The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-08-29

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the bowl
Reserve it for polluted lips;
| woulG not bow a stainless soul
Beneath its dark and fopId eclipse"
Lucy, my child said Mrs. Carroll, do
YOU know it is whispered that George Dur
wood is forming habits Of dissipation l
would net grieve you Lucy-yet it is well
10 be warned of danger; and when even
Durweoa's friends are forced to ackhowl-
edge that be has altered, we have reason to
fear that our ingenious and high minded
friend is indeed listening with charmed
ear 20 the voice Of that syren, the end oi
whose song is distraction. You have heard
ihess repos,s, my child
U, A slight culver came over tte lip of the
X yeung girl, who stood silent before her
mother, as pale certainly and as beautiful
Z as the most exquisite statute. Lifting her
meieiencd blus eye to her mother, whIle an
unwonted energy kindled it, she answered
-. Y es, mother, Durwood's enemies have
net been slow in coming such reports fol
my ear. i Know have heard them all,
but i do nos believe tAem.'
Lucy, 4he innocent, the lovely, the con.
iiding Lucy, spoke as she thought. In hei
heart she could not believe thai he whose
mature was so noble. SO generous, ,who eyinc'
ed so many correct feelings and principles
aud who possessed in an eminent degree, al
manly qualifications, she could not believe
that he, ny any possible temptation, could
yield to the baneluL insinualien, Of the De
s.royor,a and degrade the dignity Of manhood
below the brutes that perish.
8 And why was it that aad the censure'
and harsh judgment Of the world, the Sc
/. cret regrets OF his friends, and open attacks
Of his enemies. Lucy shrined deeper in Aei
heart the image Of her lover! She ieDeC
hinl,-and her heart, enshrouded i'll tk'
lnanue Of devotion, clung with increaseC
tsAacily to its object; and ihe igh! Of afiee
ton skone warmer and brighter rs the shad
ows of evils closed darker around her be
loved.
Conslauey is a striking and peculiarly
5eauGful trait in the character Of Women
--and in love like Lucy's there is surpas
sing strength. Ithas nothing gross or earth
" IN its yearniags, for its source Is in sht
purcst fountains of the heart. Alas lor tht
: sunless riches laid on the alter Of love l
is seldom worthy of its fostering.
Butt was present at that bridal; Tor Lu
ey did become the wife of George DurwoOd
/ marked the smile of conscious triumph
and exulting love, as before Gods holy al
Ter he plighted chat deep vow to be her hus
band, comforter and protector forever Am
she, the gentle being at his side, saw he
look Of trusting and ehiire confidence wae
she gave her hand to him with whom sh
had chosen to tread li(s's crowded path.
watched that widowed mother, too, whe
she gave her only darling to sn unlred guar
dianship. There was sorrow IN the tone
Of her fond and fearful blessing on t.laI TAI
young bride, who was thus in the lenderes
year, leaving the shelter and guardlance q
a mothers love Forever And l heard too
The solumn injunction she gave as she com
mllcd her precious charge into his HANDS
that he should deal truly aRd kindly wit
her as he hoped Gods blessing. hear
all, and | turned aside TO conceal The tear
which were uAcOnsciously creeping int
my eyes. An iIl-omened melancholy cam
over me, but srove to banish il, for VIII
should | din that fairy picture Of happines
with my tears
have said that Lucy Carroll became III
wife of Durwood; and alas she became hi
victim also. The blight fell early an tn
rose, and The worm revelled amid leaves
We need not trace George Durwood on hi
srring path Of folly and dissipationj enoug