Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-10-09

'ie lrepearh estates, is enough, coupled
with the rich dowcry of yourself, To make
: yoh the worthy sharer Of dukedom. Sir
Frederick, am happy to say, estimate
the money value of what you possess, in
the same liberal spirit So now my child
you have only TO consult your own heart
well, before YOU finally take a step. in
which, according as the heart is well con-
suited or not, must be ever the chances OF
its after felicity"
The attectionate and parental tone with
which Mrs: Fit:roy uttered these words.
was answered by fbe tears of Jane. AS
4 'HcY fell fas,upon. the yeil she still held g.
hey hands; but Agnes adsa.. ~
her, aud tenderly throwng her arms roliia
her neck, exclaimed, as She gently kissed
her, " Happy, happy Jane! !" in accents
that too well suited with her Own tears.
which now mingled with those Of her con-
sin. In few moments the struggle was
over; and then, what touching con,ras
there was between the beamnp counte-
rance OF Jane, sutfused, each instant, by
the manting tnge of consc ious joy, which
|maiden bashlnluess, at times, deepened to
the blush OF virgin modcsty-true loves 81.
1 lent rapture land the !eYersh crimson
4 that burned upon the check of Agnes.
now quenched, aud now revived, as homes
expiring torch shot forth its diving flashes
IN Ter stricken heart-true loves silent
agony! She, Ike her mother, had long
expected such an interview as Sir Freder
lck Trehearn had that morning sough, ;
but, her altered anticipation of lis object
was scarcely month old Alas! our own
desires are swift and treacherous pioneers
OF our secret hopes While they seem to
remove al! difficulties, to level all obs,ruc.
lions, aud to open before us a straight,
smooth path, for the attainment of what we
covet, they only dig pitfalls, and prepare
ambusheS, to betray or surprise our steps
IN the pursuit. Agnes, who had followed
IN their track, found herself engulfed in
one OF their snarcs. She awakened as
rom dream. But it avaied her nothing
that her reason told her it was dream
that she knew she had built up i,rv
palace, and tina; the scene OF thrilling en-
chantme.lt had dissolved away. 4 he
scene, indeed. might vanish but where
IT had once been remained ruin She
had realized her own prophetic fears. In
the solitude other heart, love, which had
reared itsrli unbidden, now dropped to
unseen decay, in the whitening soil Of its
birth
They know little Of this passion, who
deem IL the offspring of signs and pro,es.
, tations, o: oaths and tears, of PRAYERS and
entreaiics, and althe small artillery of
cou'tship. These are but the husbandry
| l. - ~
winch calls forth the common produce of
common snils the needful alnent of thai,
great principle of nature, which alike peo.
pies our cities and our plains, our rivers,
and the air we breathe In many heart,
where II has never been awakened. lies
the subtle essence, which, when touched
hya kindred essence, starts at once into
giant life. And how manifold are the
channels through which that kindred es-
sence works itself passage to the sleep
ing mischief! A word, look, tone of
the voice, one pres sure Of the hand
though hundred and hundred have pre-
coded ia simple Good night" or a
parting "God bless you!' from lips that
have pronounced the former for months.
shall, in predestined moment, be, like
the spark that falls upon the nitrous heap
followed BY instant combustion. And then
what revolution is effected The eve
sees Dot-the ear hears not-the mind
Perceives not, as they have been wont A
! new being is created-the past is oblter-
ated; nothing seems to remain of what
was; and the very identity Of the object.
by whom this delirium OF all the faculties
has been produced, is destroyed We
strive in vain, 10 recall the mere MAJOR
woman we have known, in -
the mistress we now adore. Spef@
IN the fascination, CENTRALIZED in the idSYa.
Try oil suddenly awakened passions, we
! discover wisdom, wit, beauty, eloquence,
grace, charms, benignity, and loneliness.
where hitherto we beheld them not, or, at
the most, had only din and visionary
J glimpses Of their possible existence. Pic
tnre to yourself the block Of rough and
shapeIess marble, before the magic touch.
es OF Canova, ChaD;ty, or Flaxman,
have Clipped and chiselled away the SUI.
perfiuOus rubbish that conceals the living
Venus, or the speaking statesman, and you
} have the best comparison | can imagine OF
that transformation which the idol of the
J human heart undergoes, at the moment
when the heart creates its idol.
Poor Agnes had found her predestined
J moment. She knew not why but of late.
J the presence Of Edward Trehearn seemed
to tranqulllze feelings, which disturbed
and harrassed her when he was absent.
And then, too, every thing he said, every
thing he did, every thing he thought, had
, become. as II were, unquestioned oracIes
: with her. He could not be wrong; and
she was surprised how any body could
think or act otherwise than as he thought
} and acted. If he admired flower, or
dwelt rsPturously upon tho beauties Of .