Dtltfitr m M a. AAA- a . I 1 liave sworn upon tlie Alter of Ond, eternal hosttllty to cvory form of Tyranny over the MluJ of Mm." Then u Jclhirmm Iff. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Volume A. IILOOMSISUUK, COLUMEJIA COLXTV, PA. SATURDAY, MAY ti, 1810. :viutt:cr a. OFFICE OF THE E DEMO RAT. oppjsitb Sr. Paul's Church, Main-st TERMS : n COLUMBIA J)EMUClMTwillbc published every Saturday morning, at J It O 1)()I,I,'IHS per annum payable half yearly in advance, or Two Dollars Fifty Cent i, if nut paid witliin the year. So subscription will betaken for a shorter period than nix months; nor any discon tinuance perinilled,until all arrearages are diseharcid. J1D I 'ER Tl SEMENS not exceeding a square will be conspicuously inserlednt One Dollar for the first three insertions, and Twenty-five cents for every subse quent nsertion. ZrA liberal discoun viade to those who advertise by the year. LE II hUS addressed on business, must be post paid. A SAD STORY, TIIE LADY OF ELM-WpOD. CHAPTER 1. The evening shadows were stealing on at the close of a cold bright winter's (lay. Stretched on a bed of sickness, pale, wasted, silent, lay the lady of E!mwood. The curtains of purple velvet, dark and gloomy in the Tiding light( hung heavily around her, and through an opening, at the fool ol the hcd. s gleam of red light from ilie bla zing fire now and then fell or. her fae, but did nut rouse her from the deep thought in which she seemed piunged. There was much beauty yet in her large, dark eye, and delicately formed features; but lie cheek was hollow, and the lightly closed lip looked s if no smile ol joy had ever parted them. A hired nurse, the only watcher by that sick-bed, was dozing in nn arm-chair be f.in tue fin;, rowkiiig heriCif no w au-i then lo glance at the lady, who was totally re gardless of her presence. The old worn in begun to feel chilly as ihe evening dosed in, and she was rising to draw the curtain before ihe window, when the clear, gay laughter of a child rang on the frosty float ing up from the garden below, A look of miseiy passed across the lady's facr, at.d she sighed heavily. 'Did you speak, my lady?' asked the nurse moving to the bed side, Nonurse,' answered a sweet bul feeble voice; '1 want nothing nothing that you ran give me,' she murmured, a3 ihe old woman turned away, '-Oil, for a loving voice to cheer me in this dark hour!' Again she lay, silent and thoughtful as before, bul, after a lime, she called ihe nurse, and as if by a strong effort, snid, '(! to him lo my husband and lull him 1 am very ill. Say lhai, for the love of Heaven, I enireat him lo come lo me!' She had raised her head Irons the pillow to listen to the old woman's footsteps," til! the sound died away in ihe long and dis tant corridors. The slamming of a door ga"e hsr notice when the nurse had reached her dtslinalion, and she clapped her thin bands in.agnny of impatience, as it seemed to know ihe result of her mission. Surely, surely he will com",' she said; "he. does not love me; he has langhl my child loe-offal me, and yet, now suiely he will feel something lor me!' The door was heard again, ihe nurse loitered back, and flood once more beside her rhargn. '.My lord bids rue lo say to you, he i. er.gi.gcd now, hut will come by und The lady's head fell back upon lbs pil low, and ihe color that had risen Id her cheek for a moment faded away. The nurse had been used lo look on scenes ol suffering and sorrow, and perhaps age, too, Lad blunted her feelingi for she had re-es-tbiishcil hci't-clf h her comfortable chair, r.nd sank into a doze. The lady's voice once more roused her. Uo to him again, nurse! say, that I am dying you see I ai; tell luiu I ei.tita'. Lim to send fur Mr. Patterson, lo pray foi my departing soul. Beg him earnestly lo giant me ibis, only this.'' Anain the messencer departed, aud again tho lady listened anxiously lor her ictuniwalli to lue tnurcii in us iiu.guuuui.g " . yel with less hope in her sorrowful eyes than before. Her heart sank evidently when she heard iht nurse reluming immc diatcly My lord says,' siid the old woman, ihat it is only your fancy lhal is si k 'And did you tell him, nurse, that yd knew I was dying?' inlenuplcd her listen er. 