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R. STURGEON, F,sq. - Churchtown, • do.. .
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Twos 13L,toic-, Esq. Bloomfield, Perry .county_,
- A: BLACK; Esq; Landisburg,_. • do
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-"With sweetest flowers- en:rielAi,
From v.ariou3,garderii-dull2d-With_
l'or the Herald and Expositor. -
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•To my IVlothor on my 13irth-day.
T - itrottier it. is tny irt 11- day morn, and still far, fu
W Dy;
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rrom hone-=and--thee, I greet again, thy_ first
twill's natal day;
Meaty and sad all nature se&ns u aseloses now the
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ilitt'sackler is thy lone solys.heptit, my jpVp(l,
griesc..iia_tailicao_w,sad'ltnsl l of my departiog
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'Nal; at th6' hkfikilegp . 6 El( *hichjoy -once
dee k'd with 11 o '
feare mit that rtry - Juture pat
hid in niglit;
Nor Alial the. demon of despair each early hope
tray blight.
But mother dear, If grieve to think another ;Tar
11.4 s flown,
--- Aiiilitill . rwander on :in - sin; in-this
alone ;
That, yet afrc 'prayers . harc been uithcard
by !run abos ; - 2 - " • '
And that . mi heart is still untouched, .c'en by'His
holy love.
. 'Gloomy and lilack'wears now the day,.as Fast-the
moments ifoll, \ -
Ana storm is iv:ering swift with storm--‘-fit ent•
131ern - of my atttal ;
Wiiltin 'each dm k recess, blijapassion
holds her sWay,
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- And dto kens - every sun-like beam ivhichiVr.
make:glad my Way.
But as 'the night will Wacker be; bcfUre the light
. may gleam.. • .
,Aim asas the storm warthiekerl.‘ll - bifore-the-sun-1
can beam ;
So from my.sciul the night of deathmay Soon soon
.• fade away,
To usher in ,the'harbinger of'many a brighter day.
• - : LEE__
Dickinson College, October 27. .
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•2 1 11f,:.‘Usett NO, •
.liielig-is pir: 1 liave 'heeo flung ---
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Sky high—and wo r se thAii that
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The girl whose praises I have - sting!,
- -With pen,- : penail, : •siiii with-ton tte,
SAid "No!"—and 1 felt_flat,
Niiw I wiltneither rear notv rant,
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Nor my *0 lot deplore i• .
Why should a fellow look; aslant,.
7 ,....ifone_girl says she Won't of
so many more - ?
"Istrox.e my Best—it would not do ;
*,•I told..her she'd regret ; •
..Ns 'girls don't like Nose fellows who,
Their walking papers get.. ;
lit.tru,tli I loved her very well, -
Anil thought that she . loved me ;
.:The;reason whylllafinotiell77_
- Rut when w.ctoed
";I)„ias.i. mistake iii Me.
She's "tlak of eye!-and her sweet ithile,
: . take totTle'ef,whielt• I're.resiim . . ' •
Is false-for she -with softest guile; '
'Litieil Me 'Mong_rocks, neailove's bright Isle.
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ahity Was wcitityletl Sore,
• ' ::,iirtifth4 I hate - the worst - i
- 4 / 7 '(4itiee r . ahatighty took I wore
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And illOught.alte cottld.mat but adore
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Veil,. thank the lutes, ondeinord.l'm fregn--
At everfahrineill tic)*
4rlifjtgaiiv#'girl cheat
oxceefliug'!llut!•pi T guess '64e 1 llbje
I've -cut my' eye•tecth new.
)h, like Ehe Mini* bee 111 rote' 7 '
Just tvheu arid where 1 plume—. • -
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011.0011ISiTIVA.N:
A Tale founded upon Incidents in Real
BY. 11. It, :Sloo . lll', , AltTlloll. , OP "MAltr morencp.!!
At the_period of her,triqhtes4leath,
„tuna Graham was- in her eight4 - ith
year; - handsome she was-4iiautiful..
' 2 There- was a Charrrrand -- a breathin&f ,
- beauty :around- her, that- we rarely Meet
withjrahe-ordinary walks of life. - She
had not been Muth in the World-she
had- not mingled with• th'diSsipations
of-fashiOnatile sotiety;')o was, eerfie
-quently, alive to those softer emotions
of the heart, which the votaries 'of plea-
Sure_ so'early saerifice_at=__the shrine Of.
their - follies. Her life had been passed
in retire/m:11i, hut not in seetusieuL_She.
.C-the-Lrequisites_of,a_p*olished_ 7 l
n,' had drank of the waters that
In the purefountai - n -- of - poetryi
;sic literature had found an — ad•
her.
hrr'e — West---- - was—lTereepte - d -i
suitor—hey affianced bridegroWn. lle
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had wooed with.the smilss or tlie mo
theo;-"ahil theheart'or-Julia ivas his. By
strict integrity. in his dealings and a
close - bpplication to business,- he had
gained an extensive credit, and stool(
' high in the eminiatinn of the rneccan,
tile community. .Ire was at 'h
-is busi
-ness during the hotrsrecinired;•but-the
time itOt occupied there, was mostly.
pissed by—the side of Julia, and.the
evening, he always - deviated to her.
