The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-10
From f.e l'npof'a1.
TIE TWIN FLOWERS.


VIII YOU buy my honct, = sand nca,
looking ehl, addressing hr.sell to veuns
lady IN thesnut street, aud holding ont At
the same time snal - 1t coataiaing
some beautiful rosey. they are newly
blown and fresh buy red rose for your
hair, Miss here is one that viii look
delightful imincd round those beautiful
locks Not rose, my Guild said the
young lady, tnare are thoras mpong them
but III take this little flower il looks so
lovely and sweet, oh, n'sa iolgci ne mol =
= Pardon me Miss, replcd The child. hat
flower is engaged. = 70 whom - TO
master Charles Leland Charles LIZ
land, indeed said the lady well, but
here's another ; what II beautiful pair =
1'hey are twin flowers -lhcy are both for
that gentleman said the little girl. Oh,
a fs for him. said the young lady, but an
arch smile played upon her chcca a# she
said II, and something sparkhd in her
beautiful dark eyes that told tale her lips
refused To utter, lille she nseaiously
marked both the iayorilc flowers, and re-
turned them To the basket, then choosing
little bunch of roses, she walked homc,
leaving the flower sirl TO visit the reat of
her customers.
Love is impatient aud Harriet counted
the tedious minutes as she sat at her win
dow, and listened In the well known tap.
The clock silucI, nine, and vet Leland did
not appear; she thought he had been meg
lectial, of late but then the flowers he
knew they Mere iavonlltcs of hers, and she
thought Ia receive them from bis hand
and TO hear him say, Harriet, forget me not,
would be sweet aioncmrnl for many of
fences past. But Oic thought stole IL her
bosom, perhaps they are destined for ano
thcr She baniShed lt'with IA sigh, aud It
hardly escaped her whty Charles Leland
entered. She rose 10 receive him, and he
gently took her hand :, Accept said he,
my humble offering, apd forget me
Harriet interrupted him rs he attempted
10 put a single flower in. hsr bosom
where is the other !? said shr as sh. play
fully put back his hand. A moments 81
lence cnsued /; Charles appeared embar-
ra5sed, and Harriet rccoleetiug herself,
blnshcd deeply and turned il or: but the
flower was not offered again, and Charles
had only said forget me
hin '''iii NV w dii Nv tilliiNHh ~ Soy
bnt mutual reserve rendered The remain
der of the evening cold, formal and iusipd,
and when Leland took his leave, iiar-
ret fell more than ever dissatisfied. As it
WIS moi YET late in the evening, she resolv-
ed Ia dissipate the melancholy that this little
interview, IN spite of all her efforts to laugh
AT il, left oa her mind, by spending n few
minutes nj neighbours, whose three
daughters were her most intimate COM
panIons. The youngest OF these Indies WAS
a gay and Interesting girl, and was the frat
to meet and welcome her young friend, but
as she held out Der hand, Harriet discover
ed a little flower in Il 4; ii was forget mc
not she examined tit WIS Que of Lc-
binds the mark she had made upon it,
when she took II, from the bnskct Of the
flower girl, was there. This was an unlor-
tnnatc discovery. She had heard that
Charles frequently visited this Clmlly and
that he even paid attention 10 Jane but
she had never before believed il; (. now sic
shuddrrrd al the idea Of admitting that ior
once rumor had told truth. Where did
you get your pretty flower Jane said she.
oh, 4 beau To be sure said Jane, arehly
don't you srr-.forgri me noi}-and as
she took back the flower, Il should not like
to tall You where got il: III wear il in my
bosom, lhough---eome sing,
III dcariy love tbs Exile flower,
forhis own ,;ke who bid me lcer il,
III wear il IN my bosom's-----'
: Hush Jnne,' said Harriet, inlerrptinr her
{ my head aches, aud yonr singing disiracts
me. - All ITS Your heart said Jane, cor
would not hook So dull.'-' Wen # il is
my hcart,' said Harriet, rs she turned 70
conceal her tears, 1t does mol become a
friend 10 tIthc With IT, She intended to
convey a double meaning III this reply
hut IT was not taken, and rs soon as posi-
bic she returned homo.
\ slccplrss night followed Harriet felt
that she was injured and the more she
thought about it, the more she felt. She
had engaged her hand 10 Leland six
month before the time OF thr union WINS
approaching fat aud he acted thus 'lfI
pr wants IN be freed fron' bs engagement
sid ahr 10 herself, i will i've him no irou-
BIZ : and she sal down aud wrote him tn
discontinue his visits She wrpt over 1T in
4 flood of tears bnt size vas resolutc I'M
III she had despatched the note 10 bis resi-
deoer. Then she repeated Of it, aud then
again reasoned herself into the belief that
she acted right. She waited Tor the result
not without many unNionIy cherished
hopes that he would can for an evplana-
tion. Bot she Only learned that The note
was delivered into his hands: ard in a.
bout month afterwards he sailed for Eng
land.
This was the end of the natter
Charles went into business in Liverpool
but never married and ilarr,,t iemain-
Cd single, dcvoliug her life IL the care q.
her aged mother and nIir'sterlng to the
wants Of the poor and distressed around
her.
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