'Yes my la'dy, but ha said, cf conrso 1 should swear to anything you bid mo say.' .?nd Patterson?' inquired the lady. '.May I send for him?' 'ily lord siid,' 'No, hi would have- no canting priests here The old woman hobbled back lo hn seat, and tho lady, covering her f. c..', sob. bed aloud. 'Cruel, even lo ihe last!' she stid at len j.l 'This life lhal some call so hippy, how dreary has it been to me! long miserabli years, ending in a death like lint!' Am' words of long suppressed anguish, though' that had hastened the heart with a weigh, of misery for years, burat from her dying lips. 'Poor lady!' muttered ihe nurse, 'her mind wanders. I've hoard strange stories about her, To be sure, there wa3so;ne- hing worng, or my lord would never havr kepi her mewed up so clone, and I due say, he thought of it troubles her I'ow.' 'To bo sure thero was something wrong!' jflie words had been in many n'ouihs, lilt it camo to be believed thai sumo dark secret, some hidden error, was llu cause ol ihe seclusion in which she was Kept by Jici husband. The sadness of her counteiirnee was held to bo occasioned by remorse, ihat.iihe seivioo whj over, he wcnl lo tier and ih e tears lhal were sometimes seen to fVil.iifftfred to assisi her in getting home. She is sIir knoll in prayer i i the house of (Joil were looked upon as Icais cf penitence. The pai.dMc an.! neckties with which slu linri i'iih i -iprl mi er.iR f ..tt.n, ul. !.. even in he presence, the Hiripirioi.s the) rfiitcrtained, only ccnfnmed ihem in theii iclief that in some way, she had erred giie- .i.iujly. 'And ihnt my hud,' ihry said, is so very easy and good-hinoorcd, and any iody might bo happy w 1 hi u!' ' S by legreei a belief had gained grou id thai al. .vas nol as it should be with ihe beauiifn ady of Ehu-wood, and tome dared lospn;il seorufiilly of her, even those who wt re un voi thy lo wipo the dust from Ler feet. F r the suspicions lhat had gone h,-oad ihe undefined mystrrious whi-pcra again.-: icr, wero as unjust as they were cruel l'hcro was nothing of shame, thongh, (.',n! knows, there was enough of.bim r sorrow ii her bluthes and tears, licr spirit wa tor uttprly broken by dai'y and hourly UiAn of which the coarse world knew nnining. o rcsctil insult or reply to impc ninenee. None knew how chotih! they know? iow a course of petty oppresr-ion, begining in her earliest vcars, had conquered nil cheerfulness and crushed all hope,- mid, (hi rir.g bet married life, lo none bul lo her God did the breathe word cf ihe Iroublr. which f uhdiied her.it ti which she submit-, ipii witliMiit a Hiniple. The little world about KIim w.mkI had i nly seen hr btouihi in .s it seemed as a bride to her InifhnndV ancestral home. They had seen, al first i jjay succession of guests nl ihe old hall, and Ihe young bride presiding at brilliant Hnierlaiiimcnts, Bul the number of encel fell off by divrces, hdies reased lo he a mong the few remaining visitei", ami, wl.tn ,o un- party mes at E!mw-o I, t' ia.lv W'i3 no longer seen among 1 1 . m. llu husband thought it necessary, al fun, to e nuse her absence on ihe p'.ea of ill healih. Sut it wfis soon understood that there utr. other reason", f although none knew wh uch reasons weie) why she appeared rm more, and her narno wa never mentioned. She was sometimes seen by persons whi , nl I - L.. 1..lr VJeU Uim-WOOO Oil OUIIirt?, .UNunin; alone