Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-12-28
From the Boston Mercantile Journal.
AN AFFECTING STORY.
She never told her love;
But let concealment like worm y the bud,
Feed on her damask cheekn

teeu OIL ner udlnuSk Cnetk.'
A correspondent of one Of the morning
papers, over the signature of ii. W. in
describing a recent visit to the Shaker set.
tlement, at Harvard, Massachusetts, thus al
ludes to one of the female members OF the
society:
"Of the slxty-seven females that took
part in the services when we were there,
only one attracted the general attention of
the spectators. 1t is Of her we propose to
speak.-She was apparently of about twen-
ty years of age, with an intelligent eye, and
broad high forehead, and of surprising
beauty. She seemed pensive and melan-
choly, and went through her part meclian-
ically. 1t was evident her mind and
thoughts were at the time elsewhere. Oc-
casonally she would cast a glance at the
spectators who were present, particularly
at young and handsome wdower one Of
our party. We really wish we knew more
of this girls history. She has already
caused us some sleepless nights, and we
should like to know more about her. If
we could read her thoughts arght, she was
even then draining the bitter cup of suffer
ing and disappointment to the very dregs
Doubtless some unhappy love affair, with
all its usual train of blasted hopes and
crushed affections, was the cause Of her
thus separating herself from the worlds
people, and connecting herself with the So
ciety of Shakers. Indeed, we had no inti-
nation that such was the fact. She had
been in the society only one year, and yet
her health was failing her very fast. Alas!
poor girl. A few short months and thou
and thy sad tale of unrequited love, will
both be alike forgotten. For thee there is
no rest but in the grave. Sad fate for one
so Young and beautiful, and whose only
fault it was to love, not wisely, but too
Shakespeare has beautifully said
tThe course of true love never did run smooth
Alas! how many since the line was writ
ten have had evidence ofits bitter truth!
The young lady referred to in the above
paragraph is well known to many in this
city. She is the only daughter of wealthy
and respectable parents, who reside in one
of the towns of Middlesex county, and re-
ceiyed most of her early education at one
of the private female seminarles in Bos-
ton.
About four years since she paid visit to
some of her old class mates IN this city and
vicinity, and the writer of these few lines
remembers meeting her at social party in
the neighborhood. She was just blooming
into womanhood, with buoyant and joyous
spirits--inteligent far beyond her years,
and though "beautiful, exceedingly," yet
withal so affable and lady-like, as at once
to win all hearts. To crown all. she was
of religious turn of mind, and, If | amnot
misinformed, was thus early in life men,
Der of the Unitarian Society, in her native
town. Although not enjoying at this time,
a verv robust state of health, yet little
thought she had then the seeds ofa fatal dis
ease within her, or that consumption,
slow, but sure,' had marked her for his
own.
Highly gifted by nature, and surrounded
BY ali that makes life desirable, l hoped and
believed that she might look forward with
confidence to many happy years in reserve
for her. But this bright picture was decep-
tive. Several of her family had from time
to time, fallen victims to that dread mala-
dy, so prevalent in our New England eli
mate, and to nice observer, acquainted
with this fact, it was evident she too was in
early life to fall sacrifice to the same vast
ing disease.
tsWhom tho Gods love, die young
had since heard nothing Of this interest
ing lady, when early last spring, happening