Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-12-12

Did you know M motaer askei oafdni e"se'
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| Mr. Bryees face grew serious
"Ies, knew her. she was grand lady,
"Engish; ~as she noif'
"on the mothers side she was, but by the iather
she came of as good Scotch blood ever crossed the
border"
Mrs Bryce said Sarah thoughtfully, DO you
think my mother ever loved my father? Mrs Per
cival told me she di not; but then she never saw
her. You knew her well;now tell me what you thinH
about it
The face of the Seotchwoman flushed wildly.
Mrs Percivall What could she tell your? she
exclaimed. angrily And yet wha, could she not !
BARN there is more evil in this world tnn YOU have
dreamed of Little that woman would have
dreamed of sendngyou to me, if She had known what
| know"
"Tcll me-
"Promise me first that you will not speak of it to
her till the time comes. will tell you them
Yes promise" said Sarah, npatiently; and
going to her again, so it can make ttie ait-
ference
We'll, my BARN, tina, woman loved your father
once H never knew t--no Que knew it but con-
hdcntial servant of hers, who privy TO the plot
But Mr.. Frank never cared for her. And when lie
went to Europe she married Mr. Richard ont of pure
vexaton. When the news came of Mr. Franks mar
riage, she in dreadful way. Your mother, my
BARN. of a high family, and a wealthy one
They were all angry when she married your father;
but when she left him all was forgiven. The matter
was hnshed up, and after his death she married again"
"She did not love him them said Sarah, sadly
She had been accustomed to invest this unseen II 9TH
er with every possible perfection. And to be told
that she was cold and false, and heirtess was Bit
ter sting.
Love r. said tho Scotchwoman, with bitter en-
phass. s'My BARN, it was more than loye-it was
idolatry and sinful | suppose. He was ten years
Younger than she, bnt would have dreamed it
to have them together | saw them three or four
times in Paris and inLondon. 1t was before you
were born, you know"
"Tes but if she loved him SO, how could she leave
him If she loved him, how could she give me up
| was but q little child-so little as only to have
faint memory ofher-when she went away"
my BARN. there are some wrongs that will make a
proud woman turn against the innocent child she has
borne said the old woman, solemnly. Il wondered
greatly at it myself but cannot now. Mr. Richards
wife or rather Janet her confidential servant played
her part we'll She was tall, lady-like girl, well
furnished with money and fine clothes She began
by sending ANONYMOUS letters to Mrs Frank, who
would not show them to her husband If she had
done that all might have been well. But she only
brooded over them: aud when Janet came to see her
with little babe in her arms and told her it his
b,iru /, was enouoh All the love she had felt for
him seemed changed to hate She left YOU both with
a bitter vow that She would never s you again
And so she has kent it. and Mrs Richards ulan has
snrceededn
Sarah listened in silence to thi, strange story
"And how did Won know all this Mrs Bryce?n she
asked after moments pause
~ was on the continent with lady, and saw your
fa,ber md mother. and moro than all that knew Ja-
net She died in nv arms A wear ago and told me
nllu
"You were A friend of hers then ?n
The features of the Scotchwoman worked convul-
sivelv and she answered with burst of hone grief
WShe was my ain barin-my ain dear brain and
won ho ,o ,bo,, ,h,t ,ea tho mir l,ssia astrovw
The Young GIRL was shocked Mt the effect Of her
careless onestion
uDon,t ween so Mrs Rrvce she said sootbinplv:
81 an, varv sorry to have n,ine1 vou 500
"ThereEI am hotter now - said the woman. wiring
bnr oyea and emiliug steadv 0It il better for her
that he has zone There Is no one in that other coun
,rv IN load her into wrong-nuir lommiel Rut will
never forge, or forgive those who did this wrong !"
she added with n vebcmence that sparkled in her
auv nlacid eves like fire
~ nnst 6nd nv mother murmured Sarab. having
her head down on the inflow. from which she had
rned il in the heat Of the conversation "She will
love mo when she knows all and need some one to
care for mo Mrs Brvce tell me her maiden name -
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