Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-07-25
A. BEAUTIFUL STORY.
4 BREACH OF PROMISE.
BY A RETIRED ATTORNEY.

I" Is it possible, Rose Leavittl" exclaim.
cd !, as I saw q lady whom recognized
es one of the most beautiful hercsscs of
Boston enter my office.
81 dare say you are surprised; but my
business is of a strictly legal character; 20
you need not waste any exclamations upon
the event."
Rose Leavitt was boaaty and an heir.
ess, but she was strange girl, for all that.
Her father had died when she was about
sixteen, leaving something like million to
be divided between her and hes two bro
theirs. Charles and Henry Lesvitt were
much older than she, and both of them
had long been settled down as quiet, order.
ly business men. They were respectable
In the fullest sense of the word, and we're
never known to be erratic in the slightest
particular.
Rose seemed to be cast in another and
entirely different mould from that in which
they had been rmcd. At school she had
poeu oo Nilu, tuab HcltHcr udStCr nOT his
tress could control her. She would have
her own way-a peculiarly to which, l
am sorry to say, very many young ladies
are addicted.
For the propriotios of lifc-I mean for
those set formalitics of life, which pass as
such in the world of fa,hon-shc had
sovereign contempt. She hated dandies,
hated bellies, hated pianos, music books,
French and German methods" in fact,
she seemed strikingly disposed to live out
her existence after the ci tates of her own
f'ncy, or her capriccs as the reader may
choose to regard it.
She had passed into her twenty first
year, without having 4 ne anything to call
the attention Of the world at large to her.
Her wLims had only been manifested in
the school room, or 1T the home Of the
brother with whom she resided.
She was n:w twenty-five, and was in =
fair way to become an historical character,
as | shall soon inform the reader. Of
course kose had profusion of lovers
hcircsses always find them as plenty as
snow fakes at Christmas. But Rose very
summarily disposed of this crowd, by Sc
lecting from them one whc was certainly
a very superior fellow. He was net rich,
and had not been very forward in his at
tcntons, until it was plain to him, and all
the world, that she had taken fancy to
him. Charles Carpenter was poor, but he
sincerely loved the wayward girl, and would
not have bent at her shrine, if he had not
loved her.
Then Rose, after she had secured him in
her tolls, as the spider does the fly, seemed
a little disposed to play the coquette. Now
Chas. Carpenter had not assurance enough
to deal with coquettish heiress. He was
not 1nan of the world. He was conscious
of the vast difference in their social position,
; and when she began to firt with another,
he did not resent it; but seemed to regard
it as q change of sentiment on her part, to
which he could offer no reasonable objec-
ton. Calmly yielding to the fate which
denied him the bliss of being loved, he let
conccalment like worm in the bud, feed
on his damask Cheek
Rose firted. A new star had risen in
. the armament of that circle in which she
moved, in the person of Mr.. Sampson
, Deele. He had lately come from Baltimore,
was the son of merchant prince, owned q
fine estate on the Rappdhannock, in Virgi-
mia, with two hundred negroes; in fact, his
+ surroundings were everything that could
, be desired.
, Rose firted with him, and Mr.. Sampson
: Deele was as constant as the needle to the
pole. Soon the Irritation assumed moro
q serious aspect. The elegant gentleman
was ever by her side, and she never failed
, to smile upon him. Poor Carpenter gave
, up all for lost, and never iptruded upon
her presence.
For about three months, Mr.. Deele had
: clung to her, and then it was whispered
that he had proposed and was accepted
Roses brothers were in ccstaces. They
had been fearful she would throw herself
away upon a poor fellow like Carpenter
and both of them declared it was the most
b sensible thing they had ever known her tc
: do; inaSmuch as they did not expect much
. of her in the matter of matrimony.
= | had heard all about these things a'
matters of gossip, kpitied poor Carpenter
with whom | was well acquainted; but thC
wealth, position, prospects and magnificent
expectations of Mr.. Sampson Bcclc ccul(
not be gainsaycd.
How is Mr. Dcolc lN | asked. wheI