Those o'f my -readers that. have them. :
*elves experienced the delights - of court ,-
.ship, can appreCiate - the happiness en
joy_ed by them. ." . • , „. z
_ funeral' - avasloAake
place - the third day after her . decease._
Gia-thdt-mournful day they were sitting
round the corpse, Julia habited•ir: the
weeds 1)f Orrow,' and reliatives'en_dea
voting
. t.Oadmiaster , j the balm of con
solation- tia her sorrowing-spirit. Low
whisperings passed from one to inother,
and - cautiously silent was the tread of
thoselhat 'crossed . life roonv as they'ad :
vanced to the-corpse, lo_bking their last
upon the 'earthly remains of `her who
but a thaiirt time before was among them
in life. The hour arrived . ---the under
taker. Sulfa' - impriOed another kiss'
upoirtire - c - oid oc - her parent.. • Pin n
ful, 'painful tv . a the throb of her heart;
and overcome by + Zhe intensity of her
(o'elings„she think back into Theodore's
AM
MOM
arms; who was at her side. 'The ‘vhile
shroud was closed over Ind n'round. the
corpse, the lid ,screwed down, whilst
Julia, weeping, sobbing, was borne to
the' carriage. , Long-wis the train that
followed to the place of interment,-anti
sincere were the tears shed over that
grave.
_Tbe:--deceased''Wasideposited
by the side 'of her husband, in the
churchyard of St.
_Petefttef'qrrmot_L
and the sermon delivered on the ocea.-
sion,• enumerated the virtues •of the
buried, which ‘vere' audibly responded
.kzby frequent" bbrsts of . sorro - w• from
the breasts' of those :as sembled. —A
plain marblelopib, with a
scription thereon, marks the spot where
sh - e — re - StSiind ' here w Oit t of
Julia and Theodore•ofr er m.
111 arm they , 1 r
1d gaze upon the mar"-
-as-- tlq-thOught • arthe past, and
crop the tribute of a tear" to the"inemo
ry of.it.s.ocoupan . t..
... - gumiirier, autumn and minter passed
away,2('SPring returriedL•atid
,little
more-than a year,,,afterher mother's
deathi-Julia Graham was led'to the 'al
tar. by one'ev•ery --way capable of ren . -
deiitiga.,woinan happy: She,bedame
'the bride of Theodore—the wife of his
affections:— sslie levee] lii, m, and we-a-lov
ed ,in return. - -/ . ' '•
~;11,clward- Bided; cotishi of hers, Of
flciated.,atthe wedding as groorifsnian - ;:
- lint - for - reasons - tbet - shiP. hereafter !ae
m,ade 'linOViii; - .Tie Was opposed, to the
He- hOwever - , - entothered - this
feeling - et - the_tirne;±and_acquitted him
self_satisfacterily:Ofthe 'duties that de
vplve'd- upon in the character -he
had . tajien. Shortly; after . the' rityptialS .
—two
• Weeks or so,---e
-hannounced.l4
dete - rminatiOn . 'of visiting, Europe, and
in-less-than--a. T rponth,Stertedp-where7we
leave hitri for the, presenti and in-.
triedUce . ..t.he';iteafter_to:,a scene on. the
-,SchuyllOilti - in the
month . of,July,.lBl:6 - a'year and more
having.-passed since`..the_Weddfn,glud•
'the departure, of;l4yar - d. - Tate day, had
been. Warm; but was 'succeeded ;by a' de
lightful . evening'.'!. - the* moon was up,
.Stifi.Eilione opt, ,and,
redolent, ,
with fruit „and zllciWers r iti •iii' arin
viander.!
ing-=over _the y the.
through' fhe - trove, 'aid
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glen, whilst the sound of:
hoin at iriterVali -- was - he . ard; - ,iind th e e:
i hilg4 ti on the
10;rialted . . , ,Ifreekt,4, aed.; Pkiitips - 4' Geo. H. IM4zfy,
-Life. -
Gil APTE4,x,
~ ieiu'ansl
IBM
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ear with the dashing of - Watcir4. Thus
were they. quibtlyi - fond-
Sisuch was the
„scene around
them; when -altat.oriee .the,music . of
'flute was wafterl.l.o. their Care. Both.
stood still to listen; 'nor eirer - 'hadhey
listened to any thing equal, or in com
parison, to. the •sound that now floated
through the air. Its.stlvery - tolnes.Would
swell . till the feelings .of the hearers
Were wrought up to an. almost painful
ecstach. and then,_ as. if aware.of its
magical irctluepee,Would,gradttally-sub
sideinto.thoseaaft and tremulous notes,.
fainter, - ancl - fainter,till - the - ertra - p - tured
auditors. - were startled at . the -sudden
conclusion of. the tune. •
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-% "Beautiful!" the - wirc - ocelaini - e - d - , — aN
1
turning out of the grove in which the
stood to listen,they - adyanced into th
view of their mansion .; tipon whieh.th
moonlight shone, and•saw the figure. o
a ..man Avhci_immediately_Alartect_ta
the clustering foliage of soni — e.slirubbe=
. ~ . .
ry_ at_hisside, and -disappeared. 'On ac =
count crithe s _distarice.that_interVeried,
was-Impossible it to distinguish iim
persorivit -was-singular—Alia:was he?-
- , •What did he "wantthere? . .
