Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-12-08

brook, and a -
Come, my dear De Vernai, we can
not stay all night here; you see the sun
is setting
'Ohe word more;---where does the
lady live!
80, sir! it's a good thirty miles from
here, as my old mare kuowsto hcr sor-
row..
'But where does Lady Louisa livs?
Is she s,ilI unmurried?-- still -
'She is my Lady Louisa Templeton
that | mean, sir, and she lives with her
aunt, Mrs Brereton, JUS. for the pres
ent at Old Windsor, because madam's
seat in the north is too cold for her.
Another impatient exclamation from
General Stamford compelled De VerDaI
to hasten away, but not till he had told
the couniryman that he remembered bis
sister Amy, and presented him with q
sovereign for her sake He then sprane
towards the barOuche " tn rapid bound
as thar trod on AIR, aud his counto-
nance beamcd with a kind OF ecsiacy
In tho name of womaD's curiosity
which ! tahe To be ten times as intens'
aud cute as tina, Of man pray do tell me
how this cIodhopper's roundabout story
could take the spell so suddenly from
your mind, and 80 quicken your move
men's must confess, that you huve
been past my comprehension eve since
we set out, for never did ! see good for.
tune so Ill besloNe ed on 4 man in h'>
tw%cnty-third year before, bat your pres.
enf pleasure 10 not less surprising than
your dependence has been
'This poor fellow has communicated
IL his simple narrative, hope, my dear
general, thar best and sweetest OF all
heavens gifts 10 man---and this hope
creates Impotence would give the
world TIA, | could fly to Windsorp
But SAGE you know it is impossible
10 procure better wings than sixteen
good legs Offer you, and the road is now
tycr.ent, be II !Iitie more explicit, be-
each F0v.
Wv mag, perhaps, recollect my OBJ
fn'n' 3 leave, about three years since, o
1,sl i;alyp
Il do. You renewed that journey this
spring, and, as take it, lost your heart,
or som, lille matter oft'ta' Hlnd!'
'No, general, it was dufing my first
journey, when ] accom-, auied Col. Mar
we'll. lie introduced me to Mrs Brerx-
ton, then residing IA Italy for the bene-
ff Of her health, and accompanied BY her
niece, the orphan daughter of Lord
Hardcastle, who was lei! wholly depend
ent upon her they resided at a dis
lance from Como, and ~studiously out Of
The usual beat Of travellers, but the COZ
nnel was an old friend, and as such, was
received without ceremony
aha! l undcrsl and It now. Whilst
he talked over old times. ar PLAYED chess
with the invalid, you rambled about, ez-
plored the views, and rowed on tho lake
with the niece: YOU accompanied her
harp with your fnte: you sang together,
danced together, and-
'And sketched together, for she had a
strong prediction for drawing; and Mrs
Brereton was extremely DESTROYS that
she should improve herselfD that charm
ing art, which affords delight ever in That
solitude
Very true; 1t is particularly ca!cula-
ted for plain girls; they can pursue It
without interruption. 1t suits crooked
girls, too, because 1t will not spoil their
shapes
But Lady Louisa is positively beau
tiful, and her form wa at that time as
lear perfection rs possiuie III one so
young. Never have | seen anv thiig so
graceful as her motions when she bou,d-
cd through the valley, SO enchanting as
the glance OF her eve, the bloom on her
cheek but her touching sensibil,y, her
peculiar situation, as high born and rOr-
tionless, her tender ass DUTY towards her
aunt, the virtues OF he: heart, and the
elegance Of her manners, gave her an
interest beyond her beauty
You fell desperately IN love with her,
Of c~nurse---and had abundant oppo,,uni-
ty for confessing your flame"
81 had time and place; fortune for
babe all other power. What could a
subaItern, with no other possession than
n Waterloo medal, and an old but almost
forgotten name, offer to merit, rank and
beauty?
THAT which sixteen is very apt to ac-
copt---the heart Of a brave soldier. But
you did not kneel to her III the groves,
then, and sue her to risk all for loveP
Indeed | did not. tore myself from
her, even nj the moment when | thought,
when | beliered, that the feelings which
absorbed my W bosom were in a slight
degree, experienced by her. have no
desire to recall the horrors Of that mo-
ment, nor the long suffering which fol-
Iouund. hut an1olu nnnaral n;nca aho