Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-06-06

JulIs /; be-, u were pity luscls = face should
Mt he accompanied With an h'nabie hear. Ate
ynu much acquainted with her
'NoI rcfs nall,. Indccd | never eonrorscd with
Hct iaf ten nlinuics 40 my lilt'
Thea you may be mistaken VA thinking Lct vpn
and aaln' SAID Mis- Wr,ibury.
%. | have seen enough 10 satisfy fully ms To
that poinI.' SAID Mrs Cunningham. When young
lady exert. herself cegross the attention u new
ly married men. aud when she looks 40 well salts
fed at success want nothing more. She can
have de'icacy offcehug-shc must be a coquotie
of the wors, kind
II was now Mrs Wesiburys turn to change The
subject Of conversation and simply rcmnfkiug-
That should be- extremely careful how We Judge
character has,y'--she asked some question tina,
drove Mis-. E,dou from Mrs Cunnnghnm's mind.
soon alter the visitor departed and Julia returned
TO her chamber.
IN the evening when Mr. Wes,bury came H. he
found Julia reading, bot she immediately laid down
her book, aud resumed her work. She thought II
quite as impossible TO pursue the solitary pleasure
OF reading while her husband was sitting by, MS TO
hhve done with any other companion and she
kacw reason why lie was not much entitled to
cyihty stranger, or common acquaintance
1t VAS no, long before Mr. Wcstbury inquired 'wha,
book had engaged her attention. twas DR. Rus
1T is a delightful work. said Julia. i have
just read extract from CbStenubrand, that !
think one of the mos, olcgan, passages tina, ever
met with
| 4 should like To hear it, said Mr. Wes.bury.-
Julia opened the book, aud the passage lost none
Of It's beauty by her reading. She read the fol-
lowing -
when you travel in Judca, the heart is at first
| filled with profound melancholy. But when pass
ing from solitude solitude boundless space opens
before you, this feeling wears off by degrees and
you experience secret awe which, so far from
depressing the soul, impnrts life aud eevatcs the
genius. Extraordinary appearances every where
proclaim aud tecmlng with miracles. The burn
ing sun, the towering eagle the barren fig tree, oil
the poetry all the pictures OF scripture are here
Every name commentaries mystery, every grot-
to announces prediction, every hill rcechoes tho
accents of prophet. God himself hae spoken III
those regions, dried up rivers, rent the rocks and
opened the grave. The desert still, appears mute
with terror, and you would imagine that i, had new
er presumed to interrupt the silence since it heard
the awful voice Of the Eterna
Julia closed the volume, and Mr. Westbury after
bestowing just praise on the extract she had read
took up the work and proposed to read If she wod
like. She thanked him, and an hour was yer,
pleasantly spent in ths manner. little time al
occupied in ren,arking what had ooen read, wheI
after u short silence, Mr. Westbury inquired Of Ju
liza. 'whnther she much of Mrs Cunningham 7
Not great deal was Jua's answer.
Was she here this morning1' said Mr. West
bury.
'She was,' replied Julia.
do you intend to intimate with her ? inquire
Mr. Weslbury.
| Il have no intention about II, said julia. 'bu
presume never shall, as ! fear views and Taste
will prove very discordanl.'
i am happy TO hear you say So said Dir West
bury. j am not prcpossessed IN her favor an
greatly doubt whether my intimacy with her wou
be sautary. Such person as conceive her TO b
should be nothing more than az acquaintance
Nothing more was added on the subject, and Ju
liza wondered though she did not ask, what ho
given her husband uniavOrable an opinion G
; Mrs Cunnnghams character. The truta was, b
overheard the conversation Of the morning, who
he would have frankly confessed TO his wife, bu
for kind Of delicocy to her feelings, as he LA
heard her remarks as well those Of Mrs Gun
bingham. lie knew that II was not quite bonoTa
be 10 listen to u conversation without the k1oSl
edge Of the parties but he could not close The Il
brary door without bc,raying his proximity Ia
wished not 10 see Mrs Cunningham lao therefor
resolved to remain quiet, and heard their whole col
loqny.
"A few days after this circumstance occurred, a
invitation To another party wss received. NJ
Wcstbufy looked OF the card FIRST. and handing
TO Julia said
i would have you &C, your pleasure With regan
to accepting this invitation.
1T will be my pleasure said Julia, hesI'ating
aud coIoring a llllle--fi will be my pleasure L
consult you're
4 have little choice sbou; IT, said Dir Dir West
bury, and # you prefer declining 10 accept, "o'
have you do So
Shall you attend ii = askcd JGia, while chad
of anxiety passed over her features.
Certainly moi. uDless you do, Mr. Wes'bury nc
Piled.
Then, sald Juha, # At be quite as agreeable Il
YOU, had thousand times rather sPend At 81 b"'n
alone wth--sbe checked herself. colored efnis"n
aud left the sentence unfinished.
The morning after ia. lesoe, Mrs We''b"fy Ma
favored with another call from MIs Cunningham
why on earth we're you'nu. al Mfs Is 'as
Bgbtr asked shs almost rs coon DE shc entfie'
the house. You cant .msglne nhhi"g more spleh
dad and dehghtlul .hau every thing Nae.
.You were there thea, said julia.
! ~. ,o,,.,rly though 1 went quite late. Bd