The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-03

mlsh PICK the country now If he chose, and
hos peasant it would be il he would seule near
US! Bat always suspected poor Charles had
some ssu OF disappointment iu his ssrlyvouth
though ! never could get at the truth of the
mattet ! found it wNs a sore subject, rs soon
ceased teasing him. There's your sister. Az.
mes. (thoush 10 be sure she is rather leo old for
him now,) but | think even her proud heart
could net resist him. Thus the Colonel ran
on, neither Mrs. ST. Aubyn or myself auempt-
ing 10 interrupt him. guessed At once by her
heghIeued color, and Tho compressed eIpres
slon OF her face, that hiS subject va, 10 her Que
OF intense aud painful interest. A dark mspic
ION darted into my mind. Could this fair and
gulleless looking being be really lie. innocent
thap she appeared Was it possible that the
man so apphuded and admired by her husband.
could have sorno secret tie 10 her. some means
Of correspondence with her, Of which her hus
band had no knowledge confess trembled
at such suppOsitIon, was ashamed Of it. vet
| gould not shako it off. longed ta see this
paragon Of excellence, and yet ielt thar his
arrival was more 10 be dreaded than wished for.
/ He came, and could not for a moment
doubt that at least portion of my surm,e was
correct. was sure that 10 spite Of every other
consideration, in spite Of herself, Mrs. ST. Au-
byn loved him. 1t was in vain that she strovs
for self command, the very effort for composure
increased her confusion in his presence. In one
sense, however, my mind was relieved by these
sy IN ha Il al,
dOnment to guilt, within. The boldnsss. OF
the reckless despair that follows the com mission
Of actual crime, would have produced . very
different demesnor from that OF poor Mrs. ST.
Aubyn. My apprehension, for the future grew
stronger as my fears for tho past diminished.
felt that she was yet at least. comparatively in
aocent. The behavior Of WillersIey was alto
gether different. That he was not unsea,hed
by the unhappy passion that seemed growing
in the very core Of Mrs. ST. Aubyn', heart, |
was well convinced But ho was gifted with
greater skill in the ueealmen nj OF his emotions
than poor Agnes, and his conduct towards her
was exchanged for more than distant polltenss
for a moment. He evidently shrunk from SEQ
possible 10 the Colonel, whose taste for fsrmin
and gardening kept him good deal out OF door,
II was pitabIe 10 see Mrs. St. Aubyns dejeotio
during his absence. The color faded from he
cheek, and the light from her eye, rs the doc
closed on him. She would drop her work, an
uphecdipg my presence. would sit with be
pretty hands resting upon her kneo, in an atti
tude Of the deepest melancholy. II any on
catered the room. she would frequently quit il
10 weep alone. as the pallId check and swoller
eyes sadly testified on her return. | wondered
that undor the circumstances, Major Willers
ley should have chosen to pay visit TO Wood
field but found afterwards that he had no
done so with any good will Of his o~n, but be
cause he could not well avoid il.
lie had so frequently evsdsd the Colonel
pressing invitations that there was no longer an,
escape for him, and no ritnessed pour Agnes
r i'll cenesaled unhsppine1, until his own hear
was slmost torured' 10 madness. The sndurlni
truth of bcr love for him had never forced itssl
on his conviction ustil nov. He had imagine
that his selElovs had deceived him, when h
: dermsd himself the object Of her affections u
long past years, or that at most her liking 10
him had been a childish f,ncy, essIly dIsslpats
by tho dazzling prospects which union wit
, Colonel St. Aubyn afforded. His own constaD
} cy had never for moment been shaken h
J had learned TO think OF her as anolhsr's vii
% with little pain, but hs felt that the heart h
had early esn,ecrated to her could never be o.
4 fered to another. They had met but once .iac
= her marriage, in the bustlo Of a few days spet
T at Malta; but now that he me, her 10 the quI,
atmosphere Of her English home, III. truti
= that she loved him s,lll entered h, mind an
: raised there host Of feeling, .'on bitersr an
$ harder to contend with, than those that had b
o set him in bygope days, when he became sci
s1ed for her sake.
d The seeend week of MAJOR Willsul.ys Wis
IS saw the termination Of mlns. and quite
/ Woodhsld Psrs with mind full Of mIsgi'inI
9 and presenhments Of evil. doomed, alas to
II realized, though DO, in the way 'pprehende
D, You cannot leave Us this week, WlllsrsIe
10 am sure your business cannot be 30 pre''l'
ID as to take you to town before Mond'y at 500
't est You know I mus, be at n -
>. both on Friday asd Saturday, sbou, this 60
70 fousded posehlng affair, aud who "a TO ia
8 care sf my little Agnes whilst am s~'y.'-'
q 'pake Col. ST. Aubyn, in reply 10 an 'h'gah
ar Of Will.r,lsys' that he must be in London
a Friday But the Colonel's psrus'ios YOU
a. have have but little weigh, asains, his frisn'