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The Lonely Grave,
of eagerness , had nevertheless neither appetite nor desire to eat . A passion too intense to admit of other and lower feelings had taken possession of his soul , and rendered him insensible to all objects but one . And when the hour of separation at length arrived , it was a kind of relief for him to breathe the free fresh air of the mountain breeze , which universally succeeds a thunder storm in the vicinity of the Lammermuirsthrough which he had to walk for a considerable ere he
, way reached the habitation of his father , the indulgent landlord of William Skirving , to whose fireside we shall now return , leaving for the present the youthful admirer wrapt in the silken mantle of his own airy meditations . _ " After seeing his guest beyond the outer gate , and wishing him a good night , the gudeman returned , and desired Andrew Harrowlea , tlie loughmanto repair to the stableand ' if the horses '
p , , see were a stannin richt / as had been his custom for many years—a mandate which Andrew , contrary to his wont , obeyed in silence and in sorrow ; for he had long loved in secret the fair Ellen , whom he now deemed wrested from and lost to him for ever .
Before retiring for the night , the farmer summoned his household to family devotion ; and , after singing a psalm , and reading an appropriate portion of Scripture , the good old man prayed with a fervour and earnestness , far beyond his usual mode of supplication , that their Heavenly Father would watch over and protect his only child , keeping her free from all unrighteousness , transgression , and sin . At these words poor Andrew uttered an audible Amen ; for the fear of the spoiler had taken of his heart
possession , and he inwardly resolved to be the guardianangel of her whom his soul loved . But his suspicions were without foundation , and his watchfulness unavailing and unnecessary . " The evening of the next day found Henry at the ruin of the woodman ' s hut in the forest ; not that he expected to meet with the farmer ' s daughter there at such an hour , but the recollection of the preceding day ' s adventure hadbsome strange sympathdrawn him to that
, y y , lonely spot ; and she too , the object of his tender solicitude , she too had entered , as it were , on a new existence of restlessness and love . As she again strolled into the forest , and sought the path which led to the woodman ' s hut , she hoped , and yet she feared , she would meet with Henry , and for the first time in her life she felt there was hidden danger in her path : —¦
Oh ! it was nothing there to meet : Her soul was pure and knew no ill , And all around was calm and still , To make their meeting doubly sweet . " Her anticipations were too fully verified ; for scarcely had she entered the boundaries of the forest ere her hand was clasped in Henry's , -who pressed it to his lips in an ecstacy of transport and enthusiasm , protesting that he would not relinquish his hold until she promised to bless him with her loveBut her
. young heart was already his ; and , in the simplicity of her soul , Ellen concealed not her love ; nor was she able to restrain the big bright tears of bliss which fell from her heavenly blue eye , as she leaned her throbbing temple on the bosom of her enraptured lover . " Days , weeks , and months , of gladness rolled over the happy pair ; and the sunshine of their love brightened in the course of its career , until it had reached the very meridian of the heart ' s affection , when it
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Lonely Grave,
of eagerness , had nevertheless neither appetite nor desire to eat . A passion too intense to admit of other and lower feelings had taken possession of his soul , and rendered him insensible to all objects but one . And when the hour of separation at length arrived , it was a kind of relief for him to breathe the free fresh air of the mountain breeze , which universally succeeds a thunder storm in the vicinity of the Lammermuirsthrough which he had to walk for a considerable ere he
, way reached the habitation of his father , the indulgent landlord of William Skirving , to whose fireside we shall now return , leaving for the present the youthful admirer wrapt in the silken mantle of his own airy meditations . _ " After seeing his guest beyond the outer gate , and wishing him a good night , the gudeman returned , and desired Andrew Harrowlea , tlie loughmanto repair to the stableand ' if the horses '
p , , see were a stannin richt / as had been his custom for many years—a mandate which Andrew , contrary to his wont , obeyed in silence and in sorrow ; for he had long loved in secret the fair Ellen , whom he now deemed wrested from and lost to him for ever .
Before retiring for the night , the farmer summoned his household to family devotion ; and , after singing a psalm , and reading an appropriate portion of Scripture , the good old man prayed with a fervour and earnestness , far beyond his usual mode of supplication , that their Heavenly Father would watch over and protect his only child , keeping her free from all unrighteousness , transgression , and sin . At these words poor Andrew uttered an audible Amen ; for the fear of the spoiler had taken of his heart
possession , and he inwardly resolved to be the guardianangel of her whom his soul loved . But his suspicions were without foundation , and his watchfulness unavailing and unnecessary . " The evening of the next day found Henry at the ruin of the woodman ' s hut in the forest ; not that he expected to meet with the farmer ' s daughter there at such an hour , but the recollection of the preceding day ' s adventure hadbsome strange sympathdrawn him to that
, y y , lonely spot ; and she too , the object of his tender solicitude , she too had entered , as it were , on a new existence of restlessness and love . As she again strolled into the forest , and sought the path which led to the woodman ' s hut , she hoped , and yet she feared , she would meet with Henry , and for the first time in her life she felt there was hidden danger in her path : —¦
Oh ! it was nothing there to meet : Her soul was pure and knew no ill , And all around was calm and still , To make their meeting doubly sweet . " Her anticipations were too fully verified ; for scarcely had she entered the boundaries of the forest ere her hand was clasped in Henry's , -who pressed it to his lips in an ecstacy of transport and enthusiasm , protesting that he would not relinquish his hold until she promised to bless him with her loveBut her
. young heart was already his ; and , in the simplicity of her soul , Ellen concealed not her love ; nor was she able to restrain the big bright tears of bliss which fell from her heavenly blue eye , as she leaned her throbbing temple on the bosom of her enraptured lover . " Days , weeks , and months , of gladness rolled over the happy pair ; and the sunshine of their love brightened in the course of its career , until it had reached the very meridian of the heart ' s affection , when it