Richmond palladium., 1833-12-07

RICHMOND, WAYNE Co
ted him with rigid coldness and form
ality. We will undertake to saw, tha,
such conduct 10 wrong in all cases
Ladies, like the ancient PsrthiaDs, con
Iquer most when they seem to fly. Sci
wyn proved the ardor VI his passion.
By the perseverance, with which be
pursued the seige for a period Of siz
months, during which the icy frigidity
with which the lady had armed herself
seemed little likely ever to be thawed.
lie had managed adroitly 10 get intro.
duccd TO M. siolden, and as the lat.
tier found from his conversation with
his daughter that she held Selwyn in
high estimation, he was admitted to
the house on the most friendly foot
iog.
~ length the poor young man be-
came seriously III in consequence Of
the continued disappointment Of his
fondly cherished hope. MIR. Holden
was called in to attend him. At first
he was puzzled to make out the pre-
else nature Of the disorder with which
his patient was afflicted. He i:nagin-
ed it to be a nervous fever. Selwyn,
however, knowing the inefiicacy Of all
medicine to a mind diseased on his
third visit, described his synptoms
more accurately than he did at the first
BY confess,ng the real state Of the case.
The father was not displcased. lie
liked the young man, and his prospects
and character we're unexceptionabic.
One thing, however, he had long made
up his Gipd to, that his daughters ,ncli..
1lIould be the law upon which he
would alone act in the disposal of her
hand.
Priscilla was not at all disconnected,
when her father abruptly informed herr
Of the discovery which he had made.
1t was the very subject which had beenl
occupying her thoughts for hours be-
fore. During tic illness OF Selwyn,|
pity haa stepped in and subdued her
heart till Ut was pervaded only BY the
best and tenderest feelings Ct her sex.
She then felt IN iull force how highly
'ne appreciated his esti,nable quail
lies. The natural frankness oi her dis
position ut that moment predominated
aud she told her fa,her all she felt, and
10 lo"g and so cruelty concealed. She
BY commissioning him to tell
sel~yn that she accepted him. 1t
will be easily conceived how rapid
was the recovery Of the latter, aft r
his prescription from such doctor.
Three days after he was at he's feet
her in rapturO"s terms, Tor
he happiness which she had bestowed
'PoD him.
Priscilla was not yet disposed to re-
,ounce the command which she held.
She did not, as she ought to have done
'ecome at once a cOnfiding friend Of
Ter lover. Ii ever he presumed to
tep over the rigid bounds winch she
'ad prescribed for him, to approach
he verge Of the familiar with 9, she
rowned him into retreat. E,,amored
8 he was, he was fully disposed to al
ow her to be the superior being she
ssumed. She was AN angel, IL god
ess, and be was = willing slave. Alas!
either Of them took into consideration
hat things could not always be thus.
At length, Selwyn, aided BY the ln-
ercession Of MIR. Holden persuaded
er TO name day for the nuPtials.
he ceremony was performed, and ne
er did a pair who loved each other,
,ore ardentIy vow eternal constancy
t the altar Of God. The result Of
nch union ought to have been lmme-
late happines .iut the tables were
ow naturally turned. Selwyn felt
hat he was her husband and her lord.
me awe Of distance no longer eleva-
I'd her into the sphere; matrlmony
rought familiar intercourse; the in
rmities Of temper became known on
9th sides; they ought 10 have been
nown before. tic still loved her with
ardor, but, us a matter OF
purse, found that he had too long
iewed her rather thro' the veil Of fan .
y than with the eye Of truth aud he
W that she was not an angel but a
roman.
Priscilla, on the other hand, could
ad 90 long been accustomed. But to