The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-04-05

ness of Alice's chamber, and entered il cau-
uous'y without perceiving Isabelle. There.
he stood at last, by the side other who had
so often wished to see him, and whose an
,icipations had been so prjbhetic. Twas
even so,--his sister was dead. As passes
The dew from the rose leaf, and no one sees
whittier goes the offering, SO hud passed the
last breath from the pure lips of Alice Ora.
ham. For an hour, George sat by that bed
side, holding his dead sisters hand in STU
pa. ofgriefnnd remorse, and Isabelle Court
ney leaned from the open window thar the
keen morning air might revive her benumn-
ed aud horror stricken faculties. AT length
she called the attendant and such MS were
awake III the house were soon apprzed that
Alice wns no more.
What boots 1t row to tell of the grief and
self upbraiding of the wre,ched brother, or
/ tho sincere sorrow Of her; who had so faith.
fully administered to her sufferings, or the
unieellng remark of Mary Wcndall, that il
might have been expected, suffice il to say, :;
that on quiet sabbath evening they laid
that pure form in the still lonely church,
yard upon which almost her last earthly
look had rested, aud the declining beams of
the Angus, sun shone upon the ground thar
covered all that was mortal of lice Graham.
Her funeral was attended by all the visi-
tors--lt was {, $ good a way of getting rid of
n dull Sunday evening as they could devise,
and there Isabelle saw the last of George
Graham. On rising the mex, morning she
was told by Mary WendaIl in an ndifrer-
ont tone, that he had left the Springs, and
the season being nearly over, her mother
and herself prepared to turn their own steps
homeward.
The winter gailes were about to COM
mence. The dweIlers in gay cities had a
gain thronged together, aud balls, parties,
and all fashionable methods devised for
killing time in winter, were the enerossing
topics OF conversation, and Isabelle prepared q.
to mingle in them, an altered being. One
circumstance had sufliced to mature her
feelings aud change her from the child 10
the woman. Her dreams Of life were over,
and she nerved herself to meet its reali,ies-
The warm and ardent feelings she hnd law
ished on George Graham, were now thrown
coldly back upon her own heart, aud in the
bitterness of wounded pride, she determined
to revenge upon oil Of the sex who should
come within the reach of her power, the in.
jury she had received from one, and firmly
she kept her resolution. Throughout the
whole season, the city rung with her name. :
Her style Of dress at one ball, her delightful
flow of spirits Mt another, her fascinating
manners, and the number Of her admirers
ut third, were the topics of conversation
in all circles, until her name became sy-
nonymous with all that was attractive in
woman.-Towards the closing Of the winter,
however, when The offers of her numerous
suitors became known, und her rejection Of
them evident, the tone of society altered,
and her giving undue encouragement to one,
having ,rincd with the feelings Of another,
and injured the happiness of third, became
MS much and rs openly talked Of, as her
beauty and winning manners had been but
few weeks previous. Mothers who had
been content, to see their daughters hover
round her magic circle, as satteltes TO the
great star, now cautioned them against too
great an intimacy with Isabelle Courtney.
She was M ncorrigiblc coquet!e, an un-
feeling hirt and would yet live to see and
regrc, the impropriety Of her present mode
Of conduct.
To be Continued.
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