South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-07-11
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From the Rural Repository.
HENRY AND CAROLINE

| HENRY AND CAROLINE
You are too parsmonious, Henry
said Mr.. D. to one of his clerks, as the
were together 10 the counting house on
morning give me leave to say that yo
do not dress sufficiently gentee to ap
pear as a clerk in fashionable store
Henry's face was suffused with dee,
blush, and in spite of his endeavors Il
suppress it, tear trembled on his mani,
cheek. Did not know that your sal
airy was sufficient to provide more gen
teel habiIiments, continued Mr.. d.,
would increase it.
My salary is sufficient, amply suAi
cient sir, replied Henry, in a voic'
choaked with emotion, but with tina
proud independence of feeling that pc
verify had not been able to divest him of
His employer saw his agitation and i'm
medlately changed the subject.
Mr.. D. was a man Of immense
wealth & ample benevolence /; he was
a widower and had but one child, a
daughter, who was the pride Of his
declining years. She was not as beau.
tiful as an angel, nor as perfect as Ve-
nus, bu. the goodness, the innocence,
the intelligence of her mind, shone in
her couotenance, and you had but to
become acquainted with, to love her.
Such was Caroline d. when Henry
FIRST become an inmate Of her fathers
house. No wonder that he worshiped
at her shrine-no wonder that he soon
loved her with deep and devoted af-
fection--and reader, had you known
him you would not have wondered that
this love was soon returned, for their
souls were congenial, they were cast in
virtues purest mould, and although
their tongues never gave utterance to
what their hearts felt, yet the language
of their eyes was too plain to be mis-
taken. Henry was the very. soul Of
honour, and though he perceived with
pleasure that he was not Indifferent to
Caroline, he felt that he must endeavor
to conquer the passion that glowed in
his bosom. | must not endeavour. to
win her young and artless heart, thought
he; l am pennyless, and cannot ex.
pect thai her father would ever consent
to our union he has ever treated me
with kindness and / will not be ungrate-
ful. Thus he reasoned and thus he
heroically endeavoured to subdue what
he considered an i'll fated passion
Caroline had many suitors, and some
were fully worthy of her but she refu-
sed all their overtures with gentle yet
decisive firmness. Her father won.
dered at her conduct, yet would not
thwart her inclination. He was in the
decline of life, and wished to see her
happily settled ere he quilted the stage
Of existence. l, was not long ere he
suspected young Henry was the cause
Of her indifference to others the evil
dent pleasure took in hearing him prais-.
ed, the blush that overspread her
cheeks whenever their eyes met, all
served 10 convince the old gentleman,
who had not forgotten tina, he was once
young himself that they felt more than
a common feeling in each others wei.
fare. He forbore making any remarks
upon the subject, but was not as dis
pleased at the superstition as the penn.
yless Henry would have imagined.
Henry had now been about year
in his employ. MIR. D. knew nothing
ofhis family, but his integrity, his ir.
reproachable morals, all conspired to
make him esteemed highly. He was
proud of Henry, & wished to make
him appear in dress, as we'll as man.
ners, as respectable as any one. He
had often wondered at the scantiness OF
his wardrobe though he dressed With
the most scrupulous regard to nea.ness,
his clothes we're almost thread bare.
Mr.. d. did not wish to think that this
proceeded ftom nigardly ilion,
and he determined TO breach the sub.
ject, and if possible to ascertain the
real cause: this he did in the manner
before related.
Soon after the conversation took
place, Mr.. d. left home on business
AS he was returning, and riding
through a beautiful village, he alighted
at The door Of cottage and requested
drink. The mistress of the house
with an ease and politeness that con
WINGED him she had not always beer
the humble cottager, invited him to en-
ter. Here scene of poverty & neat
ness presented itself, such as he hat
never before witnessed. The furni
ture, which consisted of nothing more
than was absolutely necessary, was 81
exquisitely clean that it gave charm