Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-29

your sorrows my sorrows, and your joys my
Joys;-in word, have you not been my sec
ond self, and to promote your welfare, have
not sacrificed my own, and joyed 10 promoting
your happiness at the expense of mirif'Aown IN
terest! And yet, thus am to be treafed-ihis
is the ieturn that your grateful heart ..sonld
make for all the obligations have conferred,
and the existence of which, you cannot but ac-
knowledge"
Il" Miss Hardy" said Rosalind, when the
ypocritical and indignant girl had ceascd-
GO had never hoped, and | certainly never had
expected, that your conduct would have alien
ated my affections; and meyer for moment,
until yesterday, suspected the sincerity of your
professions, and the fidelity of your heart
Yea will excuse my candor Mss, when ayow,
that having, from a chain of events, discovered
your real disposition, and beheld the veil drawn
aside, | now discover you in all the hdeous-
ness of your hypocr,icai deformity; and here
after, You will confer a signal favor, if you viii
have the goodness to avoid my presence, and
whilst you attend to your own affairs, suffer me
to attend to mine. What now say is said in
sincerity and with truth, and no concessions
that you can make, will ever reconcile my
wounded, and injured feelings"
For the first time in her life Rosalind now
found herself indignant; and sensible that she
had uttered language which does not well be-
come female doicacy, she bade Miss Hardy
ad,eg, and repairing to another apartment,
prepared for the reception of Mr.. O'Conncr.-
As she left The room, Miss Hardy, with a ma
lignant smile, exclaimed to herself, "thc day
will come, whcn that idle girl, will regret the
rudeneas oil her department.; and she shall yet
find, that my hostility is FAR more formidable
than she imag:nes, and that | possess the pow
er of coun, era citing the plans she has conceived,
for the accomplishment of a union with MI.
O'Connor. Charles Sexton is tie man her ia
ther has selected; che shan wed him; and by
my address, viii pre'ail upon her parent 20
transfer TO me, that aflectonato attachment,
which he has always manifested in an almost
unexampea degree, for the silly and mistaken
Rosaird. -, Saxton m'is' be informed Of
what is passing, and will this instant write
him the particulars of this days sdventure."-
With this remark, she repaired to her escre'oir
and indted an episle, which che knew wa
! well calculated to crafty the pride and vanity
of Sexton, and to MD her in her base designs.
! The hour which O'Gonner had appointed
for an interview, had now arrived; and Rosa
lind, having subdued the tempcsis of her feel
ing-, sat in the having room impatient for his
arrival, and though she was desirous 10 be-
hold one, who from his earliest infancy had
possessed her f fscadsh p, and entire good will,
sill she knew not how te meet him; and
trembled, when shs contemplated the a~k-
vsrdaess which her situation wsald naturally
engepder. " trr u.ids; Of a revere, the ser
va.t annsus sd nr. O'C snner, ~bs was I'M
mcdIstsly usheIcd to the drawing room.
On his way through the h4ll, he met Major
Villars, the father of Rossl'nd, who not at the
moment recognizing his nephew, cordially took
~
some ore of Rosalind's numerous acqua'nt-
ancc, badc him good evening, aud remarked
81 doubt not SIR, you will find Rose with a
nlenty Of company in the drawing room; get
YOU there my dear fellow, make yourself hap
ny among tho girls, and be as good natured
and as cheerful ~ you please and remember
that my house is always open to receive the
friends of my friends, aud al who Ike Rosa
lind. That was the way that used to DO
when was a young fcllo ", and although am
now old, | love a pretty woman as well as
ever did, and hark ee my boy, although TIC
oak be dead, the ivy may ent"ine," and al
| though an old fellow may have marked up a
! goodly quantity of the number of his years, 1t
does no, follow, as a matter of course, thai he
is an iceberg. But 20 along, 20 along, Rose
| is perhaps impatient to see you; so, go anu
make yourself cheerful with t girls and Tel
! lows. and make my house your home, as long
as you please to do 50.
There was a native playfnlncs' in the man
ncrs of Major Vlars, which, from hi- not ha''
ing through ft mingled much IN refined s'ci
city, had not lost lis pr'mev'l simplicity "n'
although O'Connor, knew t'l "cll HAT tho
moment the Major discovered niin, nc voul'
no, meet him with thai good natarcd smile
which played upon his countcEon"c, when IL
first met him IN the hall; sIill he lid MT deem
il necessary or expcdcn' 10 disclose his name
At that moment, but FASTENED TO meet Rosa
! lind.
uo was met at The door, hy hcr he seneh'
who, whilst rhccrful sm,'e dnnplcd f'
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