The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-02-09
Fem the London Liierar, Gagpl,

THf LAW sun. We'll met - /
exclaimed. Joyously. as | encounter
I'd my old college friend, Charles
Morton. one morning in Oxford
sireet why Charles, looking
~ YOUR happy countcnaaee recalls
The gladstone days Of youth q mer-
rlment.
Is mine indeed happy cnnntc.
nance. asked Mort IA. after u
hearty shake. lac Withdrew his hand.
FROM niue and h" uttered the quts-
lion ia such an accent At bitter heart
brokcnncss that involuntarIy pan
sed t0 look on him. There Was sill
the same fine lcaiurrs--deep eye, n.
Iq,,eiir~ nosc. az lofty brow Mhi, h
had gained for him IN his youth the
appellaliun ul the handsome Nor
tou ; but care bad paled his check
ami after had sazed nj him Tor a
moment. | almost imagined thai u
had bowed his tall and graceful ii
.gure.
Charles ! uttered painfully,
= You are III. Yes, my FREUD re
piled Morton with mournlul earnest
II, 81, ! am indeed i'll SICK nj heart
1T disease Which knows no remedy
| asked the eausc ol his uunappi,
ness. He icIi that the question Was
one Of friendship, not curiosity; aud
he told ne of his SORROWS like \ MAN
who had the miserable satisfaction
III feeling thai although unfortunate
he Was not degraded.
lie wa, an orphan, dep' dent on
a rich anu parsiiIonIous relative.
IN leaving ,ulipge he had induced
The enly dau he IL wealthy ba-
onct 10 elopc with hDu, 'nd her fath-
e. had rcse ted the a, ION even 10
his death hour. Morton's uncle.
With the caprice incident on aN atice !,
hcqueathed 10 him but IA poor pit
lance, almost mad, qdnte To The sup
port OF nature. and thus harles. IL
a few short months. beheld the We
man 81 his heart IN all, save his nj
tec TONS. a brggHr ! He had been in
ddCcd 10 mortgage his slender anuu
lly, and dispute the will N The Iady's
father. Il have done IT, concluded
Morton III a hollow tone /; Il have
be- oinc the victim on law suit. A
licia aud my boy are the sarr fees
0i my crednlIty-but till To day |
madly Clung To hope, wild q hi
merieal enough 10 satisfy the raylng
fancy Of IA lnnatlC-and 10 day unc
more merolluI than his fellows, told
me there was--nO hope. In few
hours the fiat goes forth, and am
taught that utter rull, will be the re-
suit For myself care not-but
Alicia, bred in aillncnce, the child Of
luxury aud iudnlgenre'-& Inc smoie
his brow. and trcmbled with the OK
cess of hls motion.
Do not despair, while even a
shadow oil trust remains | urged.
gently, Charles, .ior AlIcia's sake
Tor your own sons You must hope
on let Us rcturn To your wife. If
You are Illus moved, what must be
her sullerlngs :
A flush Of the deepest crimson o.
Nersprcad the couIllena,Irc of Nor
ton then bursting mo a hystciical
laugh, he himself directed my altcn-
tiun To il, AS he exclaimed bitterly !:
i DO you not see how my impntent
pride rushes Ia arms, when "A friend
would lock on the WrctChedncss that
will ere long be food for the cold
eye u an Implying world a yet
--3nd he held me back moment,
and the glow Of memory frightened
h * Countcuancc and flashed in his
dark eyes : You VIII not see Alicia
AZ have seen her---as she once
was--as SHE will b. no more y This
vision oil present wfctchcdness darF
encd the tablet Of memory, aud with
tan expression ii s0bdacd Iceling. Inc
led in silence IL an obscure street, &
finally To his miserable lodging, the
CrrakIng stairs gave notice OF our
approach to the young and heart
sirio ken wife, aud on our entrance
her eye at once eagerly sought aud
rested on her husband. Fair and
beautiful as the Mahomcdan houri,
there was a cast ol thought upon her
/ fine face, that pictured II the heart
the deprccating sadness Of the re-
cording angel when noting down the
trespasses Of man--her dress was
comcly, even to Indebtedness, but