Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1855-05-24

bore SOME traces of the suffering had under
conc. Perhaps she saw in me something that
moved her compassion be that as it may, she
thrcw off the constraiut she had at first put
upon herself, toldm many touching details OF
! Yio!ct's weakness, and permitted me to visit
the room where had So often saU with her.
She also cave me q braid Of the hair which
ha,i been cut off how she came to have it
don know have sometimes hoped it might
naye been left with her !of ME.
/ accompanied my parents to Italy with re-
assured spirit.. Violet loved me, and my
heart Was strong within me. [ would make
the best isc ot my tim: while was abroad,
AMI If on our rel I'll my mother still refused
her collseut, i would be able to support my
wife by my cxcrtions Time and distance
seemed Il, nothing. \ little year, and Violet
wouiI be mine But the year heightened into
fwo Ny father slow y declined he pined to
sec hn!le as.n. and we set out on our journey.
But he wa, never more to set his foot on En-
dish ground he died at Naples and there ne
lies buried.
when ny mother had little recovered
from the shock, she, my sister, and ! set out
On our return Perhaps in that saddencd state
cf her feelings she "ht have >otten"d to-
wards Violet. bat it was llVw TOO late.
.Durnv our STAY in Italy had heard Of
Violot only in her public character l had
heard ot her appearance in London, and ol
ler triumph Ny college friend Topham
wrote me account, Of her lie told me she
i Vas surrounded b. admirers, al"on@ whom
rhc>,. were more than one Of rank and station
who aspire, t. her hand hnt he said that she
vas crown very hau@hty; more beautiful than
c1cr-uu,ilc-;ionab!y more beautiful, but
.;,an.:cly proud. di.daintul, and wilful. lie
coafil>-c that she had treated him with mark.
It aud with what h considered -urcrciliou>
"..iince> T"rham vas by nu means the per
Suu % Hhom | could conhlc the secret ofmy
aac,tivn IL bclonacL to the class Of young
Men wl.v have no dcytn Vi leciin- themselves,
nd wlryse system oI honor has no reference Il
ANY thinI beyond the opinion of the narrow
cirt!+ az Which thry mQyc imagined that
Nlo!v- knew the strength and con>tancy ofmy
love. tia, .he Lad faith III ne. and for my sake
a.,uE.el his requisite manner to her >uitors.
knygin- hcrull-trul tenderness and abundant
aii:ction this seemed t. lmc 4othlng Jut veil
viii. which she .VU=ht to hide the sutieringS
VI hyl heart painted for the moment when
should sec her on"c more face to face, and
TIL her all had endured and hoped.
Nv unclr. Sir George, met rs on our arrl-
v#i in London. We We're to stay at house
! which he then occupied in Grosvenor Street
~ ,.u..; So. ia. ..r.;T Cr.,c Were also there
md lcpr2e NilLmay, fine 10y of seventeen.
iu<l tr,urnrd from l:.ton. After the first emo
;ivll. Uf mcctin- We're over, the ladies withdrew
;2-tti.er; my uncle retired TO lis library; and
GGvrgc aud | were left to ourselves. | could
not help lu9An= with admiration at the hand
some intelligent face. and listening with sur
l:!>c 10 Tie u.:.:tcry manner in which my cou-
~ " nom hal never thought of but as rather
Il .pyiiGd boy, dealt out the news Of the town
You'll like to see what's doing at the thea
tres, dare say said he, when Il pauSe in the
conversation suggested the introduction Of a
new subject we'll run down to Drurv Lane
hv-anl-hyc. if You like not that there any
lhinG worth looking at iii the way Of women.
1t We rou.trod: shame ii Wo2dhouse TO
run oil with our little Sultana'
With whom . inquired |, mechanical
y.
Why, the very princess and fairy queen
Of actresses the brightest cyes-the lovelic>t
hair-Such glorious laugh-and foot and
ankle that were deightfnl 10 look at It's Il
splendid thing for her. Woodhouse has some
where about four thousand 4 year in esse, and
double as much in possce; though, to be sure
81 he ought, for he's slap-and-dash fellow.
They say he is growing tired Of his prize al
ready; and she's so confoundedly cold and
proud But you know her; you were at
Warwick when she came out.
Yes, did know her had known, ever
since he began to speak, Of whom he was talk
ing; but the sudden and unexpected blow
had stunned ME, and l was glad to let him
rattle on. Violet, my Vioet-she whom l had
never for one moment ceased to lovc-she, my
own tender Violet-married, and married to
such man.
The boy talked on, retailing all the little
town gossip respecting her who dwelt in my
hearts core. An irrepressible desire to see
her, to assure myselfof the extent of my mise
ry, came over me. asked the boy where she
lived; he replied by mentioning street not
far distant How L broke from him I don't
know, nor does it matter now only know
that hurried to the street which he had named
and almost by instinct found the house.
Il must have inquired for Violet by her
name, for was admitted-in minute found
myself in her presence. The room was luzu-
riously furnished; Violet sat beside a lady,
probably visitor, on sofa. She looked en-
inently handsome, but with beauty different
to that which had loved; her carriage was
more stately, and there was something haugh-
ty in her expression; her dress, too, had lost
the girlsh simplicity which was familiar to ME.
1t was but for brief space that I conld gaze
upon her unobserved-and at the time was
conscious of none of these things; but all, even
to the miuutest details of her dress, were
stamped on my recollection with the truth and
vigor of daguereotype picture. Oh how Of
ten have 1 wept over that vision, so gloriOusly
lovely, but even then marred and sullied by