The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-22
From he Trenton Emporium.
TIE BROKEN VOW.

lie will mol come to night, said I'm
ma, IA she looked out IF her ehamhe,
window on the ail and depopulaled
streets, and saw the dark rain claude ga.
fhrrirg IN The sky - he will not come IL
/ nisht--it is past his hour--.ah, he did noi
nsr 10 hr So careful about the weather
bul will uoi indulge IN disquniudc.-- hc
/ has prams, d'--rhe word died upon her
| lips she rccollccted The coldness- the
tone of ambiguity, with which that pro.
mist had been repeated, when Theodore
last visited her, and in confused and IN
bafrassed manner, though with much
parade of his regret and disappointment,
assured her lhat 1t would bu impossible fer
him 10 conform 90 ms engagement, aud
marry her nj the time appointed. She
remembered, how her heart sunk within
her at the moment, AMI the strange, mys.
FERROUS prcseniin,cnt that crossed her
mind. That then, for the first lime, she
thought how hitter thing must be disap
pointed lovc-fur the first time felt the
lorcc of the remark, which she had 81
often heard,
+" Mems VOWS are brittle things"
Still, the natural hnoyancy oc her
bDifiIa ib ndHf ntT III ufspbHhs7-=A ih'i Hf
had broken his first engagement, but hc
had represented TO her the imperiolIs NJ
eessity of the measure, aud she had ac-
quicsced in it.-~Truc, he had mol fixed the
more distant period he had left the final
hour indefinite, but she had his promise I,
she had his oath she would moi believe
him unlathful she could not believe him
perlurcd. Al last, after nm absence of a
week, which seemed TO her year, he
visited The house again he once more
mingled With the smiling family circle he
seemed HE same he had always been, and
she was happy. he retired beip1r
the family ihs cost her nights rest; II
WAS moi hBusnnl manner, aud she wonder
I'd why, al this particular Time, he slmod
have 80 much more business than usual.
STILL she cndeavoured 10 put the most In
Nouralde construction upon every thug ,
SHE strnrr 10 acqnil him IA her heart,
But love has eagle eyes, and, from their
piercing yighmWr, dnplicity must be
coupled with most consummaic art, II sle
would avoid detection, Emmn "as cures
sd by large circle Of acqnaintaners, aud
Theodore vas alsn lavoriIe ~ parties
They frequently came together aud there.
"hcu the spirits are mp, and AL reserve
throNnoli lhcheau unmn-ks itself. There
Tht, dore often fogot his caution, and
mol only nhaied his usual display Of par.
iallly for Emma, but la,lslnd his fond
ness on another. The generous girl for.
gave him until forgiveness became "A
crime committed against her heart. Shr
resolved 10 lend a more secluded life, and
il prosecuting her resolve, she soon found
ample evidence OF what she most feared.
HIS visits grew less and less frequent. until
at length, they were discontinued altoee-
iher.
Womanlike, in the deepest Of her sor-
rows she retired, rs II were, within her
self mud seizure IN the confidence HAT not
even her nearest relatives or friends kntw
any thing Of her disappointment, SHE
nursrd her grief 10 secret, and put on u
smile rs sweet, if not ~ gay, before tie
world, But hcroically as she played Til,
new and deceptive part, her feelings gra-
dnally obtained the victory over her frame
she pinned aud pinned away, day after day
HE phlencss OF departed health blanchrd
her young check, and she rove in the still.
ness oi the evening among the tombs al
h,r fathers III The church yald, like a thin
shadow or The past. None knew her
grief bat he who was its cause aud he
shudderod ~ the ruin he had made.
Her friends perceived with concern the
rapid decay Of her health, aud as the
family had some relative in Bermuda, they
resolved To send her there. The suyhge
had a aalutary eAect--lhe change al
scents and circumstances ffiruds X
acquainiances, and the Kindness she ex.
Iprllcnced "a l,crnrw abode, dispelled much
Of the cherished gloom thai pressed upon
her teati, and added Iiie To her almost IN
ariLaie frame. Thu glow Of health gra-
dIally returned, and she shoue IN the ma
turiiy Of her beauty, Star of no common
lnstrr in the fashionable world Of HIT de
lightful island. a year had mol elapsed
before The hand % one oi The @eaItlies
merchants IN tho island was offered her
lie was AL TINT the young maiden's hear
admlre3--genrrUus, noble, and tntroas =
aud Of years suited 10 her own. She ac
eepted IL, aud became happy wife.
Ha,ing left Philadelphia With the IN
feulion of returning, size now waited anx
iousy for The opporiunty-hnt vatifl.
Of causes prevented il, year, after year. :
braulifnl family Of boy and girls grew a
round-hrr husband was deeply engage
in AN extensive aud lucrative bnsinesa, am
twelve years had ppsscd away before sh
was able To accomplish her wishes, III al
which time, she bad never made any IN
auiry about, Dr once heard of her fOrne
lover Now, Mr.. Lelere retired from hnsi
nrss and proposed accompanying her
with their family, TO America. Thu
reached Philadelphia in safety, Il walke'
ap Walnut street to the old family man
,icn. II remained unaltered her fathe
aud her mother, tie old servants, he
former friends, who remained, All WELDON
ed her 10 her ancient hume. The shrub
she planted in the yard had gown U
', beautiful trees. Her nanc remaine
where she had engraved ii, on the sash {
her ebambcr,' twelve years before, an
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