Wilmington journal., 1876-01-07
A EilGi!TED HEART.
sad Love History Of a beautiful
nsuCky Girl.

! sad Love History Of a zscautiIu
nsHCiy Girl.
From the Dallas rext4} f,,Inmerci4l.l
One of the most monrnful sights VT
| ever saw, aud 0ne of the most touch.
| ing Incidents that ever fell to our Iot
| tn witness, took place the other night
at Dennison. The train going sOutll
was somo hours late. and number OF
passengers were waiting, with what pa
tIence they could, for its arrivat. a.
we entered the ladies' waiting room,
we were approached by very bean
ti>ul girl, whose dress, though rich,
was considerably dlsOrdered. She
stepped directly IN front Uf us and
fastened hes eves upon our face with
the most appealing look III them, gazed
for a moment, aud then, rs If disaD-
pointed, sighed and turned away. Up
and down the room she walked. with
h"r eyes constantly fixed upon the
door, and singing to hers If an air SO
plalnt.ve that 1t seemed to come from
a heart overburdened with SORROW
A middle aged gentleman sat III one
corner of the room, and Ouca or twice
he spoke to hor and called her to him.
She would immediately obey, but
hardly wouId be seated befofe she
would spring up again. and continue
her walk with her eyes fixed TlpOu the
poor. Presently, gentleman entered
and with little futtering cry she
sprang forward, and surveying him
sad: ooh, it is too early, too early. :"
Tie gentleman seemed as much sur-
prlsed as We We're, and taking L seat
by our side he remark ed on her TRANCE
conduct. just then lady and gem
t!eman entered, and the maiden ex-
hibitrd the most intense excitement.
She subjected the lady to the closest
scrutiny, and evidently not pleased
would toss her head and walk round
and round her, once approaching aud
taking hold of her dress. At this tie
gentleman who had her in charge
came forward, and taking her by he
arm led her to scat. where she sat
with evident reluctance, and singing
and crying by turns. Finally she got
calmer, and the gentleman told Us the
following sad, sad story: 81 live IL
Lexington, KY. That poor girl is al
orphan, and my neice. She has lived
with me about five years, since h5r
parents death. rwo years ago IA young
man came to our town from Baltimore.
He was good locking, well educated,
and brought letters of introduction
from prominent business men in this
city to several of our b8st citizens.
He soon obtained an cntree to our
best society. My niece was attending
school, and one of her companions
was the daughter of gentleman to
whom this young man had letters.
She introduced them, aud he at once
became their cavalier. For a long time
he paid her every attention, and last
winter they were engaged. She loved
tEis man with all the fervor Of IA true
woman's heart, and would watch for
his coming with the greatest eager
ness Soon after their engagement
his visits became less frequent, and he
was not as fervid iu his manner, and
seemed in no hurry to consumm ate
their marriage. Edna, my niece, made
no complaint, but [ soon noticed
great change taxing place; that long
ing wistful look came into her eyes,
and at the slightest sound at the door,
or a f0otstep, she would start invoIun-
tarily; finally he ceased coming, and
one night as we were at tea my nit ca
took up the paper. She had bee !
reading bu' q moment when / heard
shrek. Looking up, [ saw that she
had tainted AMI fallen to the floor. [
rang the bell for the servant, and she
was carried to her room, and for weeks
she hung between life and death with
brain fever. She recovered, but, alas!
the light of reason had fled from those
beautiful eyes. The paper [ picked
mp when she fell, and, on search ng
for the cause of het emotion, found
the marriage notice of this young man
to the schoolmate of Edna, who had
introduced them. I am now on my
way TO the South, in hopes that travel
and change of scene may bring back
to the poor girl the possession OF her
mind. Edna is rational IN everything
but this idea, that he is still coming,
and she n>ust be always waiting for
him. A door canno: open but she is
there to welcome him, and each time
to be disappointed. The whistle of
the coming locomotive was then
heard, and as we rose to depart, we
bade adiou 30 the gentleman and ex-
pressed hope that time would effect
a cure for his niece. The last we saw
of them WAS the poor girl crying Bit
terly, and we h ave never been able to
shake off the feeling Of sadness that
comes over u4 at thoughts of her, or
Danish that sad, pleading, mourn
full face from our memory and our
dreams.