The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-07-18

- .harreabIe nature When she
away ws '.' Nor warm love and perfect trust,
~. m.e had given ALL you haa looked 70 .ne VIZ
90. q. a fresh pure flower admired us love-
,,ne,s and fragrance; then. with his old mex.
ieness let ii fall away from his grasp. ne dio
not throw IL away-he only re, !. 20, ufop s,ows,
slowly to the ground. And at the bottom OF
All this was vittoria Oh! had not reason
to hate her name -, =.
She wa. Angeles first and only love 1,
was in a moment Of pique against her 'na 'n ~
married her pretty, gentle cousin ana VIII,
by some waywardness of fortune, ittorias
engagement was again broken OF, Angelo re-
pentcd his rashness, and SUFFERED ms W" 'o''
to revive. 80. 4,
this lint sometimes fancieti that she guessed
A. Al least she saw that he was chhhseu' anu
tho lichtin her blue eyes fatted auM hei SUP
grew very slow and very weak. nen . Inn,
a long period of illness, and AT IT'S close uer-
tr,,tIe wac again at her old station by the WIN
dow, watching the road. But not SC earnest.
lv. her gaze was often directed TO the infant
an her Ian that was all in all to her, rs sue
Was all in ALI 10 it, One evening monsieur
was later than usual in coming IN, ana mao
been sitting with madame IN the tWingh.
helping to nurse the baby, and trying 10 eheef
its mother for she was out OF spirits, ana saio
she did not feel Well There was astep on the
stairs, and n faint color came into dertruue
cheek, and she popped the baby into It's craoie'
| was leaving the room as monsieur entered.
saw him kiss his wife, inquire after her
health. l heard his words.
Net feeling strong, The fact is, Gertrude,
YOU Wilt never be strong while you Keep pok.
ing in the house. IN hire Barnes gig end
take you drive tomorrow. Ihere, DON'T say
No 1t will do you good"
did not hear her answer. but know she
never went contrary 10 anything he SAID, ana
next morning she asked me 10 take baby whlie
she was out. To this moment can recall me
sweet expression of her countenance rs she
looked up TO the window where was hoidihg
the baby and nodded farewell.
1t was late before she came in. The WIND
had risen, and there was driZzllng ram IN me
air. Her cloak was wet when helped her OH
with il, and she complained OF Chimes
Before that day week she was dead. The ex-
posure had caused inflammation, and she sank
rapidly. su .,,, ,a.o III. roo,o ,h,, las,
night and herself put the baby into my arms,
and babe me keep and guard II as my own
child. And, with the night-lamp only break
ing the gloom. and the father speeches. with
remorse, hneit by the dying mother ana re-
ceiyed the trust TO guard and give 1t back to
it's mother in better place
We buried her in the old chuchyard behind
the house, where we could see her grave as we
passed backwards and forwards, and where the
baby's eye might fall on her place of rest. Poor
Gertrude poor little soul!
AT Christmas the signof gave up his en-
gagements in the town and won't abroad
lie was going again to Germany. Some
months after, | heard he had married Wit
toria Ernstein, and it did not surprise me
They came to England and he obtained some
other engagement in the south, for his place at
Aiskrigg was filled up. Once they wrote some
thing about taking the child, but the offer was
not made earnestly, and when l repeated the
story of my promise, to the dead mother, they
said no more. 50 Gertrude's baby stays with
us in the old house, and makes our hearts
sunshine with her sweet ways and mothers
eyes. "Angelina" her mother called her; and
! so she is-our little angel God bless and
make us better. for her sake