Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-08-18
A TRUE LOVE STORY.
Extract from the Memoirs Of Sir Ssr-cl
R,r.,,ff.. 90

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There was no person indeed uho thoprh nj of
our family ly blood was ron h,ng ini,macy and nt.
tuol aiivcton considered almost a. a p,ft OF A. 10
whom hH event gave ns much pam NJ q did salts c.
ton 10 o!i tue rest. THIS was a young man of lie d
Randolph Grrcuway. lie had been an apprentice d.
ny ia'hrr aud a. such had lived With Tie had al.
icrNtrds travelled. together wuh my brother upJn a
tour Ot seven eight months ou tn, continent. ,Yb
upon has return. an uncle, vino was possessed of ma
estate % about 5O0L year ma ONorisIire had died
and icith him has heir. Though no longer living IN
der the same roof stl continue ma habits OF the
greatest intimacy; he of all our parios accompa
med us an our rides, m our wal :. and was always
welcome and a happy cues, al our holse lie had
conceived, unknown 10 us all. a warm affection Tor
my sister from the natural ct ms tcmper ar
Tor SON" other cause which have never learned ne
did not give the least lutmauJu Of has affection 10 any
one; uo, even 90 her Who Was the object ufu IN,
only oNp-cSsOn that ever dropped from him. which
bcspOse any inclination 10 open his mind wa, Iurin,
VISIT Which alter has uucios death, my father anu
mother together With my sister. made him at ms
house IN ac oouRtry. la answer 10 a cunul,r: nj
Which m father paid him on the appearance OF hs
house, aud the AIR OF comfort which prevailed m A.
sud eyes, slr, wants nothing bat n mistress" NJ,
iuther, either iom uudcrstu ling his meaning ar
from having determined not control or influence in
ANY manner his daughters choice. remained -iI,rt
and fUOr GrcCaway construed that silence INTO di.nn
Iroaaou O what he supposed could fail Ia be un.
"a
but she. hEhiy esteemed ham; his person was agree
/ able; his temper even and am.abc; and ne had
au Inirssc goodness oi heart disiuiercsicdncss
generosity and se-se ufhgu5r which u was INN sc
MT 20 admire. Her heart too. vas al that time i en-
gagged, and but for the most fatal reserve on his mar,
he undoubtedly might have obtained iur hs uiE, the
womon, without whom, rs II afterwards appeared. i,
was impossible for hm iu live, ard hc happy n. re-
manned however silent; not EXPRESSION over f.u
ir'm INN which coud lead q discovery o. his secret
not even 70 my hruih or myself our greatest int,-
macy. lie witness q gets being iutr,Ipr.,l
ilt' our family marked ihc progress which he made IN
oar friendship; observed the FIRST dlunnr OF of -i;
m my sisters breast Wuchcd the sentiments which no
AMI Roget mutually entertained Tor each oib.r -r,
Irs up mo attachment, affection, aud The warmcst ms
SION and sui observed the most profound silence: and
Il was not until the marriage had been rcs,lycJ ou
that any Of Us dscuS cred thc cause uf that nc,uc
whch had Then long become apparent an him. u,r
should We even, Then, have discovered H. but il
would perhaps have passed with him ia silence inn.
that grave into which hs ini>orunes soon led him bp
for the mort accidental circumstance
/ On, night my brn;hcr- aud n.ys,lr,upped with him,
~ tho house of ono OF ugs friends We sit,,I ycry
/ late oal drank u goal deal Of wine; not cnnu,b
ho"cNoTio prOdutC visible effect on any of ia lint
/ N poor Grcenway On him WIS produced am ,ti.ri
ID. most cylri'r'n1g his spirits were np c1hil,r,
tel his senses was not cuuIcd. az his arli sti~ n
Wpe4eb' 'u the passions, whey had long prr,rl ma,
/ ou hs uund, heightened and maasutd oyorr,,p. NJ
once the restraint whish had long imposed ON ,fcr,
and burst on IN The most vehement cXprcssi,us
we were walking home he talked in yarue Terms ,f
his wT,ch,iucss, tall unable 10 rrpceed no s,,l I,,
oH he Steps ola door; aud there IN a ,rinspo,t c ~
sion. aud On words 1nl with az accent IN a ,,,r,
TO The sonL expressed The cause and extent of has ms,
cry ana IN spirit of prophecy which was but too
"uy inIh.'ed eNc.auIsd that Ic should never never
/ again know what IL was to bc LaHgy.
Immediately after the intended marriage az ma, s,
I tp mt. a..
militia, which was then eucampcd, IN the hone Thai
/ TIE hustle and novelty Of military he migli egtce
/ those recol.cctions which were incompatible win
HiS peace Of mind. But all was yain deep mel
an'H'ly settled and prcycd upon his mind CaIam
nIicS lho most dreadful, which ia ne course of Few
y'ar afterwards happened la his own tasily increased
mrs lhtd o ai!lIcion. HIS mother bocamc dsrIcrcd
20 her mind; one of has sisters was afflicted win an
'he Siipns q! consumption; and his brother hcromc
TIE subject OF puhiIc prosecution. THIS last mi.l,r
tune STRUCK blow To has peace of mind from ,,bi,
he never recovered | saw him. immediately, m
the news Of II had reached him. suffering lnrlnres of
"' Mi"I which have never Witnessed before ar
S"', re soon afterwards set out upon a Journey
va" rance, III ue hope that a change of place and
Objects, might relieve the anguish which lac suffered
bat Il was Q" no purpose. NpJhiup could disr,t. g.,
4 single H"mcut, thc gloom which hum. up,i him, -
Tie "Hd no s"oncr arrived IN any town than ne was
impatient !" leave NJ and he hurried from place Ia
pace. mnfs dsJrcied pyery day, or mjre declining in
''''''' va "i'h hls aTiNal al Calais las rouru ne
Was too al 10 proceed any further Ills corln,niou
~ ms travels immediately wroie To- me cr his sirIa
"o1 and with all possible expedition set ont IN ga,
am irembied lest he should not have ruade a viii
Tor hnc" The distressed stale OF las sisters and th,
u ne were To dc mesiaic, all his estate yyouId 10
sce"d 10 ihc very brother " no had shortened - d,,
arrived hnt to- late for every thing but 10 vtnGs,
ms last agonics Tie turned upon me his diving ewes
attempted 10 speak, bat unable and shortly ,,ior
expired The recollection Of tho situation in which
he Ieit hs family aggravated is sufTrlprs Ne b,J
twice ATTEMPTED to make has will but found II jnn,si
bic ''"I ''''
IN me dcirIdm Of the fever waich consumed him
ne oilcn exclaimed, when disturbed by the n,-, of
nnmernc IN the court yard OF the inn where he iav
MAJ 20 heard they were preparing the rick for him
unhappy man, The tOTHCnts OF has sensible and ,ai.r
U'nII" mind were more poignant ov en- than those The
rack which he dreaded: and yet he whose. desti,,,
% Was thus eyIuIsIteiy 10 suffer had emnloyad IA.
whole lie IN serving his friends in acts of kindpcs,
mummy and generosity, and had never done an an.
jury 10 any one or entered sentiment .ui OF v,rf,o
AMI bcnevnlcucr. Ills body was conveyed 10 C,ptr
bury and now lies burned the churchyarI of tbe
cathedral.