in ihfi woods near ihe house, a pale yet bcBUtifi.1 pp-irit, or lending tho fiiiwrr- n a scull garden tlidtcrnd by ihe lar- sirelrhing wails of Ihe eld hail. v;n.e who had purposely liirown themndves ii her way, said lht she rpplied gundy ti dicre greetings, bu. always in a lone of sad uers On bunday she never failed, ttnless when detained at home by severe illness, tr i . i -.. .i i.i : :i lag. It was upon ihe edge of her husband's paik, and'a little path led toil from ihe (reat house, through old daik woods, and ty a I i lila ttienin, thai stole away al last, singing as ii went, into the fields below the '.liun.hyard. The- wholo village was pari of ihe Elm-wood proper ty, bik! ihe church contained many monuments to the memory of its possessors. The family paw had aiil! lis velvet cushions and drapiers, faded ihough they were, and here tho lady knel done Sunday aficr (Sunday. Hain and cold frosi and snow, nil seemed alike lo hei t'he good rcrlor, who soon learned to take m interest in her pule and melancholy face never failud to glance Al that humble wor shipper, so constant ia her attendance Sometimes ho saw that she was weeping nd his kind heart longed lo breathe com ion lo her evidently wounded spirit. His illempls to make her acquaintance at her r.vn house, had all proved vain. Her litis- 'jnnd, whoso manner to tho good old priest was full of scarcely stnptfcoscd coi.tempt, always replied to hi 3 inquiries about the I ly, by saying sho received no visiters To speak lo her on htr Way to and from the church, was hi.v only elmocu n proving to lier Low miirh he fell i.-iic-res'.a in her wel fare. She always wailed till all oil.erj had lel'i the cliureh.-ind ihcn u!o quickly across die gr.iveyaid,nnd thrnujh the hubs gate in '0 the park. One weland stormy Sunday, when tho rongi'i'gntion was very scanty, did clergyman, Mr. P.itt3,'ion, t.i hia sur prise, saw (he delicate form of tho I ail v jof Elm.-wood kneeling in her usual (dare her meek head bowed in ptavcr. When took his arm in silence, and, feeling thai sh (v-i.li trembling with col.!, ho h d her to ards ihe redory, whither hiswii.; .'"i' J.-6..,. I, .J , J. ill! Iilllhfl i-oinpasstonatcly upon het, ss he endeavor- .:il to shield her Iroui tiie beating rain, f.ii -ho appeared so feeble, thai without h' iielp she must have fallen. Thii :.s!ling wcailn-r for one ho teen -so dtliiMie and weak )s ymi,' he said cmt ly. 'Surely you would nol venluio lo ieiv linine on a day like this.' '1 come lit re for consolation, ' she a:: I'.vi red, sadly, 'you know nol how iiiutli I need it.' 'But (Jod is in every place, dear Inly From your secret (-lumber lie bean yout ,iraver nrisc, and Mirely it id not wtil t. risk your life ilius.1 '.My lif ' sh: ex. I iluied, inn lone ol .rief that broiitjhl leari in ihe oil mm' eyes; 'my i.irt:! Why hould I nursu nnd cherish H, as it were a precious ili'mt!? !m would miss ine if I wire gone? I'orive me! oh, forgive me!' t-!,e added, after a soon s'lenec; 'I l.rrcw the;:" arc wild and Mnful wordi. I-'orgetthal I have dpoken thei.i, I'liiitk of r;ic only as ol one surely 'r: oil, in whom j our minisirations have given mint :omfi'rt than aught cisn on cat th. Ouod nut kind I kuuw you sre- I, t my r.j.in lie sometimes on your lips when ymi pfi 10 your Cod Wo are told iht pnyer of a rish.eous nun availcth murh. Vill you lo llu-?' site said earnestly, r lining hci eyes to his face. 'As I hope, for peace I will,' answered he with mm h emotion. 'A 'id whi-n oo hear t't it I am d . do lot price 1'" i me, hut th ink Cm! ', ,at 'VO'iimIimI - int has foi .iil jicaee,' 'iJ.i urn .-peak sosa.t'.v, dear lady,' said he rector. 'You o.n-i familiar with Cod's Wi.id, sou haie read there, lhal lit hn made tlie wm! !, even He. 'healeth iht -roVf'O io l:ert. Vf, I feril it,' she replied. 