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The Lonely Grave,
was suddenly overshadowed with the gloom of sorrow and of separation . The civil war was now raging in its bitterest malignity , and Henry was called upon to head his father ' s followers against the Marquess of Montrose . His young heart bounded in the high hope of glorious achievements as he made the necessary preparations for his warlike expedition , and , but for the agonising thought of separation from his beloved Ellen , he exulted in the prospect now before him of winning the fame and
honours of a soldier . But how should he convey the intelligence of his intended departure to Ellen ? ' I can never / said he to himself , while hastening to the place of meeting at the trysting-tree in the loveliest part of that lovely dell where he first found her shivering and shrinking from the merciless storm ; ' I can never inform her that , ere to-morrow ' s sun has gained his highest point in the heavens , I will have left her for the wars , from which I can only return a conqueror or a corpse . ' Ellen , too , was downcast and sorrowful when she met him ; there was a heaviness on her heart , which she had not the power to dispel ,
labouring under a strong presentiment of evil , which she was unable to repress ; and , gazing on the pale face of her now disconsolate lover , whose lips were quivering in the attempt to communicate the sad intelligence of his departure , she gave one convulsive shiver , and fainted in his arms . No sooner had she returned to life and consciousness , than Henry endeavoured to soothe the tumult of her troubled soul , by expressing the fondest hopes of a speedy and happy re-union ; but she was not thus to be comforted . 'No ! no ! ' she exclaimedin the wildness of despair
, , ' there is no longer happiness for me on earth ; the brightest of my hopes are blighted and destroyed ; for thou wilt fall in battle , and be lost to me for ever . But I will not complain / she added , mournfully ; ' I will not murmur at th y destiny nor mine own . Go , then , and may Heaven guide thy footsteps , and be unto thee as a shield in the hour of danger . But , oh ! Henry , it is' hard , it is hard for me thus to lose thee ! ' and she again sunk upon his bosom in a transport of speechless
agony . Now it was that Henry felt the full force of his love ; but not daring to trust his tongue with a single expression of tenderness , he pressed her to his heart in silence , and having imprinted on her fevered lips a long and burning kiss , he tore himself away , and was completely out of sight ere she could convince herself that he was really gone . But the night was fast darkening around her , and in the loneliness of a widowed heart she sought relief in the solitude of her own apartment .
Montrose , who had been laying waste and pillaging the more northern counties of the kingdom , now descended into the low country , and obtained a most decisive victory at Kilsyth , where our young hero was borne down by the irresistible tide of battle , dy ing as became the son of his noble father , and the favoured lover of the fair Ellen Skirving . The days were few and full of sorrow which intervened between the unspeakable joy and the inconceivable wretchedness ofthe kind-hearted
Ellen . But Heaven laid its heavy rod of affliction on her with its most merciful hand , by drawing aside the veil which separated her from her departed lover , and taking into itself that being which earth was no longer worthy to contain . The news of Flenry ' s death struck too deep into her young heart to admit of anything like consolation ; and , on the third day after they had reached her ear , the good old man was seen bending mournfull y over the lifeless body of his only daughter . Little more lemains to be told to complete the history of the two vol .. in . O
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Lonely Grave,
was suddenly overshadowed with the gloom of sorrow and of separation . The civil war was now raging in its bitterest malignity , and Henry was called upon to head his father ' s followers against the Marquess of Montrose . His young heart bounded in the high hope of glorious achievements as he made the necessary preparations for his warlike expedition , and , but for the agonising thought of separation from his beloved Ellen , he exulted in the prospect now before him of winning the fame and
honours of a soldier . But how should he convey the intelligence of his intended departure to Ellen ? ' I can never / said he to himself , while hastening to the place of meeting at the trysting-tree in the loveliest part of that lovely dell where he first found her shivering and shrinking from the merciless storm ; ' I can never inform her that , ere to-morrow ' s sun has gained his highest point in the heavens , I will have left her for the wars , from which I can only return a conqueror or a corpse . ' Ellen , too , was downcast and sorrowful when she met him ; there was a heaviness on her heart , which she had not the power to dispel ,
labouring under a strong presentiment of evil , which she was unable to repress ; and , gazing on the pale face of her now disconsolate lover , whose lips were quivering in the attempt to communicate the sad intelligence of his departure , she gave one convulsive shiver , and fainted in his arms . No sooner had she returned to life and consciousness , than Henry endeavoured to soothe the tumult of her troubled soul , by expressing the fondest hopes of a speedy and happy re-union ; but she was not thus to be comforted . 'No ! no ! ' she exclaimedin the wildness of despair
, , ' there is no longer happiness for me on earth ; the brightest of my hopes are blighted and destroyed ; for thou wilt fall in battle , and be lost to me for ever . But I will not complain / she added , mournfully ; ' I will not murmur at th y destiny nor mine own . Go , then , and may Heaven guide thy footsteps , and be unto thee as a shield in the hour of danger . But , oh ! Henry , it is' hard , it is hard for me thus to lose thee ! ' and she again sunk upon his bosom in a transport of speechless
agony . Now it was that Henry felt the full force of his love ; but not daring to trust his tongue with a single expression of tenderness , he pressed her to his heart in silence , and having imprinted on her fevered lips a long and burning kiss , he tore himself away , and was completely out of sight ere she could convince herself that he was really gone . But the night was fast darkening around her , and in the loneliness of a widowed heart she sought relief in the solitude of her own apartment .
Montrose , who had been laying waste and pillaging the more northern counties of the kingdom , now descended into the low country , and obtained a most decisive victory at Kilsyth , where our young hero was borne down by the irresistible tide of battle , dy ing as became the son of his noble father , and the favoured lover of the fair Ellen Skirving . The days were few and full of sorrow which intervened between the unspeakable joy and the inconceivable wretchedness ofthe kind-hearted
Ellen . But Heaven laid its heavy rod of affliction on her with its most merciful hand , by drawing aside the veil which separated her from her departed lover , and taking into itself that being which earth was no longer worthy to contain . The news of Flenry ' s death struck too deep into her young heart to admit of anything like consolation ; and , on the third day after they had reached her ear , the good old man was seen bending mournfull y over the lifeless body of his only daughter . Little more lemains to be told to complete the history of the two vol .. in . O