love
her lI,es ho ana title. Oh how he. scorned
ali ii. "ow @ ne felt in his own true heart that
Would M h wealth and grandeur Of the earth
thought hAave y. been powerless to tempt one
~ Tsn' OF his from her NJ IN
'0nceal all suspicion Il IN ~ ijSrln111
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