Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1859-09-15

Aed, l added, very thoushtlss.ly, you an
ne did not ansver me. I ssv hi. Ii,
ts"u and bis msaiy bosom hssve ssd a.
-. ''ss. away, the srpteaus that e..
.aIoueh Toe branches Of the tree. res,ed anon
'ee o,s Years rolling down hi. cheeks, The
'"PS"e OF my heart then us. TO ,rriss for
""a ana detAin him and ask bis fosr;y.-
nsss aoa make hin happy Tut . foolish.
.ni@,'osi pfiie restra,aed ne lie, him
% ana t''sd to comfort myself With ,h. %.
nsct,on that II would come on, All ,;yh,
when the party vas breaking up b, cam.
snd ssksd me II be shosld see ne ham.
lie "" very cool, and seemed osi, Tia, n,
!en pounh TO make me the offer, ss.in, th,,
ne had brought me there. Iwasbo, so,n.
20 accept any such cFer - that. and 70, rim
Should not require his sttsu,ios.
falIy, he sail, you do not mean ,hi.
10 no' make no thiuk that have mis- .keu
you lie tr.mbled a. he spoke. and
could see that he w>s fearfaliy sei,ated
bui had gone too f.r to givs n, than
nd"th laugh tareed from hin. Iv.nt
nome Que "ay-he vent sooiher. All the
neA' aAy looked sor hin, ba, he did not
come And aibird-snd fourth. On tb.
s"A ''y recciveds letter from him II
S' IRON distant town whittier be had peus
20 see his "idossd mother. lie wrote 70 m.
,oa' ne feared &c had been disappointed. II
could t'Ihs With his heart th.. ,,;,1, 4.
",s'o' lie said he vas going out vest,
so' might be gone some time. ffI.,,Il
i9'sa hiH' shen he retained might BE- sur,
o' nh'ins him unmarried, for be k.a n.
hsatt 10 give TO smother Sill b. voaA
hse 70 hear from me II I wished n "A.
Nfo'e - one Who bad teen deeply vropy,d 2
snd mere we're one or tvo .sp,.ne.. 1, 81.
m"s'e tot touched me unp ,ssastly 4
wees passed ani did uot snsser ~. but a,
'as en' ~ th't time made up my mind "a
csu urofee 10 me, aud coafcss m 4, f,uI, a,
veil knew that bad been very v,o,.
wrote, and nv letter reached IL. d..,,n.,,o,.
luH Twelve hours after be started on nj. ,o,,
ney
1 never saw George A.bmun ss.io In
less than = year be died In m.d.h,r..
ne dia vroIs-hs did wrong-yery: ysrv
srong-io !eave ~ be did. He on.L, ~
have made &C eHort-for his ovo s,is Ana
Tor mine Bot ohi-tha, could NO, MY.
my crime the less had done . vi.tcJ
thing cruel, thougttless deed IL w
and the penalty foil heavily upon mel
Louisa yonr mother asks INC 90 tall vou
my ,to'y. l have done 30. Ifnc,n prost
you,i shall not regret the pain h.,. ri, 4.
The recital. That 1 have not ee,..d IN .,E.,
let these hot, bitter tears boor vi,o... or,
OF oil things within shs sphere Of ,our IN.
hu.nee, beware how you trils with tru,tiny
loving heartr
Silent and ,houehtfui did Louis. Bu,ns,
return tothe psrior; sod bu, very li,,l. d;a
she say on her ~sy home On tia fol.
loving mofnipg etc wrote . krisf no,e and
sent !, 10 Henry Sou,hroh. She ,imnI,
asked him 10 come aud see be-, lie c,n:,
aud when they we're alone she fell upo, A..
boson. and asked him to iJr.;vs her en-.
gssed up through her streaming tear, x,8
begged for his love aud con nfdepe, on. ,,o,s
oi course be could not refuse. Perh.n. b.
vas never happier than ct that nou.b, 70,
surely it must have been mighty ,ov. and
auue devotion that could have prom p,,d "A.
| course the mAideu had thu. pursued Loui.
never fe'set 'he i-rscu shs Sal .ssei;sd
She became Harry Sou,hron. vif, .sd
~seo 10 alter times she s,v kusb. DDS ne
GIeeting their wives, she bad oeea.,on 4,
thank God that she vas kle.s.d ,Itb IN.
true aud undivided faith snd ae,,,ion n,
her bosom eorspsnioo.
surely there - soothing on earth ot ho,.
ueith than faithful, virtuou.. and d.yo,,d
his-paftner and be or sbo .ho can uias
With the hssrt Of ssch Au on. only .or., a..
seed shieh shall yield a harvest Of taio .oJ
renofse.