.
' Who'cin it be?" said 'Julia, lean
ing-an—the'artiruf-lrer-re(s-b-antrart hey
approached the house.
"Indeed, love, I can.nottonje.cturecr
was - his-affectionate reply, assisting her
up the steps as he spoke for.they -usere„
now- at the door. They entered the
house, and shortly-afterwards:retired
l'or. th e iiig,li.t. ; , , .11efei. cp,...asi cep though,
they lieareLthe stang.s.igrirkooisTreli
ed, and-immediately-beneath their-win=
(low; a manly -.voice deep toned; and.
apparently sorrowful. sting the words,
of a popular sentimental -. song: - This
of - cOurse.. served to.inerease the.won:.
- deryf - Tirulia• OA - her:husband; It was
84'5i-iv—it was mysterious. On the
following morning Mr.. West inquir-.
..eil _all) e domestics . , i ( any. - :of theiri.knew
the person.: Each answered in the Peg-.
:ative, ; nono-lenew,liim; they-had-Award_
the music,-andseen . -,his person, but no
thing,More. ~ - - ._
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Theodore, was, of necessity absent
_during - the day4in the - city, attending
TO hie - business. On his return home
the next evenirg, his wife informed
him that a, gentleman .of_liatidSorneex-_
ierior had been noticed on the premises
by the servants and herselk MIL was
not near enough for her . to .sere his.fea
•t tires with 'any accuracy. Tea was .an
nounced, .and. : .t.hey sat down. to - the
evening Meal,- afterwards tii - the piano
'.and in the mutual endearments of do
!nestle • happinese, They - entirety for4Ot .
the incident. •To he sure, there was
I nothing alarm ing-r-nothin g to be.appre
hended; but it was singular that a man.
should be loitering about. Rising from.
The piano, the happ•v couple left the
parlour and •retired to the privacy of
their own ehamiNr;' where, walking
out upon' the balcony, in front, they Seat-.
ed themselVes, to pass the social-hour-of
love and contemplation. The mobil;
„the .et are. tole - Shin in gir_ river,_ and the
distant view, Were -mingled. on the
eight,
of
the city's hum and' the
noise of busy housands2-.assailed---the I
ear. The,cit itself was seen by them-,
as the. moonlight laY sleeping upon ils .
roofs, its-- domes its :steeples and its
toivers. The balconyextencled from a 1
level with theireham - ber, mid:around - ,
Alie_p_illarsi_that.:_supported it,4he...tlertv, 7
ery creeper "entWincil its . delicate fo
liagol,—the rose.' the -jasmine, and-the;
violet, Ina,- commingling. - •A paradise
—the very place,rfor_love! Theodore:
sat half-'seated; hof-reclinirg,and.TAik
:reposed With ber - liencrUpOn,,l) is liosom.
--his . arms encircling her—arid of. the
long,,the)ingering- kiss--‘.so deep—so
96re—which' only - those that really
love can
: really appreciate- - Heaven
had 'smiled np_on_:_l4eir_uniori;—TAlr
were happy,!-.--and a .new tie was upon
the eve of being added to their bliss. —
.But hark! music---soft music=—The
tones of the'-flute are again heard . !.. At
a distanee_at fi rst, but as it more
distinct was . :tho rnelodk; arid - I,C. was
evidently - the.Tosame - - - -lteard—tbe. night
.
previous.
'HOW; beMiful, haw sweetly played'
enraitured
Theodore - fornited her „ , :to his breast, '
where she nestled like the dove to.the
caresses o f its ni ate.
'Tis F beautiful : ' said :the
'like yourself,' he compliineutarily
dontitmea, smoothing back the ringlets
from:her brow, and gazing with. ad4i
ratiotron-the'tounterrance7of-her Whose
guileless bosoni heaved for hinri• and
hitn alone. , 2 •
The.musie.,,continue&-Aow, like the .
whi'spering . under-tone of tits Imman,
voice, - like - the - tipief-gitiverirtgethe
'aspen leaf; aWayi
-till.seatcely • audibraci now burst-.
ing - epon the ,startled
fing--rnelodiousl As .it the'
irotee,wai heard .agam, , but not:acturri.•
panied with the; guitar .as . .Was the
eirening:Treceeding..:' Clear -and: 111 i.:
tinetits manly tones dame up upon the
t'UESIPAr“oC . TOBER
. .
breeze, and Julia listened---intensely-:=-
almost hreathleSs. • She. gradually rose
riom her - Imsbantl'S side: and-leaned for-
Ward- over". the • baleony-4,anxiousiy---
eigerly- , ..slraining-her:.eyesight to catch
a glithpbe of the Vocalist The-;sound
of hiS Voice .directeiirlrer eyes to •the
spot„..but he was 'effectually cOncealed
byw.ehistet of -trees; 'whose.