'He, in. leed, hcalclh them, bul it is by taking iherr o himself I have looked around me here,' die continued, pointing to the graves by which tltpy were surrounded, 'and envied ihr.ee who have gone Lefere tr " to I'm Immi where tlie weary .re at teat.' Siimo few winds of curs fort the good r.'c- tor spoke ho npprnaehrd his own ho'iH' ... ! ..... I ,l.n J, . .lorn. l',.,,i let in In it, 1 11 u Ol" lii:n no, tnu-i .j.,--. ...... ..... , little smdv where his daughter awaited l,.i..'m '" "-"'. F-'J fh, ladv' hesitated, and seemed half kM", up to a certain lime, with about e ,if entering but he led her in and sfatcd her mJjl ccens. .7i length Ihe young gan. beside the' lire while his daUiih'.tr Jivesied bkr be-an lo lose; one by 01.0 be plcdg her of some of her damp garments and in sisled on tmpping her in her own cloak. 7'liere was something so humble in the lady's gratitude, something so sorrowfu ven in her extreme beauty, uncared fo: and neglected as she seemed, lhat tho kind' hearted fairily al ilia rectory could but fee t touching interest in her, and when at Icilli bur cirriage, for which a messenger lud been despatched, arrived lo convet her homo, many kind words were spoken, itid none could have supposed lhat, till thai day, lbs lady had been a stranger. The next Sunday was fina and bright, but the lady was nul in liar place. She was seen no more, even in Iter girden; ii'd ihe rector, .vim made several rail ilicu'pts lo bo admitted lo her presence lit.ard lhat .she was vcrv ill. 1 1 'j doub'- sd not, remembering her weakness and her wan look", lhat l Ue hour for which ils had !ongd wis approaching, and ii,! idly would he lnve endesvo.rd, as lha minister cfGod, to s.-nnoth the way hif.ire her lo the ftravc. We have seer that she, loo, wished for Ih? comfort ol hi J presence, but even thin was denier lier. Young, (forshe was on 'y in I er 20. 1 year.) innocent, beautiful, yl broker hearted, she was left to m ttt Iter death ilone. ' CIL7PTEII II. It is lime lhal we sny someiln'ng ol 'he c.'nua of Hut ;rief which oppressed he latly of til in wood, and which llu t?iioranl ami unkind attributed lo somi error of her pist life. Fur this purpose ;t is nccefsiry In turn lo the history o! : n- oat ly yean. I I'-r mother died t. - . t- - . mr. : - ' . . f mm of extravicait Labi!; mn'tied t s'-ror-.I lims within a yesr of hi fir vif.'s death Mis marrio wiih ' v-n'iry heiress frpeil him for a whih ' otii preiiniary eoiharriTiient, but i!e- i n i d f irevrr the paco of his hoou '. I s b'idn was liau-li'y, vain, m! ill tern ,' icd, nnd the inilWH t enc h f-lt fo- ,.-r at fu st quickly oVofiPnml into a pos litvo disLke. For a time, he scenic;! n fi.td in the cat-;s". of his chill a con--(lUtnn for ihe d'.-r, rri'ihles ff his do iH";t:c lifn, bul lim rvt-ak mind thiistcd ;m -z-i!i in.'ot, .Hid lie f.tiinl it al tin ;aiiiii;:. I.ildc. Ily degrees i pis.sioti f.ii ;iLv al'siiibcd every othr feeiin- Tin lur h of so neir, thuiia.li it give hint n plcasui", did mil keep him loii froir his dai'lui:; poisui', end, ns year passed 'iy, ho saw less of his family, an I ap jenvil lo become to'ally indiff -i ml v ei iluir W'lfarc. Thus his d.iiialiln was left a victim lo the cipniv Knd ill io's of her vain and hivo'iiu imo'h r. Few tvcie Hie reair-ml-r'if.ecs o ier chil liioinl, which sh even in the deep 1'iaN of her after Itf-1, co'ild rprtl wiih anything of plcaun'. The spoiled itid petied son of her s!epmoth"r, imi t.iting I ho small tyranny of his ptreni. o.i every occnion aseiieil his stipeii l iorily over llis c.-.-ntb' uii I, whos,; it was alrradv IfsniinR its Irsnno of hit rntliiy and nihnus'ioii When she hi rown lo wonni.hnoil, lor txtraoidi inry bn-iuiv, though it did not iuerpsn ihe good will o!" I cr stepmother, wm vet locked upon by htr lather with icmething ofelfi-li pridc.arid he slread y calcuhtcd tbe cdvinlig s wlict. niht accrue lo himjelf fro.