Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-12-10


rltced to those petty indulgencies which
the presence or the influence Of a stran.
ger may disturb. So Guzman compro- |
missed with his conscience an his feelings. |
lie determined, in spite of all the priests
in Seville, to invite his sister and family
to Spain, and to leave the mass of his
immense fortune to them /; (and TO that eff. |
feet he wrote repeatedly and explicitly
But, on the other hand, he promised and |
swore to his spiritual counsellors, that /,
he never would see one individual of the
family and that though his sister might
inherit his fortune, she never-never
should see his face. The priests were sat-
isfied or appeared to be so, with this dec
laration and Guzman, having propitiated
them with ample offerings to the shrines
OF various saints, to each of whom his re.
covery was exclusively attributed, set
down TO calculate the probable expense of
his sisters return to Spain, and the neces-
sity of providing for her family, whom he
had, as it were, rooted from their native
bed ; and therefore felt bound, in all hon.
esty, TO make them flourish in the soil into
which he had transpanted them.
"Within year, his sister, her husband,
and four children, returned from Spain.
Her name was Ines, her husbands was
Weburg. He was an industrious man,
and an excellent musician. His talents
had obtained for him the place of Masses
tro do Capella to the Duke of Saxony
and his children were educated accor-
ding to his means, TO supply his place
when vacated bv death or accident, or TO
employ themselves as musical teachers in
the courts of German princes. He and
his wife had lived with the utmost frugal
itv, and looked TO their children for the
means of increasing by the exercise of
their talents, that substance which it was
their daily labor to provide.
s"The eldest son, who was called Everard
inherited his fathers musical talents. The
daughters, Julia and Ines, were musical
also, and very skful in embroidery. The
youngest child, Maurice, was by turns the
delight and torment of the whole family.
"They had struggled on for many years
in difficulties too petty TO be the subject of
detail, yet too severe MOTTO be painfully
felt by those whose lot it was to encoun-
ter them every day, and every hour of the
day, when the sudden intelligence, brought
by an express from Spain of their wealthy
relative Guzman inviting them to return
thither,and proclaiming them heirs to all his
vast riches, burst on them like the first
dawn of his half years summer on the
crouching and squalid inmante ola Lap
land hut. All trouble was forgot,-all
cares postponed,-their few debts paid off,
and their preparations made for an in
slant departure to Spain.
$50 TO Spain they went, and iourneyed
on to the city of Seville, where, on their
arrival they were waited on by a grave
ecclesiastic, who acquainted them with
Guzman's resolution Of never seeing his
offending sister or her family, while at the
same time he assured them Of his intention
of supporting and supplying them with
every comfort till his decease put them in
possession of his wealth. The family
were somewhat disturbed at this intelligence
and the mother weapt at being denied the
sight of her brother, for whom she still
cherished the affection Of memory whilst
the priest, by way of sofiening the dis.
charge of MS commission, dropped some
/ words of a change of their heretical opin-
} ions being most likely TO open channe
of communication between them and their
r relative. The silence with which thi:
= hint was received, spoke more than many
words, and the priest departed.
t "This was the first cloud that intercep.
: ted their view of felicity since the express
: arrived in Germany, and they sat gloomy
| enough under its shadow the remaindel
of the evening. Welberg, in the conf
l dence of expected wealth, had not only
J, brought over his children to Spain, bu
: had written to his father and mother, who
!, were very old, and wretchedIy poor, f,
0 Join him at Seville and by the sale O
J, his house and furniture, had beer enabled
d to remit them money for the heavy ex
e pense OF so long q journey. They wer
d now hourly expected, and the children
d who had a faint but grateful recolIectio
: of the blessing bestowed on their infan
}. heads by quIvering lips and withere
g hands, looked out with JOY for the arriva
h of the ancient pair. Ines had often sal
~ 10 her HuSDduus WOulu IL HOL DG UellGF
a let your father and mother remain in Ger
1t many, and remit them money for thei
lie support than put them to the fatigue of S
= long Journey at their far advanced age
le And he always answered, 'let them ra
RS Their die under my roof, than live uade
s. that of strangers !?
is sThis night he perhaps began to fe,
the prudence ofhis wlGe's advice !; she sar
ID it, and with cautious gentleness, forbor
!, for that very reason, 10 remind him {
5. it.
se "The weather was gloomy and col
D. that evening-it was unlike a night
III Spain. It's chill appeared to extend
k the party. Ines sat and worked in silenc
ID the children, collected at the window
< communicated in whispers their hopes an
le coniectures about the arrival Of the age
IL travellers, and Welberg, who was restless
w traversing the room, sometimes sighin
ID as he overheard them.
al s.The next day was sunny and cloudle:
t. the priest again called on them, and, {,
y ter regretting that Guzman's resolutio
IN was infexiblc, informed them, that
r, was directed to pay them an annual SUI
I'd for their support, which he named, az
y. which appeared TO them enormous: ar
Of IN appropriate an other for the educatiC