Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-10-12

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ol bis own past history, or future pros
| poets, Stunned all oIiical discourse, and
was with difficulty drawn mo conversa-
ton upon the scenery aud manners of the
north Of Europe. He seemed afraid Of
the subject.
Upon the general topics, whether of lit
craturc or art, he was remarkably open
md candid. He possessed in an eminent
degree the talent Of acquiring languages
iorwhch his countrymcn are distinguish
ed, and had made the best use of those
keys of knowledge. | have never met
with any porsen whose mind was more
richly cultivated, or who was more cal
cu!ated to adotn the highest station
And here ne was wasting life in secIu-
ded village, in foreign country! What
would become Of him after his present
apparently slender resources should be
exhausted, was painful to imagine. The
more painful that the accidental discovery
Of the direction Of letter had disclosed
his former rank. 1t was part of an en-,
ve'oPc, addressed "A Monsieur lc Comto
Choynowski,' and left mark in a book,
all except the name being torn of. But
the fact needed no confirmation. All
his habits and ways of thinking bore
marks Of high station. What would be-
come Of him.
1t was but too evident that another ca
lan1ity was impending over the unfortu-
nate exile. Although most discreet in
word and guarded in manner, every be-
spoke his devotion to his fellow. inmate.
Her wishes were his law His attentions
to her little boy were such as young men
rarely show to infants except for love of
the mother, and the garden, that garden
abandoned since the memory of man,
(for the court, previous to the arrival Of
the present tenant had been for years un-
inhabited, was under his eyertons and
superintendehce, rapidly assuming an as
pcct Of of luyuriance and order. 1t was
not impossible but Helen might realize
her playful vaunt, and beat me in NY
own art after all.
John (our gardening LADY was as near
being jealous as possible. and considering
the estimation in which John is known to
hold our doings in the howery way; such
jealousy must de accepted as the most
hattering testimony to his rivals success.
To go beycnd our garden was, in Johns
opinion, 10 be great indeed! -.-..,.-,
Every thought of the Count Choy-
nowski was engrossed by fair Helen;
and we saw with some anxiety that she in
her turn was but too sensible Of his at
tentions, and that every thing belonging
to his country assumed in her eyes an ab-
sorbing importance. She sentto London
for all the books that could be obtained
respecting Poland; ordered all the jour-
mails tha: interested themselves in that
interesting though apparently hopeless
cause; turned libcral-she who had been
reared in the lap of conservatism, and !
who my father used laughingly to ca!lthe !
little tory; turned radical-turned rcpub, |
lican for she far out scared the modern
doctrines Of whigism in her political |
flights; denounced the Emperor Nicholas
as tyrant; spoke of the Russians as a
nation of savages; and in spite Of the evil
dent uneasincss with which the Polish ex-
lie listened to any allusion to the wrongs
of his country, for he never mingled in
such discussions. omitted no opportunity
of proving her sympathy by declaimng
with an animation and vehemence,. as be-
coming as any thing SO like scoIding we'll
could be. against the cruelty and wicked
ness of the oppressors Of that most unfor-
tunate Of nations.
1t was clear that the peace Of both was
perhaps; and that it had be-
coming the painful duty Of friendship to
awaken them from their too bcwitching
dream.
We had made an cxcurson, on one sum
ny summers day, as far as Eyerloy Hills.
Helen, always impassioncd, had been
wrought into passionate recollection Of
her own native country, by the sight of
he heather just bursting into its purple
bloom; and NJ. Choynowski, usually SO
self-posscssed, had been betrayed into the
of kindred feeling, By the
delicious odour Of the fir plantations,
which served to transport him in imagin-
ltion to the balm breathing forest of
he north. This sympathy was new
md a strong bond of union between two
pirits but too congenial; and dotermin-
d no longer to defer informing the gen
loman, in whose honoTrI placed the most
IMPLICIT reliance, Of the peculiar position
E our fair friend.
Detaining him, therefore, 10 coffee.
we had taken an early dinner in the fir
.rove,) and suffering Helen to go home
D her little boy, contrived by leading
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