Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-06-17

Iy geu,lcmnn, pulling hud blowing ns he
mounted the steps at Niagara, "lf This
is what they call travelling, then I'd
sooner stay at home. Heic's my wife,
and three daughters, have been plagung
the life ont &C me these two years To
come to Niagara, aud now when we're
here, they can't stay quietly nj the hotel,
but must he dragging me about, TO see
this, and To see that,'lll I'm almost work
ed TO death ;" and pausing upon the
landing, he wiped his heated face with
his handkerchief, looking down the hill
n, his spouse and her three daughters,
tonlng unaided from below.
ooh pa" SAID his youngest child, as
she reached the landing, "why did you
leave Us To climb up that long flight OF
steps alone. Pm sure ma looks quite
faint" "
/ Cant help it-pcope that will 60
travelling must expect to get tired, SAID
Mr. Bowen snapplshly, wiring his face
as assidnously as ever.
( ooh !-My---dear---John," gaspcd
his partner, as she in turn arrived AT the
landing, "lcnd me your arm, OIL
. shaIl--dle."
"Dio at this place ma'am ! Die at
Niagara Die alter spending five hun
dred dollars ~
"Pray Miss Ellen" said a young man,
who met the group on his descent al this
moment, 'lel me assist You up--rec"l~
Icci how often have been down-will
you accept my arm :"
Tia L,,,,,,t,,l II l,lnc hoI - Gnr ElIrp N
Bowen was really beauiilul-and per-
cclving that her father had al length un-
dertakcn to assist her mother, she took
the prufereo aid Of Edward Seymour,
! her elder sisters meanwhile finding braux
IN the two companions OF the young law
yer
"It is trite question, Miss Bowen"
said Seymour; "but cannot resist ask
ing YOU how you like the ialls--Go they
/ equal your expectations Z"
! The young barrls,er would scarcely
have put such q question TO Ellcn's pa
rents, or to either of her sisters, but ~
the lttle conversation he had enloye,
with her, since the arrival of the Bow
ems at the falls, he had perceived in hcI
remarks the evidence Of refined, ano
highly imaginative mind.
n "Oh yes they far surpass nv en-
pcctatlonS, said Ellen, colorIng the next
breath, at her own enthusiasm. "There
Is sublimity about them cannot dcs-
rribe; they create an awe which deprves
one ol words: could feel their grandeur
and their majesty forever; but ! could
never give expression To The sentiments
they create III oue's bosom"
"Nou are right. They fill one, like
eternity, with unutlerable awe. They
klndIc up all the poetry of ones heart,
but they o,erpowcr one at the same time.
. For my pa,t, were | II poet, | could look
at Niagara forever, but yet would always
find 1t impossible to write upon it,"
i "And why"
/ "Because | could never satisfy my
self with wha, had written. Nothing
bu, inspration," said seymour, cnihu
slastlcally, "could do justice to SO sub
, lime wonder"
:, "That agrees with what | have beer
thinking the whole morning. ! used t.
admire one or two pieces written on NJ
d agara but since have seen the Ialls, III"
all appear tame"
"And well may they; for next to tn
presence of the great | "A Nj blmse II
what IS so awful as this eternal cataract
I. Think only for what countless ages
ha, lhundcrcd It's halcluIah' How many
:. races have gazcd and died beside II since
IT frst buried It's ocean oi waters int
the abyss below, shaking the earth, anC
filing Heaven with lis might: and yet
still pourS forth It's eternal incense, n
companion for the cherublms who con
: tnually shout beside the throne o! Godn
There was something IN such rapt cx
pressions which found an echo IN Ellen
: bosom aud as she looked into the kin
p ding eye OF the speaker, she cNpcrcn
u ced IN emotion as yet unknown 10 he
j. heart.
g Their conversation, however, wa
! brought to an end bv the arrival Of Tia
patty at the hotel, where the gcntIcnc
" and ladies' separated to dress Tor dinner
There was to be ball that evening
and consequently the ladies' general
retired To their rooms Immediately ate
the meal. Ellen saw nothing thetcior
OF Seymour, though she long"d to renew
: the conversation of The molDUg.
y The ball room was crowded toexccs@
, for besides The regular boardrrs ut tat
hotels, there were numerous guests iron
the families Of The vicinity, as well a
- several British officers from the neigh
boring CANADIAN chores. Ellcn's beau
ty attracted general admiration.
Among those who paid her the mo-
marked attentions, aud Who ~ fact ha
I, done So slnce her arrival, wetc Edwar
- Seymour, aud SIR Theodore Ihipps. %
u The lc,mcr had nothing 10 rccomrucr
II hun, hul his talent aud appearance, III
y batter had tram oC servants, and dros
u splendid bays Vet though cnvied VI
attentions of her titled admi,cr by n
10 Ellcn, would willingly have TUNED fro
W his laIicry 10 listen to the deep voice
\. Seymour, breathing the loly aspiration
70 which every chord of her heart ten
'G bled IN sympathy. The baronci, no"
ever, was assidu"us; he oven tore,
~ himself upon Ellen despite Of Ia