The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-07-23

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ves,. - 3 heart. shs herself looking ten
obse,vsd n 8, nen the song was over, |
restiur or 81. W ossnsn9toas With Annie still |
mens sh..asI ~ Z, SIN ir corner of the apart |
turr: and .Isc 49, pso3ecting piece Of fumi
cheek vh;ch Il L.ai, aS tear ON his funowed |
stooDed 81 sps~.. y ssa ofnsned away, and |
who. Win S,nd .F.s..u su.s ssmssk Of Ann;e's,
served IL too. erdes, ,cs;r. =, nsa evidently cb
ful illusion which rem.snh.snsp - aspss she pain
by occasioned. = osya gone
We al length fnnnd the corrr.
inc. and ors vssss .,;i1 ..sy tsny sep.fst
lasi 10 dessrt wss M W.u Wo..s;n.,as Inc
ine Annie Mor,;,ner and i;,.I. ps 1910
he sha We'd mos, ,enderIv NJ dnnh, s...s..a ao.n
she was door. forlorn ii,tie old ma;d 80
sang SO sweetly. -. -.
The next moroins =, breakfa., Cons;n 60,
attacked US. sunpT,ed hv M Dsnv.-s ho,h
demanding solution Of the mvs,erv ~ sbe
scented sevens! After q vast deal of I.uch.
ing, talking, and discussion. We were ohiioed
to confess ourselves beaten: for there Ssd
been an engaged couple present on the preyi.
Gus evening, and we had failed to discover
them. No il was not Annie Mortimer: she
mad no lover. No; il was not the Misses
Halliday, or the Masters Burton; they had
nirted and danced, and danced and hiried in
discrlminaiely; but as to serious engagements
pooh! pooh!
Who would have conjectured the romance
OF reality that was now jivulged? and how
could we have been so stupid as not to have
read 1t at glance? These contradictory ex.
carnations, as is usual in such cases, ensued
when the riddle was unfolded. Ii is 30 easy
to be wise when we have learned the wisdom.
Yet we cheerfully lost our wager, and would
have lost hundred such, for the sake Of hear
ing tale 80 far removed from matter offaci;
proving also that enduring faith and affection
are not 80 fabulous as philosophers often pro.
n0nnce them to be.
Bessie Prudholm was nearly related to Da-
vid Danvers, and she had been the only child
of talented but improvident father, who after
a short, brilliant career as public singer,
suddenly sank into obscurity and gleci, from
the sudden loss of his vocal powers, brought
on by violent rheumatic cold and lasting
prostrati0n of strength AT this iuncture, Bes.
sic had nearly attained her twentieth year, and
was still in mourning for an excellent mother.
by whom she had been tenderly and ca,efullv
brought up. From luxury and indulgence the
descent TO poyerty and privarion was swift
Bessie, indeed, inherited very small income
in right of her DECEASED parent. sufficient for
her own wants. and even comforts. bar totally
INADEQUATE to meet the thousand demands. ca
prices and fancies of her ailing and exirent
father However, for five wears she battIed
brayely with adyersi,y. ekine out their scantv
means by her xeriiops-ihoueh. b. from her
fathers helpless condition. and the constan,
and unrem itfinp attention he ren,,ired she was
in great measure deburred from applying her
efforts adyan,aeeously. The moor diving man
in his days of health. had een,ribuied 10 the
eniovment of the affineut and in tnrn Leeo
conrted nv mem. bnt NOW. torgo,,en mud des-
pissed. he bitterly reyiI.d the heartiess world.
whese hollow mee,i of appIause +, had formerlv
been the sole aim of his existence IN secnre. :.
Wealth becnme IN his disordered imse;ns,;on
the desideratum of existence, and he attached
inordinate value 10 il. in proportion az he fei,
The bitter stipgs Of Comparative penurv. To
guard his onIy child-whom he certainly loved
better than ANYTHING else in the world. awe
this dreadful evil, the mise uided
man, during his lal,er days, extracted from her
an inyioiab!e assurance never to become ths
W ife of any individual who could moi setfle
upon her, subject TO no contingencies or
cbanc ca. The sim Of at Ieaat one tbonsan nd
nonnds. 80 81. - -
: Resale. who WAS fancy free. and /, l;velv ami.
rited gir. bv NO nesns rrlished the sIiphis and |
uriyas;ons which poyer,y entails. She there
iore wiIi;nelv became bound Inv ,his soIemn
nrornise. and when her father brea,hed his
ms aacIa ring that ahe had made hIa mind
.on,ns ~ ,;vsiy easy I,,,le Ress;e half sm;Ie1
sven in the midst OF her deem and natural sor.
row. TO think how smali and easy q CONCESSION
her noor father had ,xacted. xhen fher avn
,n;nions and views so perfectIy coincided with
,is. The orphan girl took up her abode win
he mother Of David Danyers and continued
% reside with tbs, wor,hy Isdy un,iI The in,ter,s
tecease. II wns beneath the root Of M,s.
Ilanvers that Ress;e frs, became aeoua;n,ed
vi; h M. Warning TON. thai acouan,ance snee.
a;ly rnenno into mutuaI and sincere attach.
,nent. He was moor and pa,rouless then. A
he had cun,;nued ever since. with slender like.
I;hood ol ever nossessing flO0 Of his own.
anch less c1oIN, tn seIIIe an wife. L -
,rne thar in the shances and changes of this
'..ar,ai W i;f. " p.,l Wor,h;ns fon m;cht smcceeI
!" sn. ';J, In, ,bsre wsrs ,n.nv i;vss
t'.,, - .ns :.nd !, snd Pani was M, he ons
,' ssa;.. n,u haannsss ~ ~ .no,hers eInenss M nor
80 ~ aesne s...ea, i;i,Is Gpr Rsss;e either.
""s W pN,, W"1,h;ns,on ,;cb :, ona ines.
,;,,,..',a "os o...sss;oa amen as money csnno,
-. bs s.-even in the love of a pure devoted
poa., sh;cb far him and for he dear sake.
h.sxsiv sndnred the lifelong loneliness and
;.ola,;on which their peculiar circumstances