The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1828-11-15
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FOR THE DELAWARE REGISTER.
THE ROSE OF THE VALLEY.

the cottage Of Edgarton, gentle decyity and orna
mented with much taste and elegance, by the hand of
Marietta, the youngest daughter of very respectable
family II caught the eye of the traveller by its unu
sual neatness, and TO the very natural question Of
" who lives there y the following circumstances were
related by way Of answer. The owner of that cottage
with handsome farm adjoining it, is genuine A.
merican Farmer Despisng the innovations Of fash
ion and folly he and his whole family continue to la
Dor with perseverng industry, and rarely admit hire
ling of any description their premises his three
sturdy sons and ayorte nephew, being all sufficient
for the out door concerns and the strong healthy
dame, and her blooming daughters, regulate the do
mestic management with economy and precision
The youngest child, and pet of the family, was the
beautiful Marietta, who, from her uncommon lowell
ness, known through the neghborhood by the SIM
pie appellation of the Rose of the Valley" This
charming girl was sought in marriage by several of
the rustic youths in the immediate vicinity but her
pure and unsophisticated heart declared itself in ia
vor of more distant admrer and she dismissed all
her suitors except Edward. In few months the nup-
tals celebrated amid circle of friends
and relations, and the youthful pair prepared to leave
the happy seclusion of the parental abode. On the
morning of their departure the sun arose uncouded,
and gaily shone the green smiling valley the neat
white cottage and the well arranged flower garden,
which had been the peculiar care of the beauteous
Marietta She visited each avorite plant loitered a.
while in the little arbour raised for her by the hands of
her brothers, and around which the essamine and
woodbne were now mngling their richest luxuriance,
when the sound of the vehicle struck her ear, and
the next moment she summoned leave the home of
her childhood forthe untrie varieties of city fe Her
innocent heart sckened at the thought of bidding adeu
to all that she long had loved but then the idea of
her beloved Edward threw bright iris over the pas
sing clouds of sorrow, and she appeared more than
resigned when she babe them all farewell
For few years, the sweet Rose of the Valley hadno
cause to regret the step she had taken, but at length
the secret falling of her husband began to appear and
he presented himself before her after an unusual alb
sence, in state of beastly ntoxication. She tainted
at the sight, and even when restored to consciousness
an involuntary shudderng came her, as the with
erng thought passed through her mind that her cup Of
bliss empoisoned for ever. Although she buried
her anguish in the deepest recess of her BOSOM
and never permitted her tongue or pen to commune
cate the painful subject to the parental ear yet
it preyed her health, like canker in the bud, and
the repeated alterations of her beloved Edward have
now changed the once blushing "Rose of the Val
ley to the pale image of living sufferer, that is ST.
lenty but speedily Fastening to the tomb, and adding
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