The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-01-14
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and the carriage drove off Rosina, he betrayed
her, and yet dared to restore her to my arms
bow not how it was, but when | extended my
hand and received hers as she alightcd from the
chicEc, a chill came over me and tainted |
WAS carried To my chamber, she followed, pale
and trembling: her betrayer iled-tron that
hour | have never beheA him. The dav APP
pointed for their union arrived The guests as
~rnhcd the bride adorned--although three
Wcekr had elapsed since we had seen him, vet
we GId not suspect wrong, for he had written
the hu-in"-s would dctain him from the city
''htil the day which was to make him happy;
II he came Motive sent to his hotel, and was
Informed that he had set off for England! Then
suspicion seized upon NE; flew TO Chrstlne's
apartment, al adorned as it was for the bridal,
told her that her lover had fled from Vienna
She shrieked violently CONFUSION following con
vuIson. Oh, what anxiety did suffer then:
suspected her guilty, Yet could not accuse her,
for feared that She was dying, Many weeks
elapsed. and She recovered; re Ioiced at it, for
| loved her even in her shame Whatever may
he the errors Of a child Rosina, parent can
not div est himself Of that feeling which binds his
child to his heart uniting it with every fibre
each one seeming to break with every error that
the child commits Events like these seldom
can be smothercd-the babbling nurse discover
ed the truth in the rawlings of Christine, and re-
pcated the foul tale-once abroad, it flew from
circle to circle and in the midst of this calamity
| became a bankrupt. Fancied friends deserted
ne, boosted credit iorsook me, and iled from
Vienna with my wife and child to this solitude.
Here YOU were born; yes, Rosina, you, my in
nocent, artIess child, was the offspring OF Chris
Tine. loved her; in thy innocent baby smile
all the feelings of parent were again revived,
and when saw Christine a pale cold corpse,
.lor she died in giving thee BIRTH swore thou
ne'cr shoudst want while had a roof to shell
ter. a crust to share with thee"
Pale and trembling, Rosina sank weeping in
10 The arms her grandfather.
Then | am but thy glandchild," She ex-
claimed, :. vet my affection for thee seems IN
creased rather than diminished by the mtelli-
gence-still letme call thee father, for more than
father thou hast been TO me still let me cheer
thy age, and in my love forget the errors Of my
helpless mothcr-but Nillred7
. He was my son-I had hoped" said Chris
tan. '.he would have removed the thorn that
ranked in my heart, yet heaven disposed it
otherwise, and submit"
Here ended the conversations the disclosure
Of the secret seemed to remove weight Of sor-
row from Christians heart-he no longer evinc-
I'd that distrustfulnc>s towards Rosina which
previously had caused her such uneasiness-
Eighteen years had matured the beauty Of our
heroine: she had perseveredn her attention to
wards her parent, and he so far relaxed his
strictness, that he permitted her to exchange
visits with few Of the neighbors, and accept
invitations to some of their simple festivities
II was at the celebration of the birth of Ca
tharine Lutz, valley favorite, and friend of
Rosina'c tl4t no Isl her cSaO1hlad