The Ohio Democrat and Dover advertiser. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1839-1840, 1839-11-29

Tdpre exquisite expressions never saw
| Id any human face. She was an or
pHan.. Her father dying left her under
The care Of his friend, bequeathing her
\ al large fortune, with the very common,
though single provision. that she should
not marry without the consent Of her
guar dian. Beautiful, accomplished,
heiress, she had no sooner entered soa
eisty, than her hand become the prize
fct which wealth aud family coniended.
But 10 her suffers she was indifferent.
They amused her leisure, bu. they touch'
cd not her heart. Conscious Of feel
- not according to every one, she
logged for some kindred spirit who
might love with Intensity equal 10 her
own Ernm the crowd she larned az
way wearied with Their eeiIish- -audeknp.
ty protestations. She longed to 30
lovedsnot. for her fortune, bur for her.
self;Hhd when, at last, che met Henry
Dugal, had listened 10 his high and
lofty aspirations, she telt, before they
had known each other week, that her
destiny was woven with his. In one
short word they loved. Little did they
think, in the guilelessness Of FIRST afiec-
tlons that woe, and sorrow, and misery
should yet gil his cup 10 the brim. But
the web Of fate was already woven.
i Henry DuvaL was indeed, being
, TO beloved. Frank, generous, and cons
: fiding, with fine person and noble air;
possessed Of talents as brilliant as they
, were varied. with q mind disciplined by
study and enlarged by travel, the iasci'
nation ofhis conversation and the OPEN
ness Of his heart, fixed the admiration
which his address was calculated 10 ex-
cite He was just such being as one
| Of his fine ssnsibihIies would imagine.
, and is It to be wondered that Mary
, Symmes recproeated bis affectionf II
never occurred to her thai. his poverty
was, in her guardian's eyes, an insep-
. erable bar TO their uniou: and when Mr..
Wilson. at last aware Of the danger Of
further intimacy between his ward and
Henry Duval, and forbid the latter his
house, the beautiful beiress for the first
time woke 10 the consciousness Of her
situation. She knew her fathers will,
! and that she would be penniless if che
married without the guardians consei.
8 Butit was too late, The evening walks
add daily meetings which the guard an
y had overlooked, had proved foo much
3 for the Iovers' young and susceptible
| hearts, aud already had those vows,
, that Mary felt that only death could
: break, been exchanged between them.
Their tro'h was Pleh,ed to each other
' II was perhaps hasty. 1t may be repre-
! hensible; but who in ardor Of youth can
resist the desire 10 hear they are below
. ed9 Oh! there is nothing like the fret
3 confess'on!of pure youg heart Woe,
= m sery, and shame may come, age may
= dim our eye, and silver our hairs; ali
, that once thrilled us may pass a~av, and
: be no more rememb, red; but never even
r IN the darkest hour, shall tine first whls-
, pered confession Of our early love be
: forgot.
The history oflhe heart ie short, abd
= soon told. Love, when il has gone sC
= far. is only heightened by opposition.
They we're married. For the first time
. that lovely girl diSobeyed her guardian
. and, amid her anger aud malediCuons
r went forth from his door-a wife. Bu
i she was happy, In the presence ofhin
Il she loved she could forget fortune
J, friends, ,fa!terers, and all. She trusted
TOO that her guardian would relent
n Poor thing how she deceived herself
:. Her letters were returned unopened
and she herself spurned from his pres
: ence. Their future history was tina, o
= hundreds before aud since. Poverl,
a began to lower around them. The Ut
E most exeruons. Of her husband, oppos'
. ed as he scarcely sufiiced to win ,h'
l. necessares much less those supsrhui
= Of life which habit had made invaIua
# BILE. As q last resort be removed Il
1 the city; bu, his pride forbid him to seel
. his old acquainIanees. Al this time
: was that our correspondence ceased
y and | lost all knowledge Of him. Her
il too he fell sick; want began already Il
= haun, his lovely dwelling, and to stril
It it Of it's last few comforts. Yet IN the
}, dreadful winter, his lovely wife was a
d angel from Heaven. Friendless an
., alone, almost without means Of sympa
IT thy deserted by all who had formerl
ID crowded around her, she maiutaine,
10 themselves for four weary moths o
the profits other mothers long cherish
fe cd jswelry, watching dOy and nigh,
to through cold and sickness, over tue fe
IN vered bed Of her husband.
re- At last he recovered, but it was onl
re to shudder at the prospects before hin
of He was vel too weak to earn suster