Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-11-06

anna tne DngntS OF world. the purity
of her character remained stainless as the
SHOWS of the unapproachable cliff Gentle
as the reed of summer she yielded to the
impulse of those with whom her lot was
cast, but her mind supported by high and
frequent communion with the memory of
her sainted mother, escaped the thraldom
which habit night otherwise have secured.
At the age of fifteen she accompanied an
invalid friend to the medical Springs of
Harrodsburg. This village at that time
was a place Of fashionable resort, and to
a mind like that of Isabel Courtney, af-
forded themes of limitless reflection The
buoyancy of health was here contrasted
with the languor of disease, the hectic of
death with the laugh of reveIry; palpable
images of Immortality mingled with the
votaries of pleasure, the listless who strove
to annihilate time, and the dying who
sought to add yet few more days to those
they had now to number.
Soon after the arrival of Isabel, she
was one day struck on entering the COM
mon sitting room by an old man, who sat
alone, and apparently unnoticed. His
sightless eyes, his palsied limbs, and the
white locks that were thinly scattered
over his pallid features, all at once rivetted
her attention. Her heart throbbed with
| pity, but reverence mingled with compass
sion as she marked the settled and placid
Graat d;s,anoa oUr, as io,I;n" , s ,o
Jng;r,, 10 1".5, " 81 ,rorr;mant , WHY; III III
this m mont struck mast discordan,fy IN
her heart. Sra felt that the presence of
unfortunate ace sh lid at least ;nsnire re.
spec1, and inynIun, arilv anproachino the
Undecided old man. she was half resolved
70 address him. Uernatural tim;ditv how
ever withheld her mill she was at lenoth
called bv one of the cav croun TO nartake
of som6 strawberries. The irresoiute OK.
preston of her countenance ot once
| changod to tbat nj measure
= will bec some she said rnhesiiat;ncIv
Drc,optir,r her v.ort,. ba.kct far this 3id
gen,lemaH.' and she ,hen annroocbed hin,
without embarrassment. win Won accent
some strawberries sir1,
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the v;IIsoe tbonrh, IDaheI sn5 snnsat;n -
of nloas1re of ,yh;oh sbo ,,'an r,,.l,n,, ~,
conscious arose from '' ,be ;Joo 90 ar ain
meet;ng them
TIE met tho re,,t r,orn;rc at tho s,,;,,o
and aGa;n and aa,;n mat Wv 'f' ''7'
WI, shal Jas".;L n ,ho ,r,;, 60 L.,
bred spirts-who shall trace the intricate
and delicate sources of that mysterious
passion, which sweeps like torrent over
the human soul! Scarcely word had
passed between the youthful strangers;
they knew nothing of each other, beyond
the limits of few short DAYS; vet the
years that preceded had become to them
as tedious dream-their present was their