Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-08-27

denarture. hoping FOR my speedy n .
tura. and permitting me 10 retain her
hand in mine longer than 5 custom
arv IN the fareweliS OF mere friends.
She also suggested that I might write
70 her Il did not return IN Two days,
= suggestion which I assured her l
would most certainly adopt. at the
same moment resolving 20 do so IN
ie~-any circumstances 1 would have
-iven the world II only 1 might have
kissed her. but 7 did not dare 20 Go so
Offering a final farewell regarded
her with great earnestnesS Tor few
moments. then released her hand and
Aurriedly left the house
The course % nv life seemed 70
have changed entirely n fourteen
DAYS. Never before had NY mind been
SLED ~ 50 many o. such conflicting
IDEAS. Before ny uncle came 20 Hol-
denhurst I had been idle and careless;
now nv head ached from considera-
ton o. affairs of which I could con- I
7 ceive no satisfactory issue one thing. 4
however. was clear 10 me. In only 4
few DAYS 1 had grown 20 love Miss I
Marsh with 3 devotion more intense +
4 than I had supposed mr. nature per
f nitted. and short as our acquaintance
/ rad been 1 would have asked that
4 lady. before ohevinc my fathers urE-
F enr call. 70 become my wife hut for
+ that formidable barrier between US
her wealth Her eyes SPECIFICS mes
sareS. N occasional phrase or word
from her lips. or. rarer still. her gentle
touch. had assured me that my suit
would accord with the dictates OF her
own heart. But my pride was as great
g. nv love. and felt strongly that
could never ask a woman OF enormous
wealth 20 become the wife o. the por-
tlonless son Of an Impoverished squire
Without commercial training. and Win
/ no natural aptitude for business. there
vas absolutely no hope for mo 20 raise
myself 20 her social plane by any ei-
fort n nv power 70 make. and in hif-
p te-ness OF spirit / alternately curse
her wealth and M poverty. Visions
% the perfec- happiness which ui-ni
De mine were either OF these ditcul-
q ties removed served only 20 increase
mr. depression A my unc-e's car
r.a-e Sod toward ST. Pancras. Brown
in-'s remarkable line
Money buys women"
q Eert ringing in my ears. tcrmentin.
h -e ike al svl sprite- Then Their
~ was fla, smart young cleric. tAe AeF
Evan Prlce. with the Rev Evai
p. Price 1 had very little 20 do. and OF
II .3mmunIeacions had always been o
IS th. most friendly character possiol'
pa bur heaven. how 1 hated lim now an
81 with what nendish delight 1 was cor
10 temrlatlnc his extreme poverty Wne
r- The thought that he was probably
The r.olnr O. greatly Increasing his j
el come and OF residing permanently
London promptly punished me FOR ID
.ca uncharltahlsuess. and / WINGED
n the chaos OF my ideas 1 did not forG
~ annie Wolsey. the unfortunate pla
ON fellow OF my childhood. whose yout
,~a fuluess had always prevented me
f-a ca-dinE her as an aunt, nor cid 4 l'
IN ~ my grandfather. anxious a.
alone. as Tar from home as could
I'm nor NY lndulSent father. now eXpe
-fca s-g ny return. but ] Go not mu
~ Doubt that these considerations We
rae u q minor sort. and that the cenu
q squire - ny mind which occasion
sr. nv cerebral disturbance was q
ter stance Marsh. AID 10 other
s-x- Ny unele's horses were good on
49, and soon conveyed me 10 the Midla
,s- terminus. but I had no time 20 spa
I'll. Having bought my ticket. sought
AZ an empty compartment Tor
Tats averse 10 staring 81 strangers. a.
nor the manner OF English travellers.
ire / three hours. wisile 80 listen 10 con-
,,4r- sa-lcn ia which I was not inieres
q ~ would have been simply uneno IA
hou~ There being no compartment VIII
nse-- messengers I selected the one wi
a "a Contained the fewest-ao old lady.
sad tended by . young maid. IN ny
r MS sfracslon I left my Gladstone bar
nm the platform. where. after the (
hack Vfas well in motion u was noticed
.-av.- ny unclers groom. who confrive'
Miss. thrust IL through tbe window 80
erse,f * fen on the 3OOr az the feet Of in'
hall LADY. causing her 20 shrek aDpalsli
70 r. 4 apolozized fer the clumsines
hay the servant. and for NY OWL forge
"a In meas. which had caused the incl
; goal but despite al / could say. and
~ his careful ministrasioDs Of her maio
.r al. cd lady continued 20 roll her eye
tears pant. and 10 utter strange SOUNDS
sben IA AZ last I thought she had SCI
ge o. / some serious tnjury. When she
much ceired that ! was really alaFmf'
rupgie Old LADY recovered Eerseh with
,unded frisEnx suddenness. and reni
that the bag had not touched bel
,aaf I that II nearly fell On her feet. 10
-s<...e I ,..~. IL ~.rostfE have been impOsfl