The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-16
rfron the Lpdies' Eation4l Magazine.
THE DANGERS OF FLIgTirI0y.
By !. 7. rne"lEifoE.


sThe world wnuld hardly ho worth living
IA. iii were u9l lor the fifio,ion,' es
claimed The CAV aad thAaeht'ess isatea
Lee, as she lsaghnsiy entered her aunt
room.
Her ANT, a sober. beautiful middle-aged
lady, raised her large, dark eges with q
sorroafal expression 10 the young girl
glowing face
j hope OH are nat serious she said.
There's nothing like f1irta,ions cried the
S aerry Isabel. Bat you look rcproachtuI
angry ---s
On, am not angrv,' replied Mrs. Der.
iolA. wl,h melancholy smile.
.Bat yon arn disp'casod!
.Yuir words awaken recfice,ions which
cause me 10 feel sad, Isabel; that's all
Sit down here by my siae mud YOU shah
serc story of one Of my ti'ftatlons which
may change Your mlnj.
Isabel su, down, booking thoughtful, and
her aun, continued.
when was youglike yor, dear child,
was quite as gas and ihoughiless as yoof-
self ! was called cnqnet'e, and shame
10 confess IL, gleried in the namc-an,ri
the occurrence OF the painful event am
about to relate.
.llali dozen times year used 10 Wis
ii itC--, and spend week or two IN
the pleasant society ol our friends in that
r'ace. There ireqlca,iy met pale.
handsome, sensitive ,onng m1n, named
Glibprne, who paid me lai,ering a'ten.
liens, m1kin. me the theme OF numerous
poetic eiiilsions, and with whose pariIaiItf
/ was very we'll pleased.
4 was warned bv many we'll meaning
friends against encouraging the addresses
1t so impulsive a person as Giiborue. "hn
they said wns more serious than !, and whe
might end in falling more deeply in love
with ms than expected or desired. !
laughed at the idea; aud finding the atten.
tons Of The Young poe, still agreeable,
continued TO receive them unti! il was too
laio.'
s'foo late, how so auntg
Why 10 my asionishmeni he one day
made passionate declaration OF love, and
offered me his hand
'And did you not love hm'
'No, child. was merely pleased With
hin. Bat even did not suppose that his
1--we was more than the result OF sudden
impulse, which would pass away with my
visit to c.. So respectfully de
cIUed bis offer, laughed a, the idea OF my
marrying at that age. and begged hln to
dismiss the subject from his mind. On
the following dny | left c. and re
turned home
Letters aud poetry followed me. breath,
ing the most passionate devotion aud burn
i0g with The oloqnence OF love. The,
bore no name but knew they were from
Henry Gllbornc, and | was beginning TO
be very much ANNOYED. | took counsel
with my friends aud resolved to send all
future epstes back 10 him unopened.
returned two letters in this manner. aud
received no more; but three or four weeks
a''er received newspaper in which
"efe was sonnet, addressed To mo under
ahctI'ious name, and signed with his ini'
uals, lie had discovered a new mode Of
reaching me with his passionate eflusions
ana from that time sonnet or song by
II. G. came to me IN the @ GnZ
nearly every week.
AT this time Mr.. Bcrford was paying
me his addresses; he was one OF Natures
hoo'emen-irank, generous, firm IN what
ne he considered right, and gentleman ii
ns manners. Having learned lesson
n; noh We nnhappy termination Of my last
""'a'ion, ! received Mr.. Berford's aiien.
,'o"' ~ d'tlerent manner from what hat
Do'" accustomed to do, and in a short Tim
We were married
-, ne ceremony took place in The church
! 'oVcd Mr., Berford. Gilborne was at ,ha
moment quite forgotten and | was pcrlec,
"apPY' had not thought to distnrl
NY peace Of mind d--,hc calm repose OF M
"eaf'' which had so willingly, gladly civ
y" "Why--nn'i', as we were passing iron
"o ,'aafcE, my eyes fell upon wild, hag
sa'n i'gure, standing near the door
IT was Gilborne! His face was DEATH
pa'e' his lips ashy, his eyes cleaned wit,
an unnatural brightness, and he ,scmble
IN every limb.
is'ar'ed, uttered suppressed cry, an
'""oderIng, cluug TO my husbands arm.
pang went through my hear, pan