The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-06-20

and pounds, and carrying with him
also, the one you so generously
vouehsaIcd him. Ills friend has no
longer any occasion for it, aud II
may serve the cause of bencsolcnCe
in the New World
" Were Won ever out of England I
Another time. suspect female OF
twenty seven, who prefers the inmate
principle To all revelation, and keeps
Noltaire on her dressing table. But
10 busincss--how shall begin? You
have been grossly blinded; let me
now remove the bandage Seven
years have vanished since the sun
smiled on Adelaide, the happiest girl
in Geneva: Your friend and | were
playmates, fellow students, inscper-
able from infancy. His father was
a professor in the University, the
sympathetic friend Of Gibbon---che-
mist. political economist, and meta
physician a CalNanist in the pull
pit, and (shall | say il , a Deist in
his closet. Philip flourished under
his auspiCes--a beautiful plant III
spite of the SOL and, on his death,
might have succeeded to the vacant
chair. had not his piinclples--or his
want OF prmciplcs-bccn more than
suspected. Then the frank and un-
stained youth made his appearance
in the character of nypocrltc. and
has since sustained the part with in
finite success on various theatres.
We were both sanguine spirits, dot
ing on each other !; well accomplish
ed, too, and longing 10 see the world.
We agreed to start, and try our FOR
tunes ia ircer air. We zOere to be
married as soon S. Mont Blanc had
dwmdIed in the distance. | firmly
believed he was as much in carncs,
as mysell---but that is past. After
wandering over many II blooming y
scented path-the flowers OF nature
fast fading with the innocence of ON
hearts found ourselves in Eng
land. grown rich pride. talent, Yo-
luptuOLs IesS, sCorn and indifference
to all virtue. lie earl y marked you
out for an easy prize felt your pulse
at play through the medium of an
associate but reserved your Catas-
tr0phc for my abilities. Broken
hearted, pampercd. the slave OF aIti-
fetal wants, | readily agreed To play
the game OF mercantile matrim1ny.
II was settled that he should extract
his thousand from your softer mo-
ments when YOU were to be left my
prey, and Philip and were to part
forever not that our affection was
exhausted, but our esteem lit was
agony to witness such mutual de
basement every glance at each o.
Their was rcproach on purcr days.
i" For myself, | claim no credit in
disentangling your maze ; 1t is mere
sclfishness. considered that the
first day of our union would be the
last Of our friendship; in = short
wecl You would have aWaked to gal
ling realities, hating, drspising
deluded, blasted husband. / tancIcd
too, thai you loved in me the eXpir-
ing beams of some noble qualities
and was Interested by your candor,
your libcrallty, and the fcrvour OF
feeling, which once glowcd in my
own bosom, Il clear and cheering
fire. but is now the pale flash of deli
rum. piercing for an instant the
gloom of remorse, only to discover
its horrors.
elf you can resolve never to make
the faintcst allusion to what is past,
dine with me tomorrow"
| went to hcr---again and again.
My intimacy with Philip natural
Iy induced some suspicious OF connl-
vance in his fraud on our establish
ment, and | was recommended to re
sign. indignant. Disguised, relax
cd by the destinations Of my cnc!an
tress, | entered a new path, and
commenced gamester. The pupil
Of Adelaide, devoted myself to &C 70
quirc The MINOR points of address
and management she was most
skilful anatomist OF the human breast
and had Owed deeply into all the
modes Of eXistance. Grown, at
length, All adept in powerful calcn-
lations, in what she called the phi
losopby of iincssc, had | also been
possessed of wealth and name. ! still
might have ilourishod reputable ="
distinguished practitioner OF CANT
inc. but the known insulficicncy Of
my means to answer any soddel
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