The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-12-30

y hesHaW anu onhuhge are Hs deafh. We c.
h no moro love, than cease TO love, by all the e
il forts which reason can employ
}. And yet from you
e To hear such language may be strange
fl And yet it may be true.'
/. Nay cried The other fervcnrly. Il hone
T ID not so. And more than that. deyou,ly hon
that these are not your real sentiments
flash of triumph rose, in spite Of herself, I,
Mara's eyes she witnessed the mortified lool
with which Morland listened to her.
/ Such love as this, said she with a smile
you deem 10 be hardly worthy Of being asked
for =
You half interpret my thoughts said Nor
land would rather be cheated like The fond
est enthusiast that ever erred, than adopt the
cold philosophy which applies the line and
plnmmet TO emotions of the heart.
But think you the philosophy is false p
am sure that ii is. The dogmas Of reason
cannot be applied TO the feelings which nflu.
ence The passions or the will. | wonId rather
that love was banishcd from the world than it
should be denied
The Apes privilege Of binding itself. BE
II Sc. And yet you may live to acknowledge
Tue truih OF The maxin,s you now despisc Do
yon 60 to Lady Broadland's ro.nigh,?'
Morland was piquej. Her cold, measured
words were at variance with her previous man.
ner; they depressed and mortified him. He
had come to declare his love he had not
ireamed but that the declaration would have
'een an acceptable one but the words he had
lslencd to froze The passion by which he had
'een s"ayed ana while in effect it Icsscned
he value of the heart he had painted for. il
made him the more anxious 10 obtain il. To
btan II with the affection which but an hour
60 he i"ndly believed it was ready TO give and
he very consciousness Of possessing Which hail.
neonessed to himself given an apathy TO the
'ish Of its acknowledgements.
Perhaps Maria felt this At all events she
reserved her empire. She was no conquest =
ct, whatever her real feelings might have been. Il
iorIand was puzzled as well as piqued she .
al dared ccnsnre on his account, and now a
hen they mct-unconlcssed, but understood
$ lovers,--he dared to snccr at the very g.
lotions which she had fostered and avowed-
vowed in act if not in word, for while his man.
~ ran over her previous bearing towards him,
'c contrast Of her present words seemed an
lign, which he could not understand. d
You have lost your usual gaicry to day., re-
med Maria.
: frankly confess, replied Morland, ! am
fad
~.
Maria laughed. The beautiful dark eyes V
II frightened, as turning them towards him va
C again exclaimed.
And are they not JUST You think tha, >,
Ill mean your scx--whle you are ready =
ough TO vow eternal constancy in a case
isre the breach of such promise can effect
II no more Than as an uneasy thought and
en when you vow to have the secret knowl-
se that the obligation can never remain Ion.
I than you chose to suffer it-You think
1t IN such case you are TO look for eternal "a
nStancy in return Is il not unreasonable n
'Postcrous, unuaturaI may not unnatural, rs, a.S'
seliiSllness IS never that. Bu; believe 1.e, st,T
woman who gives up her heart on such a am
turc, is-a fool -
Lady said Morland in a voice trembling be
i'll suppressed cnlotiop. Won do mo wrorc and
III think such calculating affection could be mo,
g. | confess do not understand it'll Rel
-connot-- dare not speak what feel oy,i
10 unnecessary interrupted the other. for
Il why this solemn lervourl That cIouded kin
' and troubled eye yours Nay, it must ,na' ,n
be SO. This world around us has suiiicienr H
IN for both, without our throwing shadows TAT
aeh other. Come will DO candid Last
II you would have assented to any Of nv
'osIIlous, but to-day you seem disposed TO
roveu them. And yet even then too re- .R
'ber pair OF blue eyes seemed to have
led you. a
few minutes before, Morland would have ctA
red to the brow at these words, and eager Stee
1quired who the fair stranger was; hut new OF s.
leard the allusion without interest. lie Gov
veXed and piqued; and his mind too n
h occupied with Marias luexplicabc bear poIS
% have leasure for anything else. II was paiC
eiore in a cold tone, aud with the uncon- q
which he really felt that ho inquired.
ho is the lady to whom you alluder
Lucy Murray husbands sister II
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