Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-05-03


fore, how different it had beenl How
sweet was even the momcntary inter-
change Of sentiment shat a glance con-
veycd But, still determined that even
by look she would not make the first
advance towards reconciliation, she
only frted more desperately with Mr..
Boswell than before, and had rarely APP
peared in more brilliant spirits.
But, oh the storm tha. ragged within
that fair and seemingly tranquil heart
the storm of anger, of disappointment,
of baffled hope But, amidst it all, she
preserved the same gay exterior; and
no being could guess that while she ex-
changed a bright repartce with one, an
affectionate adieu with another, and a
gentle reply to the soft speeches with
which Mr.. Boswell was RECALLING her,
she was almost suffocated with the vio-
lence of the feelings she so perfectly re-
pressed. But when the restraints of
society were removed when after throw
ing off her gay apparel, she dashed her.
self on the bed in paroxysm of indig-
nation against him Of whom few hours
before she had thought so tenderly all
her former love seemed turned to hatred
and how TO be most fearfully rcvenged
on him was her only thought.
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Have you heard the news, Charles 2"
said young Stanley, as he entered his
friends office, a few days after the incl
dents we have related. "Flora Ormsby
is engaged to Mr. Boswellw
1t was well that Charles was seated in
els large Office chair, or he certainly
would have fallen. AT length he STAN
mered forth
Are you sure of this, StanleyY'
Sure? Why. | heard it from Bos-
well himself, man! Never saw fellow
so delighted in my life. 1t is as fixed
as fate, and certainly no one can be sur
prised at it, after the way in which she
has received his attentions all the winter.
1t is capital match. She will do the
honors of his grand new house elegantly,
and there is no end to the parties she
will give--such fine, dashing, spirited
creature as she is. But see you are
hard at work )" for Charles had again
bowed his head over the parchment with
which he had been occupied when Stan
ley entered -"and / will not disturb
you. | only looked in to tell you the
news"
And Charles was left alone--alone
with his breaking heart---the beautiful
fabric Of his once imagined happiness
shivered to atoms at his feet
Could this indeed be true? Could
she, who but little more than a week be-
fore had been his plighted wife-whose
vows were still his, and from whom,
though for a while estranged, he had
never dreamed of Withdrawing his ale
giance-tbus gave him up without a
single look endeavoring to recall him?
His first impulse was to rush to her
to reproach her with cruelty, her treach-
cry, and to let her witness the agony she
had caused. But his pride--that pride
which in their last interview she had so
wounded, and which had determined
him, though suffering deeply under their
enlargement, to wait for some sign to
show that she regretted it also-rcstraine
him, even in that momcnt of despera-
ton, from such an outbreak.
Then came the humbling question
had she ever really loved him? And
when the first burst of anguish was over
and he was able to review the past more
calmly, he began TO doubt whether he
had not from the first been the mere vic
tim of her coquetry; whether she had
not from the first been sporting with his
affections, and leading him to pour out
upon her the dearest feelings of his
heart, only for the pleasure of breaking
it at last.
AS Charles had been prevented from
revealing to any one his happiness, his
misery was now equally his own; and +,
carefully burying it within his bosom,
he soon re-appeared among his friends,
shade paler and more serious than he
fore, but outwardly exhibiting no traces
Of disappointment. Thus Flora was de-
prived Of one great source Of triumph ;
but though she saw him unsubdued, she
knew him too well TO doubt that he suf-
fercd deeply-and this consciousness en-
abled her still to act her part with
spirit.
In her acceptance Of Mr. Boswell,
who had addressed her when her anger
against Charles was Mt its height, her
first thought was the blow it would in
hict upon him; but the delight with
which he received her assent, the joy Of
her parents at the match, and the splen-
did establishment that marriage with
him would secure, was not without its
effect upon her AS Mr.. Boswell had
remarkably soft and insnuating manners,
and was really much in love with her,
she hoped to be able to govern him COM
pletcly; she therefore tried TO forget
that he. was neither young, handsome,
nor interesting; and, pleased by the
constant hattery Of her new admirer,
and his perfect submission to all her ca
prices, and kept in constant whirl of ex-
element by the preparations that were
rapidly making for her marriage, she
believed that her love for Charles was
completely annihilated by his miscon-
duct.
But Flora had vcntured on danger
Gus experiment. The wedding gaictics
were hardly over before she began TO
discover that the quiet, obscquious Mr..
Bowel was not quite the submissive
husband she expected him to be. TWAS
true he was never tired Of admiring his
youthful bride--but he showed strong
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