The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1841-01-13

tencc; when we live without ann ana wfnout
hope, when there is no happy period in per-
spee,ive no object TO be gained, when life is
bui barren waste. bounded by a sepulrhre.
| Lucy had loved Henry Morland (ondly--tho
innocent passion had grown with her increasing
years From the early age o, happy grlhood.
she remembered the graceful youth who every
summer came down to her fathers deeayed but
hosplable niusion, and In THE presence Of those
of ripper years and ofbcanty too, would still con
verse with her and show courtesy aud kindness
TO the neglected slrl
! And was this forgotten Had Lucy ceased
to remember him whose smile had made her
young heat bound Had she even forgotten
the many Sights from Others, which sunk into
her bosom then No. Lucy had not tiorcotten;
she had given him all she possessed; senef-
aus and graefu, heart. lie had been the idol
| of her early years. absent rs lie was, broken as
had been the iniert curse between her brother
and himself; forgotten perhaps by him as she
had been, Lucy had never ceased to love hini.
Bitter was the hour in which tly met agaih.
She she sat at ihe Opera by ahoher's
side that his heart was already SURRENDERED to n
guilty passon-she marked his fushed t!.tek,
his sparkling eyes. and The look OF iiicns6 hom-
! age with which he regarded her brothers wife
aud that hour made poor Lucy wreiched.
! Darker events buried on with more appalling
suspicious in their train the catastrophe ihe
reader already knows -, was tel, acu,rly by
Lucy, Tor 10 Ler tho calamity was a double ono
she saw her brother dishonorcd. and dishon-
ored she believed by The man she loved.
lie had returned and declared an attachment
the avowal Of which t~o years before would
have made her happier than tongue could tell:
but nov ! II was tho cruel probing of an un-
healed wound--an outrage TO the feelings Of "a
sister aud u woman.
Yet still Lucy loved but ii was u passion
which was consuming her--poi,onng tho
springs OF al earthly happiness-and even those
of life itself.
Day by day her illness increased. Her aunt
became alarmed, and partly on account of his
repned skill, and partly on aeeoun, of his con-
neaion with hei brother. Mr.. Stanley was call
. in TO attend her.
i. lie quiekiy di,eosersI that Luey's illness
c was Ola nature To which no physician could ad-
minister a cure that tho rooted sorrow which
: had stink into her heart could not be pluckrd
out by medical skill-ihaf his utmost efforts
could only be 10 rcpel or impede the ravagrs
whose source {, mind discasrd) he had no pow
er to rcach
Yet wIrh the genuine kindness Of his nature
Stanley strovc TO ascertain the secret grief which
preyed upon his patients mind. Ills manner
towards her was since ere. and marked with some-
Thing Of y fliher's concern-bc frankly told her.
he saw some nnconfcsseJ cause Of suffering was
ha''ening Ler to an early grv-; and needless
of Lucy's aisconeeried looks continued an in
quiry which he decned his duty rs her broth
ci's friend
Sickncss--lassitude Of body and mind the
respect which she bore tu Stanley, aud crat-
,nde for his evident concern ahd friendship for
herself. induced Lucy half to divulge Que day
what the secrs, Of her so,ruw was.
Bot these are confessions which do no, ad.
mi, Of reservation. The ice once broken, Stan
hy continued his inquiries until he heard with
concern that she loved the man who was sup
posed TO be the author " ber broihcrs wrongs.
So closely was Stanley knir with Murray ia
The bonds OF friendship that his feelings, after
their first astoni,ln,snt had subsidized. changed
70 something like Indignation at wha, he heard.
And II was not until kucy's tears rescalcd the
anguish nf her own heart. that he remembered
vhM Was owing TO Que who had so eon6jingly
rcposed in him the most cherished secret Of
wonans bosom.
lie attempted 70 ronsehsr from the influence
Of an attachment whirh she herself irlt TO be
disgraco-io awaken her to a sense OF wha, shs
owed herself and the brother whom she loved:
TO ji1pd 'pltrrtasy which If permitted 10 co
on, would add another victim to the destroyer
of her broihcr's peace.
Lucy hslrd him aud promised 10 do ~ he
advised but the long drawn hear.sick Sigh.
and the tears tla, still irer r>blcd on her silkcn
lsshes showed Srmley rhat duty and affection
we're here opposed.
bucy's illness received neither check nor u
baemcut. The ravagss of broken heart were
fast drawing her towards the grave. She had
ouiliyed al that made life desirable. and tho
prospect OF death was no psiufnl rbooeh,
Stanley 1T her reqrc, concealed her confession
from her brolher-ss well as intelligence ofan.
other and more painful Lind.
This was reno"ed reports concerning Maria.
Il was said that she had returned to England
and morigaged her csiaie--snd after removing
10 Paris and tiving there cor twelve months
lie Of gaiety aud dissipation had come back 10
London where her course now was one Of rcch.
ess error.
These were the rumors--Gy some they were
Iepudiaied. bu, BY the many. they were bslies.
ed.
], wss,~ilisb, Of July evening Sfsuiy had