,spreading:
branches interepted the rays
nioon. ThelcUrinSity,itir rather the.in
tereSt, excitediin-.her breast,' arose to
an extraordinary.- height; , -so . • much, so
indeed. that' it began -to , Suprise her
husband. -H - e - cotlld - not - ate - in rit - for• it:
There. seeined. to be more inner man=
tier thari adiniration Perhaps.
she knew who — the-Isinger - wai: it
might be SO. • -If she did, why not tell
her husband. What molives• could
she have in concealing it? •
The song-ceased, .and . Was•ip a min
_Ole_ortw_o_a_fter_w_ards,h eari l_rceetlin
the ilistsnee :." Atii'a — listerted the
sOund..m_s:_entireltTiost,-and, as it was
by - this time after= _ miJi iglit, expressed
her wish to retire, They did and
asThecitiorellaiti
low, with tier's beside= - him; it - waS not
altogether with as hippy a heart as usu
-at--.---Suspichm--was7rawalt-eired-trrAilii;
heart- . Headoubte'd.. Julia was short
ly lost an slutnher---the sweet Sleep
that nature' requires—:but he-wai a Walce . ,
Cautiously diSengaging. himself . -from
her-ar s, which, were around his: neck
he rose, and slipping on a 100 - se undress
ek : t, upon-Abe-balcony egg
there_tp.,gaze at the heavens atiti indulge
in his thotighiS - .-. With eyes upturned;
his cheek reiiing - pn his hand, over, Ahe
railing Of the balcony-was heleaoing
---sad.--sorroWful. • .Ani:hotti 'passed
antistill he was.thereizartother-4here:
he. •was still---his -- face - -buri''Ed=:l n - his
hands and his heart subdued
;‘ light footstep was' heard behind-hi-m.
.itlia• was there;--- She had miss !
Tr'Orn:-Ifer - side, risen . from' ti"ed,
and,hurried: to tlip balcony-i_ alarm,'
where-she found him---bdt in tears-•-
• 7.
Weeping. __
'Why iS• this, Theodore,' she - hon. -
_rie.dlY_ asked.in trembling tone. _!Why
have you risen froM your bed? Why
thuS expose yourself.to the cold night
air?' She hang around him---fondly
--freely-13th he returned not her caress,'
and the coldness' - of his manner shot
through .her heart a pang of inexpres
sible anguish. 'What (loci this mean?'
she continued. 'Why-leave yoor
cvliarha - s Yotr . mind ? - You
arc xveepiftgl- alas! .am I .the cause?'
He answered not., • • ~ •
•_'Your silence implies it---I am the
cause• ! -' she exclaimed.. 'But in what,
let me ask' what have I done? Speak
let me know --Lt
'Nothing*"
'Nothing!
•
'Nothing! she repeated. 'Why do you.
speak so colds to - me?' Here - her utter
choakcd, and her, eyes filled with
tea llting,_o_y_ctu_say,,-_Alt en_
why do you 119 C me thus?'
ott - -;thus! how?''
- 'This was enough—She said no more;
but sunk' back in a swoon, exhaustedL
overconie.' by the usual excitement - her
-feelings Iliad-undergone.. The paleness'
of death spread over her 'face instiid-uf
tip rose like - bloom .that uStilly tinged'
her cheeks. Her
.eyes closed—and, but
Tor the heaying,oter,bosom as she-respi ,
red, it seemed' as if life Was extinct.
-- 4 -WbaNha vel dnnelLcried-Theodoreoc
ctiaing hirtiself at once with . . the Warne,-
'What have 4- done? alaS,—itilia-Hoile.'---
revive,,or I .shall go wild with and
dread!' Loud were his cries for the,ser
vnnts, who came uroUnd him frightened
"from t
larm, carried their mistress j.n.COne of
them hurried for a neighbouring physician
and, before - morning,Mrs. West's accouche;
ment took place, givig birth lola daugh
•
11Ther husbancl'§ former ten;
derness was renewed—his Momentary
jealousy forgotten. - Nothing was left un
done by him•that could possibly attend to
alleviate her — iuffErings. Ile;_was again
the fond—the feeling lisbaiil: Corifi
-cleifee ryas restored ;b6t44en — them; ----- Uri -- - -
pleasant recoilections-:.Were- huOed, and
the sun of'happinesaagain shon,e' out, as
bright e
as7vt.r, upon
,the fortunes - ' and:
home bf-the-happy pair. - .- •..
The-day subiegnent to this
,event,:infor;-
mation was brotight to the mansion : that
Byard was home again—returned - from
Europe., • ''; , •
. - . .
- Sax weeks gl ided -:11 1 1r. West .re.
turnecllo his buainesslnAhe city, and was
regularly,q litislntx - Ire - evenitit- - as - snoar
laa poisihle always,
~Ali hiS joys were . cen.:'
'teredlA Atlia,'she was ,to him like, - the
star that guidc.d the Wise..men the 'east
—she influenced-all his exertionsiandimt
an hour in the day 'did 'he aufrei'tO pass
without his thoughts reverting' to het. and'
the child. The.iocident.roF:the flute) and
that of. tlfe .singing, ..was jhhOght.-cilato•
re i tuiated.,..•M'aternil ,
ienderhess occupied muCh , OT Iplialartitne . ;
,and' , new .
