Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-01-23
His Alliance Changed Her complex.

ien.---We will not mention real names, but
rather curious little episode occurred n
| short time since in which two damses figure
prominently: One Of said damsels is Of
Anglo-Saxon extraction; the other is of
African descent The former, whom we
shall call Angelina, is fair-haired, fair-faced,
with eyes Of cerulean blue; young, ardent,
and gushing in her affections; her innocent
heart filled with the bright hopes and tender
longings of budding womanhood. Her mind
had dwelt but little on the mysteries Of love;
she was still unscathed by Cupid's shafts.
The sweet suggestions and associations of
rural life had left her feelings in their nor
NAL maiden purity and simplicity; her spirit
had never gone forth in search Of some
bright congenial nature upon which she
could rest all her hopes Of future happiness
and contentment But alas her peace of
mind was at length broken in upon. The
tempter came, and with words of burning
affection breathed forth his passion. Flo
triumphed in his love. They parted. The
next mail brought an epistle teeming with
ardent sentiment and VOWS of eternal con-
stancy. The return mail conveyed suita-
BILE reply. Alas weeks and months have
passed, and there came no answering mes
sage Of love. She "pined in thought and
let concealment, like worm in the bud,
feed on her damask cheek. A startling
shifting of the scenes a change of dramatic
representation The aforesaid damsel of
African descent, who lives in the same vicin-
ity and bearing the same familiar cognomen
was made the happy recipient Of these i'm
FASHIONED, glowing bllet-dsaur, to which she
replied with all the orientalsm of her nature
and imagination. The loyalty and devotion
of her absent lover, as evidenced by the
tone and regularity of his letters seemed
still more remarkable from the fact that their
acquaintance was of recent date. Envy
gnawed at the hearts of her dusky conf
dants and detraction was on their lips
They resolved themselves into committee
of the whole to investigate the matter I'll
berius Slocum was not such a fool as to
make up to Angelina Barksdale in dot fash
un." Too true, alas disappointment is the
rule of life. Poor Angelina Barksdale
smarting under their cruel geers and taunts,
determined to put to confusion her enemies
and vindicate her claims to his love and pro-
lection. Tiberius could never trife with
her heart in this wise His letters were the
genuine expression of affection; the sincere
outpouring of loving honest nature. Hy-
pocrisy and deceit could never be disguised
insuch beautiful language, thought and senti-
ment The bright illusion is about to vanish
forever. Angelina Barksdale, of hanging
lip and ebony hue, is about to exchange
places with Angelina of the fair face and
damAsk cheek The handsome Tiberius
exchanges photographs by request and the
mystery is solved The long trusting, con-
fiding lover is notified of his mistake His
Plutonian correspondent, in losing deluded
admirer, regains the tickle love of her old
lover, and Tiberius, the true and faithful
takes up the lost stitches" in the skein of
his attachment, and claims the heart and
hand of Angelina, the fair-haired Saxon"
as fitting reward for the shame and morti-
hcation he has endured