The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-04-07

could have nitten it with decay
I have seen many instances OF women
running to waste and self-neglect, and
disappearing gradually from the earth,
almost as if they had been exhaled to
heaven; and have repeatedly fancied
that could trace their death through
the various declensions of consumption,
cold, debility, anguor, melancholy, un-.
til L reached the first symptom of dts
appointed love. But all instance Of che
kind was lately told 20 nle; the circunl-
stances are we'll known in the country
where they happened, and / shall l.t
give them in the manner in which they
were re!at &.
Every Que must recollect the tragical
story Of Emmett, the Irish patriot; it
WAS too touching to be SOON forg gotten.
Curing The troubles in Ireland, he was
Lried, condemned, and executed, on a
charge Of TREASON. His fate made %
deep impression or pabilc sympathy.
lie Waa SO yoisng-so inteliigent~so
generous-so oraye-so every thing that
We are apt to like in q young man. HTS
eouuuct nnder trial, zoo. was SO lofty
and intrepid. l'he noble Indignation
with which he repelleGi Che charge OF
treason against h1a countJy--the eio
Q1eng Yindicatiou OF his name-and his
patbebic appeal to posterlty, i'll the hope.
less hour Of condemnaEion--all these
entered deeply into every generous
bosom, and even his enemies a.uenteG
the stern policy that dictated his execrl-
tion.
But there was one heart, whose ars-s
guish it would be Impossible to describe,
III happier days and fairur fortunes, he
had Won !ile atfectit rs OF e. beautiful
and interesting girl, the daughter Of q
celebrated Irish ha,rister. She Loved
him with the djsinteresEe>l fervos of Il
! Wosnan':5 first and early ]oYs. When
evezy worldly maxim arrayed itself
against him; when blasted in fortune,
&nd disgrace and danger darkened
around his name, she loved him the
more ardently for his very sutr-riugs.
II, then. his fate could awaken the
sympathy even of his foes, what nlast
have been the agony OF her, whose soul
TYas occupied by his image! Let taoaa
tel! who have the portals OF the tomb
suddenly closed teI yeen them and the
being they most loved on eartll-~who
have sat at its threshold, as que shut
cut i'll q cold and lonely world, whence
/, all that Wsts most lovely and lovin had
departed
But then the horrors Of such a gravel
SO frigitful, SO dishonored! there aass
nothing for memory TO dwell on that
, could sOothe the pang OF sepa1atiO,l~-
none OF those tender, though mesan-
choy circumstances, which enaear the
parting si:ene-nothing to melt sorrow
into those blessed tears, sent like the
dews OF heaven, 10 revive the heart in
the parting hour OF anguish
To rende1 her widowed situation more
de5olate. She had incurred her father'a
displeasnre by her unfortunate attach
ment, anG Was exiled from t!ls pateyoal
roof. But could the sympathy and kind
offices OF friends have reached a spir;t
so shocked and driven in by horror, she
would have experienced no want Of con-
ISOLATION, TOR the Irish are people of
quick and generous sensibiIities. The
most delicate and cherishing attentions
were paid her by families of wealth and
distinction. She was led into society,
and they tried by all kinds OF occupation
al amusement to 0isslpate her grief,
and Wean her from the tragical story Of
her lover. Bat it was all in vain.
There are some strokes of calamity
| which scathe and scoEtch the soul.
which penetrate TO the vital seat of hap
piness-and blast it, never again to put
forth bud Or blossom. She never ob~
jected to frequent the haunts Of pleas
ure, but WAS as much alone there as in
the depths Of solicitude; walking about
in sad reyeris. apparently unconscious
OF the world around her. She carried
with her inward woe that mocked at all
the establishments Of friendship, and
*'heeded not the song of the charmer,
cnarn he ever 80 wisely"
The person who told me her story had
seen her at ball. There can be no ex-
hlbition OF far-gone wretchedness more
striking and painful than to meet it in
such scene. To find it wandering
like spectre. lonely and joyless, where
all around is gay-to see it dressed out
in the trappings Of mirth, and looking
so wan and woebegone, as if it had tried
III vain TO cheat the poor heart into
momentary forgetfulness Of sorrow.
After strolling through the splendid
ROOMS and giddy crowd with an air of
utter abstraction, she sat herself down
on the steps Of an orchestra, and, look
ing about for some time with {. vacant
air, that showed her rinsensibility to the 81
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