The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-12
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THURSDAY MORNlNu-.......... AtlAusT H. sSN.
ROMANCE OF 4 GLOVE.
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ROMANCE OF a GLOVE.
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e uossph NJ sravs.,lnk ccnpsascs, locked or.
ana wrote iesssrs He ~isowed me one Of these, id.
dreseed % . friend Of MAtgaret's. II 1.-THE exto.kd
flotaI bsauty, piQuAucy, aud supremacy; eiated
< how she mads Al the women Jealous and All the
mea rad; and htnsed ~ my triumph. kuew that
shas later would meet Margarct's eyes, and Was
lsvatu snouxh tob pleased.
AZ tAss oac rnofuiug, at dsybreak. wen. on
defk md sNw the shores OF Engtsnd Oiny lew
dxSs before, ws bad nm Aaefica behind a., brown
Ard ieancss, jost emerging from the long sioom OF
.wistar and uov tho siopes Of another world arose
!, ,xresn and ioviting 10 tbs hush OF spring There
~as bsacing breeze The dingy waters OF the Aef
s~y rolled up In wresths Of beauty: the Meets OF
chips, steamers, sleeps, lighters pilot poats oouha
fig over the waves, meeting lacking. piungiog,
swAying, gracefully under the full s~eting canvas
preseused picture Of wonderful animation; and
The mipgtiug hues OF suoshiae ana MS. huok oseI
all paced the deck ,solemuly Joy u wifi thoughts
.spulsins through me ofs dim lar on Margaret OF
near radiant Flora, Of hope and haPpness superior
% tsse. IL was one ofthosc times vhen the exsised
soni tran sds ures the world, and we marvel how
se could ever sueeunb to trsasisnt sorrow white
y the whole uaiyerse blooms ana an Infinite fasute
waite 10 open Tor us it's doors OF wonder and JOY
: .In this state Of mind was joined by Fiora
7s Ard down together. She was serious, aimost sad
snt, abe viewed the Eagsh hills With q pensite
p Noes whlci, became her better than mirsh.
= $780, che sighed, all our little romanoss CONF
3 10 IA end!'
So .sNos %, said or n one romance ends, It s tc
rive place 70 another, still truer and sweeter
oar lives may be oil a succession OF ro;nances,
We will make them l tsiak nov Will neye'
doubt the future, for find, that, when have Civ
:. ep Up my deerest hopes, my best-be9oyed friends
and accepted the gloomy belief that all iiIe besides
u bArren,-then comes come new experience, h'iine
! nay empty cup with still more delicious vine.
Nh nia{ La htff
4 don't know anything about IL. IL KNOX 4
this pr this sky this earth, hi sea. and
theJoy between, which cant give quite *
easily as yoa can, With your eean''fni 'aeory' '"a
sonathing better awaits you.
"Ihave told you,' 1 republication had been qnitt
frank with her,--'how l Jeff Embellishments biahs
" life vas to the then: and did not turn my BACH
upon Gil that to meet face TO face the greatest nap
piness which have ever yet known. Ought mol
this to give ms faith la the divinity mat shspes
our endsi'
"'Aud so,' she answered, when have lost you
ii shall have the satisfaction Of thinking that you
are enjoying some still more exquisite consoiatioh
: FIR the slight pangs You have felt at parting from
rae. Your philosophy will 10 AXE it easy for you to
j say Good bye It was pretty rom tnoe l 90 %
i zethet.'i
gsl And yor,' said, will that be easy for your
ii Yes she cried with sprit-any thing Is easy
= to n proud, imnetnous wDman who nnds Thar the
brief romance OF ten dsys' acquaintance has al
ready become tiresome TO the second party. i am
glad have enjoyed what have; that is so much
gain, Of which you csnnot rob me; ana nowt c'n
say goo bye co1ly you, or eau die OF SD me,
or can at once walk this single rail into the
3 water, and qnsnch this little candle, and an
. end ! 49,
e..she sprapg upon a bench, and, swear to you,
Il tbou sht she was going down l was go exalted
by this passionate demonstration, that should
Certainly have gone over with her, and ieit per
fectly content to die in her arns,-at least, pnti
IL began TO realize what q very disa3reeaS!e oath
hal chosen TO drown in.
III drew nor away; walked up and down with
that superb creature painting ADD paipitating al
most upon my heart; poured into her ear know
not what extrsvagant vows; aud before the SLOW
handed saiiors had fastened their cable TO me ouoy
+ IN the channel We had knotted a more subtitle ana
difficult moose, not to be so easily undone!
