Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-23

There a,os'd he some punishment. new III.
known to Us. applied to hose mcp, who refuse
u make coed sbeir contracts, aud to redeem
their pledsess Zoe vosian should not be expos
clio nras's enr;di's, ana he placed at thu
maey Of tho villain pnd the I;bcr,;pc.
Il 10 moi only the destruction Of a woman's
eomcstic orepose. t:.,t should be considered
NO destruction Of her prospects 81 oald a'so
b. th-ogn into tho scale OF estimation, and be
cay wcig.,ed. 10 who pledges hilosslf.,o wed
ssic;aale, .ad then v:Iuiy abandoas her. though
be MAJ ,saye hsr reputation fee fo;n b!cm.sh
aaa as pure as the itilcs on D;ana's Temple,
ac5s Ler en- injury which time cannot restore
mud IN n;nr cases out Of ter, coon,s her 10 e
Lilo of gloomy sinylcnessi and Ye. for ;hi', she
has no redress. Such things should rot be,
uad tho sagaci:y and foresight OF the Lcsisla-
to-, might DO advantascously employed, in
pointing out a remedy a certain cure.
VIC cannot write on a sub;eet llsc th:s,
without rccollsct;ng tho fate OF RoEvA, a
frical Of ours. 70 w.iom ~c VII alladc with all
possible delicacy. los, the real heroine Of ON
s.,.y. should be recognized, :aorgf row nIan-
tel by a fictitious sfrb.
R~5ryA,,was i9"rnlei from a fanny, re-
sp,ctab,, FOR is wealth cnd ancestry, and a:
M carly ago, displayed those da.nlng excel
l@sac;o,, and thas exquisite beauty, which told
TIA. sho wa9 destined to 30 tho pride Of socie-
r., and tn: joy Of her pirents,-Whcn yet a
Ibid, the mother Of Rocaa died, and in her
las. aaa.s, as sao pressed !.cr cv.i lips 10 those
of Der daughter. she wept, that she Rus, leave
the world, and place her infant al its mcscy.-
Tat, for thee my child, she family exclaimed,
could | leave thc world wiihou; a ~s;sh'-thcn
h.cailiod q prayer TO the throne OF grace, and
oarc more caziog or hcr offspring, yielded hos
sp..... 10 TIA. God w..o gaycit.
Tho husband was incoaso.i5,c fr / time,
bat .waen he looked upon The daughter, and
b;hcld in her, the exict representation of the
mother, hc became rccoaciled, and devoted
LIS time anl his pars,, 10 tho culture of the
mind and person Of roENA. The advantage
cs OF the best schools, were awarded herr
hcr talents excited the admiration Of oil who
kaaw her, and the w~:.cticry Of her person,
commanded unnumberel suiioss. Among those
w,o all dressed her, was a young West Indian,
Io,ghen she was yet scarcely fifteen years Of
age, protested for her, The most sincere, and
10 consent: 10 al union, bit as tho young gen.
t,c.nan was not disa grccaLle TO her parent,
AMI as she loved him. she consented TO become
his wife, at som, future period, when she should
haze acquired sufficient experience, and a
proper age, to undertake tho Interesting duties
of.hc house wife. I
An engagement, tho most solemn and bind
ing, was formed b. the parties, and RoENA
satisfied with the society of Mr. BelcOar, with
drew herself from the world, and cared not for
its fo.lics and its fashions. In this secluded
manner, some ten or twelve years were passed
away, and though her parent was anxious that
shc should be welded, and urged the cc!ebra-
ton Of tho ~nuptials, Mr.. Bslcour declined for
tho moment. urging in objection. that a pro-
portion Of his West Indian estates, had not yc,
boom settled, bat avowod, that as soon as the
proper arrangements could be made in relation
TO his fortune, their nup.ials should be cc!cbra-
ted. RoaSA hal now arrived at that period
IN lie, when maids are supposed to DO getting
past the ripper seasons Of love;-slc had NUM-
bersi twenty eight yea-s;-and though she
had patiently submitted to delays, she now too
p!a:sly discovered, taa. Balcour was dctcrmin-
Cd 20 desert her, and had placed bis affections
ON arother;-on' one Of low condition in life,
AMI vastly hcs inferior. Though tho discovery
pierced her heart to the very core, and though
ia sadness and in gloom, she wept over Lcr
hard fletcher proad heart scornod TO complain,
or to demonstrate with Balcour, and will! a be-
coming dignity, she babe him an eternal fare
well, and absolved him from his obligi Aliens and
engagements. The un:cclins and unprinciplod |
wretch, with an air Of c~oniding impudcnce and
Independence, and without a solitary pang Of
conscience, received his dismissal, with a smile
OF derision aud contempt, and the next night,
was united to the Sybil who had generated The
mischief
Although RorSA's reputation, has not
suaoscd by reason Of her engagement with Bal
eour. still he has deceived her, prcvcn.es her I'M
10, with SOMEONE Far more deserving than him
eslf, aad in all human probability, has doomed
her TO drag out a life of " single misery" The
,.s..of. ,ri.~ ..r.l! Sb,, sr,Na rit, tha faaltpOs Of,