,:.emotions. ,were, kiln.~led ; . im; het
he:fif,t,ai'she. tier , littipoitswingto
her bre,a . 4t.. whilst tjarialeepiu,g,ip
lies •arripi - or roidkid• - in"its - cradJeslio
CI? TER N
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watclted-by its side, unweatieciomceating
-I.y: Thus:wap the,Stream of their vtistence
flowing- on, midst flowers andshade,' - as it
Wire - -when again the' demon die - 616[14Y.
Was roused inthc.husband!s_bOsorn;:-fierce.
in its denunciatitifis=passionate, inexord-:
bk . ! From caliu to
~sform-7 a - sudden.
transition. To her It
S_ had.
just heard: What was, it 1 Whateyer
was, deep - Within hid breast
rankled
boiling-raging-and' ausing the frequent'
emission of anger and passionate--bursts; .
which might'be comparatively spoken of
as resembling the-awful eruptions of Etna
,or--Vesuvius-in-the - fury of their- volcanic
fires. .At-first they were inditlgecilti only .
when-and.-w here--thercould -not bOtidible
to. the eatsof secret--- - 4n solitude:-
-- - - H - 1 - 111 --- rst extraordinary: movement' was
the winding - up 'of his business. Hie ,Pe
ctiniary.circumstances were 'affluent, . his
profits in commerce large; and it was in
deed tb be wondered at that at such a - time
he should relinileish. trade._ But he did
so--..soklL'his•littust-ititoViii --- ,- converted his
capital into r7eal - esiate; mortgages, er.c. 4c.
and eXpressed • his determination of resiw
ding 'entirely at his Sekbpaff,thez - gebnYl
kill, where-at present:he •-•wast-plasing the
. „....
i - suriamer.. • - - .• .
/-
ff - -The officious' , world is ejler ready to-
Praise-nr-coMICmn,•l Judging from , a;:mo,
mentary impulse, it unhesitatingly liasses
_the - opinion-with w Weill Cii: reit i s m press
..c.
--
-ed-,-without-cOnsideration—v ithout inqui
ring-the cause : Where pa oculars are
not
_at on ce revealed, it issu re to SuPpo,i".e
11te - w or st.=-always; when artli4a Inc . ti m e
,causesiiliametrically opposite. may have .
_ -..-..
transpired to prildnee, the.,-.effec.:ts;
. -btrwpg..
.
if orb His frienda i acqUain,-,_
tancee and relaiives f all objected to, the
course he was pursuing. .Tbz.:y were cer.
_ _
tain Ile would, repent it, they said. Betire
the'nt had its chant - is they acknowledged
- -but for_those advanced, n years, per : llCW
.
the young, the gay•hearted. - Thti-Swould
they.reason With hiria - , lint-they felt =not as
he did—they felt not the con - vulsivepangs
and": conflicting throes that *agitated his
breast,. :_. It is_ advice 7 .-.-isit,as_i
easy t o follow it? •- = .--- - - "• .
But his . wile—for -her fall- the . tears of
pity ',.es I writelWhilst of her sorrows I
think, and wiih a tremulous band continue
this page. Hew changed was her bus.
' band—how _ altered-front what he wa's :—,
No .longer -he displayed the tenderness
and warmth with which he usually rett'rn
ed her caresses—hut hatiglity 'and . distant
wastris mannerand unmeaningly i fixed
on her was the .hitherto expressive-glance
of his,eye.. For a long time she endured
it rather than upbraid, but at last it sunk
*deep within her-heart, there to canker.
Heroically she had stemmed - the torrent
-ofrher--feelings,---hot-finolly-sunk-innderlt
-waShed OpOntitt, beach 'of her expiring
hopes—not drowried-,--but mentally insen
sible. Ido not mean that her reason was
affected, but' that indifference and neglect
on his part had blunted it. A..drowned
person' may 'be taken from the water, and
the vital sparkis to all extinct,
- tit by" the', application
,of resuscitatory
poi ers, circulation of the blood is. restored
and the inanimate being - Called baCkto the
busy throng of active life.. So was•it with
-bet;-her-ardent love_for,_!Fheociore,'_whieli
had so long supported her, was now irr a
state of torpor, but ready et any moment
- to alv ekea ga inl. wi t Ivalrits7fOr - ine r en - ergyi
if called•to life'by - 'him. -.. ' '
- • •
In - order to shelter her'-repiltation from
the-blight ofcrilitinny,-an a lto_hurl hack-on
- 11 -- a - . tr - ifffiiiiiiire arrows directed against
herself,Mre - ..Wett hadrepeatenly demand
ed of Theodore the nature of her offence,
sinCe_offended_she_liact.....J.le_i nVariehly._
shurtne&a positive answer; to some other
-subject--lie-wOuld- revertror-else-ahrupyly
leave her- to herself, in• silence and:alone,
wee - ping. lah,that iny heartwould break,
and end its miseries at oncel' -she'would :
exclaim_ at moments' like' theie, as;
_with
'cPV,ecl,_hands._apd:eyee,.:ppturnecl.,toh-ea
ven,.shestood, pale ands mothinless liken
statue—like Niobe in . tears. 'Why am I
'doomed to this'—.this cruel -neglect—.this
cold indifference of his?' she would repeat.
