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

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R0SABELLEiS LETTER
.-..-..-- Sept lSt 49,.
Ny DEAa Paul: have stolen OF to my room this
morning 70 write ysu the promised letter ! know
very well that yoQ viii expect 10 hear from me and
Eouid not disappoInt you for thing IN the world
This is the third dGy since you Left and Won -emum-
Der, it was on that day promised 20 write. OH
Paul ycu don't know how sad feel. ] think Of you
every uliuute in the day and At night pray Hea-
10 send some beautiful spirit watch over yoU,
and protect you. lou know the morning yOu start
ed: Well Louisa came back and said that she had
given you the package, and you had gire her quar-
ter that she intended 10 buy something very pretty
with il and that she would always think of yOu.
Oh! she was The nosf delighted little creature ever
saw. Ma asked her where she had been. and she
told her right down story. She said that she
went on the Tnoun tain, 10 gather some flowers for
Miss Rosabeiie and that had told her to 80. / did
Bottel her any such thing 6ut told her TO 20 way
up the road and TO wait until the stage came along
and 90 give gu fti6 package and not TO say word
about il. 20 anznpds- Va didn't ask me any ques-
tons, ars she does not know ANYTHING o. Tlg send
ing yuE the package Paul! didn't sleep one whole
hou- the night yod left me. ] was so restless
dreamed tia: something dreadful bad happened 20
you, and that you were in great distress and were
calling my name, and that you, but couldn't
move to 20 TO vou at last sPranE up in the be6,
and whCu found II was only dream, cried for
JOY. The moon was shining in between the curtains
of my window, and got mp and drew them aside,
and looked out upon the night. Every thing was so
sweet and beautiful. The stars were tvinkling in
the dark blue sky and the wind signing through
the trees. and the frogs and katydids were singing
away If they we're the haQpiest creatures in the
world. ] could see the stars IN the pond, dancing
like little Fairies upon the bosom ofts ripped wat
er and tue great tall trees the tops OF the noun
ains looked like giants silently watching the scene
before them Oh Paul, do you not love the nightf
I know you do. 1t seems 10 me that can sometimes
see bright angelic forms sailing through the air, and
that can hear them singing the most delightful rnc
sic. know that only imagine these things but
u1E-z7- -EvrE nr1H an
when have such visions.
slept very little the rest of the night, and when
Ma saw me in the morning, she asked me if Il were
not unweIl and told her that was and didn't 90
II school that day at all
saw tn. stage-driyer the next afternoon, no, il
was about suudOwn, and Paul what do you think
he asked ne if l were not your sweetheart tl!
how blushed. thought il a very impudcnt qnes-
ton, particularly as ! had never spoken word to
him in mylife. I told him that was your friend,
and asked him how you got along. he said you
spoke some pretty sharp words 10 big old fellow IN
the stage and thai you liked TO have had 4 fight
with his sor, but they got out about ten miles mp the
road and afterwards he forgot yOu wereinsidc until
he heard you Vhsting Yankee doodle or some other
tuna. ] don't now remember. Hcsaid be Snc" whose
girl il that gave You the package and that had
Il been ANYBODY escs girl he would not have stop
ped the stage ! thought il very kind in him. and
told him that thanked him for Ma Now Paul
there no harm in practising that little piece uI
dcrcjt was thercY- ] walked away very much pleas
ed with the news he gave me and determined that
soon rs wroe to you, TO tel You all about It. Ma
says that she is going 10 The country next week. and
that | may go along and ride the pony. Oh! what
nice tiIuei will have viii gather bouquets OF Wild
flowers every day, and run through the tall grass,
and ride over the hills, and be as wild g deer
But Paul, how much happier l would be if you were
with me You know how much we have walked To-
CctLCr when VIII look around there, and mss You
and find that ] an alone am sure now that ! wont
hg happy at all. Masays tat she thinks atripw6uld
improve nv hcaitlI-tLat haven't for two or three
davs looked like myself Indeed, hope II
may I am going TO spend al Of my spare
time in reading. love 10 read dearly, and VISA
very often that had nothing else 10 do The girls
ask me great uauy questions about you, and they
an the only Girl -Uu ever walked with and the only
one YOU ever sent flowers TO, and one of them tod
this very morning that another girl had told hgT
that her brother passing by the corner last even
i've and heard the stlge-driver ask me that lupu-
dent question and that he saw me blush, and put
nv hardksrchiri mp TO my face 10 hide H. faui'
don't think they nave bit OF manners do you
Yoa must write me long letter ard tel me I'll
about your travels, and how you are pleased Wild
the city. and whether you have nice room and
whether you have become acquair cd with any Tre-
" girls, and if rou have tell me their nnrucS aud
every thing abogt them. Oh! you agni know now
GLAD HiG IL 70 get youI letter, Will read II over
and over III and when reply 10 H. viii answer
all vugr questions and tell you 50 many things ihat
l hav'nt spoken Of al all on must bc sure now ano
write rs soon YOU have read tins. NOW, o"h iII
Tberc Is but ORE rau,, and VIII ever ee l,.5
would writea ?. 5. hut lav ut got room Y
As soon as finished reading the letter, jumped
Up out Of my c!lair-tossed it upon the table, and
commenced waking the floor ! placed my two
thumbs in the armho}cs Of NY vest, and dr1rlrnea
with my fingers against my breRst-laEghcd and
shed tears alternately and swore there was but one
"Viruiuia," and ] would be her Paul e:ernaliy Eve
" time passed the taBle would look at the letter
and then think what dear, sweet girl she was. ana
how would fight for her, and even die for her.
wished for the magic carpet of the man in the Ara
bian nights, and thought if it were the floor be
fore me, that would set down on it, and wish my
self transported to Der side in less than minute
threw myself on the bed, and shut my eyes Al
ter laying for some time thought was seated by
her, on the side of large HILL overlooking the town
and only short distance from her home, The sun
was just about Getting and the shadows Of the noun
tains were getting longer and longer, deep Ehade
of blue hung like transparent curtain along their
sides. and deeper and deeper it got We watched
the fadiugIir The trees and the landscape Il the
distance at last merged into the blue, and al be
came indistinct and shapeless. thought she was
telling me something of deep interest Every now
and then she would place her hand on my shoulder,
and look at me and smile, and her countenance
would then get brighter and more animated.
Nv face was beaIning with joy-a whole world oi
happiness seemed to have taken possession of me.
pulled off my cap and tossed my hair-buttoned my
coat sleeve and then unbuttoned it-and smiled all
sorts of ways. plucked bunch of wild jezsamine
and fixed it in her hair, and put back stray cur
behind her neck then took hold Of her hand and
said something TO her and she threw her head upon
my bosom. Thought my eyes became dirEl-that thu
sun had gone down behind the great TnOuntain II
The west-tbat every thing grew misty and indis
tinct and that unconsousness st last stole silently
upun nv spirit ard bound it IN mystic chains
When walked in the morning, the sun was shining
upon me through the window. ] got up, folded tn
letter ard placed II under lock and key in my trunk
Having very little dressing 10 do, soon got read!
for breakfast and went down stairs with as light
heart ever beat in the breast of boy.
answered the letter that night Ny engagement
prevented my dsing 1t in the day. Eva was yer.
anxious for me 70 90 in the parlor after tea 70 Ia,
draughts with her again excused myself by tell
ing her that had a letter of much importance t