The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-10-23

rank feelings had no share. Tha, p,rso, WA.
| he daughter Of the reverend divine. She
Ind never seen him Oriii some mon,hs sl,er
his return from college, and in the mean timo
| was witnessing every sIeciss OF cbluquv
| thrown upon hrs character, w,,hou, ever hear.
| ing o syllable in nis favor. Her companions
brougb, her Dolly new acccunls oil his nr, pu.
! is'iles. AZ one time he had knocked down.
fora uifiog iosult, the son OF that impor,sni
persunsss, the justice Of The peace. Ata
other, with stlIi greater rsshness, he mad chal.
'eneed TO single eombai midshipmho Of tho
navy, "True," ss'd .he young Isdiee who
Nod haffened 10 bic way, dressed in their
p'euies' smiles, and had bcec psssed unno.
iiced by him, "he be, fine Iorm and a
handsome facc--bvt then be Is 60 proud"
5hsse things were repeated so often 10 tho
maicen, That he became the constant subject
OF he' 'hooghu. She tegsn 10 doubt the, Tho
young man was quite 40 bad as il was repre-.
senied. She knew that his mother was not !:
for slight srquain,ance with her, which had
been broken OF by the fa,her, had msde that
impression which was TO hsye bcen expected
from 80 accomplished . woman, on ,be mind
OF young and aulass girl. A. length shc
could moi believe ,ba, be was bed at oil. Per-
haps this opinion ives only the over flowing Of
,hstspring ri purity, which existed in her
own BOSOM; yet Il may have originated in q
more suspicious cause. Certsin IL is, lha, she
was juu at ihst period of life when romsnco
en.ers most deeply INTO the composition Of
maiden's sentimenis--whcnh her heart is most
susceptible to the impression Of chivarous
love--snd her fancy most inclined 10 trans
form any young man who may cross he's path
with bright eye rnd graceful air, high
spirited, aud hsugh'y wi,hai, into a preux
ehevalier. AlI would say il, that hcc rev.
e'ies ION qui.c too much upon this dissipa,cd
boy and Tar moro than was prudent or pro-
per tor girl In her situstiou. Al LAST by sc-
ciden, ,hsy met. By accident? No--ia,e had
decrced 1.-THE same upeccounlsbic destiny
which crops the nawcr OF The deseu in its
tod, had brongc, them together, thus young,
and beautiful, aud sinlcss, 10 suffer the mar.
,yrdom Of passion.
Wonsn has been the same in every age,
tom the dsys Of snoisn' Gsiity, TO the pres
cut hour--as lisbo 10 lova--ns iisb'e h hive
ner love wrought up tophrenzy by opposiiion
and ss liable 10 be-rash-s y
There was no living being to whom she could
communicates her feelings There was no
place who're they could meet in safety for
The fear ot her tAiher, was q sword that hung
suspended as II were bys single hair, over
theW momenta'y feast ol love. II was inn
possible tina. this state Of things should cpn.
inuc cod the unhappy maiden conscnred,.
hesusing, Uembling, and with tcBfs IN hes
eyes, TO admit her lover TO her own chamber.
This was On imp'opriety by no mcsus un-
conmpn among the fair damsels of that timo
out from which her delicscy wosd have
shfunk with abhoUence, could she have seeu
he object At her affection in on orcn aud hon
orable manner. She consented. ss"ss
In the midst Of their dream OF bliss tbeir
totsi uncoD,ciousness OF every thing, ssvo
their own existence, the door Of her chamber
was opened by her father. Tho imprndent
girl spraDg up. There is IN tho breast OF eve
cry true wompu, an instructive anxiety 10 pre-
serve her character, a, powerful perhaps, 40
the inslinc, OF self preservation. She fel ia.
II was oil she fcl,. Senseles with sf'ighi,
| she sbrieked, help--the word which comes
uppermost on womoo's lips In momen' OF
terror, ond rushed pes, her father to another
chamber.--There shc was found the nexe
moroing, ps,e, iesorcd, and OF waverios INTEL
iccv. She suid little, and made no enquiries :
| the soothing stitDtion of her friends wss oo-
heeded: many times was !, told her that the
villain who had perpetraled the deed, hsu
| been discovered and was in jsil--she hes'd
no, the story. In an Interval, however Of her
fits Of es,range men,, il was repesied TO her,
when sbe screamed aloud, and covering her
face with her hands, threw herself on Tho
couch and wepi long and proluseiy, as her
friends said for joy. II wac true her lover
| had been spprcbcnded immedis's'y, and was
| awaiting his trial. Soon tho session OF tho
coort commenced, and Tho trial csmc on N
| church, no is s,iIi common in Now England
in capital cases. The jury was imPsn"e 'ed'
and the prisoner by direction oi his coun'e's
pleaded no, guilty to the charge. The pros.
ecutiog attorney, briefly ss'ed the 'troelous
| ns,uro of the crime OF which the young man
| was accused the suspicious character both
of himself sod his mother, and hnsIy, tho
| eiearness Of the proof, the wine.s being tho
Rev. -, sod his meek, interesting and un-
| contaminated daughter. They were no, yst
come, bu, we're tpomen,Iy expected. A shore
| silence ensued, which was interrupted by tho
enhance OF we'll dtessed lady, whose face