Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1860-03-01


Aud shy botr said I. She mus, know
! sooner or later; you cannot keep i, lons
from her, and the intslligepcs may break
upon her 10 q more startling manner than
impaired by yonrself. Tor the accents
o. those We love soften the hsrsbs.t tidipr,
be''dss, you are d@priving yourself Of the
comforts II her sympathy aud no, merely
that, but also sndangeriBg the only buud
ihst can keep hssr's toeether-an an unreserv-
sd community Of thought and feeling -
she viii soos perceive tbst something is sc
errtly p'eying uros your mind IL feels uu.
dervalued and outraged, when even the sor-
rows Of thOss 10 loves arc concealed fion
H.
'oh, but my friend 10 think What . blow
am to give 10 al her future prospects
hou av' To strike her very soul TO the earth
by telling her iha, her ha,hand is q bssg.Ii
TIA, she - 10 :ssego all the slegsusies VI life
ali the Plsssures Of society 20 sbrins
With me into Spdigepcs sod otecurityi To
tell Der that have dragged her dssn from
the sph.rs In which she might bsve cossisosd
to move in eonsisst bsighioe.s-tAsh light Of
every eye, the admiration Of every heaItI-
How cen she bear poverty ? she hs. been
brought uF In oil the refinement Of opalspcs.
How can she bear neglect she has been
The idol Of society. Oh! il will tssk bsr
hsa't-h will break bsr heart -
saw lis grief VS. eloquent, and let il
baVe its Row Tor sorrow relieves itself BY
words Whrn bis psrOrysm had sub.id.d
aud lie bad IelApsed into moody .iiebee, |
resumed the subjret gently, ard urged him
TO break bis situation st OF ee to bis vie. lie
shook bis head mourufully, bu, positively.
But how are you 90 keep u from her -
1t ls oecessary che shou'e know it, that you
may take the steps proper % the alteration
Of your Circumstances. You must change
your style OF l'ving-uay, observing . PaDg
TO pas across hs eountensses, don't let
that sfiis' you su sure you have Bs,sr
placed your happiness in outsard show
you have yet friends, warm friends, who will
not think The worse Of you Tor being les,
spleneidly lodged and 10 does not T. quire
aPA!aee 10 be happy With May
could be happy uth her, cried ho eou.
yulsivslyi' i''in hovsl IL eosid 70 down With
her toto poverty aud the dssti-I eorld-I
eould-God bless her God blss. her
cried be bursting iuso a trans;orI Of grief
aud tebdsrnesa
And believe me, my friend said |, step.
Ping up, aud graspiug him SArnly by tie
hand, believe me, she eau be the same With
you. Aye. more, it nj be scuros Of pride
aud tTiumph to her-it will call forth all lhs
latent energies and isryont symt athiss Of
her bature for che will rejsire e to prove thau
s'e loves you TO- sursslt There Is in every
true uomAn's heart spark If heavenly 6re,
: which lies Dormant in the broad daylight Of
prosperity but uhieh kipdlss up and bsSns
aud bl.Ies in the dark hsur Of Adysrsity
No man Il ows What the wife OF bis bosom
s-BO man knows vhat . ninisteriEE al gel
she s-urtii be has gone With hst through
the hsry trisls a ibis world.
There Vas sonething 10 the earnestness
81 my nanDer, asd the kgu,aiiye styls II
my ltuguags that caught the excited i'm,
Sgiua,ioa Of Leslie. ksas the auditor 1
had 10 deal With, and follouinE up the i'm
preston had made, ksi,hsd by persuad.
irg bin 10 20 home aud uIburdsu biz sad
heart TO lis wife
l must confess, notwithstanding all I lad
said, f,t sems little soliciiude for the re.
suit Who eau calculate ou the iortilude of
one Wbose life bss been . round of pleasure
Her gay spirits might revolt at the dark
doUHwaTd path Of Low humiiiIy suddenly
pointed out before her, aud might cling TO
the sunny regions 10 Ehieh hey bad kiiber.
TO T,srlled Besides, ruin 10 fashionable
life Is accompanied by 90 macy gAlling mos
iiheaiiORs, 10 which 10 other ranks il ia
strsDg T. In short, could not meet Les.
lie The neEi nVrtiOg without trtpidation
lie bad made the disclosure.
'And hos did she bearu =
Like en- Angell It seeHs 81 rsther 10 be
relief TO her miHd, for she threw her arms
roaad my Beek, aud asked II this vas ell
that bad lately made me unhsppy. Lat
poor girl added be she eaunot r,sliEs the
ehapgs we Dsast usceTGo She bas no idea
Of poverty bat IN the abstract she has on
lJ read of u in poetry where it il allied 20
love. She feels - Jet 30 priyA,ion, she sui.
fers no lSss Of accustomed sgAEsniebees pot
slsgsbcies. Whso Ss come pfseiically 20
eIPvrlssSs Iis ssSdid oaFvs, iis pAltfy usats,
iis petty hamiiiasi0ss-thsn will be be real
trial"
Bat said I, nov that yoa have got over
The svsssst task, that Of bFsakinR Il 70 h,g.
sAs sooner Jos lst tbe soFld iato The sserss
the better The diselosars nay Be nsOrtify-
Jog bet thsn ii is . singls missry, ssd sosa
oySf, whereas you OtbsFsiss safer q, % an.
,isIpstiOs, every hcss Of ne dsy. IL u sos
poverty 20 mneh as psstsnes, tkag kssas,ss
= 'Nt"NN 80 80 RsaAhHtstsNNaNnh bfNaa
@isd Aod ga sBpty BaF,s--tbs keeping %
hoiios show that nvss sson eo1s 10 en-
end. hsFs the oaraee 20 sBpesF pOor anS
yoa Sisaf@ poverty of its shsstssl sgisg.
ia this pOias f5asd Leslie psffsotly pfs,
psssd lie had - falss PRIDE Lisssif, abd
- 70 be vi;s, she uss salJ saEiyus 70 ssn-
fofm 70 their altered f0paBss.
soms days nigssvasd be called usoa ne
is ths sVssiag tie hsd asspossd q BE
dsellibg hoa.s, sd takes . smsll sotisgs
is ,h- sosstsy ~ n,is. iSom iosa lie
hsd bees tusisd al dsy ia ssndiss eat fer.
niiufs. Ths ass ssssbils6msnt rsquifsd
~ aftisitss and th0ss q tss siupisst tisd
Al tbs fuTuitaSs q BE lats stsidsucs had
besa sold sEsspillg Z he sifs's harp. Thsi.
be sai5, uts is9 elosslg associ4ttd 9Th ths
idss u hs5sslf It tsioaGss 70 ibs li,sls stovy
oi t5siE kses feF so8s sf 80 ssssssst
sowsnis q thsiF cosrsshie vsFs thoss %, q
be hsd lsaasd sEss thsi issifan. % ssa
Lsisesd V iks nsltiaa tesss II hss voice.
1 ssud sot hst s@ils a. tkis insisass of
Eenautss sallaaffy 10 desise hushaod We
49, ess eaaus sst - he ssttass, ukess be
siis hsd ssea ~ Day sspsrintss dias its ~
fasssasst y fseiises 80 tssoss stFsse
" istsFsssi - tss % ersss n this fsmify
siory. sd, - q 80 See syssiss easfsA
% seeompssy hia.
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