Madison Whig advocate., 1839-11-30

By MS. JULIA L. DUMoNT.
@By all that is good,,' exclaimed a
younr man, suddenly stopping and gsz-
iur earnestly al q person, whom he met
IN the streets of the metropoi Is Yes, ="
he yehemenly continued, catching the
hand Of the stranger, whose eye now
met BIS with an expression he could
d0gbt no longer, u cannot be raistaken--
y0l are Reginald Talbert''-''and you,
cried The stranger, with answering vehe-
nsnce. ARE Frank Cliford'-They em-
braced-and for some time were incapa-
BE of further uiterance. Clifford, how
erer. drew his friend mechanically TO
his Lodgings: and the wordIess feelings
Of ths moment, were at length succeed
"a BY the oveIfowing gush of young and
ardent hearts. w no, that after sepa-
ration Of many years, has unexpectedly
mei the chosen associate of his boyhood
the favorite companion of early and
bright years, may not imagine the anI-
uaie1 nature Of their conversation, its
rapid review Of past scenes, the frequent
burst Of simultaneous recollection, and
the sudden transitions from the grave to
the gay-irom the trifiing to the weigh
u. Clifford and Talbert had been class
mates from the age of nine 10 fifteen; q
period Of life when the affections of the
heart spring forth in their richest luxu-
rance and rapidly attain strength, that
resis,s the destroying influence OF after
years. Amid the gay revels of child
hood, treading in the shadowiess hight
Of peace and buoyant feeling, they had
first met. Tha, instructive sympathy,
which operates ever on infant hearts,
that mysterious principle OF human ma
fure, which the stole yainly attempts to
anallze or define, had at once mingled
their spirits. They became inseparable
experimentation in each others
eause--allIes in all the mimic factions
q their juvenile community, reciprocal
confidants of every thought; colleagues
10 mischief, and all those scenes OF
young and ardent enjoyment, which re
nam on the gloomy memory of after
NE, like bright green spots amid a
Parched and desolate waste. Are the
Ties thus formed. the wild and exuberani
growth OF childish caprice7 far other
49, -si.sr ~reIi gotures of strong and
holy eling-feeiing, that springs spon-
eneous and unbiased from hearts in all
their freshness, that will not wither un-
less these hearts become cankered by the
breath Of corruption. Seasons came
aud passed; and still our young friends
were pursuing one and the same path
''.hng together up the slow ascent ol
ss.cience-basking in the bowers of Iighi
literature. or bounding over the fields oI
,oSSeas'Onally privileged indulgence. A.
"Ae amlable and conciiiating, they were
egaaily, general favorites. Alike talent
ihey were mutual assistants to each
nr geer In the attainment of knowledge
DisSiosing- as time rolled on, the same
1ofai elevation OF character - frank
generous faithful, and disinterested
.aeiF social compact became kind o
sasatrous league in the cause OF honol
nl virtue. Still there were traits II
saca sufficiently distinct to give tone te
.netr intercourse. There was little II
Ne charscter of Frank, that would have
zen termed fine sentiment by our mod
"a sxfuis'fss-no sudden flights among
'As clouds; no abstraction of thought
:, - communion with imaginative things
mere were times, indeed, when his iint
'es'nres flashed with fire, or glowed Will