Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-06-27

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ment-and the young lady shall receive the
addresses of other suitors.
On the other hand, the lovers are to be
permitted to correspond, and if they remain
lovers at the end of two years, they shall
marry with full consent and appreciation.
The young lady consoles her anxious
lover with assurances that her love is un-
changing, and that the two years absence
will only serve to prove their affection for
each other and eudear them to one another
still more.
They part. The English party return
home. During month they exchange let.
ters daily-and such letters! Of what a
length, and how full of terms of endear.
ment! How poor language seemed to them.
: But, one day, our fair heroine listened,
listened in vain for the accustomed post
mans knock, so we'll known to every Lon
doner. He came not. The next passed,
and the next-and no tidings; and thus
many days passed, and brought disappoint.
ment only. Weeks heightened into months,
and no letter cheered the sick heart Of the
poor girl. The third month came round,
and hope became faint; then "My Lady
condoled with her daughter, upbraided the
young soldier, and urged the acceptance Of
Lord, a suitor for her hand. "lt was
thus that true English heart should resent
an insult" Three months more pass
Meanwhile, the unhappy damsel writes let
ters, and sends them in every possible way,
in the hope of obtaining an explanation OF
this long silence. None come; doubt be-.
comes conviction-she is deserted. She
stiles the love in her heart, and pride comes
to aid her self.respect. Having no longera
desire of her own, she yields to that of her
mother. any Lady," will marry Lord;
but since have so decided, let us be marrl.
ed quickly"
1t was done. Fifteen years pass by. Our
heroine is widow! Five years more and
"My Lady" lies i'll unto death. =.
She calls her daugh liter to her bedside, and
confesses that she had detained the letters
of the young officer-that he had been faith.
full. The proofs of it were by the hundred
in such a desk. "My Lady" dies. Our
heroine seeks those letters of the lover OF
her youthful days, and finds heaps of his,
and also those she had written in the vain
hope of obtaining an explanation of his 81
lence.
Twenty years of disappointment were
forgotten in reading the ardent expressions
of affection and devotion which they breath:
eds She was young again and heart had
known no care it was the spring tiffrssof
her life. She took those letters with her
and went to Paris.
She sought information of the Minister of
War, Of him who was Lieutenant in the
cavalry in 1884. The authorities replied
that the Lieutenant of that time was now
commanding. General, and that he was sta
toned in one Of the southern departments.
The widow wrote to the General that she
was at Paris, and desired to see him. He
obtained leave of absence, and fastened to
meet the lady.
All is explained and our lovers are MARI
ed. To be sure, the General is no longer
young; but his manners have the same
charm and his elegance and style lessen his
| apparent age. The lady carries her mad.
missible forty years as if they numbered but
thirty. The latter twenty years of their
lives are likely to be happier than either OF
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