Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-06-08

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walking silently by!his side, for his |
repeIled all inquiry
and forbade the expression OF aym-
pathy-. sss.se
Neither of us visited the spring
the next day, but toward evening
Morris entered the par
Tor, and seating himself before me,
without preliminary remark, said
a'' Miss Fanny, Ehave got favor
to ask of You. Promise me that
yen. win endeavor to procure me
another interview with TIE woman
we saw yesterday. / must see her
again, yet | would not go unbid-
den. have known hea IN. other
and HAPPIER years she was-tl,e be-
trothed of my youth, whom l have
sought long and vainly until now.
She told me she was married.
marriedsof her own free choice
but, 0, | never, dreamed of this ~
Raymond Morris. bowed his pale
face upon his hands then raising
his head, said, earnestly:
g Yon will assist me Promise
me that you will assist me 90
l could net resist his appeal, and
promised, hesitatingly.
The next morning at an early
hour, | wended my way TO the lit
tie cabin. ITS mistress received me
calmly, but with less than her us
ual cordiality. With. low voice and
stammering lips | performed my
errand. The indian husband was
absent, and JULIA motioned, me to a
seat on the mat beside her. Per
haps, from long residence among
The Indians she had acquired. the
habit Of repress.ng her feelings, for
1t was with scarcely visible trace
of emotion tha. she told me her
story.
$" was born, md edacatcd among
tic granite hi!lsof New Hampshire.
My father WAS aclergyman, good
man, but stern and reecllant in his
manner. ! hao Little recreation
work, study and grave discourse al
ternating in my life. I know now
that rcy father owed me, and that
he intended this strict discipline for
what ho called my highest good
When | was fifteen my mother
died, and 1 was sent TO the
Academy. Raymond Morris was
principal. / had nsver loved learn
ing for it's own sake, nor imbibed- it
eagerly under my fathers. rigid
taition, but the persuasive eyes and
eloquent lips of Raymond Morris
lured me to commit many hard
lesson andsrendcred comparatively
easy many an irlsome task. My
father was well satisfied with my
progress, and [ was returned tor
the second year But, alas, during
this year 1 learned a lesson not to
be found in books and at its close
found myself be:rothed to Ray
mond Morris. / did not dream OF
my fathers dispeasure; ). but he
was indignan. that we had plighted
ourselves without HE approval NJ
sin could have been. more nnpar-
donable in. his eyes, and Raymond
was forbidden the house. Sill
contrived ways of meeting him, un-
| til my fathers watchful eyes dis
covered our secret. Then | wa
subjected to still stl-icter survell-
lance for weeks, bu: by the ols
housekeeper's connivance manage'
to escape during my fathers tenn
poTary absence.
Bat, alas, Raymond had gone
l knew not whittier. My obdurat
spirit was unsabdued, and / deter
mined never to return TO my faith
er's house. | wandered aimlessl
} along until | came upon little In
) dian hamlet They received u
q kind and in my then 5exasperat
, ed state OF feeling their simple, on
, door lite and freedom, seemed cor.
genial to me. An aged e4uaw too
) me to her cabin, and after awhi
! proposed to me to marry her son
: My whole soul revolted at frs
7 But a CALLING sense of ininsti'
: ranked in my heart, and wild dt
j sire for revenge upon my stern +;
< ther took complete, possession
d me. | think [ was insane ther
Ii God knows A magistrate W
d sent for whose scrnples modera
fee sileDced.s and there, under t
}, broad. canopy of heaven, surropn'
Il ed by dusky. faces, / uttered Il
false vows that made me wedd
ia wife.
il I" Hencetorth all the happiness
Is could know was the thought tha
IN had foiled and Inundated my fat
= er. and for months ! took a fer
a delight in it. k
Of "Then we removed to this pla
g / had never seer my father since
ID left me a prisoner III my own roo
Is, aud though at times a longing