The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-22

But surely il is natural"
''Nay, has she ever appeared to you sinc
her death ?"
Certainly not"
'Then certainly she does not love 70,
LILY father lies yonder; he came to me
when I called him; he appeared to me in
broad daylight"
''rruly this is strange" said Brown,
looking full in the face of the young lady.
''You think it strange that should say
this, for you don't believe that it ever oc-
Cured. Perhaps you deem me lunatic
I do feel as if were deranged at times"
II have reason to go mad" returned
Brown, "and often do think that if 1
could lose the sense of sharp reality in the
wild whirl of frenzy, it would be a good
change. The truth is so cold SO barren,
SO hopeless. She is dead; 1 shall see her
no more. What can be worse than these
facts2 Could labor under the delusion of
insanity, and seem to see her, to listen to
! ASlJ w ULcu, WelCOIuo uduuebS
"You say that you have parted from her
forever. 1t is not SO. You will meet
again."
GAY, when everything is changed, and
when my needs cease to be what they are
now. Such meeting is nothing, for it
was the light of this dark world, not one Of
the stars of eternity that Rosalie shone for
me-"
IT said Just now that Rosalie did not
love you, and now add that you do not
love her. You only fancy the girl, but
love her not. Love is a principle SO deep
that it passes unscathed the ordeal of
death, and exists supreme under all Cir
cumstances."
Brown felt offended To have his con-
stancy doubted was equivalent to charge
of high treason. He measured his love by
his anguish; the loss of Rosalie afflicted
him deeply, and he imagined that he loved
her. As well might man who lost valu-
able horse or an elegant time-piece, attri-
butte his regret TO love. Many persons
marry under great mistake. Love, pure
love is supposed to be the motive. Now,
pure love cannot die; it is immortal, and
two persons who really love each other can
never part 1t was blasphemy to assert
the contrary. Therefore, the maiden
said:
"Be consoled, sir, for you will find a
cure for your disappointment. There are
widows, who are widows indeed, and there
are widowers who are widowers indeed, but
you are not one of them. Pure love has
fellowship with God and the holy angels,
and with all the just spirits that exist, both
in this world and elsewhere. Death is no
bar to these, for they are all leavened
with one leaven, and baptized with one
baptism.
"You talk of religion, not of human
love-" said Brown, now fully persuaded
that the girl was crazy"
81 know of no religion which is contrary
to nature, and l know of no natural cause
or effect which is contrary to religion" !"
said the other "and yet as truth is
stranger than felton, SO is natural re-
ligion more real and more wonderful
than all the wild fancies of the sectar ms"
"And now you are going away" said
Brown. 81 don't know but it is my duty
to detain you."
'For what? Have I said anything
wrong-anything which you can contro-
vert in fact ?"
"Your notions are odd"
"And they don't bear you out In pro-
Tossing love for your Rosalie, and caring SO
little about meeting her on the other side
of the grave Is it not 80 ?"
II love Rrsalie as she was here; what
she will be there know not 1t is you
who are unreasonable. I aim only to love
O women as man"
"And you will find plenty Of women who
will be satisfied with such love-" inter-
rupted the maiden.
"But you-it seemsto me that you would
be mana recluse."
II would still remain unsold," returned
the other. "But you, who loved Rosalie
only as she is here, you repine because she
does not appear to you. If she appears
she comes to you as she is now, not as she
was when burdened with fesh Make
yourself sufficiently etheral and you may
get glimpse of Rosalie, but she will not
come as your Rosalie-not as a comforter
to one who mourns, for you must first be
light and cheerful. There is no sadness
where she is, and even if she comes it will
not be as mortal, but with light and grace
and healing in her wings. You, who sigE
at the to.nb, and think of her as thing o.
clay, cannot perceive her, and yet she ii
here"
Brown shook his head, for he relishet
not the doctrine of the strange girl. She
looked at him a moment. and then drew