Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-16
ness o tempcr, and in fine, the sum Of

work was laid GU IN other regions. IL
has seemed 10 me that there was a PEE
culiar fatality resting on the second
ma, riage of fathers; so much evil have
I seen it %engender, So much discord
have l known It create in families, where
before naught but peace and quiet bad
reigned. | do not say that II is the fault
of the step.mother; il may be, and
doubtless sometimes is, wholly that OF
the children.
Envy is at best a base passion, even
when the enloyn,ents oil another interfere
with our own. But when We envy olh-
ers for the possession of that which we
never could enjoy, provided they were
deprived; When we feel cnvious simply
because others appear happy, the infer
encc Is that we do not Wish the general
hupp,ncss Of mankind.-The arguments
that Ellen and her mother mutually gave
and received from each other, and "a lew
select friends whose minds were formed
of the same happy mould with her own,
had for a long lime excited the bi,icrosi
envy OF her who now ruled the destlnics
| otihat house, aud she determined II pos
SHE 10 destroy so much happiness,
which eyen all her wealth did not ehtiile
her to share. And when Woman deter
mines, What earthly power can oppose
her? Her hopes aud fears, her Owe anC
hate, her desire and aversion are strong,
as HE, and when one master passion
usurps the control and sways the univef-
| sal sceplre of woman's desires, that pas
sion must be gya,iiicd, the labor, toll and
suffering seem light if they promote this
grand object. Man may be turned from
Il i~avorIte pursuit; yes, even one III
which he has embarked all his hopes,
bat woman, when master passion rules,
is. inlleXible, and she deems a whole HE
TOO Snort 10 be devoted to It's purposes.
As | said, the step mother OF Ellen deter
;u!ncd to be happy in her misery II not III
her Joy, aud b. IL species oi management
which The ingenuity OF Il iema'e can IN
vent. she became the wife Of Mr.. G-
| wi! pass IN silence over the the means
she tried to break down the spin. OF FL
len, and destroy her rondcst hopes They
we're al IN part eiicctual; but there was
It'll oae source Of enjoyment which she
had no,'been able 10 destroy; even III"
| society &C Henry, 10 whom alone she now
lootcd for support and protection. But
evcnthis wa q to be denied her. -
bIr. t. had been by his wife per-
| s..adcd into a belicfthai it would be much
better for himself aud family il the CON
| Dcxion between the young couple were
| dissolved. ne hesitated as to the course
he should pursue. He still retained some
of the feelings of u father. AT first he
treated Henry with coIdaess and reserve,
then with more and pointed neglect, tiiI
The high-born spirit Of the youth could
endure it no longer, and he demanded an
explanation. The father gave him none,
more than n command TO enter his house
no more, and at tins time to take leave
oihis daughter, whom he should see n"
more. But how shall | describe the
partinr-how portray the anguish that
rent her heart when her last hope ofhap-
pincss was about to be des!royed-wben
the last cord of attachment that bound
her to earth waste be forever separated;
lanouage i. too feeble for the task, and
even Imagination acknowledges its "
weakness. There is n certain heart
breaking feelings, a peculiar pang Of de-
spair, if may thus EXPRESS it, in taking
the last leave, the eternal farewell Of a
beloved object, that language is too i'm.
potent to express. The long protrac,ed
KISS. the hand still retained as by ICON
vul.iye grasp; The oft-lried attempt to 90
nd still finger; still protract the sadden-
,ug hour, aud those who have never fei,
can form but imperfect conceptions of.
She wept not, for her grief was beyond
the reach Of tears. She complained
MOI. fbra her sorrow was too deep to pass
by tie ordinary channels; she only
brea'Eed IA wish, perhaps it was sinful,
that her hfe and woes might be eXiin-
guished together; that she might lie
down by the side Of her sainted mother,
who was far beyond the reach Of those
, ills that overwhelmed her daughter.
Day after day rolled on, and month af.
still pursued his calculations, and his
wife tfiumphed in her success, but FL
len pinned away like a broken flow
or, and her lover, after having ex.
haustcd al his invention to obtain an in
tervicw with her, gave it up in despair,
and as well as he was able resigned him
sell to his cruel fate. One effort more
he resolved upon; one attempt TO bring
back the feelings Of a father to the con-
sideration of his daughter. He wrote to
Me-. C.. In hi, letter he did not ac-