The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-03

I'm nm l must have been blind, as | know I wal
foolish and wicked bat I did not stop TO think
When the dIuuer-bOur arrived George came, with
happy. smiling, hopeful face, and offered me his arm
For what - said |. " For dinner, NV dear,
he replied. Then l told him l was engaged wit.
another and, before his very face. l took the prof
fered arm Of the man TO whom hsd gwen my
promise, remarklng 70 my lover, as I tripped away
II t he would have 10 End somebody else. I saw tbs
look hegave me-a look Of pain, CT modification, and
Eeproach-ani a I called Il 10 mind after I had
reached the table I felt a little uneasy but l said to
myself tie viii come around all right and thus
tried 10 pass it Of. Towards the latter part OF the
afternoon George came 70 me again. He asked me
what / meant ty my treatment Of him. He was
earnest aud anxious. I tod him he must not question
me IN that uauUer.
But" he urged, only tell ne if you mean
Yes" said I. " do
And he asked me what it was" told him I
meant 70 teach him a lesson.
A lesson Ct what 80 he asked.
Of good mauuer>,' said l. - want to teach
You not to Be too attentive TO me. And I added very
nought-e-sly,- you annoy me - -
" He did not answer me. Tsaw his lip culver.
and his manly bosom heave and, as he turned
away, 1 sunboams that came through the branches
Of the t.-es rested upon the big tears rolling down
his cheeks. The impulse Of my heart then was TO
spring forward and de;aia him to ask his forgive
ness, and make him happy. But 8 foolish whimsi-
cal pride restrained me. l let him 60, and tried to
comfort myself with the reflection that it would come
out all right.
When the party was breaking up he came and
asked me If he should see me home. He was very
cool, and seemed only 10 mean that he felt bound to
make the offer, seeing he had brought me there. l
was NJ going 10 accept any such offer as that, and
told him l should not require his attention.
" Polly he said, " you 10 not mean this. Do
not make me think that l have mistaken you - He
trembied As he spoke. and could see that he was
fearfully agitated.
d" But I had gone too far to give up then and
with a light laugh | turned from him. | went home
one way-he went another. All the next day I look
ed for him hnf h. lf1 NJ Gonna AID a sa..yl 1ar-
l watched. And q third-aud a fourth. On the
NTH day | received a letter from him. 1t was from
q distant town whittier he had gone 10 see his widowed
mother. He wrote to me that he feared that he had
been disappointed. If | could trife with his heart
then | might do il again. He said be was going out
west, and might be gone some time. If still loved
him when he returned | might be sure Of finding him
unmarried, for he had no heart to give another.
Sui he would like 10 hear from me-he would like
to see me if wished it. He wrote as one who had
been deeply wronged, and there were one or two
sentences IN the missive that touched ne unpleasant
iy. a week passed away, and l did not answer it
out at the end Of that time | made up my mind to
call George to me, and confess my fault for well l
kne" that had been very wrong. l wrote, and my
letter reached its destination just twelve hours after
he had started on his tourney.
" never saw George Ashmun again. In less than
a year he died in a mad-house 4! =
lie did wrong-he did wrong-very, very wrong to
leAfe as be did. He ought not TO have done it. He
ought 10 have made an eiOrt-iOr his own sake and
mine. Butch that could not make my crime
tue less. L had done a wicked thlng-a cruel
ihonghtless deed it was-and the penalty fell heavily
upon me
" Louisa, your mother asked me to tell you my
story. | have done so. If it can profit you | shall
not regret the pain | have felt in the recital. ThatI
have not ceased to suffer let these hot, bitter tears
bear witness. o of all things within the sphere of
your influence, beware how you trihe with a trusting,
loving heart - --
Silent and thoughtful did Louisa Burnet return to
the Parlor and but very little did she say on her
home. On the following morning she wrote a
brief note, and sent it to Henry Southron. She
imply asked him to come and see her. He came /;
and when they were alone she fell upon his bosom,
and asked him TO forgive her. She gazed up through
her streaming tears, and begged for his love and
confidence once more. OF course he could not refuse.
he was never happier than at that moment,
or surely it must have been a mighty love and q
rue devotion that could have prompted the course
he maiden had thus pursued.
Louisa never forgot the Lesson she had received.
She became Henry Southron's wife and when in
times, she saw husbands neglecting their wives,
he had occasion 20 thank God that she was blessed
the true and undivided faith and devotion of
Ter bosom companion.
Surely there Is nothing on earth Of more worth
han a faithful, virtuous, and devoted life-partner {;
nd he or she who can trihe with the heart Of such
II one, only SONS the seed which shall yield a har-
est Of pain and remorse.-.N y. Ledger.