Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-19

CVhNi"SNu Muulu newer nave 0flYen mn
from my side if he had loved me, NV
heart was sfilled with feelings of tho great
est bitterness, as | at last came to the con-
cluson that he was indeed faithless. "Oh,V
i Thought, " could forgive the miserable
hours his falsehood, and his only, tauoht
my heart, but ] cannot forgive that for his
sake my faith IN good is shaken, and my
hopes are pale and cold, for they have look
ed on death. Why should | love him p
lie no longer is that which I loved And
ii he was false, how could ever trust
againY"
] had heard nothing of Ida; our CORES.
ponadehce had ceased, and could not bear
to hear her name mentioned.
Time passed slowly now ! grew ner.
yous and melancholy, | was miserable, and
saw was making my mother So At
length she proposed we should travel; 1
passivcly consented, aud VIC were away ma
ny months, but returned to my homcwith
my heart unsoftened and my selfish sorrow
unabated; my existence dragged me wear
lily on, for | had no bright future to look
forward tonow.
More than a year had elapsed since Al
bertlcft me, whcu one morning | received
letter in lda's handwriting. ] eagerly
tore it open, for much as hated her, any
thing relating to her was of the deepest in
terest tonne. 1t was a hasty Scrawl she
was i'll, dying she said, and inplorcd me to
so to her Immediately, as she had solue-
thing of the greatest Importance to tell me.
Trembling with excitement left home as
soon as possible, and arrived at her guar
dians house that evening She wished to
sec me alone, and | entered her room with
n beating heart; saw in moment her
words were too true, she was dying. Those
large beautiful eyes, which once had spar
kled with such dazzling brillMncy, bore
soft, pensiye look now, and as bent over
her they filed with tears. | threw myself
on my knees by her bedside, my proud stub
born heart suddenly subducd
Florence" she said, in low tone, "f
have scntfor you to confess the great wrong
II have done you / could not diein peace
until l had seen you. ] will tell you all,
and then you must try to forgive me-"
u wcpt bitterly, but she took my hand,
and holding it gently in her own, contin-
ued frequently stopping, oycrpowcrcd by
exhaustion or emotion
Almost from the first moment saw
/ Albert Temple [ loSed him. Perhaps, dear
Florence, you do not know what it is. for
nature like mine to love saw in him ov-
erythmg Ihad fancicd. Mywildestdreams
were realized, and now / had at last found
my beau ideal, he was anothcrs, and I
might never hope to win him Florence,
you would pity me. / could not bewith
him and not love him, and in loving him
wronged you. All, why did / not fly from
the temptation?
At length in an evil hour [ determined
OWN him from YOU [ laid my wicked
plans deliberately, and they partially sue
ceeded, / began by causing an estrangc-
mcnt between you; / limited at first, and
then plainly told Albert, that you had
ceased to love him, and wished to be free
again. His grief was excessive, and he
would have flown to you, but prevented
him. Ho fully believed all j told him,
for / so blinded him by feigning great
love for, you, that he thought L was your
eonfdant. He was most unhappy, and in
the garden one day implored me to prevail
upon you to see him. L represented it as
useless, but at last consented; he sent the
most affectionate messages by me, mcssa-
ges which mado my heart ache withieal-
ousy and envy. Idctermined not to speak
tOYou; but, in ashort time went to him
and assured himI had used every argu-
ment with you to.see him, but that it was
all in vain, and you desired he would leave
you and cndcavor to forget you Tfc be
lieycd me, for your previous behavior hal
warranted such message; he left me in
sn agony of griefmd wrote to you.
g "Tho intervewI had with you previ-
ously was plan. ofmy own to nfortify YOU,
SO far my lnaehinations succeeded beyoud
my expectations, but no further | loved
him madly, passonately, more so now he
was free; but he looked not at me, his
thoughts were only for you; he still loved
you ashis life, and left the country, his
truerheart filed with. your image, thinking
hewas adding to your happiness in so do
ing. And now, Florence came my pun
iishment, was tormer +ed by remorsc, that
most terrible of all ;mcnters; my con
science was never at rest, You were i'll /;
Albert travelling lonely and most unhappy
in foreignland; but for me you would
have been united, and I, at least, might
have boon spared from the demon that
haunted me. was reckless / plunged
into ,qllYthe .gayctics of f.. hionable life,
thinking that inits. follios Emight fud re-
lief, perhaps forgetfullness,, but it c0ald
not be- Ecaught a severe cold, a ! in the
confinement consequent upon that, my bit
tor reflections Sc. worked upon my already
dyerwrought mind that fell victim to
brain fever, and only a@oke to conscious