Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-07-10
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THE TWIN FLOWERS.


Miss-here's one tina: will look delightful twined
among those pretty locks"
"No, a rose my child,'' said the lady, "there
arc thorns among them; but I'll take this niue
flower, il looks SO lovely and SWEEP; OH, u .
Pardon me, Miss replied the child, "lhat
flower is engaged"
"ro whom?"
ITO master Charles Leland"
"Cbarles Leland, indeed" said the lady, swell
bu, there's another; VIVA, beautiful pair"
"They are twin flowers; they are both for that
gentleman" sand the little girl.
"Oh, q fig for him" said Tho young lady; but
an arch smile play ed upon her cheek as she said
IL; some Thing sparkicd IN her beautiful dark eye
that told tale her lips refused 10 utter, while she
inReniou.Iy marked both Of The hvorile flowers,
1ni returned them to the basket; then choosing
a little bunch Of roses she walked home, leaving
the flower girl to visit the rest OF her customers
Love is impatient, and Harriet counted the fe-
dion, minutes No eho sat at the window and lis
tened for tho we'll known rap. The clock struck
nine and yet Leland did no, appear; she thought
she had been neglected. Of i-i~ b.. 'a~' '''o NJ
crs he knew they were favori:es OF hers, and she
,honoht 10 receive them from his hands, and hear
him say, Harriet, forget me not, would be the
sweet ntonement for any little offence past--
But once tho thought stole over her h"som per-
hnps they destined for another! she Danish
I'D II with a sigh, and il had scarcely escaped her,
ere Charles Leland entered.-She roso to receive
him, and he gently took her hand: Accept,
said he, "my humble Offering, and forget me 49,
Harriet interrupted him as he attempted TO place
q single flower in her bosom-"where Is the other
enid she, play fully putting back his hand \ mo-
nen,'s silence ensued. Charles appeared efnbar
r-ssed, and Harriet recollec,ed herself, blushed
deeply, and turned of; but the flower was not Of
lored again, and Charles had only said, forget me-
Thi. could not have Seen all he intended, bat
the mutual reserve rendered the rerna Under Of The
c. eniuc cold. formal. insipid; and when Leland
took his leave, Harriet felt more than ever Gssa-
,lsed. As il was not yet late IN the evening,
she resolved to dsspate tho melancholy that thus
little interview, in spite OF all her Efforts TO 'augh
il of, left on her mind, by spending few mo
rnents a, neighbor's, whose three daughters
we're her most intimate comnanions-
The Youngest Of these ladies n gay and
interesting grl, and was first to meet and wei
como her TREND but she held out her hand
Harriet discovered little flower in 1t; II was n
"Forget-me not;' she examined II; IL was Lo-
l. nd's; the mark she had made upon II when she
took it from the basket of tho flower girl was
there. This was at the moment an unfortunate
discovery. She had heard that Charles ireqncnt-
" visited this family, and thai he really paid at
ton,ion to Jane; but she had never before beiiev-
ID il, aud how she shuddered at the idea OF admit
ting that for once rumor told the Truth
.'Whe,e did you get that pretty flower, Jane!' (
said she.
..Oh. beau 10 bo sure said Jane, nrchly;
edoa't you reo-Forge not" as she took back
the flower 81 should not Ike to tell where go,
it, III wea. i, in my bosom; come sing
..Ir d.nrly love tina, pretty flower.
For III. own sake who bado me keep it,
III wear i, in my bosom'f-''
"Iush. Jane" said Harriet, interrupting her,
.'my head rshes; and your singing d:strac's me
"Lh, lis your heart" said Jane, cor you would
not look so dull"
swell, if it i, my heart,'' said Harriet, rs she
turned 10 conceal her tears, 81, does not become
a friend 10 trIfle with IT,"
Sho intended TO convey double meaning TO
ths reply; bu, il not takep, and as soon as
possible she returned homo.
a slccpcss night followed, and the more she
thought about i, the more she felt
She had engaged her hand TO Leland six months
before; the time appointed for the union aP-
pro. ched fast; and he acted thus?-'lf he wants
to be freed from the cement" SAID she TO her
rslf IL will give him ,rouble;" and she sat
down and wrote requesting him 10 discontinue
his visits. She wept over i, liz flood OF tears
bu, continued resoiuie, unit, she bad despatched
tbs note to his residence. Then she repented OF
H. and then again reasoned herself into the be-
lief that she had acted right She waited for the
result; not without many anSiously cherished
hopes that he would call for explanation. But
she only lehrned tina, the note delivered into
his hands; and about month afterwards he sailed
for England This end TO the matter.
Charles went into business at Liverpool, bu, ne
yer married, and Harriet remained single. devo-
'ire her life TO the care Of her aged mother and
mnIstering to the wants OF the poor and distress
ed around her.
About forty years after Leland left Phi:adel
phia. Harriet paid visit to New York, and din
ing in large company day, old gentle
man who II seemed was bachelor being called up
TO defend ,he fraternity TO which he belonged
from the asperities OF some of the younger and
more fortunate part of the company, told story
about Philadelphia, a courshlp and engagement.
which he alleged broken off by his capricIous
misire for other Than his offering her
a sweet new blown Forget-me- not, six weeks be- I
4, sho 10, h,va hDa, bt,,
"But was there other cause?' asked Harri-
OF. who sat nearly opposite TO the stranger, and
eyed him with intense curiosity.
None. to my knowledge, a. Heaven is my
witness" 4
"Then wha, did you do with the other fiower?" r
said Harriet; the stranger gazed in asionishmen,.
II was Leland himself; and he recognized his Har- n
rief, though almost half century had past since L