CHAPTER XIV. 



Affliction. 



Death of mrs. kacfimak — letters to the family — letters T(> 



AUDUBON. 



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N 1846, death stealthily entered again into th(? 

 home of the Pastor of St. John's. 

 In the following letter he gives the sad details : 



To HIS DAUGHTERS, HARRIET AND JULIA : 



Charleston, .Inly 16th, 1846. 



Yesterday, I announced to you the melancholy 

 event that has brought sorrow and mourning into- 

 our home, and rendered it very desolate. 



I was not, my children, without the hope thai 

 your mother might be benefited by tlie proposed 

 trip to tlie North, that she was anxious to under- 

 take. 



We were ])rovidentially detained in Charleston 

 longer than we intended, in consequence of no vessel 

 being in port. On Saturday several arrived, and on 

 Monday I selected a state-room in the "Carolina.'' 



On Sunday night your mother awoke witli an; 

 attack of Ticdoloreaux. About 2 A. M., she fell 

 asleep; but I could not sleep from agony of mind. 

 I felt that I was about to leave my poor sufferer at 

 the North, without knowing if I should ever see her 

 again. I feared to move, least I should disturb her; 

 but at 5 A. M., when I rose, she was sleeping calndy. 



