Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-12-05
NUMBER 40.

ture that loved you; and how conlj you
use me- so, who loved you perhaps as we'll
as she, but whose heart Col will teach
not to forget YOU, for that may never
do, bat 10 think on you with that friend
ship aud affection whics innocently | can
bestow upon you. when you are Sarahs
husband. For, Gabriel, have this night
sworn, not in anger or passion no. no.
but in sorrow and in pity for anolher's
wrongs; in sorrow also--deny /, will
not for my own. 10 look on you from
this hour as one whose life is to be led
apart from my life, and whose love must
never meet with my love. Speak not un-
10 me, look unto mo with hesoechng eyes.
Duty and religion forbid US to be man
and wife. But YOU knew there is one
beside me, whom you loved before you
loved me, and therefore il may be better
too; and that she loves you and is faith.
ful, as if God had made you one, say
without fear, Iwho have known her since
she was a child, although fatally for tho
peace ofus both, we have long lived apart.
Sarah is in The house, and will bring her
unto you in tears, bu, not tears Of PEN.
,ence, for she is as innocent Of thu, sin as
| am who now speak
Mary went into tho little psrlor. aud
led Sarah, forward in her hand. Des-
pairing rs she had been, but whom she
heard from poor Mary's voice, speaking SO
fervenlly, that Gabriel had come, and that
her friend was inte:cedipg in her be half
she had arranged her hair in a snail look
ing glass, tied II up with rbonnd which
Gabriel had given h-r, and put into the
bte ,st OF her gown little gilt breach that
contain locks Of their blended hair
pale but beautllul--for Sarah pringle was
the fairest glr in all the countryside ad.
vanced with a fuah, on that paleness OF
revlving hope. injured pride, and love that
was ready 10 forgive and forget all, so that
once again she could be restored to tho
place in his heart that she had lost.
"What have done, Gabriel" she said.
'that you have flung me from You =
May my soul never live by the atone
ment ofmy Saviour. if am not innocent
of ,ha, sin which you, even you, have in
your hardheartedness charged me! Look
ne in the face, Gabriel. and think of all
Tint | have been unto you, and il you say
that, before God and your own soul, you
believe me guilty, then will 60 away
out into the dark night, and long before
morning my troubles will be at an cad"
Truth was not only in her features and
simple words, but in tho tone OF her voice.
the color of her face, ard the light of her
eyes. Gabriel had long shut up his
heart against her. AT first, he doubted
her virtue, and that doubt gradually weak.
ened his affection. At last he tried to
believe her guilty, or TO forget her Alto
aetlsr, when his hear; turned to Mary
Robinson, and be thought oil making her
his wife. His injustice, his wickedness.
his has ness, which he had so long con.
cealed in some measure from himself, by
a dim feeling OF wrong dono him, and al.
forwards by the pleasure Of a new love,
now appeared TO him MS they were and
without disguise. Mary took Sarah's
band aud placed il within that OF her con-
trite lover; for, had the tumut of con-
Hicting passion allowed him to know his
own soul, such al that moment he sure
IL was saying with voice composed as
the eyes with which she looked upon
them:
81 restore YOU 10 each other; and
already feel the comfort of being able to
do my duty, will be brides maid-- and
now implore the blessing OF God upon
your marriage. Gabriel your betrothed
will sleep this night in my bosom. We
will think OF you better, perhaps, than
you deserve. II is not for me TO tell you
what YOU have to repen, Of. Let US oil
three pray Tor each other this night, and
evermore when we are on our knees be-
fore our Maker. The old people will
soon be home. Good night, Gabriel"
He kissec Ssrah-snd giving Mary
look OF shame, humility and reverence,
he wen; home to meditation and repent.
ance.
II WAS now midsummer and before
the harvest had been gathered in through
out tho higher valleys. or the sheep
brought from the mountain fold, Gabriel
and Sarah were man and vile. Time
passed on, and a blooming family cheerej
their board and Preside. Nor did Mary
Robinson the Flower Of the Forest, flor
so the wood.cutier's daughter was ofiog
lcaled, } pass her life in single blassedness.
She, too, became a wife and mother and
the TWO families, who lived at last on ad.
iscent farms, were remarkable for mutual
affection throughout all the parish, and
and more than one in,ermarriage took
place between them, at time when the
worthy parents hid almost forgotten the
trying incidents oftheir youth.
WOMEN. Some one makes the follow.
ing sensible enquiry. Why do women
love bad men better than good men p
They do.-and nevertheless they have
better hearts and purer feelings than mex
have. Women ever have great amhi.
ton to reform rskes. First they pity
vice, and at last in endeavouring to re.
lorm It. they love it, or rather the embo-
died representation oft as they love their
children whether well-favored or il.fayor-
ed whether little d-s or sweet angels.
A REASONABLE HusBAND.--Late one
evening. Drunken Davy. after speeding
his days earnings al grocery. set out
for home. sWell' said he. il find my
yifa m Till l,eL her--whnt business has