The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-17

sn .nc ioea that tney nave not been taken in
They forget that the most fervent Christ;a,,
does not venture to ask for strength 70 resi-.
temptation, but only to be keptfrom il and
.nat every one of us perhaps would be caught
n the Evil Angler knew what bait to put on
Florence had just placed her hand on the
latch OF the door. when she saw figure come
ou. rom deep mass of shadow close by,
ana softly approach her. It was Angelo.
sne screamed slightly: but so Slightly that
ed, Miss May he said; I came here in hopes
10 meet you as you entered / could not
have slept to night without asking your for.
giveness for the rude manner IN which left
You, and for my unauthorized accusations.-
do say that you are no longer angry
VI course-of course; have no right to
De angry. But, for Heavens sake, sir. re.
tire: must not be seen by the neighbours
talking to q stranger at this hour
lhere Is no one in the street, and will
not detain yos minute. Cannot you find in
your heart to give me one word Of hope, one
look OF encouragement am bewildered,
maddened by Your cold indifferenee.
You have no right, Mr.. Angelo. To call
me cold or Indifferent have blamed nv.
self for my too great simplicity My mother
wiii ne back Tomorrow L viii tell her what
mas happened; and-and-., But Imusf 90 in
This gives me hope, cried he. / ask no
more. Florence-dear Florencep
He took her hand, and kissed it over and
over again, although she almost struggled to
get it away. The strong passion of that man
seemed to pass through her like an electric
shock; and wonderful emotions came troop
ing to her heart Suddenly, however, she
broke away, and as if fearing her own weak
ness. glided into the house without a word.
and locked, and bolted, and barred the door
IN manner SO desperately energetic, that
L ~nr, yhec cfnr I...irz
| side, could not help smiling. .sIsr
She will come to the meadow Tomorrow,
said he, rather contemptuously, as if surpri
| sed and annoyed at his own success that eve.
| ming. 1+i tFst@i 81. .aw % il@ 7
| But Florence did not come With the in.
tuitive perception with which modesty SUP.
plies woman, she felt that the stranger had
| pushed his experiments on her character too
| far. The following day was spent at home in
| indignant determination. What had she
| done to provoke that freedom, and authorise
| what seemed something like insult Conci.
Gus of innocence, she proudly answered
I'Nothing.' But ah! Florence, were not those
tacit rendezvous a fault
Mrs. May arrived in the evening with y
whole budget of news and complaints.-
Small was the mercy by her vouehsafe to the
modern Babylon: a den of thieves was no.
thing to it. The something to her advant-
age was proposal to invest her money in a
concern that would return fifty per cent
She had expressed herself much, oblige' to
her correspondent; adding, however, that
some people would consider him swindler.
indeed she supposed he was. Perhaps he
4 would object to pay the expense he had put
her to. Of course. Dishonest persons were
never inclined to pay. She wished HAN good
morning, and hoped he would repent before
he arrived at Botany Bay Having detail
ed these and many other brave things which
she recollected to have said, good Mrs. May
began to pay attention to her tea, and allow.
ed Florence to relate all that she had said.
done, thought, felt during the time. of her
| Bless me exclaimed Mrs. May at length
setting down her tea cup, / do not wonder
the house looks rather untidy You have
been doing nothing else but making love ev-
er since my back was turned. There's prop.
er conduct for clergymans daughter
| Florence expressed her regret as well as
she could, and trying to excuse herself was
qualities of Mr.. Angelo. Let it be admitted
that she suppressed all Illusion to the last in
| terview.
| stWeI, child quoth Mrs. May, after lis
tening to what by degrees warmed into O
glowing panegyric--' l think this is all non-
sense; but you know have always promi
/ sed never to interfere with any sincere at
|
this gentleman is not merely making past
time of youPs Ps,.v,ta &. t.s..ef.s..r,.y9 bagss.
Florence turned away her head, and her
| mother went on 8 / shall make some irqui.
res into his position and prospects, and char
acter of course. Ii all turn out to be salts
! faetery-we shall see ; but confess to hav
| ing prejudice against foreigners.
1t was no easy matter for Mrs. May to
gain the information she required. EPThe
| whole village, tits true, was upin arms about
i the young stranger who had arrived at Mel
i yvn Park, and who, as every one knew, had
| long ago been betrothed to Miss Florence
but nobody could say one word or the sub
| iect that was not surmise. Poor Mrs. May
| was highly indignant when she learned that
| all those visits to the meadows had been
watched and commented on by every gossip.
| that is to say, every woman in the place, and
returned home to scold her daughter, and
pronounce the mystery unfathomable.
fiY0u must said she, forget this person.
who evidently has no serious intentions
Il will try replied her daughter with an
arch look but there he is coming down the
street towards our house, tx.r.
The stranger had heard of Mrs. Mays re-
turn and was Fastening to beg permission to
renew the interviews, the interruption of
which had taught him how deeply he was
moved The elder lady received him with
Grmai politeness. as distinguished foreign-/
err while Florence endeavoured TO keep hY
ewes to the ground. Dir. Angelo found it
necessary to break the ice BY declaring that
he was no Italian, but an Englishnan by ori:
gin though not by birth +. :. 4-.-.@r
my name, he said, is Angelo Melyyn, aud
+ am the now tin. owner of MeIyyn Park
Serrowful Circumstances, you win perhaps
have heard by fads6en, induced my father
to 90 abroad m26y years ago. When be-
ca came ne the the hes65f the family, naturally felt
4 desire tsnseheld the mansion of my anees.
tors, which was pot invested to me personal
iy with melancholy associations. 4 was my
fsncy to explore the neigh bourhood without
making myself known 1 met your daugh-
B ter and--1nay hope that she has related to
YOU ALL have ventured to say of my feelings
towards her 7 bsl ..sfs....sz xsss.g,
This explanation made all things straight
as Mrs. May afterwards said. Angelo might
have told good deal more; for example.
that his heart was only just recovering ffom
the pain Of bitter disappointment, when the
lovely form of Florence appeared 20 console
and indemnity him. But few words IN these
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