The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-04-17

'Oh, please let me have some money.
MY mother is so i'll, and we have moth
ing to eat in the house,
THAT is not my fault. When you
learn to tell the truth, and have things
done when you promise them, you will
be accommodated by your customers.
will not pay you tonight, so you may
co.
Without another word Ethel entered
the room. Mr.. Greystone sat where she
had left him, but the smile had left him,
his lips, his brow was contracted, and
sad, dissatisfied expression rested upon
his features.
lit has come at last, thank fortune
See, is it not pretty p said Ethel, hold
ing the bonnet before him.
Very pretty replied Harry briefly.
The girls mother was sick, and she
was unable to finish it sooner. Poor
thing! pity, her, said Ethel, with a
we'll affected air of sympathy.
'And so do L. responded Harry
Does she live far from here p
yes, quite distance. She and her
mother occupy one of the rooms in faith
er's building on the Cherry street.
'Wretched neighborhood
Yes, | don't see how people can live
SO; but | suppose they get used to It,
They went to the opera, and Ethel
enjoyed it-but strange feelings found
entrance in the heart of Mr.. Greystone;
the admiration he had felt for Ethel was
turned into dislike. AS he gazed upon
her handsome face, he involuntarily
murmured.
so fair face; so false heart
The next evening Mr.. Greystone in
quired the name of the seamstress, and
soon after breakfast he went to visit
Miss Hyde and her mother, hoping to be
able to relieve the wants of the sick wo-
man.
Annie Hyde sat by her mothers bed
when he knocked at the door of their
room. Supposing it to be the child OF
some occupant of the house, she arose
and opened the door without stopping
to arrange her disordered toilet. When
the door opened and she saw Mr.. Grey
stone, she eXclaimed:
| 'Oh, Harry, isit indeed you? How
did you find us p
annie, my own Annie Hyde, as
live. am as much surprised to see
you as you are to see me-
'Come IN. Though it is poor place
We have no better now. Mother is We
ry Ill. She las just fallen asleep
Explanations followed.
When Harry Greystone was prin-
cipal ofthe school in Houdly village.
Annie Hy de, was one of his pupils. He
| had taken great interest in her, and
she had learned to love her teacher
Soon after his departure misfortune
overlook her widowed mother, and
they came to the city in search OF en-
ployment. Harry had written two let
ters to her but receiving no answers,
deemed himself forgotten or his Hove
|
unreturned.
But at last all was explained, and
before many hours Mrs. Hyde and her
lovely daughter were comfortably To-
Gated in first-class boarding house,
Under the charge ofan eminent physi-
clan Mrs Hyde soon regained her
health.
Mr.. Greystone discontinued his Wis
its to the house of his partner. Ethel
could not imagine in wha. manner she
had offended him; and as day after day,
week after weeek went by, she contin-
ued to hope he would resume his visits
but she hoped in vain.
Abou. six months after their first vi
sit to the opera, I S the family were
gathered arouun the tea table her fa-
ther said:
MIR. Greystone was married to-day
Married p exclaimed Ethel. why
we have received no cards. Who did
he marry p and as she asked the ques-
ton the color left her face.
'He married your seamstress, Miss
Hyde. He overheard conversation be {.
tween her and yourself, the night he
accompanied you to the pera. The
next morning he visited her, not k low-
ing that she was an old friend, but sim
ply to relieve the wants of her s lex
mother. He found that she was an old
pupil of his--a girl that he had loved
before he had come to the city. He
told me the whole story yesterday, and
said that they were to be married qui-
etly, as Mrs. Hyde's health was still
delicate. l hope my dear daughter
this will teach,youa a lesson you will
not soon forget -.
Ethel covered her face with her hand
and wept. Her father continued
'The elegant mansion ON Madison
Avenue, which you have spoken of in
terms of the highest admiration, is to
be their home when they return from
their wedding tour
Ethel repaired to her room and
thought over the conversation Mr..
Greystone had overheard. No feelings
toErepensance.moved her heart-she ex-
claimed}:pr5 aRzF -ss#sE
Fool that am, l must have left the
door ajar. l wish l had never seen
that detestible bonnet--it has been the
cause ofmy losing one of the finest
looking men in the city. If it had not
been for that bonnet l would, in all
probability, now be the wife of Mr..
Greystone.'