Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-02-22

female attraction.
In the vicinity of B. is a beautiful spot
/ called the crescent beach. whose advanc-
ing and receding waves have given rise
10 so many beautiful and poeticaI images,
! the high precipices which rose in some
i parts, contrasting their dark brown rug
| ged sides with the beautiful plains be-
| You'd, all presented a scene Of singular
! beauty. This was favorite resort dur
i ing the summer months. Amelia and
Ludlow, who had joined a large and gay
| party to this spot, had wandered alone to
/ one Of the widest spots on the coast; he
] had before often alluded to the nature Of
his sentiEaenis, which Amelia had al
/ ways chosen 10 misunderstood; he now
resolved TO decide the question-and
while his fine face became animated
I with feeling as he spoke with the high
sense of honor which emineutly charac-
/ terised him, he proudly and with manly
/ decision spoke Of his present want Of
/ fortune, his moderate wishes, and his
plans for domestic happiness. Amelia
secretly felt that poverty with him would
be preferable to splendOr with any other
But even then, at the moment when her
answer was expected, an answer which
was to decide her future fate, she gaHy
turned 70 him, saying, ''lea2 to yonder
cliff and | am yours" for at this moment
she perceived the party advancing, and
felt that her long expected period of tri-
umph had arrived.
The spot on which they stood was Sc
parated from the cliff to which she
pointed by a space of several feet, be-
tween which was a deep chasnn; it seem
ed that some violent CONFUSION of nature
must have sundered the mineral rock
from their very base, for it was fright
ful to look down on the yawning chasm,
below
"Will you repeat those words,'' ex-
claimed Ludlow, every feature Of his
usually calm face expressive Of the deep
est feeling.
81 do repeat them; this spot shall take
its name from the fcat-henceforward
we will call it the Lovers lcap.''
All now were in GREATNESS expectation
for their last words, almost unconscious
" 10 themselves, had found other audi
tors IN some Of the party who were near.
1t was indeed an instant of GREATNESS
suspense, though all who had heard the
challenge, supposed il rather thought
less Jest than sober earnest; but there
was one TO whom they were words Of Sc
rious reality. With the agility Of one
accustomed to scale mountains and ford
rivers, TO which the scenes Of his early
life had familiarized him, he leaped from
the spot on which they stood, and no
time was LEFT for remonstrance - he
stood on the opposite height, but not long
enough did he remain to receive their
10. n.
which led round at the distance of half a
mile. he joined the party. Amelia,
glowing with animation and gratified
vanity, stood ready to receive him with
extended hand but Ludlow, with a slight
and distant bow passed on; he spoke not
to her, but with a hasty excuse TO some
of the elder members Of the party left
them, ere they could recover from their
establishment.
It was on a festive eve, that brilliant
circle of the fashionable and the gay, we
will not say the happy, for gayety Isl
seldom the test of happiness, and the
mask OF pleasure IS often assumed to
hide an aching heart, had assembled al
the house of Mrs. Andrews, rich widow
in New York.
"Who is that interesting stranger
leaning on the arm of gentleman who
has Just detered the room?n said young
lady TO Amelia Amelia looked too
wears had passed away, change had come
over him, but the quick eye of affection
discovered in the elegant stranger the
favored, the loved Of former years. It /
was LudIow-yes. it was he whose love
she had thrown from her They who
had been all the world to'each other,
" hose destiny she had once believed in
dissolubly linked with hershey met ash
strangers--a world was between them i
the revulsion of feeling was too great
past scenes Of happiness could never be
recalIed-lost opportunities could not be
recoyered-Amelia's heart was crushed,
and BY her own folly.
To describe the feelings Of the ardent
and hiqh-soaled Ludlow, when he heard
the heartless challenge of Amelia, Is I'M
possible-it tore from his intellectual
vision the mask which had concealed the
truth. Could she whom he bad SO deyo-
tedly loved, could she SO lightly risk his
sagety2 Could she SO thoughtlessiy
sport with his feelings and his life, while
he would have shielded her from even u
moments pain
Leaving B., which had been mere
liz a temporary home, he travelled to the
south. and established himself IN one or
the cities. married beautiful girl, and
rose 10 eninence IN his profession And
where was Anelia2 1t were vrn TO say
she had not suffered the penalty Of her
folly-wounded affection and pride had
long deprived her of peace She narri-
ed, but the heart had little TO DO win the
connection, and often did the faults and
peevishness of her husband, lead her to
deplore. with the bitterest feelings of
self-reproach, the fatal act by which she
had sacrificed her happiness and peace
OF mind.
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