The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1827-10-06

and N his moments of reflection regretted that
his long vacation was To be spent in perous
4 proplnquity to the object Of his delight and
dread The fatal spell Of fascination bound up
every faculty "hlle he gazed at her; and, though
virtue struggled Tor the mastery, and prudence
| bade HIM beware, ct, ere the assembly dispers
ed, he could no longer boast of lis triumph. over
! temptation The image Of Angelina hung over
hl> dreams, and he thought. IN the visions of the
night that he was destined to restore the beau
'!ul We OF montgomery to the proud station
she should have held in the empire of the affec
ions lie thought sh" was unhappy-doomed
+ TO affect en'earucnts which she could not feel
| to bury all her generous enthusiasm in the in
visible sanctuary OF her hosom--to be beloved
Without tho power OF reciprocity, and to love
without the ialntc,t hope of enjoyment. Then
he thought that She dared not complain how
ever bitterly She might suffer- and he fantied
the loneliness of her life the bnrning feelings
! She must suppress, the vivid thoughts She lear
/ ed to utter, and the pangs of enslared disap
! polntmcnt she was compelled to endure Con
| nectcd with such thoughts, came the memory Of
her pointed attentions, her ineligible discourse
her eloquent chances. her pressure in the dance
and her pathetic good night Every feeling of
vanity within him was awakened. his interest
in tic fate of Angelina began to assume the
gnlse OF benevolent generosity; and he descend
ed to the breakfast room. like a bird within the
I range OF a serpcnts eye, vaccillatIng between
4 principle and dtprav'ty. between glory and dis
honor. He found Angelina seated by an open
window, leaning pensNely on her hand with an
/ air Of volnptuous languor Her eye looked
i downward in fixed disquict; her beautiful face
! bore evidence of restless discontent and her
whole manner betrayed passions intense, though
hall ppressed-laiutly revealed, though IN
/ disclosed. She met young Howard with smils
/ as radiant as that of Iuc!cr, when the antc;
! pated triumph of his ambition blazcd on his an.
| gel brow. She extended her hand to him with
] that reluctant tenderness, that affected tremour
| which enhance every enjoyment and which the
arhtice of woman well knows how to employ,
! She stood, for an instant, before the ardent scho
lar, trembling under the almost breatless in
/ tensty OF gigantic passions, which reason could
not counsel nor religion control. Then She
sunk INTO her seat, with flushing cheek and q
i fearful eye; and Howard, embarrassed and ST
lent, took his place by her side. like one who
felt too keenly for utterance, too bewderingly
Tor rational reflection.
A quick step sounded in the passage and An
/ gellnas attitude and manner changed with the
startling rapidlty Of a feverish vision. Instantly
assuming the thong htessness and afftctation of
/ innocent artlrssness, which commonly charac-
terized her when her husband entered the room.
she was as utterly unlike the dis>olvng crea-
| ture OF the previous moment as her sentiments
were urhk- hei rracilc" Ever consistently
cheerful 'he Colonel greet. young How ard in
that atfrctionatc nunncr WAIch wins our hearts
al the same time that It demand, our respect:
for Henry WAS the only son Of Mont gon; Tvs
most valued iricnd and the hopes IF a large and