Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-05-05

side OF the parish. she was delicate, ln-
teresting creature. with slight dropping
| figure, and fair, downmafked east face, like
a snowdrop, forming such contrast with be.
gay and gallant wooer as love. 10 bis vagaries,
Is often pleased to bring together. The court
ship was secret and tedious and prolonged
| from months to years for Mary shrank from
the painful contest which she knew that an
avowal Of her attachment would occasion. -
At length her mother died. and deprived of
home and maintenance she reluctantly con-
sented to private marriage. An immediate
discovery ensued, and was followed BY all the
evils and more than all tina. her worst fears
bad anticipated Her husband was turned
from the house of his father. and in less than
three months, bis death, by an iuhammatorv
fever, left her desolate and peunyless wi
dow unowned and unassisted by the stern
parent, on whose unrelenting temper neither
the death of his son, nor the birth of his
grandson, seemed to make the slightest inn
preston! But for the general sympathy ex-
cited by the dep.orable stnation and blame
less department Of the widowed bride, she
and her infant must have taken refuge in the
workhouse. The whole neighborhood was
Jealous to relieve and to serve them: but
their most liberal benetactress their most de-
voted friend, was poor Dora. Considering
her uncle's Partially to herself as the primary
cause of all this misery she felt like guilty
creature; and casting off, at once, her native
timidty and hahitual submission, she had re-
r. snn,.,;oa.;aas g. g. - ~ 81 a'e. es'n-
81 ~ ~ -. "s' aru !" p'.un'
III ~. .eu u''a sa'i /, guy .',cu -
~ '"e' u's'iesses " an we assistance
''a .,, hc' s'aah means "ouio aom't' livery
shh','g q hei Pockes money she expended on
nef uea' cousins worked Tor them, ana trans
,effeu 70 'nehi every preseh. that was made
70 herseii' rom the SIX rock 10 penny tar
,e' '. .,. ''s'ng 'ia' was ner own sne gave
ou' n'''.'e % 'ef uncie LOT s,iough soFeiy
tempted 'o'fans'er some OF the plenty around
ner' 70 '''ose whose calm seemed Just nnd
whose 'eeo was so urgent Dora ieif t1at
she was trusted and that she must prove
hefsei trustworthy
Such was the posture of affairs. at the
time OF my encounter with Dora and little
alter, in the harvest field: and the rest
will be best told in the course of our dia-
logue:
And so, madam, I cannot bear to see my
dear cousin Mary so sick and so melancholy;
and the dear, dear child, that the king might
be proud of-only look at him p exclaimed
Dora, intcrruptibg herself, as the beautiful
child, sitting on the ground IL -! &; Z, ,se;a
dignity Of infancy, looked up at me- and
smi!od in my face. "Only look at him p
continued she, "and think Of that dear how.
and his dear mother, living on charity. and
they, my uncle s lawful heirs whist I, that
have no right Whatsoever, no claim, none at
all, | that compared to them am out a far
off kinswoman, the mere creature of bis boun.
ty. should revel in comfort and in plenty, and
they starving. | cannot bear it and will
not And then the wrong that he is doing
himself; he that is so good and kind, to be
called hard hearted tyrant by the whole
country side And he is unhappy himself,
too, / know that he is. So tired as he
comes home, be will walk about his room half
the night; and often, at meal hours, he will
drop his knife and fork, and sigh so heavily
He may turn me out of DOORS as he threat
ened, or, what is worse, call me ungrateful,
but he shall see this boy
ale has never seen him, then? and that
is the reason you are trucking him out so
prettily? '
Eyes, ma'am. Mind what told you,
Walter; and hold up your head, and say what
| bid you"
"Gan-papa's towers - stammered the
pretty boy, in his sweet childish voice, the
first words that had ever heard him speak.
Grand papa's flowers = said the jealous
preceptress.
Gan papa's towers y echoed the boy.
Shall you take the child to the house 2
asked |.
No ma'am; look for my uncle here ev-
cry minute and this is the best place TO ask a
favor in, for the very sight Of the great crop
puts him in good humor; not so much on
account ofthe profits, but because the land
never bore half so much before, and its ow-
ing to his management in dressing and drill.
ing came reapino here to- day on purpose
to please him for though he says he does not
wish me to work in the fields, know he fixes
it; and here he shall see little Walter. Do