`ln what; in what am I culpable? "I . hOve
asked dint=-asked him to tell me — toex:
- pleTn7lile_etra - n - ge - b - ehaviOur: time. 'after.
time I. have, but he his ever turned to me
a deaf ear, and treated my inquiries.with
silent contempt.. I've borne it with pions
resigpetion; suffered, endured and wept.;
day ofterday of wretchedness I've_passed,
and'aleeplessnights - ornniseryrallall-=:
and amidst- it -not one kind word -have Ire
•ceived fr'om lunar_ 71 • ' ,
• . . . , _ .
....
-'-' Ye - e, freqnetitlyhad she asked Itimen - .: -
treated,,implored and prayed'to share We.
sorrows of 'his heart. Around; his .neck
she.wbuld throwher ernes, imprint upon
,hi„sl_ips ihe kiss ofeager love, and by-eve
ry, tenderness .per'speclut :there's . a!'
time. when forbearMfee. ceases to he •a,vrir
tue; when to - end re Is: to,-sin; . and -.that
crisis had-'neii , "erelv; din the,Sofferjnge - of
))
'Julia;, for lier.to , dr longee..Wes to do:
- wrcm - g---77-'SltOtad one, al l-in 7 ll er,power. 7 .,_ l
all-that shecoidd do'—and - her - resoltition
Was fiXed to plead,..witli7him ,no snore.- -- -'
,The smiles of tier ' daughter, the: Infant : '
julia; - .Were the- Only s entilei she met. She.
became an rabjeettif, stispiCiOn to thedo
meitio.i,if the 'estithjisirrritint'. eVeri,,with
,the'One eXceptibn
. 4if old' . .Margaret, the
'housekeeper. 1' FOr When, inner presence,'
they:Allently:s - urveyed herWtthiglances-of.
tiouht,tind cliffidenbe; . erinsidering ' , her a
guilty woman:~ . - Her...hnsbandvbecarriF:
worse and: mime- . daily.- ; -;TO,liiel; lips. -li e '
raised the intoxieeting .: .Cui4 4 1 . 1 4' , deA,n4: of
it; whilst in' Secret he no'lOngcr Vented
MEM
. .
his at any ,momenCond
bey
:fore any eye. What a. charige 14-;what*
source-of tegretl—hoW differetit finth the
:hOptirpttif fie hare, previously' described'
thetrit e•a - deiiiskard and ohe- , —.bto4eri
heattel" • •
It was now the Month olOretriber. : '
IT three mohtlig having passed since the
birth•of •her. child.'' And .here let me re 7 . l
tatrifeltlie-narratiVe.
'Manuel,' said
.Mr. West, addressinii
oneolhis seryants,one on whom he had
conferred:innumerable favours . ,,and`whon
he honoured wit h.his part{e . ular cotif+tice.
4 Manuer=- . _
responded - the other,-.e ering-the
) 1/
room where his master wa)' seated, and
standing-at
yon Seen - her?,Y. •
. •
des, sir. /..'"
-
'Where is sheV '''.. ; . . . •
'ln her chain - her,' reading.'
'And th , e'llildiwitere . is it? , with .her
=or hriythe nurse charge Olt?'
"Tis asleep in its mother's arms' -...
- ; T.riere was a shor:i,Patise. The servant
stood-At his side, whi6e 4 the- questioner
leaned back - upon his - chair, shading hiS
eyes with the pain . ) . Of,his hand, and a Long
drawn-sigh-escaped -from his bosom
'You have see* thitig futtlierhav - e you.? - .
, N,.44 sir---pothi " .'
. ) 1
.
.._...:.-!..VV,atchlbP.r.l. 411d1. 1
in g_ me..w.ord imme
diately if you:percei anyth.ing more.'
. .. 1
( .1 - 1V in.!" ; , .
,
( A 'glass ofvv,inermuik.'„,.._ • --- . ,-. 1
.:. , ? , •.4.-•!m, .7.t! , :, 1,!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,17 , 1,4113.).e.),X
T It c -seryertt7tabe . yetirtoFrretitt - tife
;Wine, handetllt-t6 his - master,. and - at .a
- , - dratight the - glass - was - drained - of its` - cony
tents, then returned to tbe,:domestic,*who
. .eOAOtWC.-4.4044443M.tiNg0 46 45 11 :
. • 'lqo tr.. le'aiie., mei I wish to be,Wene—
aone - with my - thoughts. alone with my.
inisery_V- •.. -. - -L---•-::, ' '.•
. . . ' .-' -
• As he spoke he sunk back into a reve•
rle, - with his' eyes clOsed• and . his hands
over - his-face. Manuel left, closing the
- d6Or alter 'lli m a (lie .-- ile - Oirted 7froiti - the
room; - and went to the•chamber to' Mrs:
Wst ~where he - found hlsp—but not ,
4 unex
pected - , 7 --engaged in packing •into"' a
m
small. tr k,_SeVeral zartitTenr....wear, L ltc
1.
