Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-26

MmciN NhAve so blackened.
.St0 S,sfid you not show me how that they
How his advances did she all sOcep.:
Howtshe rebuked not when he knelt to her
But. with a smiling face. accepted all
hrs Sto. When he wes asking her to tell him
His Josephine had gone
Sto And vast that way
Mrs. StO Ay, that 1t was.
Sto Aud you aid know it then!
Mrs St0 ] did.
Sto. Accused wretch may heaven
Mn. Curse not to God alone be pInishment.
St0. Oh it is hard, and then was so cruel,
Heaping hard names upon her gentle head,
While she bore all, and said '' l do forgive you"
Aud then, unlike a man, mere like fiend,
l sent her out into the chilly night.
So true heart and yet 80 injured
oh mother, mother, why have you done this
Mrs. Sto. The answer that once mad given-is
gone,
Her poor, dead face did drive il far from me.
SO. You injure me, and cannot tell the why
Bitter my life and murder all its joy;
Stain a sweet Angel with thy most foul words,
And cannot tell the why oh It's too much
Would had died before injured her
Would had the lightenings torn my limbs apart,
And the great thunder crashed the heavens above
Til they did fall shattered heap upon me;
But now I'm cursed. most accursed wretch. tExit.
Mrs. StO. Aud now l ask Of thee at what
Hour shall we bring her for the burial
Mn. At ten o'clock, for in the following hour
But no, It's needless
Mrs Sto And then, perhaps, you'll say few
And sing hymn little weeping, and
Some earth thrown in aud then twill all be over
Mn. All over here; but must leave thee, fol
I've work to do. lsNit.
Mrs. Sto. And will give thee more, ere time be
old.
There's mercy in dagger's point, and l will taste it
Or, better f,te there may be found in drowning -
COld-bOoded fishes, would We greet me then
Perhaps a shark would take me 'twixt his teeth,
And munch, aud MUNICH and munch-a murderer
Enter Blackwell.
Aud you, too, here1 Come you Deaths courier
To tell the death Of Josephine?
Black Dead no.
Mrs Ste Then l have naught to DO with thee
Leave me
Black. What is her mind estrangedi
bring you JOY,
Afrs So. Joy lives not nov; it hath died long
ago.
Black. To morrow Josephine is to be married.
Hrs Sto. IknoW it well TO morrow Ly's buried.
At II. said he? yes, truly, that he said.
Black. l said not that-good Heaven, is Lily
dead2
Ars SO. Deadf Yes, she is dead
Black knew not OF it.
Mrs Sto. You might have known it for a year
that's past
BLACK. Her mind is i'll in truth lun atic
ever thought her mind might come 70 this Exit.
Mrs. Sto lunatic, IA ha may be one.
Enter Mr. and Mrs Arden.
ard. How went the long night with you?
ArS Ard. could not sleep;
Ny thoughts Of Lily were so wide awake,
thAt from my staring eyes sleep fed affrighted.
At times did half doze, and then [ thought
heard our LIy's spirit lowering near
And then I'd wake, and find myself a-listening
But could hear naught but the sound Of Stiffness
That in my ear did ring its dreary tone.
AND then again wept mvself to sleep;
And IN that sleep, heard a voice speak to me-
And, as listened, knew that the voice
Was LIly's voice, years ago l heard it,
The lilies came this morning.
Ard. Az, that is right the white, white lilies,
Plucked from their stem Of life ike our own Lily
Lay them upon her.
Mrs. Ard While laid on the lilies one bv one
thought the heart that beat in me would break.
For she seemed sleeping, only that she breathed
not,
And her poor eyes were gazing up to Heaven.
AS il, with them, she told hfe's SORROWS there:
And, oh, her cheek, so thin il was and male
And her white lips were oped Just wide enough
To let unsaid prayer pass through
Ard. H. YOU remember wife, hos kind she WAS
Sharing all dangers, that she might help those
Who we're oppressed loving whom none else loved ;
Smiling on all with thst sweet smile Of hers
Which taught US how the sunlight shone in
Heaven fENeunt
SCENE H. Inside Of church. Godfrey, Jose
phine. bridesmaid ETC.. sitting in the front new
A wedding march is played on the organ, and the
marriage psrtv 20 forward and arrange themselves
at front Of the altar. Two seNtons standing at a
door inside Of the church L. l. Z. The minister
enters az the vestry door L. C., and at the same
time enter through the door l. l. 4. pal-bearers
carrying Lilys elifn. Not perccising the marriage
party, at hrst, thev wax about hall way up the
aisle, followed hF the mournsrs.
Curtain fslls End Of Act ".
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