Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-09

Int when once aroused, II noWeu III ue.Pe'
chapnels, and its influence upon al the passions
was most striking and Irresistible.
81 know not how il was, but this pure-mihc'
ed and intellectual girl conceived Tor me d
s,ronp affee ton God knows, there was little
- o,y ic,v 10 attract the love of any one, and
,bove all. of such as she. | never did her an
.c, If kindness. ely ever spoke 10 her
with common civility; yet, strange IN say, an-
tnowinely gained her heart, and She loved me
at last as if had been the most deserving on>
ice, upon earth. How my grovel!ing soul came
to be Invested with such power, remains pro-
blem which have never been able 10 solve. In
all other respects the mind of Mary was pure
and heavenly That spirit SO Full OF poetry ana
romance, that mild enthusiastic spiiii, conver>
SAINT only with lofty thoughts, and whose exist
ence had passed in world OF fancy and ieeiing,
how did il descend from It's high estate 10 seek
/ companionship with base earth-bofn heart
| like mine? In this only she erred; IN this on'y
she showed that tnge ofhumanity which ciings
to all below. Perhaps she might have been IN
fluenced by her affection for my sister. be l"a'
as il nav, saw her feelings, and. with the true
villa;ny OF my nature, resolved 10 take adxan-
,age of them. 1t would be sickenng TO relate
all the schemes put in practice TO ruin the
virtue Of his unfortunate plrl. She loved me
tn distraction. and but too well Succeeded
! But how was my poor, hard conquest gained!
! By proceeding The iniquity Of which no Ian
euage can characterize invoked The Most
! Higa 10 witness that my future intentions were
| honorable, and swore, in the name OF all mat
is sacred, 10 make her my own. never intend
ed To keep my promise. What were oa'hs TO
M. What were broken hearts and ruined
| hopes to one VIII, looked upon virtue and hon
| toll nj
| born for the atmosphere Of the blacklist iniqui-
~!
cline rolled on, and the state of Mary bt-
Came anparsns, but sill never felt remorss
! | looked On ed at the ruin had effected,
and when he transporting victim required The
| performance at my VOWS, she was answered
with comemptuous sheer Her spirit, from
| this moment faded atterly away. Sine ieit that
| SIC ha, been betrayed, and saw the dreadful
! nreciDice on which she stood. Had been any
| thing elsr than villain--had one spark OF g.
nprous feeling still anima'ed my bosom, must
have pitied the IN SCRABBLE girl; but compassion
was unhappi;y feeling to which | had ever
| been i stranger, anu | ooked on the wreck Of
beauty with savage Indifference.
"Eiza's tender near, was moved, and she
saw her companion with other eyes She did
not, with tse prude-like barbari,y Of many OF
her sex, cast ofF this erring sister. She saw
that she had been led aslray, and knew, that al
!, boryh in III. eyes of the world she was a LOST
and ,,or,hiess thing. vet she was no, to be aban-
doned to misery and neglec, So far from turn.
ing away from tins objec' of distress she pr S.
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self dishunoied by so doing, Her pure hear,
toll her thai N,ry WAS ;a,o..nl and n hat had
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