Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-02-02

ou "is stream VI stghtnsug can alone
equal US in velocity. Years glide
away. and was soon the father of
some half dozen children. bat OF these,
two only, . son aud q daughter, re-
NAMED 10 reward our csrc-thc rest,
"sparkicd, exha!ed, and went TO hea !.
ZEN" Theodore, the son, was fifteen
when he went TO college; noble. tho
wilful boy, and the JUST theme of
praise from every one. My two chill.
drcn and my wife | was proud OF,
fsneied justly; and every nerve was
excrted tn Furnish my son with the
means Of lavish expenditure, and TO
provide for that love Of distinction
and show, Of which women and girls
are so jistractedly fond. Helen, nv
girl, was one Of the fairest creatures
the world ever saw--guilelcss and pure
hearted. she won golden opinions from
all; and as the budding germs of child
hoods beauty began to blend with the
witchery which belongs to girlhood,
few objects could be deemed more
fascinating; and at fourteen she had
all that beauty, airness and grace,
which the matchless skill Of the old
Italian artists threw around the fair
girls they loved TO introduce into their
pictures. But alas.-in the midst Of
thi. happiness came the first dash Of
bitterness in my cup Of life. Ere abe
was sixteen Helen fell in love. Yes,
girls will fall in lcvc--there is no hin
dering it--they cannot help il them
se!yes--thev were created for it--are
full of tit - seen in every strp-
il is felt in the air they breathe--
tingcs their checks with b,ushes-
sweils their young bosoms, and casts
around them like veil, every nameless
grace. But this was not the only ex-
cuse Helen might have made, for he.
for whom she gathered up all her
young and rich affectian was one
eminent!yc slculated 10 win woman's
heart, land break 1t too" Still he
had no heart, no soul himself--he
could neither feel, nor love. vet he
| could trifie with the love Of others,
wear il perhaps as a trophy awhile
then cast IL away "a valuelcss. ne
yer cursed him--I felt that he was
Sufficiently cursed already--that his
bosom was becoming n place of unit.
terable torment. II was bitterness to
see the fair Helen sinking to the grave.
SO young and beautiful ;--she muir
INJURED not, she complained mother
mead dropped. ss the rosebud pierced
TO its centre droops; her beauty faded
las It's rich leAves wither, and her
comeiy head, ere she was seventeen,
was laid in the dust. the victim of an
requited affection. ssMen have died
before now, and the worms have eaten
them, but not for loves" with women
the case 10 different; che sensibiliiies
Of her heart are 80 AGATE, the deep toned
harmony Of her nature 10 SO finely
tuned, that the dissonance and Jars of
life are more than abe can endure. -
'fhe memory of Helen long fingered,
as the odour Of flowers remain where
their petals have been crushed and
scattered.
Misfortunes. IL 10 said, never come
alone, and ! see no reason for doubt
ing il. While we WIRE bowed down
with the blow we had received, intel.
ligenec arrived from Theodore. scarce
~ less affective. After all our fond
anticipations, he had turned out q
lspendfhrift THAT We kDew--now we
Learned that he had become the sedocer
of woman's virtue, q dveliist, aud tn
cap the climax Of his crimes and FOL :
lies, had turned poet. Merciful Hea.
ven, who could have believed IL! Pc.
etry Throughout the world il associa.
tell with poverty. garrets, and rags;
] had Intended him for the church, but
had he chosen the law, should not
have considered him so irretrieVablJ
lost TO the world and himself have
no ear for poetry. or else the long po-
eticnl epistle in which be announced
his determination ~ deyoti1s himself
to elegant literature, wss the vilesi dog.
gerel. aud no better than iron wire cut
into knitting pins. never could bear
mediocTIty 30 any thing; sDd merel y
clever poet. I always ranked amongst
the greatest evils that infsst a civilized
community. What put IL into Thee
dors's head TO eommgnee spinning
rhyme, | never inquired but wfofe
90 him that he must either rensuuce
poetry, or his father, and tlie grace-
iess dog had the impndebee 20 prefer
ihr latter part Of the allsrnstive:---
The next matt carried hIf4s sum Of
money, nv farewell, and . curse on
al hexameters.
I believe ell these things scored
Caroljne's disposiiien; II they did not.
something else did and she who was
/ fovmerly ss nild - dove. grew a.
pellish aud rs wayward ~ spoili
Child. In the midst Of all this J begap
"a discover she vas not ~ handsome
o. she used 20 be, and ] wondered how