St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-08-04

had ever crossed her pure mind. She
heard them talking in the arbor, and
paused Just as she was about to enter.
Harlow was saying:
"Yes, have done very wrong, lsa-
bel, not in loving you, but in deceiv-
ing Ermina She loves me as l never
expected another woman on earth to,
and | should at least tell her that
! love her no longer"
Oh faithless, faithless man how
dared you crush the life out of that
young heart, and bring the blindness
of dcsolation again upon her =.
She stood speechless, frozen into
misery at the door of the arbor.
We'll" replied Isabel, carelessly,
in answer to Harlow's self-accusation,
" she will be home this week, and you
can return to your old allegiance, if
you wish. | will not stand in the
way"
Isabel it is you | love, and you
only. would not resign you for
thousand Eiminas but must do the
poor girl Justice Oh, how calling !
PITY where once devotion reigned,
deserted for another. She heard more,
she heard sweet words of endearment
and fond assurances of love. She saw
the fair, false face bending over her
rival. aid the passionate lips pressed
again and rain to hers with burning
kisses, and theH she sank down III
sensible on the spot. &,
1t was night when she recovered
consciousness, and the sicepless stars
were looking down on her from me
blue heavens. She crept to her room
in utter wretchedncss of spirit, and
fastening the door, threw herself on
her couch, and shed such bitter, scald-
ing tears as might wash out the sins
of thousands before Heaven. Had
she been woman of spirit, she might
have rose up proud and triumphant,
rcpaying this broken trust with scorn
and hatred. But she was utterly
crushed. She could not feel one pang
uf resentment toward Harlow. Not
one iota of her love was gone but her
whole life was darkcned by the with
drawal of his. How she longcd for
that darkness of sight again, which
instead of crowning her happiness,
had revealed her misery.
All night she battlcd with the ago
ny, in the morning it lay crushed and
bleeding at her feet. Alas !! love re-
maincd triumphant still.
1t was night in London, and away
in one of its remote streets, IN small
room up three flight of stairs, sat a
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his hand an opened note. His face
was distorted with passion, his lips
livid with some deep emotion, as he
pcruscd the note again. 1t ran thus :
. SIR You must excuse me if | can
not rcciprocatc the unfortunate pas
sion YOU profess. | allow that | was
: charmed with your company, and pos
sibly might have flirted a little, fol
| my own amusement, as young ladies
$ generally do but as to anything Sc
f rous, may as well end it by saying
r that in few days | expect TO be uni
: ted to the man of my choice, and shal
. not forget to send you cake and cards
@ With my best wishes,
= Yours to command, etc,
e ISABEL CHEsLY, Of Chesly Manor.
I "Thc cursed gilt !" he muttcred, a:
he crushed the paper in his hands
Z what fool have been. But II
u make her suffer for this yet. II
, bring her vile pride down, and make
ave make her love me and kncel t
!, tell me of it. She shall be humble
I enough yet, but | shall wait awhil
y first -
J. And extinguishing the light h,
: sought his low couch, to dream of re
venge.
r Harlow Winthrop found it an ease
task than he imagined to tell Ermin;
|, of his faithlessuess. He had suffered
Il a short purgatory If rcmorse on dis
{ covering why she had been to Londol
: but the entertainments of Isabel 500
{ dispelled it. Ermina gave him a ful
:, release, promising to continue in sis
u tcrly intercourse, but she trusted hel
q self to see him but seldom, bein!
quite unable to command her feelings
She loved to watch him unobserved
to feed her dangerous passion by gai
ing on his face for hours when h
n knew it not. 1t grew to be her bes
c Joy. In Mrs. Chesly's invalid chan
u Der she spent all her time, doing
u thousand little offices of affection 70
e her sick aunt, talking to her and reae
ing. She never knew how much {
L. her sorrow was shared by her, for sh
'i never named the subject in her pre-;
e. ence but often and often she weE
n over it and her child's treachcry.
Is There was brilliant wedding {
l. mid-winter, and Mrs Chesly made a
'e unusual effort, and accompanied til
d bridal party to church and partook I
y the festivities at Winthrop Hous
u whittier Harlow at once took his brid
II And all that long evening of jo
le and tes,ivity, ErmIna sat in bowe
;e agony, in her own chamber alone.
II, Mrs. Chesly caught a severe co
III that evening from which she never /
covered. In few weeks all that W;
II mortal of her reposed in the vaults
u her ancestors. She gave Ermina h,
IL blessing as she died, and it was di
~ covered after the funeral that she HI
To left the whole bulk of her propert
p with the exception of legacy, to Is
IN bel.
1t was a sad blow to Ermina tn,
er to lose the only earthly friend she pc
nj sessed, and for a long time she W;
w. utterly prostrated by it.
ST Gradually, however, she awoke
y the duties Of life. She visited amor
II all the poor in the neighborhood, al
continued her aunt's bounty to ther
ed She was at the bedside Of the si'
90 and afflicted everywhere where ST
he fering could be alleviated, Ermina WI
IS found lowering like a guardian anG'
DIS Isabel had attained her wishes v
ha 80, la, ,z.,, a., ,,,ifn of III Hprln