The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-31
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"Betrothed! Miss Lee betrothed to
Mr.. Wilton! Never! She possesses =
mind too honorable to let deception lurk
in bosom which swells to the highest
pinnacle upon which honor rests"
There is the ring of the true metal,
thereisg genius, in that thought; "abosom
which swells to the highest pinnacle
upon which honor rests" must be tall
bosom, and it cuts big swell, too. This
other girl had told Edwin "fib," be-
cause she was jealous, Sand by thus OBJ
structing the stream, she caused the
waters of true love TO flow less smoothly;
for deceived by:her, young Ned leaves
in furious rage and drives down Main
street, as follows, to the imminent peril
of all the youthful freedmen in that
thoroughfare;
In a moment more he went rolling
away in his phaeton, to look, perhaps,
upon the favored park, around which so
many pleasant memories irresistibly
float to his mind, in which bright Wis.,
ions of happiness were portrayed, to be
anticipated such pleasant drive.
We take breath. That's q pretty
lengthy and well sustained, but rather
monotonous sentence. What 1t all means
we leave our readers to discover, while
we pass in review the remainder OF this
glowing panorama of rsrea and wondrous
pictures
But if she had known the weight that
rested on the heart OF him whom she
wished to see, and she being the cause OF
that weight, occasioned by the incon .
gruity of one whom she thought would
have spurned an action that would have
made one note to discord with the har-
unity of sentiment and feeling, she
phaeton of Mr.. Hendron's. For it was
her design, in accepting the invitation,
to gain one smile from him AZ she in.
dulged in the fond hope that she might
by chance meet. And so they did but
it would have been better If she had not
caught a glance at his handsome face
and eye of intellectual greatness, for II
only confirmed what Miss Nellie Went
WOTtD udu Sului causing mn W Ao9C tAS
high esteem that she had gained. Fol
her noble bearing bad placed her pre-.
eminent in his affections, that caused
him to doubt the truthfulness Of Miss
| WentwOrth's remarks in relation to hei
being betrothed to Hendron (; fol
he attributed to her as being the possess.
or of a mind knowing not the artfulness
] of coquette. But on seeing her riding
| 81 all IF ka ,Ol~ln tvolfttae
that had won for her such epithets OF
praise were not so prominent. But she
was deserving of all praise that he had
ever bestowed.
For by the uncharitable spirit Of
Nellie, who being led bya feeling Of
jealousy, separated heartstha knew not
what it was to love without basking In
the sunlight of each others affections.
That "eye of intellectual greatness
strikes us as very forcible expression
1t is pity the author omitted to state
the color of the eye. The remainder Of
the paragraph is as plain as the light o.
day.
1t is hardly necessary for me to say
that Edwin Alton a few days ago, aftel
the interview with Mr.. Wilton we find
him with his aunt, who by the change
of air and the superior medical treatmen,
she received had regained her health
and looked forward to the pleasures thai
the bomeward trip would afford with
more delight than she did on leaving thu
time honored shores OF the Old DOmin
\ ion
1t is evident from the above tnas the
old lady had been taking extra doses
morning, noon and night, of Ayers
pills, We congratulate Mr.. Ayers upon
the efficacy of his medicines.
One or two more extracts, and we will
close our review of this remarkable pro-
duction, this triumph of home mauufac
| lures:
One, two and three days passed, bu
as the city clock was striking the houl
of seven, Edwin Alton was ascending
the slip leading to one of the prettiesI
residences in. the city of -; the door
bell being rung he is soon ushured into
| the reception room to await the coming
of Matte Lee.
Now, those that are fond of imagina.
tive sketches can use their pOwerof mind
by portraying the unexpected scene that
ensped at the meeting of Edward Alton
and Matte Lee.
Now, by the rood, we would give
our interest in tae Juniper Water
Works, or the Board of Trade, to know
what they did. But the author will not
tell us-perhaps he was not present at
this Interview. There was an explana.
ton, however, and the mystery was
cleared up. 1t was agreed that they
should marry; but fate now steps In to
shape their ends, and we read the fol-
lowing terrible revelations: .n-.
But it seemed as if fate was acting con-
trary to the wishes of those whose hap
piness existed in the enjoyment Of an
ticipated pleasures, for once being the
subject of envied felicity, and by the
nonconformity of the principles that
characterized her character, she permits
feeling of jealousy to control all of her
finer sentiments that hath previously
existed for the one whose pleasures she
iissipated by the incongruity and unas-
simulated nature of the friendship that
bound them SO closely; but forgetting
the bounds of love, and thinking only
of her own bliss, if she should prove sue
cessful in destroying the harmony that
turned itself around the sentiments that
emanated from hearts of congeniality,
for the affinity was as apparent as the