Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-05-22

lieve him from his engagement
with me. If a bomb had burst
at his feet he could not have
looked more dismayed, and see
ing his surprise, only encouraged
my heartless conduct. AS we
drove to the boat in the carriage
he had hired, / took the engage
ment-ring from my finger and
gave it too him, saying: "You
had better take it. Archibald; ]
might lose it--and perhaps you
will find some one who will ap-
preciate it more than t.
He took the ring and spoke not
! a word Of reply, but l could see
how my cruelty had chilled his
heart. Oh, how wickedly I acted
toward the only man 1 ever
loved.
We parted with few words,
and as he left the boat my heart
swelled almost to bursting. l
did not intend to give him up;
oh, no, be was my hope of happi
ness. 1 knew he adored me, and
would be in misery until he
should hear from me 1t was my
intention to write Immediately on
my arrival in New York, and tell
him the mood in which I had
acted, and 1 knew that a few pen
itent words would place me in the
position I wished to stand toward
him. But How vain are all earthly
hopes and designsl That part
! ing has been the blight of my
: life. Thoughts of it hang ever
like threatening clouds Of wrath,
, and I have never been. happy
i since he left me on the steamer
that fatal day-so fatal to my
hearts rest.
i I had not been two hours in
, New York when / wrote to Archi-
, bald a letter full of love and con.
triton; but, alas, it was destined
that he should never read it.
!, never forgive me by pen or voice,
My letter was answered, but moi
by himself. His sister wrote, and
!, oh, the words that were penned
by her hands, on those page,
!, whose edges bore the ensign Of
death. les, Archibald hal died
!, of yellow fever. He had caliei
! for me constantly in his delir:um
, and died with the name of Rache
: on his lips. He had asked biz
! sister to return me the ring I hat
: SO heartlessly given back. HI
: told her to tell me he loved m,
a even unto death.
1 That ring has been on m,
finger ever since the hour hi
/. sister handed it to me. and it ha
9 ever been a rsbuke to all earthl,
g vanities. There are many Lowell,
8 memories clustering round i
q which are painfully sweet, and i
has also its bitter, for it tells tn
d great wrong a woman's within ma.
do her heart. I loved we'll, bn
acted unwisely, and this on
\ great lesson in the school of ex
! perience" has swallowed up al
the beauty, the hope and JOY Q
: my life. Let others learn what
: : have been taught. When lev
enters the heart, leave trihing an
i vanity to the flirting fools who's
!, natures comprehend nothing c
, the deep and holy passions of tn
: human heart.
n Aunt Rachel sighed, and I sa'
a her wipe her glasses short tim
d after she had concluded; but as
,e was lost in ny own rehectsoni
caused by her sad recital, I too
:. but little notice of her until "
:, reached our destination, when
! found her face pallid and teal
:, stained. ! concluded that tim
y may soften the grief over lo1
~ love, but years can never era!
~ the deeper impressions of OF
=, hearts.
or Aunt Rachel appears cold ar
nv peculiar, like the majority of o
40 maid; but, like many of b
Of class, beneath an odd exterior 81
IIy conceals the same sympathies al
I bright hopes and longings +
nm future happiness that fill d