Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-06-24


The world was sad the garden was wild!
And man the hermit sigh'd, till woman smild."
CAMPBELL.
The birds sung swectly among the green shrub
berry at A,tleton Hill, for summer scattered round
1t her most delightful scenery--there were to be
seen the earliest and loveliest roses; there the
spreading jessamnes and twining ivy first put forth
their blossoms there the fields were first clothed
in the gayest verdure, and the arbor by the chrys-
tai spring, was in full bloom at the first blush of
May. Perfection dwells not in the world, or there
would it, abode have been, when the storms were
all gone to rest and the sky was beautiful and cloud
less and the landscape fair as the fabled bowers Of
Calypso for within the neat and beautiful cottage
that crowned the summit of the hill, though plenty
with her fruit wreathed horn was not constant vi
sor, cheerfulne,s and content ment made their a.
bode virtue scattered round her choicest blessing
and religion spoke 20 every heart in the still small
whispernSs of peace.
Charlotte Lee was the mistress of that pretty re-
treat her aged parents had both gone down in
their gray hairs happy to the grave They left her
orphans practiscd the industry and irusality to
which they had been reared, they forgot not the
early lessons ofpety which had been impressed up
on their minds from infancy Charlotte was g,r,
though not remarkably handsome, ofengaging man.
ners and amiable disposition a spell hung around
her which attracted the attention, and never failed
to the esteem Of all who saw her, and some
thing OF lis magic influence mingled with every
thing she said and did TO see her was to admire
her. to know her was to love her. Such was Char
otte Lee.
Not far from Attleton TIi as boarder in farm
house, resided man, whose origin and circumstan-
ces we're unknown, and whose manner of life was
still more matter of wonder and conjecture among
the talkative neishbourhood, than was his parent
age fortune. He was foreigner, at least so his
language and his habits indicated-irom some Iu-
known source he derived competent supply Of
money to meet his wants, which were indeed but
few. lie liveda life Of leisure and retirement -
sometimes rartakng in the am sement of the field,
sometimes exercising himself on horseback, but for
the most part Willing away his time among his
hooks and papers in his library, where he would
pass whole days without any intercourse with the
family in which he resided. There was a tinge of
care on his brow-his air and manner bespoke in
ward inquietude, and though there were no out
burstings of grief visible, it was easy to discover
that something Of discomfort preyed upon his
heart, and bent his fine temper, and gave paler
h,., IN IL
at so juvenile an age were seen scattered among
his dark locks told tales of troubles remembered or
endured. Though unhappy and retiring, he was
still amiable and beloved and the tenacity with
which he kept the secret of his sorrow., drew per-
haps more hearts to him in sympathy than deve-
lopment Of them would have done.
Chance led him one day to the dwelling of Char
lotte Lee. lie admired the situation and the mis-
tress of the delightful cottage, and became in pro-
cess oftime frequent visitor Charlotte loved the
melancholy stranger, aud in the innocent simplici-
ty of the times, welcomed him to the cottage, and
soothed him with her smiles, and ministered almost
imperceptbly to his wounded spirit. Whatever
might have been the cause Of his previous gloomi-
uess vi soui, Nne ISHt VI neW-louuu sOuTCc Oi
pleasure and happiness came across his brow he
improved in health and spirits his gaiety and
life gave a new zcst to the rural festivals of the
country and the change was observed by all who
knew him, before the cause was once Suspected
At last it discovered itself lie became the profess
ed sutor of Charlotte Lee and though still reserv
ed, the unstained purity of his character and the
innate worth that shone through all the transact
ions in which he was engaged, fairly established
his claims TO virtue and honor, that he found no
obstacles to union of his chosen, and Charlotte
was married TO the mysterious stranger.
Another summer came to enlivcn the landscape
at Attleton Hill and the w-married couple were
happy as peace and love and plenty could make
them; but when winter sent before them his sharp
hoar fosts, and the flowers perished and the birds
took their departure, the stranger too prepared to
leave the cottage; a voyage across the Atlantic wa.
spoken Of, and before the middle Of autumn, the
whole family had gone. The stranger carried hi,
young and confding wife, and her still younger
brothers, with him TO Amsterdam, where they ar
rived in safety--apd where she first discovered hi