Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-11-09
Wriuea for Me W.ndiaa County Democrat !
EMILY HURD.


VIII tho intelligent eyes ruI active Imagination.
Nat ,,feh the caIari-rs o. , page, for pleasure or
imPfo''meur ACCOMPANY 10 yonder heerlully light
ej window From VIC sligily drawn curttin it would
seem US inmates have scarce thought OF the busy.
pylug world without There, mark the neltness OF
ne internal arrangements. The well saved furniture
.itays limited income, perhaps. what better,
hose kindly affections which, having associated Tia.
t'sr home lies with surrounding objects, ia them
beauty and goodness which fashion and novelty can
cot rival. The style Of their arrangement, with GER
in corresponding appropriateness, gives evidence of
cultivated TASTE while ndvfnable something i'm
presses the presence Of higher and boiler influence
Opposite Us door opens into a boudoir The family
Bible well-worn, venerable volume is lying open up
lhe cenIe-tsbe,-near it is Literary Journ. and
basket Of needle A liiie one side and lean
back in bis easy chair ia a man passed middle age
The palor and sadness of whose countenance tell that
Sickness and misfortune have been Juggling his heart
strings the fair girl by his side too is clothed in
mourning wes1s--her beautifully turned head and
SHOULDERS and auburn locks, put up Ia Grccgue.
seen 10 admirable advantage she bends forward to
re adjust the pillows OF the invalid. There, DO you
read the subdued yet lofty expression of well disci-
ltaci mind, b.aming from her clear hazel eye she
.royes the Ugh; that falls too strongly his enies
bed vision Do you catch the delicate inoustlons of
her soul-nodula,ed voice They Tch in blended
us, and Affection and slmust fancy tone of
,.feiance occasionally vibrating N her earnest ex
porglltons, of such is evidently their Character
80 they have brought tears and smiles into the SICK
s'1ers eyesshe presses his hand ferventy III hers
md murmurs, 10 voice uemulous with feeling, God
hess you my dear fa,her-I am relieved - and
sweet angelic smile plays upon her parted lips.
Reader there hangs tale. DO you ask if it be
iruel Yes, 1t is true to nature. Could we possess
ourselves of the secrets ofmen's bosoms-he dramas
Of hope and feeling there enacted, by the events and
communings OF the iule circles they describe, ro-
nance and fiction would longer be accused of paint
ing events 10 colors glowing and shades more
abrupi than reality. The tsJes would be turned on
imagination, and sober longer purse her
mouth at the tear that eptaphs imaginary woes.
Sickness and misfortune Ia a strange city had bro't
distress and anxiety TO the ismses Of that quiet dwell
10y NJ liurd's only son sailed some years before
ior Culna and as the yesse bad never been spoken,
he vas mourned a. dead, or II fancy sometimes redy-
ed the web Of hope fear the sern concomiiin of love
tlanchei To the palor OF despair Mrs H. sickened
aud died Emily, Just recovered from illness con.
seqgent upon watching, 10y the bedside o her
beloved mother, with deep concern her father
wasting with and sorrows too deep for his shat
srei constitution AMI melancholy temper ,meut lie
too feeble 10 follow has prole,slon--tlst OF lin
nef and Emily iel, that on tIe jdlicions exercise of
her own energies, nus the comforts OF the pros
peotre future II was this end she bad been Org
ing his acquiescenco % her plan, OF rciie While obs
tanning her education, Family mas been u,i5tned t,
spend some PAT ct each day 90 her fathers studio
parity avail herself o his society aui panty "a cu
uVale Ter owa exquisite taste i1i hs ResoTliHe
10 u a means OF subsistence IN those their DAYS oil
Independence, had never occurred to either, conse
a ID ksf
been Der most irequen, siuers Bot ihe genius tia
can copy conception Of the Imagination, viii not iinc
II difficult TO copy from lac under the prompiings o
natures highest aud holes. instincts. Thus argue
Emily Ia taking her resolution and her success usi6e,
her logic.
Months passed and Emty's efforts which from tn
first had bee crowned with reasonable success. wen
nov lmosi entirely withdraw from her easel 20 M
sex bed Of Ter declining parent She knew hat h
could cot long survive the oneness about % setl
Upon her oath, cast ITS OAR. shadows oecFe She la
o. ne4f relatives and not an acquaintance ga WHOM
sae ieA entitled 20 sail m need. Boa sic rememoere
Ter fahcs ia Heaven. aud thousA sinoken "a hear
49, n4l d.smafed Tsenly years haI passed Owe
Der laden w.ih the teachings VI forty 10 iae oJmmo
r54,iaes If Afe moreover she a oart'uaH- IN
approval Of Heaven lad loag been the pivot al al. be
plans and ~ every affection, faith Ia tie SUSTAINING
power ADD love Of God. had borne her soul above
paing All despair. and plumei iis iiehi for Heaven
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