Holly Springs gazette., 1846-01-10

icare not where my b: may he.
/ So u be meath affections eve.
/ | care not what my home may be
t Il hat were heaven. Il SHARED with thee
! Whate'e the shore our fee, shall press.
/ Thy beaming smile that shore viii bless.
Whate'er the cares our way that .hIali.
t Thy look OF love will tighten all;
| Aud. dark or bright the prospect be.
viii not shrink-i 90 with thee
The hours roll on. One O'Clock. Flor.
inc yawns. "Oh dear" she siehs 70 her.
sell. IL am so tired OF signing and readinx.
i What shall dol | know. I'll try on her
/ caps and capes She won't be hosne thcss
two hours yet; ! might Just as vel, s.
how look in the new French peleisse anu
hat"
She had hardly arranged these to her sat
isfaction. ere carriage stopped a, the door.
! III is she SO earlyl how provoking -
/ The cloak and hat were restored 10 their
respective boxes, and the li1le artful French
maid, to all appearances sound asleep upon
/ the sofa. when Imogen entered the room.
/ Il loriue. take my cloak unclasp these
/ pearls !, and leave mel The girl started.
rubbed her eyes aud did as she was hidden.
/ tmogen was alone.
The beIle-the heiress-'The evenin 2
star" as her attendant beaux had entitled
i her How different now from the gay
and brilliant girl who had stood there three
i hours before, exulting IN her beauty and
/ her pride her hands were locked lar
/ guidly before her, her dark disordered
locks streaming loosely over her pale face
and beautiful form-her dropping lashes
wet with tears That marked the curl OF her
lhaii6aa:q lip The glow OF JOY was gone
and her flowers had lost theif freshness aud
their bloom
"Oh, Stanley p she murmured.- Il have
deserved this--the cool Indifference with
which this princely stranger meets me L
but just retribution for my disdain Of youl
love, and yet only his strange resemb ace
10 you that causes this foolish infaluaLon-
| will never see him again. The COX
comb he would not even accept my flow
ers u and she flung the boquei, with pas
sionate violence, on the floor. AS it tell, a
iule folded paper which had been lying
perdu amid its leaves dropped from it aud
fell at her feet. With beating heart and
bushing cheek she snatched II up aud
read the following lines.
Do you weed your garden gaily,
Training flowers with loving care
Why not weed your heat. too, daily2
Way not train the blossoms there
Scorn and pride are weeds frlss lay
Oai it thou dost care to make,
s.S0usfiaa in a place thafs shady"
Pluck them oat, fot loves sweet sake
sSaucy aud presuming ike ali he says
and does" exclaimed the DIS pPointed girl.
aud tearae a INTO shreds. she flung herself
wit6ou undressing. on the bed aud wepi
herself . SleeP.
CHATTER VI.
Dear Dora, say, al least. TIA, you VII
TRY to love M? exclaimed the young sig
nor, aud ne sought. with respectful tender.
uess 10 take her hand IN MS /; bat Dora
grayeiy Withdrew ii, aod rePhed with a
lalteing voice and fearful eyes:
Sir. you have been generous to me thus
far; be so now. or 1 can never come 10 you
again love you--as a frend-as a
brother If you viii; but not as love--an-
ether Oh, what am saying did not
mean 10 tell YOU al this bat you afe so
kind, so gentle, that feel as If must con
fide IN you. Do not belray me. You will
not q
She covered her bInshing lace with her
hands, aud STOOD trembling before him
NAV. dearest love YOU too well 10 BE-
tray you; but let me claim brother :
privilege, siace you have yourself bestowed
that precious name. and tell me-is 1t NJ
friend you love2 Stanley toldsme long a
90 that he had cherished youf image a.
the dearest treasure OF his soul:
The color spread spread 10 her Very
temples, and her slight, girlish frame qaiv
! cred like an aspen leaf, but she could moi
speak
You need not answer me, Dora. see
il all. but he was poor aud humble. and
had latle hope of eyer being ablc 10 marry.
while have wealth and siatlonl D0ra.
think of your poor moihefl'
The young girl Withdrew her hands and
looked I'D calmly. almost proudly IN his
fsce. My mother loves me. SIR, She
| would sooner die than see her child de
grads. herself by marrying for mere wealth
and station unsan toned BY love-
Dora. my precious, noble Dora Look
at me dearest. aai love me-
The .soicel il was surely las. She