Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-01-20
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The FOUNTAiN-cHAP:' 1.
Hers. ,he .niid lustro q, me blooming morn,
AID hi the radiance oi the risen day.

in tive village, for the owner ol lhe i"'Se
white house was this day expected from
the city, to take possession oi his ne"
dwelling. Tie village, thirty years be-
fore was desert, and much oi the land
yet belonged TO the heir of the original
proprietor, whose arrival was an event
of grea. importance. That gentleman
had married early, was soon released oy
death from a wife with whom he had ne
yer lived happily, placed his son, boy
of five years, with a respectable clergy
man near the metropolis, and then de-
parted in quest Of pleasure to Europe
After fourteen years of dissipation, he re-
turned to his son with i'll health and
broken constitution; but notwIthstand-
ing that it was apparent his time on
earth was short, he had, soon after his
arrival in tins city, given orders ior the
erection of "A large mansion 10 the village
where he owned much of the property,
and by the time it was completed he was
ordered by his physicians into the csul'-
try. lie had not much exceeded his IN
come, and therefore remained wealthy,
and the exaggerated reports which had
reached the village, with the sight OF the
superb furniture sent for the new house,
had produced great excitement III tha'
retired place. Most of the inhabitants
were in some degree dependant Oh hIm,
and it was consequently great point to
learn early wha, manner of man ne was,
and the best method Of acquiring his IA
yOr.
On fine afternoon in May, the car
riage of Mr.. Vinal and his son drove
slowly into the village. A number OF
persons collected about the mansion to
see him, and perhaps to welcome him
when he should alight. As soon as the
carriage door was opened, out sPrang
handsome young man, whose expressive
and benevolent features difused glow
of satisfaction over the crowd after
hurried glance, his whole attention was
directed to his father. With much trou-
bic, the elderly looking, but middle-aged
man, wrapped in 1annels and cloaks'
was at length. after several impatient ex-
pressions, and acurse upon the rough
roads, set upon his feet. Without deign-
ing to look on those around, resting with
one arm OIL his son, and assisted by
cane in the other hand, he tottered to-
wards the house. The door closed upon
him. the coachman drove into the back
ward, and there was nothing more to be
seen. Several stood there, who had
known Mr.. Vinal in former times, but
perceivlng his impotence and ill-humor,
they prudentiy torrbore to extend theit
hands for a recognising grasp. His oio
agent, who had been equally unnotlced
shook his hea' signii' antly at his lnhrn
and altered appearance, and the GROVE
generally, OIL tie first glance at his bloa
Ted features, felt the truth, that wealti
and happiness are not inseparable.
Edward V,nal, at the age of nineteen
was a most visionary youth. he nae
been bred in solitude, and to HIM tn
deep oue, of the wild greenwood wa
delight. He was companionless 10 nj
studies and his walks, aud was more ac
qualu,ed with the regions of imaglna
tlon than with the real world. STUD
had been to him pastime, almost
passion, and his mind was stocked VII
classical and various knowledge; b'
there had been many leisure, quiet an
solitary hours, passed afar of among Il
woody hills. Often has he been seen !.
ing on the green turf beside the babblir
brook, apparently indolen' and apa'h
TIC, but his mind was busy all the wll'l
and he was garnering up rich thought
aud feeding his soul with grand and Pu
musings, such as form the foundation
a great, perhaps romantic character
and he was not likely to be the wor
man for these hours of indulgence, alb
il he might be less able to buffet WI
adverse and unruly currents that cor
a,hwart us in real and busy life. Il
days heeted along, like the hapPiest m
men,s of young and ardent poets,
whom earth is all bliss and beauty a
delight, aud he had much OF the poe
loitlness and fire in his feelings, If not
expression. The glowing and viva
hue, thrown by youthful fancy over
face of things, had not yet dissolved
the cold clear light Of sober truth
reality. He mourned AT not finding