The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-02-08

ing away, without any formal proposal
having transpired, the circumstances were
fast wearing out from the memory Of tho
coed psople Of.
Not many days elapsed Before q carrieges
furicusly driven, stopped at the door of
Miss Merion's resd6pse, and out Of it leap
ed Pentegru. To his demand Of private
and immediate interview with Aura, her
mother, to whom tho demand was made;
offered no opposition. They were left az
lone for some time, Until Mrs. Merton, a.
larmed at the fierce loudness of Peniegru's
tone, opened the door that led 10 the room,
10 interrupt or prevent anger SO strange and
unseemly!
You told Captain Etheling; too was
saying in tone tremulous with suppress;
ed passion, when he said he loved you;
tha; of him you had thought with sentiment
such as you can never feel towards any 9TH
er man.
A deep sob was the reply!
THAT his image was next to your heartt
sleeping or walking, and that you loved
none other
The same inarticuluted answer was re-
turned.
And yet during the time you were be
trothed to me Is it's il really all
true 2
Most true, family ANSWERED. Aura, 'and
true, that if Captain E,heling had the feel
ing of man of honor, he would never
have addressed, solely to insult and derid6
me-
Woman! Henry Etheling loved you
with the warmest affection of good mani
he told me all, that might advise him re-
spectng your immediate union
Told you ALL replied Auraj that you
), ,;night advise q :, : =, ., ,.a..
- Are you ignorant that Ethsling is my
brother!'
Mrs, Merton stepped forward TO prevent
her fainting daughter from falling on the
floor, whilst Pentegru, having violently
rung the bell, rushed out Of the house like
a man distracted; and The sound Of his re-
treating carriagewheels had died away be-
fore Aura had opened her eyes to sadness
and sorrow. When she did so; she aps
peared totally changed; her useful graceful
, pride of demeancur was vanished forever;
, she seemed crushed and humbled; and
, walked about more like some passionless
| spectre than young and high-spirited wo+
2 man. Whatever she might have said to
/ Ethelng, whose reserve respecting himself
had caused this strange incident, believe
5 lhat as far as she was capable of loving,
t she was devoted to Pentegru. The want
a Of that consistency Of character, for which
t we must look TO principal, 10 relgioni not
D to impulse, led her to violence to this de-
votOn, rathef perhaps for the sake of dis
a play and indulgence in a sickly sentiment
talty, than ofany thing baser; and the cou!
s sequence was the loss OF him whose res
: gard she meet wished to cultivate and at
tract;
It Pain and sorrow now follow every word
? write. Two days after this took place, l
e had drawn my chair to cheerful fire, and
had opened 4 volume Of the Republic Of
0 Plato, determined to bsguile the hours thus
: ill bed time, for shs evening had closed Id;
c when knock at ny door q was lodging in
G snug house near - made ne start
: from my chair in alarm--so loud, SO vici
e lent was il. No time vas left for surmise,
n for young surgeon f, named Jones;
e rushed abruptly into my apartment. For
+ Gods sake ? he said, for Gods sake; my
c dear sir, do you know any thing of Mise
S Merion's movements to-day 2
h Mr.. Morion's carriage passed my door
d this morning, towards -, said /, Tem-
: bling at every joint, as if palsy had
9 struck me, and l think she was in it with
if her mother
IF oh merciful Heaven forbid I left my
surgery early this morning, and the boy