The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1826-01-14

and the carriage drove Ctl Roslna, lie betrayed
her, and yet dared to restore her TO my arms
| how not how ii was, but when | extended my
hand and received hers as she alghted from the
vehicle, chill came over me and tainted. |
was carried to my chamber, she followed, pale
and trembling: her betrayer tled-from that
hour have never beheld him. The day APP
pointed for their union arrived, The guests as
semJed the bride adorned-although three
weeks had elapsed since we had seen him, yet
we did not suspect wrong, for he had written
that business would dctain him from the city
until the day which was to make him happy;
vet he came Motive sent to his hotel, and was
Informed that he had set off for England Then
suspicion seized upon me; | flew to Chrlstne's
apartment, ali adorned as it was for the bridal,
told her that her lover had fled from Vienna.
Nae shrlched violently, CONFUSION following con-
vulson. 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; rejoiced at it. for
loved her even in her shame. Whatever may
be the errors of a child, Rosina, parent can
not diyest 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 smothered-the babblng nurse discover
cd the truth in the rawlings of Christine, and re-
peated the foul tale-once abroad, it flew from
circle to circle and in the midst of this calamity,
became bankrupt. Fancied friends deserted
NE, boased credit forsook me, and fled from
Vienna with my wife and child to this solitude
Here YOU were born; yes, Rosna, you, my IN
nocent, artess child, was the offspring of Chris
tine. loved her; in thy innocent baby smile
al the feelings of parent were again revived,
and when | saw Christine pale cold corpse,
,ior she died in giving thee birth,) swore thou
meier should'st want while had a roof to shell
ter, a crust to share with thee"
Pale and trembling, Rosna sank weeping In
60 the arms of her grandfather.
"Then | am but thy grandchild," she ex-
claimed, ''v vet my affection for thee seems IN
creased rather than diminished by the intellI-
gence-still let me 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 Wifred"
. He was my son-I had hoped" said Chris
tan. 9. he would have removed the thorn that
ranked in my heart, yet heaven disposed it
otherwise, and submit
Here ended the conversation: the disclosure
of the secret seemed to remove a weight of sor-
row from Christian heart-he no longer evinc-
ed that distrustfuness 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
strctness, that he permitted her to exchange
visits with few of the neghbors, and accept
invitations to some of their simple festivities.
1t was at the celebration of the birth of Ca
tharine Lutz, a valley favorite, and friend OF