Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-02-19

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My avoidance OF them was considered as
the evidence of Some Kind OF guilty fear;
Ap LAST I was ofofced toaseek1 away sfrom
honey .gthsaenjoymenta or r1companionship
denied metheses Mg absence was aneih,
ers con irmation Of gull. though what that
imputed guilt was / never knew.
a fabfications 81 9codtsel' i suggested
qfItgwas. for never gave cause eof(of.
fendes or suspicion ttol eithers N l. loved
shemb bothla WeT now seldom met, OF
when we did. MAS compelled to endure
their old looks eaip 81 pcutting remarks sti I
made no reply. My heart was eSer'ft0o
full for that. One evening as was leav.
ing the h0uss TOT attend a pafryoat a
friend jIsmetemy brothersinl the hall. he
had Just entered the, d0OF,t /! saw ,ata
glance thsg he was .somslghat j! ji!nebrie|Fe9d,
and I,.wquld have hurried past him. He
5 lied me. however, by the Collar. and as
his hot Breath fgllqIpon my cheek he hisi
sed-'EipeMiishate youI 1,knew,it be-
fore, made no reply With q neEye5
l4Rs, thbYRth at,emPted 70 strike me
could have crushed him, for / was the
stronggst. But rhy uPli!tedf arm seemed TO
be checked. Whils something'cliker my
mothers volceswhispered,n ntbfothers!'. i
left him, and fed out into the darkness OF
Iha nirht
i should have \ killed ih1inm!' I cried pas pas
Dowi}ng lifted lifted. lis DARK eyes Ytillsthey
rested on mine. '''i'2 s.it y. y ''s-s'i't e
'o"That spirit voice. ? lhe answeted, 'prel
vented me. Thisquarrel. unproyoked By
ms, was used toifg,thsr incSnsef The Pa pa
rent who as beginning, to feel an, aver
sion to me. But all this was nothing
when compared to the Bmisery.1 later
wards endured.q qeAt the party of3which
havetspoken I, met one who won from
my ,hithertoi unattached heart. q warm
admiration. We met often after that
evening, In her society | found solace
for many an hour OF sorrow. Soon, my
heart VAS 'capiivated, and. I loved her
With an a,dor almostfamounting TO idola-
try. believed that she returned that
love, although in any :hen unpleasant re-
Ialions with my family, | did not seek a
confession from her lips. Now comes the
darker plot! By some means my broth
'er uscertaintd where I-Spent SO many OF
my evenings. lie managed TO gain an
Introduction to her, my idolized! With
insiduous art he succeeded in nlunderniln
log my reputation and upoA the false
plea of a desire to saw. ber from linking
her fate with roue, he won her TO dis
card iue. He even suborned a mistress
Of his own, to write TO my love, and rep
resent me as the one who had been the
means Of bringing d1sgrace upon her; o..
Gould haseness go further than tbis?'
was my mental inquiry. s,s, s. 81 -e.s
Every means that could be invented
by a bad heart was brought to bear
against me. This woman. this mistress
iol my brotller's, called upon my father.
and threatened to- commence an faction
against, me, 7pulrss he would pay her, 4 q
large sum OF money. This so exaspera-
ted him that he bade me leave the house
/ bad ,dlsgraced, never TO return. did
not regre, this as kneeiy as | might have
done, had not,a series OF persecuTtonsspre
pared me for 9ne '9ven''1i*hse vent, Iaeaatone
nope 7rsne, |n0m ! l9Nep "oplp Gei
sert me; VAN nope! 1a'se conclusion!
sought 3er' heF servant as ne -se9eneq s3e
ana 40 ntid Tue 900, Pr 70 prevent my lngress.
hand! handed a. me note ana tnen smut me ou'
on the steps. 1 nard'y' Ene" now. TO- act.
Msch'n'c"ily wandered into a.dfmking
saloon. %"ere' alter calling ior some
dr'nk. know not what q opened ana 9,
read !he note 1, nave II mere! you shaIl
near 1t. .saJaq 4a
Bowling dew from his breast pocket,