The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-11
LONG AHAHi Mo.


The h"rrN 'tl@j could 'n' '','t' '.'''n,,
they lived. hHt "ni''''7" 10 cheat.
/ Il'aan old, oh song that ! trin,:
this evening: hat. oh. 50 very dcn,
aud sweet, and what story there is
back of all those tclderIy bite,
words: even If We knaw ha. few Of
! the actual fants, low We may strina
! together tho words Of the song. and
form . story o! our owl
~ world ma, conse cen ma ,ep,,t
To,anl,]p i, corr hoacm now
r,r i wa t,r "a NOV frnat
Wt,o wnr,}s # thjns Inc rears ooo -
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ooa,,r y Nv, - 80. -" rt =,
tand who could hnyo written them
without having naappI thro;,ch the
Gre him4e,f?l said t. a dear friend :
II doubt il all the daIl, ines arc
traced from my heart w, -
some forty Years aGo. or pcrhops
M, uu;fc 60 lonn since. If y little
town in Ohio. q yo,,nr minister. full
OF poetry and romance, became very
much attached to Il young girl OF
about -. blue eyes. light brown hair,
and Il face rs lair as q lily. This
young girl, Ella hy name. not Lore.
ma. was living with an elder and worry
worldly sister. depending on her en-.
tircly for support. This sister deem
cd it quite TOO small Il thing for q
person Of Elias beauty and aristo.
cratic Ah!iy connexions 10 marry q
poor pr'AeieFs anu her Planning sue
'ee''eo N'''' 'AA' o' III e'lEa''se'
inont :
we i"'a" c"ch o,iier men L'feha.
M'le 'n'h we t',i uale" 10 't!i'
ana Wha' We hi!ghf nave been, Loiena'
i'ad hu' our loving Fso'peled Well'
Perhaps il was Il,a'a irdecisiye.
ness OF character, or weakness I
would rather call it, that made her
wholly aubmiseiya,o her sisters will.
hut she gavo no tho love OF . noble
soul for the world and its peoplc.
Perhaps the parting can best be do.
scribed in the writer's own words:
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nsrt, th;, ~ - i. al, .n" ant ''
~ Inst :, 1n u '' h"naa+ t,'t 40 80,
MI ,hara 49, ' haa' NY r oI.o,. y
~, WV VI 49,, 80 "."'' ~ "'"'.
IL hao been saiu that after the part
ing hils 'o5t III hsi pfisIt sunny
ways, ana t'iey mover came back 10
her, mar nov snc IA q SAG, s!cEly
Wo1'iah' iat past tiie prime OF !ltc. q
weary rclsfcsa woman, wandering
forever ID sehrcn OF mo peace anu
happiness she then threw away so
rerE!cssiy IN her yo'l,h.
ialk OF man 8 nhia!thininess ana
cola'.eHs "a ieea'Iis, hen .aKe Inc
fen'cmnilhsr OF now: a'tcr twenty envy,
1--WE A eaIs Ua s'ps.la'Ion' ONO couni
say, 'nr uilh Ilns9 aIc mol riasNl
Sct. Conlu we ASK. oF WISH, !oi
lor s"rn ~ Ie'ae.nn n : IT. wonla |,
seem l',..ii'ie, i'',u h;teRkci.nesAl.c1
" "1p., w. suun '.!'l.t. hn..a 10y.
n ;n W" W., ,n:luus W - " a., ~ va"
, !! w :, .'u - 'I'sse y. ans n1a IN:
noiu ~, VIZ. 'i !. '.s' '.o' ,c1iM n. ~.
frat meloiv NV hoort ramcmhcrs
those tender tunes ono never can
forget; perhaps it was one Of my
mothers songs that should love It
80 we'll.
Not many evenings since a friend
was with me, a grave, quiet sort OF a
person, whom | never dreamed had
SO much OF q sad story OF her own, I
always imagined her heart set on
one thing only -her church. She
seemed SO practical, SO self.possess.
ell and indifferent. She searched
through and through all my music
until she found "l4orcna. ''Sing it
for me. please sho said. GLOW lit:
tic ! knew 1t was the very story OF
her life. sho whom / had deemed so
indifferent and void OF all such feel
ings.