American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-30


! watched my opportunity one day, and pretending
to mistake it for rabbit, shot it dead my revenge
was ample.
"In like manner, with respect to caprice, may
observe, that never loved any of my companions
beyond the space Of few weeks, or, at most, few
months. The consequence is, that never have had
and never expect to have, one friend OF reptiles
who called themselves such, have known many
but whenever an acquaintance has done me favour,
or exhibited superiority me in any respect,
have invariably quarrelled with him. OF all feel
irgs, that OF being under obligation another
man, is to me most insupportable.
| "With these dispositions, and in the course of
acting which they were calculated to produce, my
boyhood and youth were spent. left school for
college, deested by all who knew me, and cordially
detes,ing them return and passed through the
usual academcal career without forming angle
connexion which has survived it, Ii was then the
fashion to travel. followed that fashion, and travel
led too but my tutor and quarrelled before half
our t.ur was completed and left him. returned
home, determined to live for myself alone at the
family mansion in Rutandshire.
"Havng formed this prudent resolution en-
dea,oured to acquire decided taste Tor field sports.
kept hounds, and hunted, affected to hunt them
myself. l invited all my neighbours to come and
see me pretended to be pleased when the field was
tull, and The sportsmeD adjourned to my house but,
somehow another, they and fell out. Our quar-
reis too were generally about circumstances which
no human being would have quarrelled about, OK
cept myself. One man, for example, was better
mouuted than | was deslrous OF purchasing his
morse, and he would not sell it. We never spoke
again Another rode better, and took the lead OF
me / cursed him cordially and so our acquaint
anee ended Thus it was that, at the age of four
andtwenty, and after spending little more than TWO
| years at the family mansion, found my table alb.
solute,y deserted, except when the village apothera.
/ y found it convenient to cat my yenson and drink
10Y claret. Even the parsoD was too proud, or too
light minded. call it which you will, to put up with
my freaks and humours; and he ceased to be my
guest though there was man in the country with
whom was more DESTROYS OF continuing on friend
y footing.
MWhen I say this, do not su. pose tor a moment
THAT courtcd the rector's society from any eeinp
Of respect either for his character or talens. Both
were undoubtedly cxccllent indeed, Il merit were
rewarded as it ought to be, he never would have re-
8 nained so long as he did upon that living. But
what were the mans character and talents to me ?
Nothing, or worse than nothing inasmuch, as |
never heard him praised without suspecting thai
The design of his laudator was to pass censure upor
myself BY no means. The chances are that /
should have liked him better had he been proh
gate for in truth, it was on account ct his daugh-
tsr lovely and gentle creature. Well we'll le,
lihai pass.
al say, that the rector of my parish, whom, for
the sake Of perspicuity, shall call Travers, had q
,augh-er oh such daughter When l came to
re.,de at Claremont, she had barely completed her
seventeenth year. Sir, you never heheld the picture
Of an angel ST. beautiful. you never will behold a
real angel f there BIZ such thlngs) worthy to stand
! t. comparison with her, and her mind, and heart
d disposition there exists not her fellow through
out the universe loved her madly but my love
for her. like love for every thing else, was purely
selfish judging of her from the specimens of her
ex which had heretofore crossed me, dreamed that
II would be no diffcult matter to obtain her on my
own terms so abored assiduously, but with ex
treme caution to accomplish her ruin. The young
. creature was absolutely too pure to understand me
gained her affections how, i am sure that cannot
y tell but upon her morals and innate chastity
made no nroad OF course was too well versed ir
= these matters to make my advances very openly
y and she was far too delicate in her ideas to detec
any thing amiss in my proceedings.
Mot so her f,ther The rector, though schol
= ar, was mar OF the world. and readily saw into th'
motives which led me to pay attention to his daught
!, Ter. He challenged me with my wickedness; ant
I own it with shame, l qualled beneath his indig
!, naut frown. From that hour hated, though res
! pece him but our acquaintance ceased for time
- and had no means afforded Of gratifying my ma
A llice.
- :, ITO marriage always had an insuperable OBJ
:, lection and to marry the daughter of countr.
.r parsou would. conceived, disgrace me tor ever
!, We, 70 continue near Lucy-to see her as contrv
H. ed to see her, every day-to hear the silver tone
~ of her voice, her warm protestations OF contnue
. love- notwithstanding the prohibition OF her parent
- 10 do all this, baf1ed as constantly was. in m
= base purposes Of seduction, without SO far commit
70 ting myself as propose union felt to be i'm
o possible. The struggle was desperate one, but
:, resolved to leave the country. / dared not trus
-, myself with pa ting interview; for was consciou
~ I dean cd M eelf fr
n OF my own "e'A' - D. r; -. -, .
,r- II SO desired my '''s. ~ s ~ 20