Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-30
BREACH OF PROMISE.
BIZ A RETIRED ATTORNEY.

..'Isiit gpossi5lel Rose Leavitt % ex-
claimed l, as saw lady. whom recog,
nised as one of the beautiful heiresses Of
Boston; enter my office. t -'.r.....4
II dare say you are surprised; but my
business is of strictly legal character;
SO you need not waste any EXPLANATIONS
upon the event" .a-. -r -.-
Rose Leavitt was beauty and an hei
ress. but she was strange girl for all that.
Her father had died when he was about
sixteen, leaving something like million
to be divided between her and two broth
ers. Charlie and Henry Leavitt were
much older than she, and both Of them
had long been settled down as quiet, or
defly business men. They were respec'
table in the fullest sense Of the word, and
were never known TO be errated in the
slightest particular.
Rose seemed to be cast in another en-
tirely different mould from that in which
they had been formed. At school she
had been so wild that neither master nor
mistress could control her. She would
have her own way-a peculiarity to which
am sorry to say, very many young ladies'
are addicted.
VI Tue pEOpEI6ll6S VI lIL0I pdSS
as such ia the set formalities Of life, which
pass as such in the world of fashlcn-she
had a 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 dictates OF
her own fancy, OF her CapriceS, as the rea-
der may choose to res ard it. She passed
into her twenty first year without having
done anything to call the attention OF the
world at large to her. Her whims had
only been manifested in the schuol-room,
or at the home of her eldest brother, with
whom she resided.
Lhe was now twenty two, and in fair
way to become historical. as shall inform
the reader. OF course Rose had pro-
fusion of lOvers-heirrsses always find
them thick AS snow flakes at Christmas.
But Rose very summary disposed Of this
crowd, by selecting from them one who
was certainly very superior fellow. He
was not rich, and had not been very for
ward in his attentions until it was plain to
him, and all the world. that she had ia
ken q fancy 10 him. Charles Carpenter
was poor. but he sincerely loved the way
ward girl, and would not have bent at her
shrine, il, he had not loved her.
Then Rose, after she had secured him
in her tolls. as the spider does tho fly,
seemed little disposed to play the CO.
quette. Now Charles Carpenter had not
assurance enough to desl with a coquet.
tish beiress. He was not man of the
world. He was conscious Of the vast diff
ference in their social position, and when
she began to dirt with another, he did not
resent II; but seemed to regard it as a
change Of sentiment on her part, to which
hescould offer no reasonable objection
Calmly yielding to the fate which denied
him the bliss of being loved, but let icon
cealment like worm in the bud feed on
his damask cheek"
Rose hirted. A new star had arisen
in the hrmament of that circle in which
she moved. in the person of Mr.. Sampson
Deele. He had lately come from Balti
more. was the son of q merchant prince
owned, a fine estate on the RappahannocL
In Virginia. with two hundred negroes
Rose dirted with him, and Mr.. Samp.
son Deele was as constant as the needle
TO The pole. Soon the Irritation assumed
amere serious aspect. The elegant gen.
deman was ever by her side, and she new.
ar Jailed to smile upon him. Poor Car.
pentsr gave up all for lost, and never in.
truded upon her presence.
For about three months, Mr.. Desle h had
clung to her, aud then it was whispered
that he had proposed aud been accepted
hOse's- brothers were in ecstacies. They
had been fearful she would throw hersel
away upon poor fellow like Carpenter
and both of them declared it was tht
most sensible thing they had ever knowr
her to do; Inasmuch as they did not ex-
Peet much Of her in the matter of matri
moay. -
a. had heard, all about these things a.
matters Of gossip. l pitied poor 'Csrpen
YEA syNh whom was we'll acquainted
oqs she wealth. position. prospects anc
Rmegnlhcens expectations of Mr.. Sampson
Reele could not be gaiusayed.
80 How low is Mr.: Deele ?" asked. wher
she was seated.
rHe is a knaye!'' replied she smartlv
i vas utterly astonished at this ebulii
::Rsad that letter. Mr.. Docket, and l..
EskPlain nay business in lawyers Of
II, tool, ,tbe document. doc ID snt II was from NJ,
Sampson Deele. From Il I learned 70
tns first time, that the engagement De
tween the parties had been Broken up.gg
i Appeared that she had formally dfismis
sed him. The letter was strictly bus
ness docun,a,k nsSf 81 - s1S4 E43.9S saNi