Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-11


- $&SVO hard, time. My
~ father had died
..ha, wa. sixteen wears old, leaving
us nothing but an honest reputation
aud. although was stout and healthy
INV wages were very low, and | had TO
toil late and early 20 provide the
necessaries of life. But i suppose l
would have been happy and consented
enough: that is, as much as we IN /
satisfied morsals usually are. II It had F.
Mt been for a woman. L don know
why il was that Helen Linton made
such an impression on me, Tor she hau
by no means those great and noble
qualities bv which men as general
thinc a-e attracted toward the opposite
sex. On the contrary, she was proud,
arrogant and overbearing, and 1 was
confident if she thought of me at all,
il was with feelings of contempt and
disdain alone.
Not on account of my personal ap-
pearance. il is true. for though / was
rough and uncultivated, OK Swy hands
were hard with excessive Is, and my
face Drowned by exposure TO the sun.
still had wonderful strength and great
agility, and my hair and eyes were as
dark as midnight, aud maay sard shat
! was handsome. But / was poor aud
she was wealthy. was General Lin
tons hired hand and she was GeRcrai
Innton's daughter. ,e 4 il was Il III,
old story. tfFust Aerie beIen be
wildering beauty tha ldreO5 mo ynore
md move toward IA, : fort sheFsaS a
Aneenly looking girl, with hkshlng
Napd magnificent dsrk brown ha'r,
nm tall aud stately. But
. i. ,aiQnt have Teen. 4 an
me thing. and ta.t j., tina
- to love her withla madden
%pairSN -consnming lAssion tina
seemed ab6N to devour my whole be
ing. tried very hard 10 smother
and TO drive her image from my heart
knew / might as we'll think of pluck
ing down the moon or the stars as J.
have dared 10 aspire TO her hand.
But it was all of no avail; the NOR
I struggled the more l became ell
tangled. In the morning, noon al
night there was but one face thai
saw. and but one voice that l hear'
and that was the face and voice
Helen Linton. What was worst
all. 10 me, In some way she discovert
nv secret. How, l can hardly tel
They say murder will ont. and Il
same can most assuredly be said abo
love. / had never spoken about It
any one-not even to my mother al
as to Helen, had scarcely ev
spoken to her on any subject. IL
true that sometimes she would 81
me instructions in regard 10 the How
Garden. which General Linton had
Iected me to manage, having, as
said. more opinion of my taste III ~
matters than any of the rest al
workmen, but she never cOndescei
eS further. l worshiped her Ink
star from afar of, and knew the {
lance between us to be rs wide and
impossible.
One day she came into the gar
when was ut work there, aud
Delled by some unknown power, a
we're, / gathered and presented to
a choice bouquet of flowers;
whether it was from my guilty Il
that she then discovered all, and
sermined to check me in the be
0ing. or whether she had alrt
orobed TO the depths of my heart
shought / Twas presumptuous, k
not; but certain it is she never 81
20 me after that She had been II
habit of giving NE nod Of recS
sion whenever she met me before
out after this she passed me by '
out even a glance; disdain within
naughty eye, and contempt upoI
scornful lip. You may know tina
life was as wretched as it could
oe. / used to sit down by the Il
cour little cabin. after my hard
work was done, and curse my WI
ed fate, and call God unjust IN "
considered the distinctions He
IN the human race, but L little
shen what the sequel would be.
Crowds of company, gay ladie
gentlemen, came every summer
The city to spend the season at L
Hall, and it so happened that one
mer came among the rest yount
ileman named Arthur st. John.
was reported to be wealthy, and
s9sle he certainly was, and II wa
worry long before he commenced
lug attention 10 General LII