The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-06-21

woman oeFoledness; and where medical
skill was at fault the love taught by affection
succeeded. The awful lima gina,ions which
crowded upon Mr.. Wallingford's mind
were at length dispersed, but the dark ness
of dependency, and a sort OF vague terror
of coming evil, still hung over him. The
caresses ot Isabel, then n lovely child ot
thirteen, were very efficient aids TO his re-
covery. In her bright blue eyes, and curls
Of that golden bfo>su, so rare and so beau
tiful, he saw a renewal of her mothers
early charms and when she pressed her
rosebud mouth to his aching brow, he felt
that earth ye, held n talisman 10 awaken
him from his trance Of sorrow.
Thus from the early age Of sixteen, An
ma was burdened with the cares of woman
hood. To watch her fathers every look
and anticipate his every wish; to guard her
young sister from every anxiety, and pro-
cure for her every pleasure such were her
daily, hourly tasks. She lived for others,
not for herself: and her unselfish spirit
knew not how TO repinc, for she felt not
how much she sacrificed. In one thing
alone Anna failed, and perhaps it was
where none could have succeeded. She
could not pursue the judicious course mark
ed out by her mother for her weaker min-
ded sister. She could not make her the
partner Of her own anxieties, and thus teach
her to become, as it were, induraied to the
cares of after days. 'Wby should l sad
den her cheerful spirit 2 she would say,
troubles must come upon her IN future
years, and why should anticipate their ef-
fecis no. let me shield her while ] can,
may not always have the power This
was on ill-iudged system. Poor Isabel
grew up like tender exotic, the winds of
Heaven were not allowed TO visit her too
and when the tempes, came, it
crushed her to the earth forever.
As his daughter grew up to " womauhood,
Mr.. Wallngiord's gloom gradually subsia
ded, AMI although he never quite recovered
his former cheerfulness, he no longer avoid
ed company, nor forbade The voice of mirth
TO resound ihro' the old mansion house.
ls,bel was passionalely fond of society, and
no wonder, for she was idol. No party
was considered compile wiiAou, the beau,i-
iul Isabel Wallingford; no fetc was bril-
liant which was not graced with her pre-
sence. She had that brightness Of temper
which seems to throw sunshine on every
1bng within its influence. Her lips were
always parted with smiles, and her blue
eyes seemed always lighted up with joy
business. She was creature born for hap
piness; she sought for it in every thing /;
the dark side Of life's picture she passed
over with single glance, and turned her
gaze upon the cheerful sunny spots
that LIT up the canvass. have always OBJ
served, that where cheerfuness Of temper is
the result not Of principal, but of extreme
dclicacy Of feeling, of that sort of refinement
which leads the mind inStinctiveiy to avoid
nil painful subjects of contemplation, it is
sure to sink under the first sorrow which is
forced upon its observation. The mind be-
comes somewhat habiuated to suffering
when it is accustomed to survey it calmly,
and, as the veteran Seaman turns from the
fragments of the wreck lie has Just escaped,
10 embark in the irst vessel that meets his
view, SO it is easily induced to Danish the
recollection of misfortune, and trust again
10 the treacherous element Of Hope. But
where all sights and sounds of sorrow have
been carefully excluded, where the mind has
itself with an atmosphere in
which nothing like grief can live, the con-
vulsion Of the elements which can alone
disturb that pure atmosphere, is indeed fear
Cul.
Anna was so happy on seeing Isabel the
flected how much she was cast in the shade
by her sisters beauty. To watch labels
light footsteps in the dance, TO listen to her
sweet voise in the song, gave far more
pleasure to Anna than to display her own /
superior skull in music, or. gentle grace Of
motion. But she was at last made sensible
that there were other feelings in her heart
beside sislerly affection !; and when she was
Obliged to sacrifice to n sense of duty, the
dearest hopes Of woman's nature; when
her promise TO her dying mother compelled
he. to decline the profiered hand OF one
whose Image was ensbrined IN the inmost
recesses Of her bosom, Anna felt that It re-
quired all her strength Of character to sup !
port her. She frankly stated to her suitor
her reasons for declining his alliance, and
the gushing tenderness of her
heart, only begged that his proposals nigh,
never be mnde known to her father, lest his
sense Of judgment might lead him to adyo-
caie marriage which would deprive him
,f her society. Her lover bade her farewell
.ileuced If not satisfied, and many bitter
ionr Jid Anna spend in striving to repress
ier hearts vain longing for his return.
Among the many suitors attracted by the
wealth aud beauty Of the lovely Isabel, was
,ne whom even her partial father considered
Lord Leslie was an only son
ind having spent his early years 10 stddy, |
md his later ones in travel, had reached the /
nature age Of thlry-6ve without having
,ean mauGuvred into mairirony. In truth
,e was weary of the artificial characters he
net with 10 society, and Ionged for that
rcshness Of feeling aud originally Of mind
which form so rare combination with re-
inement Of mind and manners. In Isabel