SHOW ace what strange variad lie fools We are
Months of tender intercourse bed failed TO bring
4. about anything like positive engagement be-
tween Margaret and y-elf; and here behold me
irreTecably pledged to Flora, AFTER brief ten
six m,rtai hours were exhausted In making
. the stesner fas.,-n sending off her Majesty'-
malls, Of which the cockney speaks with tone OF
reverence altogether disgusting TO us free-mlnded
aahess.-and In enterEpining the custom house
- inspectors, who paid long and tedieAs vlst 70
3 the sloon and our luggage Then we wore suffered
% land and enter the noisy solid streets OF Liy-
espooi. amid the dOnkeys and beggars aud quaint
D., scenes which strike the American SO oddly upon u
frst visit All this delay, the weariness aud i'm
. patience, the contrast between the morning and
the hard, grim reality OF midday, brought me
down from my elevation. ftlt alarmed TO think
of what had passed. seemed TO have been doing
some Wild, ID vised act In mt OF intoxicasion-
MafgaretjA up before me. sad silent, reproach
. fnl ; and as / gazsd upon Foras bedimued face,
wondered how had been charmed.
s,, We took the first train for London, where we
= arrived at midnight. Two weeks 10 that vast
? sBabei--then, hoi for Parisi Twelve hours by rail
g aud steamer carried us out OF John Bulls domin-
fous into the brilliant metropolis OF his French
peisbbor. Joseph accompanied and wrote
letters heme. flied With gossip, which i knew, or
hoped, woald make Margaret writhe. had not
yfou nd IL easy to forget her had supposed II
would ba. Fioras power over me was sovereign;
but when l weary of the dazzle and whiri of
fke life she led me.-wheu looked into the depths
OF my heart, aud what the thin film of passion
and pleasure conceaied,-in those serious moments
which would come, aud my soul put stern ones.
tons TO ms,-thsn, observation-disclosures had her
~ IA month, crowded and glittering with novelty
and incident preceded our departure for Switxer-
land. ! accompanied floras party: Joseph re-
manned behind. We left Paris about The middle of
June and returned In September. have no words
: to speak OF that era IN my life saw, enjoyed
glad, magnificent, Irresistible But, as knew her
longer, my moments of misgiving became more
frequent and profound. Ii had aspired TO moth
ing hi cher than a life of sensu0us delights, she
Z would have been all could wish. But -.
"a "We were to spend the winter In Italy. Mean
while wa I'D another month IN Paris. Here had
~ found Joseph again, who troubled me good deal
with certains rumors he bad received concerning
Margaret. According To these, She had been in
feeble health since lett and her increasing
u sielcacy vas beginning to alarm her friends
siont let Westwood nAtter himself that he is the
cause for she is cured OF him; and there is talk OF
q an engagement between her and handsome
= young clergyman. who Is both eloquent and fasci-
MATING
~This bit of gossip made me very bitter and
s aupry AsForget me so scon! i said, and receive
the attentions of another mani Yon see how
- consistent VAS TO condemn her for the very fault
Z j bad myself been so eager to commit!
"Weli the round of rides, excursions, soirees,
lyisits to the operas aud theatres. walks on the
,nlerards and In the gallaries Of the Louvre end
= sd at last. The evening before We Went to set ont
: for the South Of France was at my lodgings, I'm.
= packing and repackiog the luggage which had
lett in Josephs care during my absence among the
Alps; was melancholy, dissatisfied with the dis
sipstions which had exhausted my tine and ener.
gies, and thinking OF Margaret. ! had not pre-.
3 served single memento Of her; and now wished
y had oue-if only withered leaf, or line OF her
writing In this mood, chancsd to cast my eye
< upon a stray glove, IN the bottom OF my trunk
snatched at It eagerly, aud In the Impulse Of
the moment, --before l reflected that was wrong
= lug Flora--prcsssd 1t to my lips. Yes found the
9 PLACE where IL had been mended, the SPOT Marga-
rcrs hugers bad touched, aud gave IT Kiss for
& every stitch. Then, incensed at myself, flung
II from me, and hurried from the room. walked
+ towards the Place de Ia Coacords. where the brit
nsut lamps burned like constellation. strolied
a. thronshs the Biysiau fieids, and watched the
iirhts OF the carriages swarming like hre flies or
the long avenue; stopped by the concert garaens
acd listered to the giorised girls singing under
rosy aud golden pavilions the last songs OF the
8 season; wandered about the fIuntaiGs,--by tbs
gardens OF the Tuisries, who're the trees stood &c
ehady and STILL aud the statnes CLEANED 80 PALE
sssong the quays of the Seine, where the waves
- rulled 90 dark below,trying TO settle ythonghu
y 20 master myself TO put Margaret from me.
"wsary, atiength returned to my chamber ,soet
!. ed myself compose ely, and looked down nc thu
Glove which lay where had thrown it, upon the
xspolished Aoor. Mechanically 1 stopped ard tool
up bit OF folded paper. 1t written upon,
Iuuroiied It, aud read. 1t sas as If l had open
cd the record Of doom Had the apparition Of