-t. hr n;a king what i' termed 3 v.w m trii.' It was while Ihesp Ifiiin ht n-re mi Hiring iolo )!.ins for 'h-- l.,iiii'-i,i if his obj-'Cl, lb . I he m ule fti-ip i 1. 1 1; (l vith thn lrrdly O'.vnrr (f IClmwood n mrtn in lb" pr:n o f life ye'. Ii in- him self, .in hch'nual gnmblcr. In llietr fre-lmost hstelol hours nl my .H7 i '-"'.arnesily, 'Ali.'. yu love ilns chilli: she ni.i :l mseiir.'V, ihc-s t'.vo men becsmrjdry your ryes. Your rented part-n- w-lt; 0n i,e mo'lierlcss, there will he nore - , , . ed all his posessionn, and in the end, ose from the table a ruined man. 11. night raise the money lo pay the debt, iui only by irjuring his properly p:m ecovery, His companion obsi rved the s'ruggU in his miri(l;he balanced (he dractsftes of insisting on the psyment jf ihe debt; for a while he wanted the money, he yel did not wish for ihe pub icily whic'i the present i.fTiir, il pre severed in, must (jive to the nuturs ol hi.- resources. Come!' said he, aftsr sonic nfl.Mion II, : II l. . . r i uiiuiv ii vvuui'i ue i o coo i it o I -' ii i lot you lo pay a sum like ll is Let u omproniis1 ihe mutter. I hue i ilau1 ter beau' ful as an an j-I; nut iy bur am I will lake your Join j o as three qtitj ers payment o( your debt.' 'You must bj vory fond of you laughter,' said (ho auditor sarcasiically veiy fond indeed. Dous sho at all le tembln yourself?' 'I have lold you she is beautiful,' iva he reply. 'You may even see her, it you will, before you decide.' The young man iemaine.1 for a while in a state of moody abstraction, and thei xclaime'd. No, no.' I don't want it ste her. I'll marry her if she is as tig. ly as Sin. There is my hand upon it. They sat down again, called for wil ing malaria's, am! wrote ihe one i ifomise of marriage lo a women he hul ever seen; and the other, a discluig of ihe Ihrci? fom llis of ih dt?bl iIuh i 'iim, on condition of llu; fu'lilrr.cnt ol he pledge agreed upon. 7'ne Iwo pa- p'M were duly signed, and the pa lio- nnrattd. And thus ihe f.t'li", ,IIM I I, O I . . I ! oi wo-d liM.iined his biidc! She vas lold 1 1 in c p ire lo receive her futur iishaii., ,;!,: - it; ki ev resistance woul :! in va ii. II r fs'.ht r hjd become si -si ranged fom her, tliai she d ir -d si (i-oliin in opposition lo his command. ml her step mother showed loo openly Ii-) j ij sho fill io the ino'.pei of being til of one," whose very p jpuce was a 1 scit repi o irh lo her c n !onsience, f..r lhn poor girl to entei aio a li'ipi Ih.tl s'le o iM ii.la cede f ier. The fit ire hush .in,! ctnv. and wa- lOl iloW tO p'f'CPiVrt lilt! I C)'!gi ViCI 0 lis betrothed. li' prid-' and s-lf loi'i as interested at ii'icj.' and lu ilevottd iiis atlejiiicns to th hilheitu r.c loctci girl, filling her icr with the we-l voic ,f praise and love, til! ha won, not only ! cr graiiiude bul her ntieriinri. In i cw weeks she became his bride, am vent with him lo his stately home here for a while, she deemed ' bcisrll !iap er lha l slie hid ever been hi-foc. I5ut he soon .slackened hi attentions, sn1 sometime.' helrayed the hiHernr.t eni! violenct' ol Ins temper even lo her. Out lay, when he had spoken lo her with rii l,: sod, D9 she felt, imd. served hiivhoess, tlm feelings ihsi had fm ouie lime hen gi lii'i'iig slrenn'h h h r I B t't f'Kiri.l tittei ( ure arid h'io pn s fiiviU'ly ei licaipil in knoiv what sh iiail done lo foiliel his li ve. 'My love.' h said eoniempliions'y. 'did you not hear why I mametl yon?' 