The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-08-30

| tcennHs IN her ntart, haf resolution W.
formed during that very conflict and she
said within herself, Iii be even 90, nj
Their will be- 40 unjust as to deprive
poor Sarah of the MN WHO ought Ia
marry her, nor will | be SO mean aud
INV spirited, as poor n | am, and dear a.
| ne has been 10 me, rs Ia become his wife.
| While these thoughts were calmly pass
ing in the soul OF this magnaniinous girl
| all her former alicciiuns for Sarah re,n
ed and "a she sighed l,r herself, she nept
aloud for her friend. =" 6e quiet, bc quiet,
Sarah, and sob not 80 Is if Your heart We're
breaking. ltnecd not be thus with yoa.--
/ Oh ! sob not 80 sar You surely have
not walked in this ON, day from the heart
of the parish Of Montrath ~ have in
deed done 40, and am as weak rs the
wreathed SHAW. God knows, little matter
II should dioaway fer, after all, fear
| he will never thInh ri mt for his wife, and
YOU, Mary, viii lose husband with whom
| you would have been happy. ! !rel, after
all, that must appear "A mean wretch III
your eyes.'
There was silence between them and
Mary Robinson, looking ut the clock, SAW
that II wanted about quarter of an hour
| rom the time of tasl. "Gi,e me the
oatls and promiscs you have mentioned out
of your bosom, Sarah that | may shos
them 10 Gabriel when he comes. Aud
! once more promise, by all the sunny and
the sIoNy days we have sal together, IN
the same plaid on the hillside, or in the
lonesome charcoal plots and nests o green
IN the woods, that fmy Gabriel, did say
my Gabriel has forsal>en you and deceiy-
ed me thus, never shall his lips touch mine
again, never shall he put "A ring Oh my
iinger,-ncyer shall his head liz on this bo-
som, No, never, never; Notwithstanding
all the happiness, too happy hours and
days, | have been With him, near or at a
defiance, ON the corn-rig,-- among the
meadow-hay,--in the singing school,---at
harvest home, this room, and in Gods
own house.. So help mt God, but will
Keep this vow !"
Poor Sarah told in few hurried words,
the story oil her love and desertion --hom
Gabriel, whose business II shepherd, often
took him into Montridh parish, had wooed
her, and liSed every thing about their mar-
rlaRe, nearly u year ago. but that he had
become eallsclcssly Jealous ola young man
"iioih Div sthtNtl1 hlfh nav hiNhbih
her Of want Of virtue, aud for many months
had never once come 10 sec hcr. "This
morning, for the first time, heard, for a
certainty, from one who knew Gabriel well,
| aud all his concerns, that the banns had
been Proclaimed in the church between
him and you and that in day or two,
you were 10 be married And though
felt drowning, dctcrmiaedto make q strng
gle for my llle--ior Oh Mary, Mary, my
heart is not like your heart II wants your
vi DON, your M ehness, Your plGiy and
II an, 10 lose Gabriel, will | destroy my
miserable life, and face The wrath Of God,
aIitinS N indsnct!t upon hinn.rs'
AT his burst Of passion Sarah hid her
face with her hands, AZ il sensible that she
la, committed blnspheniy. Mary seeing
her Neeilrd, hungry, thirsty, and iGverlsn,
| spoke 10 her IN tie most soothing manner,
led her mo tli' little pallotir, caiiud thu
spence, then removed INTO il The table with
! tIle oai,a caAea, butter and milk aud tell
| ns her In taNc SOME relresIlnle at, and then
| lie donh oD the bed, but ON 40 account to
leave the room til called Tor, gave her a SIS
terry hiss, and lett her. In lew mi
! uuta tilc out,r door 0pened, and Gabriel en-
| tered.
The lover said, How ID my swcct Ma
ry - With bcamlng eouhlthance and
gently drawing her 10 his bosnun, he kissed
her check. diary did nol--c0uld not
wished not--at once To release herself from
his enloldlDg arms. Gabriel had always
| treated her as the woman lao was 10 be- his
! wife and though al this tinuc her heart
| knew lis own bitterness, yet she lcpclled
! not ondearmenis that ere'so lately delight
iul, and suffered him 10 take her almost in
lbs arms TO Their accustomed seat. lie
held her band in his, and began to speak in
his usual hlild aud ailectionaie language. -
Kind and allectionate il Was, for though he
ought not 10 have done 50, be loved her as
he thought, better Than his life. Her heart
| could mol in one small short hour, forget d
whole year of bliss. She could not YET
fling away wiih her own hand, what only u
few inmates ago, seemed 10 her the hope OF
! paradise. Her sod siekoned within her,
| and she wished she were dead, or never
had been born.
Gabriel Gabriel well indeed have |
loved you nor viii say, after all that has
passed between us that you are not deser-
| Wing, after all, Of a better love than mine.
VAN were il to deny my love either TO you
or to my own soul. but look me in the
iaee--be not observation-disclosures not to hide
the truth either from yourself OF me, for
that now Is Impossible, but tell me solemn
! j., rs You shall mis1,cr to God at the judg-
lne. t-da!,f you know any reasonwy must
mol be your welded wife Z" She Kept her
mild moist eyes fixed upon him but he
hung down bis mead, aud uttered not a
word, for he was guilty before her, beSor.
MS own SOU. and before God.
Gabriel, meyer could re have been
| happy, for you often told me, that all the
secrets Of your heart were known unto me,
yet never did you tell me this. How could