Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-22

THURSDAY MonNNa, July %, 1861
CONTINUED from Frat page,l

sakes, SO that | might be re-
membered when gone from that
sunny spot of pleasant dreams
i continued to appear sans
souci when thrown into compa-
ny, though my heart wore any
thing but correspondent feel
ing, yet | know that it was
best to act from principle, and
not from impulse-and when
the appointed day arrived for
my departure, many were the
regrets expressed by each mem
Der of that pleasant family
and long will | remember the
good-by, which so TREMENDOUSLY
hung on every tongue as they
parted with me at the old pack
ct boat landing, where ] was
entrusted to the care ct Arthur
as far as Richmond. Our trip
to that point was not of much
note; but after our arrival he
placed a ring on my finger,
which he requested me to wen
for the sake of friendship, #
nothing more. How could /
refuse this single tribute Of his
memory, when like Spencer's
Fairy Queen, his pres 20
"Made sunshine in a chad pace,
chasing all the clouds from a
darkened sky, and painting on
the horizon of the present, a
twinkllng star of the purest
brightness? Although I strove
to conceal from him the true
state Of my feelings,yet never
denied to him my admiration
for his vaior and chivalry; and
when he came to say farewell
he extended his hand as he
murmured farewell, God bless
you, and then burst into tears
while he pressed the one which
lay passive in his own, saying
that the same invisible eye
would watch over us both, in
sunshine and in shade
Long after our parting his
memory brought up visions
Well; both of pleasure, and
pain, but it was then one of the
by cones Of my life, and my
journey was before me, with
patches of the most beautiful
scenery threading my way to
Dundee, my next adopted
home, so l gave but little time
to meditation.
My new home was not half
so inviting, and pretty as Mar
avatio,' which so coquetishly
overlooked the beautiful waters
of the James, but then it was
rather a comfortable looking
establishment, and | could not
complain, yet there seemed
nothing to cheer the coming
future with a sheen of light.
When tea was announced, a
whole tribe Of stair steps were
ushered into my presence, with
the joyful intelligence from
their doating parents, that those
dear little flowers were to be
watched and guarded by me for
a whole ten Notwithstanding
me, that their minds were then
in very sprightly condition,
and with judicious care, and a
proper push a-headativeness,
they would be perfect paragons
of wisdom listened to all
this prating of nonsense with a
very womanly dignity, but
when | left for the seclusion Of
the little chamber which had
been assigned to me, | felt re-
lieved from a heavy weight of
oisagreeableness. | had never
felt my mind so destitute of
rest: so perfectly unified for
the struggle of life before -
Never had nature seemed less
delinquent in attraction-but
time has a balm for all our sa
rows, and so I looked ,,2
through my tears to tina. Faith
er who doeth all things well.
After the night curtain had
been lifted, the morninv broke
upon me, ] suppose af'or the
same sort of fashion that other
mornings have, but I was not
III the mood to greet it with The
same cheer From my window
(for | had but one) | saw ii
broad landscape, watched by
the rich aptumnai sunshine -
the same blue sky which hung