Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1831-08-11
THE YOUNG Girl. WITH GREY HAIR.


Most of our readers will remember
the story IF Mrs. Montasue's hair
turning suddenly grey, the effect of
fright from thunderstorm on the
A'ps--and perhaps another similar case
- not altogether unfamiliar. of the bov
who was lowered down the side Of a
preciPice To get eagles cggs from the
nest, and was attacked by the parent
bird. aud in attempting 10 defend
himself with knife, cut the rope
that held the basket in which he wa.
seated. so that he was sustained by =
single strand, at n distance Of many
hundred feet from the bottom of the
clif; he was drawn up, but such was
The shock his feelings sustained, tina,
IN q lew hours his head became a. grey
as that ct the octogcnarian. The fol
lowing translation, which we make
from French paper,wi.l show another
instance of early grey hairs. from an
expedition that promised as little any
such result, rs the two above noticed
TIE YOUNG Girl. WITH GREY HAIR.
- After three years absence, | saw
her again, two weeks since ut the thea.
tire. Every eye was fixed upon her
but mine-l dared not look. The
sight OF her produced in ne a painful
and indescribable emotion. But I soon
turned towards her-her appearance
made me weep.
Poor Henrietta" said |.
A person sitting rear me, pulled me
by the sleeve, and said, lis il not
strange, that s'rl SD young should DC
grey"
1t is such pity" said another,
'she has such beautiful black eyes"
=" III there was a poet here said n
dandy, am certain that the sight Of
this beautiful monster would inspire
bim To write 4 splendid ballad"
IL had had dirk with me, the fell
low should have tasted il.
made an attempt TO escape-but
an irresistible force nailed lie TO the
bench. At length the curtain rose
who could tell me what was passin. on
the stagef knew nothing of it. ex-
cepting that gentleman behind me
observed. that IT was 4 very pleasant
idrce. l. IN the mean time, was ohoked
with grief.
Between the acts, the people around
me began again 10 converse about the
young lady with grey hair.
"l'll bet any thing" said one. s.that
the poor girl has met the Devil in the
evening. face tn face in the woods
Not at all" said another; "there
is no devil in the case, | am a physi.
clan, aud will explain to YOU how il
happens that certain kinds of hair
All, you are S"iDg to explain the
matter scientifically" interrupted a
third person, "my dear sir, YOU waste
! your science here. IL is impossible
that whole head Of hair on a Young
girl should turn grey without some cx
traordinary cause. This interesting
victim must have experienced some
violent shock"
Tier husband, perhaps. was killed
IN her arms on the both Of July,
"Ah, that is quite possible" muir.
INJURED man who had been a rend'-
arme-"or perhaps while she was play-
( ing ut the edge Of the window the Chill
has fallen from The fourth story. and
been crushed upon the pavement"
Beg pardon, gentlemen. but your
suppositIons are wide from facts
You can easily sec that she is neither
a mother nor a widow. How old do
you suppose such a girl to be;--sixieen,
sir:"
Eighteen, sir.'
! "Pcrhaps you know her," said the
man 20 me.
shrunk back into silence, and the
man continued" is evident 10 any
one that has studied the physiology Of
thc passions. that this young lady owes
her early grew hair entirely to vio.
lent disappointment in love"
turned suddenly towards the speak
er. and pressing h,s hand conyulsi,ciy
IN mine. ] exclaimed, "Ah SIR. am a
guilty wretch"
j know not what the company must
have thought of this exclamation. turn
from me by The remembrance Of nv
lorime but luckily for me, the music
struck MP with al lie force. and the
drop curtain rose again.
During the remainder Of the farce. I
could think Of nothiog but former DAYS.
recalling TO NY mind the image of
lIcnriette Henriettc. 80 young. so
beautiful, and go cruelty BETRAYED
Henrietta. the lovely mistress Of nv
youth, whom found IN three wears.
with the grey hairs of age.
Wretch. sad TO myself. What hast
thou not made ber suflpf--Witlt What n
shameful neglect hast thou treated lhe
most tender love.
tore my breast with my nSils.snt ,
was nv anguish.
u 4 ouifled the havoc IL ,.nea.cd