Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-09

once read my uwn. IL il unnecessary
10 refer To our former intimacy at length,
but ] must do SO partially in order to ex-
plain my present determination. You
know how you sought NV society, how
YOU We're ever irndy with those little nj.
irniions that our s.x delight I" receive,
how you modulaied your vo'cr ,oawhs'
per, when you. spohe to NE mud Ia mr
alone. You remember all tins, and That
these ailentions coniinurd Tor months 80
Are you at all surprised, therefore, that
learned Ia lo,e YOU deeply, leiven,ly,
umresrrvrdly |, Is true YOU gave M
no reason, from any words you sand, Ia
believe that you loved me bu, is not
The eloqnrnce ot The eye, the voice, the
looks, even more expressive thnn that of
words Yes Henry AlIord you knew
that loved you--y"n intended that !
should and ct you deserted me. You
ieii me without explanation. la the ~.
cesses of my own heart ! was forced Ia
conceal my own agony, Tor II would
have been unmaidenly Ia confess that
/ loved one who had never solicited my
J.
! would not ask even Tor an enemy, Il,
one have But have ouIlved H.
i was proud, aud would have died with
my secret, if on words only had depend
ed lis revelation. But my friends saw
the Truth in my hollow cheek and sunk
en- eye. Yet they sand nothing.
v. AT length Mr.. Gordon whom | once
refused, sought my hand again. | had
no heat to give him il is true, but
|, rlded to the solicitations Of my friends
and married him. or that step never
repenl,d. From the moment promised d
al the altar to he his, | leh il had be.
come my duty 10 love hlm alone, aud
| resolutrly discarded from my heart
every feeling at variance with my vow
| looked TO God aud he enabled me to %
through the work. DO no, fla,ter your.
sell with the common belief that first
, love IL never eradicated-ihe assertion
! is true onl where the object Of thai
: love remains pure IN the eyes Of the
, lover. Years have passed since learn.
= ed to look Oh you only as on The rest o
: your sex-yes more, as ono whom
! ncrtr could lore. You had iriAed with
, and betrayed mel could no more con
r fde in your truth. You were not the
being my young fancy painted. And
, now, Henry Afford, | tell you with as
much colmness as would tell the veries
stranger, tha, you are nothing to me.
, Il will moi deny that | might have re.
' PEELED You at once, when you sought
again my society. am no coquetle, bu
{; felt il due To my sex 10 treat you ac-
: cordng to the rule on which you have
always acted towards US. 1t was a
mere Irritation, perhaps on your part;
was not bound TO suppose you seriou:
until you spoke your love IN words
: Besides it would not have sounded vel
abroad, that the widow oi Gordon had
|, refused Mr.. Afford before he had pro-
posed I; people would one and all have
sneered at her as vain, foolish woman
I, But mark me i vas not blind TO the fact
that you loved me. You may even
regre, the past. But for this | care
5 nothing. Think no, either that | love
: another No olher motive dictates my
refusal than your conduct TO ne eight
: years ago. And now so, Henry Afford
. and remember, when you hear or think
of me, that feel no more emotion al
your name than would at that Of Il
stranger.
l paralized and conloundcd, prey Ia
conflicting emotions OF modification and
bailled love, Afford sal, during these
words, unable TO ahcula'e "A sy liable
/, And when, at their conclusion, Mrs.
Gordon coldly rose, TO intimate that The
interview was over, he rose too, and
mechanically taking his hat, bowed and
left the room. He iel both from The
language and manner Of the widow, that
eXpostuatiOn w8s vain.
d That lesson was nut lost on Afford -
But he never married. WIZ, our read
ers perhaps can tell.
4 Mrs. Gordon year afrrwara, was
united 10 gentleman every way worthy
Of her, and whom she had learu lervcnlly
/. to love ere she surrendered 10 him her
hand.
Such is the history Of but one out oI
hundreds of class Reader! have YOU
never met MALE FLIRr!
hat. ot