White Sulphur papers; or, Life at the springs of Western Virginia

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It was at this time, (continued B.)
that I became
acquainted with the Count, and found him a very
clever person ;
he was evidently very much in love,
and almost distracted at the growing coolness of the
lady.
It was said, that she never really encouraged his
attentions, and that but for the mother, she would
have avoided a frequent intercourse, and knowing
no one at the time, she was somewhat dependant on
him.
A few weeks went by, the lady still a Belle, and
the Count evidently neglected.
The season passed, and the party left the Springs.
On their arrival at Philadelphia, at a boarding house,
•whither the Count followed, (it was at a boarding
house where he had first seen her.)—The lady wrote
liim a letter, forbidding his further visits or attentions.
The next morning, the Count was dead—he
had taken laudanum on the night, he received the
letter discarding him, and had dreamed away existence.
« Nothing in his hfe
Became him hke the leaving it :
he died
As one that had been studied in his death
To throw away, the dearest thing he owned,
As 'twere a careless trifle."