- eliteraglie - aliit4in'ent . i 56 stealthy -thai
his presence startled her, and She_utterest
.his • -name, wiih surprise! •• - -
- 'Hushnot• se loud•-..--' whispered Man
uel, cor. else we may be overheard: You'll
be readY:at the time appointed. will-you?'
'Ves4-you'reaure the boat will be wait
ing•at the spot?'
-j--\:.‘
'lt 'will.' ' .
'And the carriage on the• other side of
the river?' - - -. .. .
!Yea; at eleven o'clock; I'll cotigh under
your. window—come down immediately,
.
and I'll conduct you to the boat.' tt
'l3uethe trunk , . - . • .
--ATis a-small one s
window I can easly catch it, Remem
ber at eleven?' ,
'l'll not forget.' • -
Left to, herself, Mrs' West continued
packing into the:trunk the articles of dress
necessary for her purpose. Her resolu
lion was fixedshe hid resolved to:leave
her husband. The - miseries of her pres
ent situation were more . than she could
bear, and it was now the only remedy left.
She was younglife is sweet—and the
_course_she_was_about _:aclopt in fr.seetned
more as a uty enjoined upon. her by the
will. of_lieaVen than inclination of her
h - fire single e x e - ptimr - of - old
i‘largaret,'Mariuel, the , servant, was the
duly onein the establishment that seetn
_ed to take.any interest whatever -in her
tate. Circiiriastances.luid latterly intr o
ed them to each other, and in the resolu.:
tion she had taken he greatly aided, her,
and was perhaps her, adviser throughat .
- Manratidpinfulwere - the - struggles that
agitatedlter. maternal bosom at the tho'ts . .
of leaving her child—Temhance •to never
'mit again!, But leave it she must—.she
could not with consistency take it with.
finis.hed, packing, the - cto,c.k _on
he mantel -piece struck , six, alid the. twi•
light of erening.began to close around her.
She pulled a beVand deSired the-servant
who answered/it- to furnish her with 'a
light. A lamp - was . brought, after which
she fastened the doOr _of_ the apartutritl
and litainFro — topircise - a - 1 et rem - 7 . lra
after team; many & fast, trickled down ter-
Colourless cheeks, -as with
. a trembling
band she traced the . angilisit of a bursting
beard _ She finished it -scarcely -able - to
sign.ber nfpne at the bottom, and super•
-o •
It.wasri,e4 , len • o'clockt.anotiirer boor,
aOilthenfarewell; to her home! She went,
•out-upon-the--..balconjr-,,lnicl,taking a_seat.
upon the pjace - where so oftw(-she had .
sat,with her litts§atld, Whileciaway the_in•
terveoing
,hour . , with
,a retrospect of the
past—.the days-of , -her, childhood—court=
ship- r -the death of lier . rnother•-• , niarri
age--•the,hirth of her b7ibe- - .,and then her
pvosent.pitiahle7.condition.*...As the ma-,
Went. of her, departure appi•oachetii . her.
,fears-..spi. - - rather :her — r - egre;s• at - the- idea'
-of,eaviog-Itef-c11114,-augtiventetl.____
--4 .13p,t, 116 will lake . care of it-..oh,•ye's'l—
It never o ff endetf••hiin 111 have,• and
against his npiii 'he. sprelvcannot . harden
lii4 heard' :- _ '!. • - :-- ' — -'
' The' . clocg'iiitifkis7-o-eleven. 4 —andr,
,a,. slight • cough; i'., Ilea rt.Pepeat her ivin•i_
'13.4. y 0,14 MAnttelV. , - -. .. '. , ',... .
' •: 4 ..)r05• - 4d-top,:,:t he:, : - .lftinkt trunk= and tid • as --, yoy,
60pe,thipvigh,,, the . -._haii-• be
,Cat - ftil.upt let
iany,of < tii•e',door .siiini.-, - 2111.r.:..Weht: is up
4tod!pa,cing,jtis, chan t ipitt , 7 4.hea.4,llint;, ° ,. -
.•.. The,,cr,polivaii•iiroppeo - and *cat:lo4,ll, . l Minuet,. j4lia, 'shut 401".vOlte window,, Put t
MEW SEItiES ) ' rpm.
~1.7 - Mo. 48
a hat and clog bn, hastened through the
entry, down the Stairs,_through th,e.liallo •
..and-:ari- she issued from/he-=do or was
promptly met by Man uel with the trunk'
.upon his shOulders.7lle, begged . her-to ..
make haste for feargof_accident or discor•
ery: — She fookihis arrn,'and they hurried__,
dots r, where the host lay nioof
red- ready at, tho oars, Sho
7entf lieu-to-Manuel; and chirp . -
ed wheneveishe'senia letter
bel•seli: ....He peornised to do So, shoved '
Off the boat, and he turned his steps to: •
wards the Mansions_ogain, ' whilst - 'the
stroke of the , oars reached his ears—and-,
he laughed within himself at his own SUC*...
cess. - • .
