Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-06-13

!, wing in the sphere that Rosabel Hampden has
: been destined, may scarcely acknowledge even a
r personal knowledge of one thus hedged in with
Iintamy: nor need say that shall expect you,
my dear girl, informed you now are, at once
to renounce an acquaintance so uniuingn Ro-
fsobel bowed in silence, and except that her
heightened color faded into an ashen paIeness,
and the soft repose of her features settled into
| stiffness as of marble, she betrayed no emotion,
81 am glad to find her so little disturbed thought
: Col. Amnesty, and he became satisfied. All!
how little are the fountains Of the deep spirit
known. All Of intense Tenderness and pure feel
! ing that can dwell in womai's heart, was tumul-
tously stirred in the soul of Rosahel, and in the
fs0litHde of her chamber she gaSe way the rn=y-
ling tide of sudden and passionate gret. The
i spell which love throws over the young magma
] ton was rudely and strangely broken--'he bright
visions of happiness--the charm---the freshness,
the glory with which ii invests life were at once
stricken out from her exstence-and the length
ed future lay before her waste--dim and dark
ened and colorless She to renounce him
whose companionshp had made the whole world
a fairy ground, and the founts of rich feeling it
had awakened were to be again and forever seal
led. But Rosabel was not merely a thing Of ten
der impulses--the sterner image of duty was
familiar to her thought. She felt that the man
date of her guardian must be obeyed, and while
yet her heart was sick with the agony of its
crushed hopes and bleeding affections, and a
faintness of death upon her whole frame,
she was already revolving the manner in which
4 she should fulfil the sacrifice required. Should
| she meet him again but to announce to him the
sudden blight of his hopes ?--the revocation of
her own plighted faith? Should she subject her.
self to the influence Of his passionate remonstran-
ces--his seductive tenderness? Nt--Rosabel
knew her weakness, and trembed at the thought.
She might write however--and in less than
hour she had written calm and formal reIuncia-
4 tion of her lover, and gone forth to commit it to
I the conveyance of the poor widop, whose graft
| tude to the preserrer of her children had formed
la sort of link between them. Her cabin had
Iheen rebuilt by kind hands, and Rnsabel had been
a frequent visitant there upon errands OF benevo-
llence. cit will soon be finished . she mentally
Exclaimed, as she tapped at the dour---'hencefor-
ward to me the name of Ashton Grey must be but
a sound"
i But the Fates, as they quietly and steadily
pursue the fearful and complicated web of mans
destiny, make themselves merry at the idle though
1 busy interference of human calculation, antici-
! pating their work. Ashton Grey at thu. moment
croescd an adjacent path, and ere che was seated
in the humble DWELLING. he also bad crossed Its
! threshold And he was again before her-her
still loved one, and had heard the sentence, that
was to render this their final interview--and
where were the calm and stern suggestions
lof prudence g--he measured arguments with
which she had striyen to nerve her heart to the
\ trial? Gone--melted utterly away, like cold,
dark mist in the warm, rich light of glowing day
land Rosabel, as the voice of her lover again
met her ear, felt that the ban of the universe
upon him, she would still go forth with him un,
/, hesitatingy, and gladly to meet its scorn-not
with the dreadful sentiment-"I know not, care
not, what guilt is in thy hear."--her mind was too
! pure for the admission Of trust SO terrible--sc
with a devotion sacred and
tranquil in its nature, prevailing IN its strength
Ia reliance, that however subjected to shame and
EobIoquy, and degradation, Ashton Grey was still
1.-The same being, she had at first beheld him. ano
Ito whom she had voluntarily plighted the vows,
which he now urged with depth OF passion that
subdued even his proud frame to weakness. AnC
Iduty ITSELF now assumed a new and brighter COL
4 orlng. Should woman's affection recol back
upon itself, when the plaguespot was on its OBJ
u iect? Rosabel found easy parallel, and ere
the lovers separated, all thought, all purpose OF
lestrangement was forgotten, and a solemn renew
: al Of her faith was given in stead. Yet how was
i this faith to be sancti6ed? what was to be the
result of this sacred compact? A few days and
Young Grey was bound to that mart, which tho
, considered as neighboring emporium, since the
: navigation of our waters has become subject 10
II the ,deathess power Of magician, at that time
! presented distance, as interminable IN th"ught
e las il was wild and perilous. Should ne now,
: seek then to tear her from the shelserng guaroi'
anship of fond adoption. but to leave her at once
d himself away, and leave her-so gentle, so yield.
1t ing, 80 dependant, still exposed to those dreaded
Il Influences, which had already threatened to es-
81 TRANCE her from hIm7-Eirher alternative was
i madness, and private marriage could alone Sc
n cure him a semblance Of tranquility. At his re-