Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-07-06


raise in some fair cheek. Hers were not
the only eyes which followed him, as If
there were fascination in his presence. For
a long tlme he was ignorant of her feelings
towards him until one evening the truth
flashed upon bin, lie raised his head
from some pictures at which he had been
looking and accidentally caught her eyes
fixed upon him. She, Of whom he had sell
dom ihrought before. now seemed to be
clothed with double beauty. In word,
before the evening was over he was as des-
pera,ely in love as Julie herself.
His books grew dis,asleful. and his mind
seemed perfectly incapable of ente raining
any other image. Al length he gave up the
contest. He sough, and found several op-
porluniries If speaking with her nor
was i, long before lie obIained from her the
confession of her love for him.
The Brsqne, like the Spanish women,
know no bounds in their attachments; their
love, like their hate, is always in the ex-
IRENE. jules heart and soul, from this
hour, were gwen 10 her lover she braved
the w,alh and sco1n Of her family for him;
hishonor for her seemed TO have no terrors,
weighed against moments discomfort or
sorrow for him. She could not restrain
her Joy a, The sight of him, nor conceal her
Iimpuden, attachment from other eyes. 1t
was not long before she was ordered with
every mark of contempt and scorn, TO quit
the house.
now fel, lhe selti>huess and .honghtlessness
OF his conduct, To see her suffer as more
than he could bear. To counsel her TO re-
turn home to her mothers affection was
bis first impulse hu! JulIe dreaded as much
to quit him as To lace their upbrsdings.
At this crisis he received a letter Offering
him an advantageous appointment in Lon
don.
Here was release from all their difcul-
lies. He explained to her lha! he bad now an
opportunity exlrcaion, but that he would
be obliged to quit her. She implored him
to permit her to accompany him to Eng
land; she would follow him in any capacity;
she would be no expense TO him, If she
might only be permitted TO be always near
| to ,vs,cl Aund comfort him: Aie was over
! come by her passionate appeal. lie really
! loved her deeply. He assured her that his
grief was coual to her own in having TO
leave her; he explained that it would be
luin TO his prospects in England if it were
| known that she bad accompanied him !; he
pointed out that her present love ought to
Weld to their future fortune :; he assured her
that her unborn child and herself, as long
as he lived, should share his means and al
| feclions aud finally, seeing her still uncon-
vinced aud over" helmed with gfief, promis-
ed to return on the first opportunity.
But what was she to 90 in the mean
time The lovers were relieved from this
| di hicultv, too. by her mother coming TO see
her al Pau. ignorant of the disgrace that
had befaIIen her, she went 10 Madame La
ville's, hoping to see her as beautiful and
as innocent as when she had Quilted her
home, twelve months before. Here she
learnt The idings Of her dishonor. She flew
TO the house where Julie was staying, and
found them all too true The sudden pre-
sence Of her mother before the guilty girl
was TOO much for her condition she faint.
ed and lhen a revul.ion Of feeling took
place in The mothers heart. She raised the
ei, from ,he ground, called her every en-
desriug name, assured her of her forgIvness
and love. and besought her to return home
Immediately. Julie at first refused, in her
dread Of seeing her bone again but when
Charles Dovnhsm Joined his persnasions
20 those Of her mother she scqulsced. lie
insisted on her receiving part OF the mo-
nev which had been forwarded to him for
his Journey; as she refused. he placed il IN
her name at bankers, and told her that
i, was destined for bis and her child, and
she bad now no right to decline ii.
Shortly after this she returned with her
mother, and again behold her native valley.
| What change in herself since she bad last
seen its unaIcled face She had left II IN
her beauty and innocence, with noble OBJ
iec, she returned TO it guilty, miserable,
brok en- hea rted-no longer support to
those she loved, but dishonor and bur
den
Such thoughts as these brought on Sc
rious illness, and she gave birth TO boy as
beautiful as herself. Her whole existence
was now centred in the child. She would
watch il hours and hours without stirring.
She stunned the society of her former
companions, and seldom, if ever, showed
herself out of doors. No one knew her
history since her departure from the village
bu. the priest, her family, aud myself, The
DOCTOR Unlike what most women would
have done, think under such circumstances
she would talk both TO The priest and my
self of her lover-ollen expressing sur
prise that she had not heard from him,
but always firmly holding to the belief that
he still loved her, aud that he would not
be happy as long as they we've separated.
Time passed on this way for year and
half, without any news of hin snll She
clung 10 her immovable conviction that she
/ would sec him again