South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-27

rs it possible that this is really Won.
Charlotte p
But 1 was not expecting you for three
days yet, Felix and it 10 30 early. 1
was meaning to dress whom went UP
stairs -,r-i
Il found I could leave this morning,
and was so impatient TO see YOU that /
started at once. 1 did not telegraph, for
intended a pleasant surprise TO you. II
has been most painful one 10 me-
But, Felix
DO not make excuses, Charlotte. You
cannot excuse your appearance. will
leave you now, and return again this eve.
ming, when you will be ready, perhaps, to
see me- a.a
But, Felix, i will run up stairs now.
and change my dress. Please stay
i prefer not to do so, Charlotte
And in spite Of her circumstances. he
left the house.
He kept his promise, and returned to
Mr.. Grcyson's in the evening. But his
manner toward Charlotte was cold and
constrained. He had. received a great
shock, and could not recover immediate
ly from it. Accustomed TO the ORDERLY.
scrupulously neat house of his mother.
he was able to detect the dust and disor.
der of Charlottes home, and the sight
was painful to him. Charlotte herself
was elegantly attired, and looking very
handsome, but her grandmother and mo-
Their were dressed in such a slovenly.
careless manner as to cause n blush of
shame to rise on Mr.. Greysou's cheek.
When, after very brief call, Felix
left the house, Charlotte went to her own
room, and there carried out resolve she
had made when seeing her lover depart
expressing no wish TO see her again, and
without giving her even farewell caress.
She wrote a brief note, Offering Felix
his freedom, and regretting that they had
ever met acknowledging also that they
were unsuited to each other.
She never saw HIM again. He replied
to her note with couple Of lines, thank
ing her for her kindness, and hoping she
would not cherish bitter feelings against
him for coinciding with her in saving
they were unsuited To each other, and
their marriage could not bring them
happiness.
Felix told his mother everything con-
corning his visit, in the frank way char.
acteristic of him. The good lady SYM
pathized deeply with him in his disap-
pointment regretted that so talented a
girl should be marred by such grave
faults and then never mentioned the
matter TO her son again, thinking the
wound would heal more quickly if never
probed unnecessarily.
1t was three years before Felix Dayton
recovered from his disappointment suffi-
GENTLY to think again of love & marriage.
Then he made choice which caused his
mothers heart to throb with ioy and
Thanksgiving, for little Dorothy was his
bride
Their marriage was very happy one,
and Felix never had cause to regret his
second choice. lie learned to love Doro.
thy as well rs he had ever loved Char
lotte, and perhaps better, and his home
was delightful one, and we'll ordered.
In after years he heard of Charlotte as a
writer and lecturer. but never heard of
her embarking OH the sea of matrimony.
Her first love was her last, and she lived
and died unwedded.
AS for Mrs. Dayton, she surrendered
the household keys very willingly to Do
rothy, and was frequently heard to say
that what was bred in the bone would
come out In the flesh, and she could look
forward to lying calmly in her coffin
since Dorothy would have charge of her
household goods.