The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-07-29
INCONSISTENCY.

Now taste Of the other the dark flowing urn
Then, then is the moment affection can sway
With depth and tenderness joy knew:
Love, nursed among pleasure, is fathess as they,
But the love- born ofsorro'o, like sorrow true
Moore.
Leonard Graham my most intimate frien
We had grown up from boyhood together, and rt
garded each other afectionate brothers. | wa
never happy unless he was with me- | never en-
Dyed my hunting .ursions in the wood were |,
not present 10 congratulate me my skill, or In
ment my i'll fortunes and, whether successful il
angling in the placid stream or not, mauered it'll
TO me, unless Leonard Graham sat upon the SAM
bank. with his line dangling by the side of mine
lie was young man, of the most tender feeling
and possessed an open, generous disposition, which
was easily discovered in the ingenious expression
of his face, the very picture of candor and truth
"A kind, true heart spirit high
That could not fear, and would bow,
Were written in his manly eye
And OH his manly brow"
The years of our boyhood had rolled RAPIDLY
away and at the age ofeigheen Graham's parents
left the little village of S, where he had passed
SO many delightful hours; and while he was con-
ming his Virgil, and pursuing the various
branches of n classical education, continued a
"podding servant of the day book and ledger" in
the counting room Of my father. Though widely
separated, we still were as warmly attached as ever
and Whenever fortnight elapsed, in the which
did not receive a letter in the wel-known hand of
my friend, was ready to die with ennui, infancy
ing him i'll and always formed sundrv resolutions
that, if in the event it should not appear that my
fears were, true, of want of time col
lege duty, should prevent my giving him merited
cistigation in my return epistle Such was Leonard
Graham, and such our early acquaintance
He completed his education at college, and com
menced the study of the law will, a gentleman, an
early companion and friend of his fathers who resi-
hasI Int e al
beautiful villages that skirt the shores Of the Deal
ware, between Trenton and Philadelphia Here
after few months commenced an eventfnl period
IN his life. He fell in love with the daughter of
rich and worthy resident of the village, very ac-
complished and beautiful young lady, and unniver-
sally admired by those who observed only the /
Huency of her language and the playful vivacity of
her manner. Graham loved her to devotion
there was the same artess sincerity in his attach
ment to her that had ever characterized him. He
was last rising to emnence--had reputation for
brilliant talents and therefore it is surprising that
the parents of his " lady love" marked with pleas
ure the attentions he bestowed upon their beloved Y
daughter or that she herself admitted his addresses
and recprocated in measure, his feelings tow II,
ards sher. A
Affairs were in this situation when young Graham
visited Philadelphia, during the session of the
United States court, in the autumn of IS. One
morning. while passing along the crowded wharves &c
ne came in contact with cluster of seamen, who gel
we're conveying along, toward the end of the street ~
IN invalid, wrapped IN blanket An accident
seemed to render his assistance necessary and hay y
ng profered it, bcool no further notice of the He
went AS he was admirer Of the simply
,eautifu IN nature he gaZed with pleasure upon
ne scene, which spread, like entertainments before -
nm. The beautiful river stretching away to the
ouh the waercrat with their white sails bright N
nlng IN the sunshine the sober lines of autumn res
tI,n l., nm
ION and when he returned to his boarding house ,;n
eceived formidable epise from him, giving me Ma
elghtfu! description of Philadelphia and its envr- qua
us. But few days had elapsed before he was d
iken dangerously Ill and his physician declared sci
IS disorder to be the small pox He then remem-
cred The crowd, and the sick man the wharf; and -
giving information to the physician, inquiry was
lade, and 1t was found that the invalid whom he
aw was IN the worst stage of the disease, and was
hen IN the act of being removed from the vessel TO
hat was termed the "pest hause" T aT
Nraham would not suffer the news of his illness sh,
be sent to his parents, to his patron at b on
'r fear OF giving them unnecessary unueasincss all
nd fortunately for his fate the family in which he
'slded had been previously afflicted with the disor-
er And there was, therefore no danger of nfec- u
On, he was suffered to remain and was treated with m
&c most untring and kind attention. When he had an
recovered, he returned to B. His coun- TO
nance though pale and pitted, from the effects of on
disease, was still manly prepossessing, and in r.
resting Among his first visits after his arrival tin
as one to his adored girl. In few minutes after
entered the apartment, he perceived there was
ldness, forced formality in her actions, that cut
m to the heart, when he contrased it with her for
er playful and aifectionate manner. His surprise
as not a little enhanced, when, after some moments,
ring which she learned from him the misery of his
ness, and after a long and vacant stare, which he
I ofitself sufficiently mortifying she exclaimed, in <
tone which seemed to him like mingled pity and Y
Icule, "Oh my-why, Graham how YOU do
'k, never saw the like. Now Just to think that 20
1t ugly smallpox should make you look so horri-
:" look, manner, accompanied this unleel- -
: remark, that completely unnamed him md