True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-04-14
VOL, 4NO. Is.

..e#.-T "E' .G UsEs-fs luVat efsl
insolence and mockery, that indignant
fash came into his face, "it seems to give
you trouble" e #ea sflt
"h gave me gladness nce-unspeak-
ing bliss!' % 4,ssa esw
"FOlly, sir, folly Are you childl"
she exclaimed petulantly. ato a'
l"Folly, lady!" he returned. "Aye,
that bouquet You gave me that same
bouquet once, did you mott" @E ia4
"What do you mean by the question,
sir : was her reply, lifting up her face
defanhy. "What would you have me
infer!-what did you think was implied
thereby 7" hs a.a'
"Madam, the language Of those flow.
ers said you loved me, as /, heaven
knows, adored and worshipped youi'
ala! had hs - she laughed harshly.
~ know not why you should laugh"
said Craven, now recovering himself,
confronting her with an honest, conscious
pride. speaking in q steady voice, and
clearly indicating that he had right upon
his side-"I know not wherefore lyou
laugh, unless YOU would act a lie, which,
perhaps, your lips will not speak. Why
do you treat me SO unworthily I i am
fully your equal! My love was worthy
Of yours!" @ ad' ;sa9, 4aR j
"This is not question Of worth--of--
of-love-(her voice had here strangely
broken infection )-''but Of a few value
less flowers, which, in giddy and
thoughtless moment, / condescended to
ding towards youp'
He gave gave sudden start, as though
he had been shot. "Valueless Aowers!"
, he murmured; "and how I valued them!
|, A thoughtess condescension !--well, per.
haps so,"--and his hand wandered To-
? wards them on the desk --''perhaps 80.
Q have been fearfully deceiying mysslf-
4: but will not urge the right I thought
# had been given one There, madam ~
h and he cast them at her feet. 80 20
o my hopes--so you are relieved for ever
8 from any fear that will trouble you with
f my wild longings and feverish passions |!
| will not tell you the dreadful cost it has
/ been to me |" }s.
9 "You loved, theni" and as the eager
d fash in her eye showed that, in the cruel
Q triumph Of the moment, she had been
It interested in her adorer, to a more or
d less extent, it darkened and died out
!. again under his frown.
d "You dare to ask Go to! pardon
% you'll release you. land suffer all alone !
If suffer the more keenly, it is that l
1t should have known SO little Of that which
n was--but is no longer--life and sunshine
e to me. Adieu, foreverl'' and he turned
I and strobe forth from the room.
D., She stooped-knel! tremblingly, and
lifted up the withered and despised bou.
y quet. Kisses, passionate as his own she
showered upon it, Tears, copious al
d those Of her lover, che shed over il.
i! " He suffers not alone! Oh heaven
ar oh, heaven! what hear, is this that ha,
z been put into my woman's breast? But
!, he suffers not alone" and weeping and
lie wailing and moaning, in The wild fever o.
'. the passions, when they seem to be q
ct war with reason and sense-when Il
# seems all impossible to reconcile the will
le with the deed, the desire with the act, tc
re which it is total negation-l lettering thu
es and quite unseen, she arrived at her owl
II. chamber, where she locked herself in
s, and under the plea Of headache, woul,
en- not be tempted forth by the messages 0
a Lord Coombe, or the fercer desire Of III
nd MarchiOness 10 join the evening party.
We Who knows what she suffered in tha
Of fierce communion with her own hear
b, during that awful vigil,
of "I love him." she would wildly moan
ed "better than life; and yet the old ma
Il. will win me has he no, jewels--a title
lat Oh! wretch! wre:chw she passionatel
Dr. added, "you are no. worthy to 1.-Two r
ne Pardon, Lely! forgive me r. A''7ati
lis The union Of Lady Annabel Vane wit
Lord Herbert Coombe had, however
been determined on, and she with q
ais impetuous mode Of consent, which sta. de
er, his lordship not lit.le--if il did n,
Ter frighten him--while it Jared with Il
i'd, stilted proprieties Of the Marchioness-
is, had agreed that there should be as Int
on delay as possible-next month, nel
ng week. next day, if they pleased; an
with wild ringing laugh, q frantic glal
~ in her eyes, and Two red spots on h'
cheeks, and iroth upon lips grow
J is suddenly livid, she fell fainiing to 4
ust floor. },
r." OF course there was great alarm---
lips course it was attributed 10 emotion, by
terra, and The like. Restoratives We
IRA applied, bu. she speedily recovered aga
81" and having spent a brief hour within b
i a chamber, quilted again. radiant, majssii
and calm as caryen stone las though Il
'sl; previous day, she had not gone throui
ich the shock Of some moral earthquake--
sak though, on the following day. she hi
her not with her own lips, confirmed !
ped huge lie that, forever after, would ehrol
the her soul in darkness, and be the eclip
Of all the splendovshsr unhealthy crawl
red; loDgsd for.
ssed Two days after, acting upon soI
81 sudden impulse prompting her, she emf
TO Cd the library, pale. cold and Iigld. s
| Of had let fall the bouquet in hel smoii