'I thought -I hoped you loved me,' she answered, in low, timid roue. You ihcuihl you hoped? l)n; your fa her never (el you of our bar gain.' I nave my hand in payment ofc gambling debt 'o yi ur exct lleol nn I rts pucied faihpr. Mmliiy ii noprnl ouj ar, no doiil ), urn' ih-vpi knew ihr.! y-.n were tor cod upon rr: ami trial "wjfy n..j.,.,. She dismissed Alice, be, r vottr every look remi'-d m? of '0.,;in. ierts she was leaving the roomwid has- r,o oMuot, made yon a cnpiidi sc trfss. but we need not pre'end to mts uiidersiatifl e.i! ntliT. We have earh won our rewind io .bis blest union you are mis' res of Elm wood, and I a"1 a ve.l, from ruin, which would bo bad enough; and ex posuie, which would be wmsp My father." stammere J ihe I.nlv. Yes, Nodouhi his conduct proceed ed from the purest affection for your self, lie had, of course, every reason to believe I should make an excellent husband. There was nothing of self in lerest in what he dnl-no desim to make t I r . a i Hioi oi mys.-ii. ii malirs nn' lip; d ied with increased bitterness, 'I have na In mye'f a iromiss ihnl he ens 1 1 neve ro my threshold; and I imvr brr.k oy word yel, as you know,' bowing lo ner vv Ih mock civility. He lefi the room, and l.i bewih'errd icarr rirnainod long standing in tho "ill attitude, utterly confounded by i e words he had spoken. WasiMrm? II 1 1 he, indeed, said he did not love iei? Was every hope gone from her or evei JV49 lur very presence haJr- t'ul to n i in? Oh, !hat she bad died wiih) he Messed belief lh.it he loved hei! Where could sha lurn for help, for ad vict? Her dream of happiness was past nothing could restor? ii.' Such weie the thoughli that passd acrrAss her mind igain and again and, in truth, it won 1 hard thing for a heal I so young, and so loving, lo feel ilsr If desole ami fjr- aken. Altir a limo, the ho'io of winnin hii Suciion rose within her, and long ami iilisnly sha strove lo rcaliZ" it; hul ol.-i!-! 11 vain? Months passed on, aud Ihft ioor drw near, in which she expected t) become a nioMier. When, so,i wai o n 10 nci, once moie ner nope ipviv d. 'Stuiciy.' silo tnoiigtii, 'ioi ii.e s.'.i.s f his child l)p vvill love me , Hot .ain she wa disappointed. He had !"(' uincd lo his old frionufl, ami to his old 1 MUpments, 1l1.1t sh) could never f 1 1 d ci iu his li"ai", Eight yeats elapsed between t!,0 imc- of ter marriage and lh scp'-.p with vliich our t.,1 1 upciicd. A'l lhat sh hid endured in thai intervn, none may (now. Her el'le.Tl boy, as soon as h? v.is ah'e to talk, became Lis litlier'.s p lytiiiiig, and quick 'y I - arned lo 1 ugh ,1 Ins mother's aulhonty. fcond 0 t, who was sliil dfi er to hr than tip first, becinse ihe was s'i!l more un :i i:py al tho lime cf hi birth, lived 011 y a few moolli.i.and she wept alone b --ido his grave, lh-r youngest darling.a :i iJit ioi-y girl, with dimpled smile,nd yes full of gladness, was little merej lun a year old al lha time Ldy E'm- wood lay on her rleath bed. Wo return to lhat death bed, when? ve Icil the dying snff.-rer breathing -I uid (he sonows lhat had weigh- d down ocrspiiit for years. Exlnusted, at Ungth, she had once more sunk into si lence, when a light knock was heard at he (lorn' and in a f 1 w monv n , the oimsc admittt d a woman c;r'yiog a lovely infant. The lady ed 1 e I'hild in her -arms kissed again and gsiu c hef-ks and hp?, and almost smiled ih'-n sha felt the touch ol its ccol hand on her b ow. -You must leave her with ne 10 tiitihi, Alice, she said, turning 10 he young woman who had carried the 'hild- 'I will undiess her. Nurso i:ip me to get up.' 1 was in vain the old nurse remonstrated .he lady peisisied, and suppotied bv pil lows, sh Jai up in her bed, ai d lender' y lonsmed the buoys clothes, and wrapped it to its htile niht dress She even played uiih i1 of eld, and snnlcd to hear its r.ier- i0 care lor nr. un, oe imiiiiui 10 your charge Cherish her, do nol desert liir; and may the blessing of her dyipf ciftthtf Le uh you to your las hour.
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