Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1854-05-23
VOL. X.

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Fellow who was smoking most viIIianou1 segsr.
and tie other, 8 boy about M age. We bad rro-
eeeded only short distance when we were storp.5
by little servant girl thai had often sce-, vya;t-
ing upon RosabeiIe She handed me small rscI,l,e
my name was written upon it. and knew in a
moment where il came froEl for the writing vas as
farniiisr to me rs my own threw her 7aartcr.
and th-ust it in My bosom The boy looked as If ne
would give moss anything 10 see its COZ teat. bat 7
! determined that would not crafty him Iunder-
/ stood thing or awo; knew why the giyl ;gid not
| give NE the pactage at tie gate; she p!a-ed her
/ part well and paid her literally for 5c5ng It
An happy years, once more who would rot ba
boy.T
My old home was soon LOST in the distance bat
ny spirit there with i.osabee, and sjilI vyszl-
dered with her, about our fl9orire hauuts THe sga
was new high ia the heavens, aud the sh4Gow5 Of
the morning were getting Shorter and shorter The
dew sparkling on the grass and the wild flow
ers here and there as the rays of the sJtu would
glance apon them through tie foliage of the I-ets--
The birds were singing and the squirrels were skip
ping about and oarkng cid stuInPs and fallen
timber. All I1ltare saiIinn, and everything
appeared bright end happy but myself
Ny iellow travellers annoyed me very IauGh tie
boy particularly He asked me my name and where
] was eoirg-whHre I was from. and my g 70 and
thousand other inipertinent Queslions-ell Of which
replied 10 in Q r3auper tina. would lave impressed
any other boy, thought wjh the idea, tha; he was
not making hmslG at all agreeable to me. Thc old
fellow swore thas l was IN Iave-said, " hat lie
knew when a boz was in !oye" ana a5kc3 nc
great many imPu1ent questions about ring that
wore On the IitIe finger Of ny left hand Co2c that
ROsabeile had gi1eu me- he said that he reckon
ed my sweetheart gave it to me- and asked me if
she vas purity" and how often kissed her and if
! ever intended to marry hcr," Thought h,m an
inierI old cues and told lin, did ut thInk It airy
Of his business whether intended TO marry b,r or
not Ny blood vas up, and If the boy had asked
me tie same questions, ] would have thraslal him
in 4 minute.
After travelling about ten uilas they got out ofthe
coach lad their baggage taken OF, and carried into
country tavern On the side, and that as the
last saw Of them. was rcjgired at their leaving
for an opportunity; was now afforded me, to open the
package of Rosalele.
drew it from my bosom and looked for a long
time at the writing upon il. ! examined e~ary let
ter, and thought low well IL written, aaa
dyrcd # she would take mach pains, VIXEN she
wrote lac the promised letter. turned il cr.r, and
saw there was q motto on the seal l he.8 il up.
that ! IIght get strong light upon it, aa3 read:
Tho lost 10 sight, 10 memory dear" ] would
have gwen the universe thel oG one look q. Ley.
took out my kni5c, and cut around the seal very
carefully, so rs .ot TO break i and found tat the
y7rayFer had enclosed il ii q little Ilrcr Loa ycry
rc,tIt decorated ,;r ,r,1j trimmings and s.scaf.lr
- -. r1.r.-:-
t''.'' S
with 10Y. that sone but 3 'aE ce&Id l-.' uA-sF
such circumstances Il contained q smaI bouquet
a lock Of her hair ooola''- and 4 n":. lle
z-rE, f-.7ga-s had .,f-rr gerrl tie
mountains side. The hair vl- ligh-- and soft and
silky. The book mark was Ers1Ger th"" any
had ever seen C:u one side taarc was harp work
cd w5;t, SIX fosss twiaei bE wreath Of Ho@crs-
Her name was LudeT the wresth, and four or five
letters were partially n.1' 'l' IL c0u-" De'~'5 cas-
,r- :. ,i;..,. ~, mo- zyer.. worked with l.rovn
tsf- On ,lo other side vas the motto. ~ Care
Jg5a-,,r knew what this meant for a u.y who
lived in ar,rer~ received one with the SAM words
on if, md berool, il TO the > c,oluaser 1l.. trans
lated il. aud SAID il meant: Il pledge Of l1yc"--
ossr.II had ai,an I,e the night before. t,lelae o..
love from her own lirr. tlat would have written
j., l.,,.rs Of rol3 The whole scene rose lf,re .nv
;.-..:,,:, ocr fro7 ,,f.rl ,c7rs an. ,l.grieI
nv, tr in INV handkerchief ass PRAYED t,.a, jIeve7
,;l,t y.,,, ov lr in NJ, absence and that er,ar-
dian angels IL: hit protect her from al harIa. The
NOT. .,g at the bottom Of The box-as YVES OPEN
-: 3, ,;r.. 7-,r,,a5 or, which rfrI,,l NJ, and
I,T7 .,,ra, ~, lin. and ,yu read its con ,eu;s us
f,rIovs-
Nv DEAR PArL: I nut these little thingg up for
YOU. after you left me-. Place the LooN-'narh in
your bible and read il very often @ lor my 5;Ns axe,
ieci 'srS sac SAD s,l,, -l,,,.lIf .it'
IN Good bye,
/ RoSARELlE.
/ P S. viii write to yoH IN three days "Hq a. 20"
must oe sure 10 @'l'"e' II
rHt inc Voc, o'-N Wv .,.', ,,,o
VIII" ''e o''ist ,'',' -, r,---,,r
wrap er "louNu II anu -'-- ,,,s
u z-,17ro -, r.. ~, -,
commenced "i'-'--i'5 ''---'s ''''''--'' -
/ SIn'S''
Iatc in the afternoon We arrived at ....., where
was TO take tie cars for the city Of B.. =. several
ont in on the WAY. and We all concluded
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