Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-11-23
CANTON MISSISSIPPI, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

: situation IN India, and upon the death OF
I his wife. sent home his only child 10 be
: educated with her cousin. His own
: death quickly followed, and Emily's re-
: collections of her parents and of India.
J were but as dream. while all the bright
realities of youth were connected with
!; Stokely Priory, and the kind friends she
; had found there. Mr.. Devereux was a
: widower, but the two Emilies passed
their carrier years under the tuition of
an excellent governess, between whose
} attentive solicitude, and the caresses OF
/ good aunt Betty, the loss of a mother
} was never felt. Mrs Elizabeth Deve-
} reux was an unmarried sister of Mr. De-
) vereux,s father. and consequently grand
, aunt TO the children. She was the kind
est OF women, and the sweetest of old
) maids. She did not attempt, with her
, old-fashioned habits and ideas. to reform
I the ways and manners Of the young; but
she entered into their tastes, and made
allowance for their feelings and their
manners. for which she was repaid by
the tenderest affection and the most
) watchfnl care.
As the cousins grew out of childhood.
J Mr.. Deyereux found it necessary to alter
his plan OF educating them together
Their governess had accepted an advan-
tageous offer Of experimenting a limit
!. ed establishment for young ladies': and
the increasing infirmities OF his aunt,
made Mr.. Devereux unwilling to de-
prive her of the society Of both the little
girls at once. A plan was therefore ar
ranged that the cousins should each al
ternately be for a year with their for
mer goverGess, Mrs. Hartley, and with
their grand-aunt at Stokely, until their
education should be completed. Thus il
happened, that during the twelve months
which Harry had passed with his guar
dian, previous to his quitting him for
college. the younger Emily had been his
only companion, and the natural conse-
lquence Of their being thus thrown to-
gether, was a growing affection for each
other. Ponsonby then thought that his
love for Emily was the sweetest, and
would be the most enduring feeling, of
his existence; he had cherished it during
five long years Of absence, and had been
| proud TO feel that 1t never was stronger
than at the moment when he expected 10
be restored to her. All this was true
and even now he felt that sweet and
young affection warm at his heart i-ah
no!--how different from this was the
wild tumultous feeling which now swell
led his breast, and beat in every pulse,
as woman, lovely, fuII-grown woman, as
serted her sway, and burst upon him in
ali her charms.
| But not unchecked did young Ponson-
| by permit himself to indulge in this
sweet tntoxication; severely did he take
himself to task, and yet he scarce could
say whence the blame had arisen. He
had come prepared 10 love his own long
cherished mistress, yet ere one wander
ing thought had sprung within his
| breast, he had listened 10 that voice
which could never be forgotten, and gaz-
ed on those bewitching eyes which still
would follow him wherever he went.
Yet was it long before the youth would
admit the painful, humiliating truth, that
his first love was extinguished, or had
never deserved the name of that omni-
potent passion. His upright honorable |
heart turned with pain from the posi-
bility of such dnfaithfuIness, and he shut
his eyes TO the danger, and resolved to
struggle with it, if it indeed existed.
Thus passed the time way, and Pom
sonby felt his task becoming more diff |
cult every EOUE- nor uiQ EMILY appear
to aid him in tit was true she rather
encouraged than checked him in any al
fusion to his youthful attachment; nay,
she dwelt with emphasis upon the minut- |
est circumstances regarding il, which |
had been confided TO her by her artless |
cousin; and Harry thought she almost |
took a malicious pleasure in1attaching |
Importance to them, at the very time |
when he was wincing under the recol |
lection of his letters. Yet it was diff |
cult to reconcile this mischievous tri- |
umph with the deep blush Of pleasure |
which would sufuse her cheek, when |
she herself was the exclusive object of
his attention. Thus, as the conduct of
Emily became every day greater enig- |
ma TO Ponsonby, and consequently fixed /
more of his observation, his heart became |
more and more filled with her image |
He tried to satisfy himself as to the state
of her feelings, but his efforts were vain.
Her character was much too open, and
her disposition too generous, TO admit |
the imputation of coquetry, and yet at /
times her conduct was inconsistent (
most capricious. Puzzled with Il mily |
and dissatisfied with himself, Ponsonby /
resolved to turn from the dangerous con
temptation He would busy himself
with books-he would only make his ap |
pearance when the assembled family |
party would render the meeting less dan
gerous to him.
II was after having thus absented him
self for some days, that he CHANGED to
meet with Emily on her return from an
early walk and though he bad resolved
on striking into an opposite path. such is
the weakness Of lovers forbearance.
that his resolution failed him at the mo-
ment, and he could not resist joining the |
enchaniress. He even induced her TO |
prolong her walk. by observing that the
cav was TOO inviting to allow of Der re-
turning to the house, and requested per-
mission 10 accompany her. But no soon
er had he made the request than he re-
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