111.e_piliht.-4as-_soAark iltatiinlia could.-",-
nnt distingtiiSh the face of the row ' rand, •
Ts not a wore - was =
spoken by hi she
deemed ii adVisable to keep site e herd.
-,
self,-expect mg every morstent4 e lan•
ded on, the opposite shore,—there to enter:
a carriage -which sheksupposed - Weal in
readiness'for her. Ten minutes at least
had passed, and still the 'rower _continued -
his exertions-. • She • knew the -- compara-.
1 tive width of the river;.-it -Certainly could
not
,take so-longs ;merely tocrosst— and' -
she was•upon the point of m ing her
fe e
alarm' k.nown,-w,hett- the boat ca embrupte.
ly. against ',the 'sidelof
,a schooner riding
°4r an ch or In the_stream. Imniediatelt - -
the s t eps were thrown over the vessel's •
siderand-Julra-was desired to - ascend. In
amazement she did so i end- , before aware. : _
717-WWat:sh-e-was doing found:herself tipois
- 'For—lleavees.- sake, .what—tiods-:this;
mean?' 'she exclaimed, finding _words : and
sense
dark night—roh" hoard of a stratige vessel
around meltknow not whom?'
-'.There are none but friende:•:here t !-said-:
a voice. ATMs . 'way,' when.. at the same • ,•
:moment the cabin door was opened and
she was asked to.-enter. Passively she
complied-and decentled the steps—a°Jump ---
hupg-in-.the:middle=of—,the calfin, trod by
tire light' it - afforded - she- - -recognized the ,
features her cousin,—Edward• - •• •
'My
_____
thaf.,lOveti you; Mitt
.4•lov.es ._-- • -
lietrayeil betrayed!'
Ed was dtessedin the disgtliSe of a sal.
._
.tor,.and it - was hi m tint rowed - the boat.
-There was now a bustle on deck—the
anchor Was ,heavedthe sails set-4 fair
Wind was blowing--and ..the schooner
dashed through kite tides the,waires
washed over he deck, and the seaman
sung to --the charms.of his - lass. On, on
she went- -- . 1- careering...bounding4.-the stars
amr.stripes from hertnasthea.d streaming,
and -- every inch of canvass.stretched to the
breeze. -Hark! a shriek is heard frotit.the
(TOTIF;COISiT .MIEO4
Proposed
The following , clauses are gspectfully
proposed to , be added to the _ late act
against plandestine marriages, in case
the ICtislature should .hereafter resume
the consideration of that subject:
When two young thoughtless' a foold,hav- ,
ing.no .way. of. maintaining them
selvesnor-any-thing-to-begin-the-worldi
yet yeKt i ve to marry and miierable,lekit
be deemed sett larcen
If a younger brother marries an old:Wit- •
Man, ,merely. for the .sake , of a inalnte.
mince, let it be called self-preservation. :
- :When a rich old fellow marries a,young—
wench. in her full bloom, it shall be death
without benefit of,clergy,
Viten two old creatures that can hard.
•
ly hear one 'anti - titer speak; - ,. and canncit -- .,
propose—tlie2_least_comfog.-to.-themselvet =7
in the: thing, -Yet marry together;... they,
shalrbe deemed non eompos,-and ,ke4t,to::••
a mail house. . •
14 , 5? hen - a - lady mairiesiter:servanti or .
- ,,i;•MttleMito Maid; especially
there . be . any childregi.by a former mar
riage,.they both shall be transported•far
fourteen years.' . ' . H .
When a - man - his had one wife, and'bua.
ried- her ' . end= will, mairy - alecondi - it - ehall' ---
be - titenietfek - de - sei - and - he shai# 6e buy ,
tied
,in the highway accordingly.
When a woman in, good circumstances
marries 'an infamous man, not::worth
groat,,and knows it, 'it shall be made sin&
gle
,fe s lgn.y a and she shun be burnt.in,thir;::e
Band+. -
•.:
Whent ivoinan marries ittdati - Aeitil, - y
id debt; knowing him to befSn,..let-her. het -
sent to,theliflllse of Correction, and
to hard labor for
.three ntonthsj hnd if he
dereived her, and dial ; no t let her know 14
irctimstences, she sh all be acquitted,:.;
and, be be doomed-to beat hemp all the
days of his , • •
. • When a than, having - no'
ries . ‘ a woman with..fiye orTsiailel-the • •
I ingn dirt stand thrice , in-the' pillory., lest
sonment,-:
dwhen• • ' -
A n a. mph Wo
,ah marries, in
the disinheriting iif,
:I ds - or her'ehildren', '
let -thein sufler - as etiie:plhiet o.ol l o l h,
When one, of S' hense 4flaidE,i, • ,
marries, the couple shall he'
reirioved, to 'pre'vent ' •
, • 1 4;• ,•.- '
[Prom : a paper printed
.in 1750,
Hard-Times -9 y nag ladies , In.,ootOtterf
and complain that
_the genilemeri arerftio
hat ;hey gAng-evea pay Actr addresses. , .
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