The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-11-06

persist in withholding her pligIisd hand.
He received an answer asst ring him Of
mn increased aversion to their unioD. nd
ding he wns happy lie could now sny with
truth, that ~ great AID desirable change
in his daughters sentiment with regard
Ia him had taken plncc. james ,ecriv-
ed The news with mingled feelings nf
grief aud regret. lie frI, u like a man,
aud likewise bore II like n mun. Ills
father. seeing all probability of nm alli-
ance with Cecil az AN end, strongly re.
commended him To turn his at en,ion Ia
another conDexion. Judging himself,
from The letter he had received, acquii-
ted in honor of any further "bllgaiion Ia
wait, he followed the ADVICE, aud, after
a reasonable time, much Ia the pleasure
of both his parents. was eligihly and
suitably married. The tidings of this O.
vent were transmitted To Mr.. N. soon af-
ter its occurrence. 10y n prudent relative,
who justly experimenting the fatal c"nse-
quences which might follow an abrupt
disclosure TO Cecil. strenuously ndvise d
That they should keep her in Ignorance
of the circum stance, uulil the impr owed
state nf her health and spirits would ad-
nit ofthe shock aud that when The se-
cret was revealed, Il shonld I've done with
the utmost deliberntion aud caution, He
observed that no censure ar reproach
could he attributed 10 yonng Thornton,
and that the course he had pursued. met
with the undivided appreciation aud nc
cordance Of all who knew The history Of
the facts. Mr.. N. who saw the witheripg
effects of his in1exible periinacity, daily
exhibited with increased evidence in the
rapid aud wasting decay of his daughters
slender frame, at length began to be a
Harmed for the probable result when all
should be known. In this instance as
in many other instances. of similar type,
reflection came too late. The wound
which is inflicted by an envrnomed
shaft, generally mocks the skill and re-
pels the most efficient ansidotrs of the
most experienced leech. Aware of the
utter impossibIlity of long preventing a
discovery, Mr.. N. determined to break
the matter to his daughter gradually
himself, and, placing too implicit conf
dence in his own powers. plainly imagi-
ned be would he able tn blunt. and even-
tually TO assunge and sbbdue the dcute-
ness oi her pain. Cecil heard the heart
rending, excruciating intelligence. with
a serenity, moderation, and frmness wor-
thy the mobiles: heroine of aniiqaity.&
She generously aud unhesitaiingiy recog-
Missed tho propriety and honournblc
course Of her lovers conduct, aud only
deplored her. own forlorn aud desola,e
CONDITION. Her undissembIed. sadn ess
and depression, with the meek endnr-
ance of the keenest mental agony, diff
fused universal gloom through "a, the
neighborhood. To parents, here discre-
tion opens its useful aud instructive
pnge. Her father now lamented, with
the extreme bitterness Of the most poig.
nant remorse, the cruel injustice lie had
bsen guilty Of towards lns daughters
fnndest, never varied affections, in com
manicaiing tn james that change had
taken place in her sentiments. with re-
gard to him. S,ung Ia The quick. haunt
ed, pursued, and haunted even in his ve-
ry dreams, by this never -ceasiDg, ever
ohlrudlng reflection, he resolved, as an
ACT imperatiyely due to her character
aud reputation. freely aud frankly to dis
close the whole affair to Thornton, with
full exposition of the motives which
gave,it birth, and thus, by exonersting
his child, to unburthen his conscience of
load too grievnus to be endured. Re-
port, always too busy, always iop active
aud untiring, when mischief aud ill-ii-
dings are disseminated, brought too soon
the fatal secret, in its fullest attire, to
the unpfepared and unsuspecting ears of
Cecil. The th0ushis Of wha, she wns,
contrasted with those of what she nigh,
otherwise havo been, preyed so intenss-
y npon her mind. that the region of the
brain became affected, and reason lost
her sent. The calm melancholy, which
had hitherto reigned undisturhed over
her nnrnff!ed features, now yielded in
wild disorder to the frantic ravings of af.
frIghied and distracted madness. The
cup of parental misery and hopeless dis
tress, was now filled to overflowing. -
Exhausted nature, shaken to i,s centre,
by the combined action Of disordered in
tei'ects and bodily infrmiiies, could no
longer sustain the unequal contest. The
messenger, most truly welcome to the
distressed and afflicted victims of wret-
chedncss aud despair, was not tardy in
delivering the summons from on high.
. ION after her sad calamity, the amia-
bic, unofending Cecil, the child Of sor-
row, and the victim Of ,nisforiune. COM
mltted her innocent spirit To hun from,
whom II came. and sank like a wiIted
howeret int" the grave, a mournful me :
mento Of parental policy.
p.