Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-03-23
Miscellany.
From the Boston Evening Commercial.
A Life History.
A BEAUTIFUL STORY OF woMAN's FL
DELITY.

There's Rosemary--that's for remembrance
! loved Robert as / could never love
again. was an orphan and friendless.
Being quick with my needle, had come
10 Boston hoping to find work there -
Somehow chance favored me--for found
a comfortable boarding place, and by means
of my landlady, paying run of custom.
went out by day to finish off dresses,
sewing for dressmakers sometimes, and
more. after they had got through and gone
away. Robert Eden boarded in the same
house with me, and hr liked me from the
! first.
| How proud l was ef his liking. the
| handsome, manly fellow He was clerk
in store, and he got through every night
at six O'Clock; and often if he could find
out where was sewing,be would come and
walk home with me. This was before we
we're engaged. Afterward, of course, he
came every night, as a regular thing
But shall never forget how it used TO be
during those first months before he had
asked me to marry him. / never quite
knew whether he would come or not, so it
was something pleasant TO think and won
der about as ! sat over my work. Then
when saw he was really waiting. how
shy used to be and how demurely used
to walk along with my eyes down till he
joined me, and then look up at him as it |
were altogether surprised II was an in
nocent little deception that harmed no one.
don't know why speak Of it, only some
times like to 60 over all those old days
in my thoughts, and every one of their
memories seem bright and swee; as fresh
blossoms.
had known Robert six months, when
one night, instead Of going home at once,
as usual, he asked me to go out TO Mount
AuburL with him. The days were at the
longest it was only halfpast six, and
here would be plenty Of time for a ram
bic among those fowery paths before they
would shut the gates and leave the dea,
people to their still night slumber. ] wa
glad enough to go anywhere with him
and it was very pleasant to get oct Of town
and spend the long June twilight amon'
country sights and sounds. So We set Of
at once.
How beautiful il was, walking about j
those los ely grounds, with the day jus
drawing to close. There were flower
every where flowers growing up joyouslj
and shaking odor out Of their crimson an
purple cups upon the sill air, emblems
glad, grateful lile-and flowers, TOO, bros
en- from their stems, and laid upon th
graves, offerings of love and OF memoir
to give forth there the sad sweetness
their expiring breath, and then fade, en-
blems these of death and woe.
1t was there, among the flowers and IL
{ graves, that Robert told me how dearly !
had grown 10 love M, and asked me
belong to him forever. Yes, remt tmb'
La said hat-belong 10 him forever. Th
meant, did it not through life and throus
death? Surely it bound me-when hi
, tpromised him-for all time and all eierr
ity as well. Ii was strange, but IN q
midst Of my great, deep joy, thong
rcame over me-what If fthis troth-plighiil
among the graves we're an omen-wha'
il should be for death and not for hf'
But tried to Danish this foreboding.
: knew was supersiitious naturally. so
would not let myself utter the haunt
thought to Robert
When the time came for the gates TO
shut we went out arm in arm, We two v
belonged to each other foregermore. v
walked about for while under the tn
there 10 Cambridge before We went b
to town, and the moon poured down on
flood Of silver light. 1t seemed to