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

10 me offered to accompany them up stairs into
their lodgings. This the doctor prohibited. mo.
Mr. 81. Clair said he; though hank you for
the attention just received, cannot forge, former
occurrences. Learn 10 respect the feelings OF
others, as we'll as your own Become good menu
Der OF society, as fear you have hitherto been a
bad one and then welcome. But til then fareweln
skunk back into the carriage and drove home in q
state oil ind utterly incapable OF description
1.-The sight oil Lucy, pa 'cularly under existing
circumstances, at once renewed the passinn uhieh
had striven, during many months TO smother.
Like oihei fires which have Tor time been covered
over, il burst forth again with increasing violence,
and all further attempts TO oppose j. felt to be
less The contest between inclination and pride
was at an end To live without Lucy was impos-
sibe-to obtain her it would at least be necessary
to seek her on honorable terms. resolved 10 do
so Nay, went farther than hist doubted not
whehes I had not been hi to acting upon wrong
principle, and whether il would not conduce more
o my comfort were ! in some degree to
study the comfort and wishes of my neghbors.
had tried every other road D happiness without
success determined now to make the experi-
meni, whether | might not be made happy myself,
by dispensing happiness to others With thi%view
"a good feeling at work within me- sat down to
address the doctor / acknowledged my past MIG
conduct-I entrea,ed him to forgive and forget it,
assured him of my unslterable attachment to his
daughter, and my determination to make myself, u
paroxysm Of viruous enthusiasm. as to beg that he
would become my guide and director in all my COM
Germs promising 10 act in every matter in obedience
to his wishes. Having sealed this letter despatt h.
ed il with my servant, and waited the result in all
the misery which an impatient man endures whilst
any tnlng materially affecting his future welfare
hangs in doubt
my man returned in couple Of hours with
note from DR.. Travers 1t was short. dig fled,
but net enkind l, expressed the satisfaction OF the
writer al the promises made by me. bOi it gave no
immediate sanction 10 my suit To conceal from
YOU that Lucy's affections gained, would con.
Iunued the billet. be impossible; but this ann
proud to say of my daughter, that she will never
give her hand 10 any man Of whom her father does
not approve. In your case am willing &c be lsve
as much in the case of other men but till sea
some evidence that you can ACT as well as protest,
must still require you to abstain from visiting or
holding any intercourse with my child ! cursed
he old mans suspicious temper. and tore his let-
Ter into fragments how ref aimed from rushing
forth again into my former vicious habits is more
than can tell.
n 1t has been my nyariable practice through life,
to act upon the spur of the moment according az
whim, rather destiny, directed. had engaged
myself to dine with party oil gambling friends this
day, and had resolved when rose in the morning
10 return from the meeting either ruined OF re-
covered man. Now had neither spirit nor inclis
nation 10 fulfil that engagement. On the contrarys
ordered the travelling chariot to be cot ready,
and in an hour after the receipt of The doctors COM
: munic ation was on my way into the country My
reasoning was thus -
RI "Tbe doctor and Lucy will, without doubt re-
. turn home as soon as she is able to travel am
still forbidden to call upon them and yet know
that If remain in town shall not be able at.
tend to the prohibition But breach of It msy
lead to the worst sequences, and therefore it is
better, even viewing the matter thus, to fly from
T. II. =
OF my sudden departure il will doubtless act favor
ably for me He will believe hat my protestations
were sincere. and that really have abandoned for-
ever the haunts of vice, with the view OF carrying
. my good resolutions into practice Besides, thou
sand circumstances we're likely to operate IN my
favor in the country which could hardly be expect
ed TO occur in towp,-and let me do justice TO my
self, was then serious IN my design OF acquiring
other and better habits. Smile ii you will here, but
it is rue. actually iet at that time remorse, deep
rtmorse. for my past misdeeds was actually ca
!. ger to begin my new course oil ivlng'--lndesd,
gentleman of your cloth to whom iE epistolary
correspondence opened my ind, assu' ed me, that
had experienced thu new birth. My correspon-
d dent was q pupil OF Mr.. Simeon, and an intimate
n acquaintance OF tine Laureae.
a sWeI. returned to the country. found all
things as lonely and comiorIless as they had been
d when left il determined that they should be
|. otherwise. My first directions to the house stew
l. ard were, that huge cadron OF good broth should
IT be made ready every Tuesday and Saturday, and
given to the poor. caused large portion OF the
r village church to be new pewed at my own expense,
c and presented the altar with new covering, the
n desk and pulpit with new cushions visited The
: school; put my name down as subscriber to dou-
d BILE the amount formerly given; gave directions
that each Of the boys should be supplied with cap
and gaberdine, and each OF the girls with irock
and bonnet, a, nv cost. attended one two pa
J. IRISH meetings; looked narrowly into the accounts