Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-21
PUBLISHERS * PROPRIETORS.

Of success, and any woman possessed af our ,c,.iart
cav d%cicaicIy tolI nu' announcement O., lfm Nbsm
she prefers, wAf'r shc opposes the 1cr ol laend.
tl1p TO ihe advances Of others 90 Is true that men
are u'' ALWAYS aruic fooulh % take advantage Of our
consideration. Vol, : know Ut mo- Circumstance which
can excuse a breach OF confidence toward, she un.uc-
cessml lover.
lsahol's tact in 'r'ayin hct victim Wa, unrguallsd
While She never departed from hor gale, mauncf. sho
get managed 20 sl1pi herself 80 we'll 60 the prcul,r
character OF hcr admirers, that zach believed hrf 10 DO
studyl. bis tastes and modelling hcnsr'f 90 h. stand.
arr ot PERFECTION. Then shc wat, a ma,chlc,. man.
"uyotct in tho arrangement " me and place for 20.
curing her prize In the gay party and mid tho en-
citenet's of mrih ,bc snare wa. laid fot tho rt,olous.
the moo light walk and the h,cin,uans OF scntmon,
were lures lnr 'hc Enthusiastic the quiet household
circle. aal the rational pleasures oC home were trap,
ior hcr more practical admirers / have sometimes,
"a later days taoi to %analyXe ,kc secret of her infu.
cuco. twas not alone the spoil of hoaptv. for | haya
seen Others equal 10 her ia personal attractions. who
were yet completely overlooked So her prcscncc.-it
was not genius, for though Intelligent, .he Va, ~ no
means gifted with snposior iuicl'er',-t vas not tho
variety OF hor acramp' shmcnts ft 900 nh tho higher
a~iioinmeu,s of 'hc mind She we vorY deficient. and
bier knowledge efmcre iomluinc s-eumrl .hm,n,s was
very s0pcH.n' What WIS it thea which bowed Down
th" aspiring 'rinIlcct, s~uhiagale3 'uc ruH, urs.,lloyc,
a7i compelled Che homage af ,h1 IS 500 AMI Size ignor-
act, the w'tm.h'1Hcj and tc selfish. tic ardent bov
ard iir calculating bachelor Thot,tsmant y which
all this was ef, 'cl ,v5- tact. Tact IN ~, WING char.
actcr,-tlct 100 adapting hetsdlil .. r. ,H4uGcs-
tact in disce. ming end catering the ],oIfIoyc Which
lu'"sln TIE h.'da Of I'D men. This was Doe spoil she
used spell 10 ho purchased only. rs wa. the nbIed
elixir of life, by the sacrifice oCall the good which be.
longs to our nature.
Isabel had reached her twenty fourth wear. w,ihon,
having formed any attachment likely 10 end .nbery
and nationally IN marriage, when sho became engaged
IN a Irritation which proved moro serious ia tho end
than she had designed. Somebody have forgotten
who, introduced 10 ous acquaintance = Young man who
bore the name Of Ernest lecleic. and was said 10 bo
the son Of a iich West Indian. His delicate health,
winch had been seriously injured by grief Gr the re-
cent loss Of his mother, had induced his father. who
do'ci on him with > love almost approaching to idnla.
Try, to send him 20 our city, in the hope that change Of
Scene, ond TIC hraciog air GA northern cline might re-
store hiu. This wa al Ne lnow Of him, and as he
brought lcttcrs from 4 well-known mercantile house IN
New orleans, and appeared 20 have almost unlimited
command OF money, we had TO reason TO doubt tho
truth Of the st'tcmoot. Ernest leclerc was no, more
Than twoniy years Of acc; small, slender, and pale,
win NOTHING to attract attention 10 his personal appear.
arce, except o pair Of dark luminou. ewes. which
seemed TO CLEAN with almost supernatural brightness,
from beneath lis oyerh,rgiug hrows. HIS character
'' t'l'"" ""'WN' i'7htsNtu
~ " "s''y p'oucHl temperament, and q morbid sensi-
D'''S' VINO" ied ~" 10 p"n' forth his o1'eocrltsd
,''."5N 4" verse "e was yet ultefy deficient 10 the
higher attributes of genius, which alone could give
'"" ''"" ""''t the RI'td sons OF song Bot btod ny
u S''''' retirement heHeh'h the eye OF a food mother,
s'"'''' "'i'''e1 10y one OF the most un~orldiy
'' "''"''' mss ever wore q Ines'S cowI' and his self
'''"' 'N'-s'fa'o' ~ "e love OF I's IaiIef, he had
,.'''e' 10 o'h''''I hi"7'l a poet o. go moan order.
'"''f '-"oi'' o. society ana totally unpreparod for
> 'v1. ''.I''oo'' lAe p'1e 'i intellect was strangely
''n''' VII" '"e Almost alrisi humidity Of The solitary
,"'" ne ',"''el AiW'eII lt superior 20 The most
VI "''o WIN "i'h nc ass'ciaie1' ana vein was con
N,''S '''l 10 We power % pleasing he was iar afcel-
'' eve" 10y 'e greatest a'itS. lis sensihilit his
~" personal 'eI'e's' ana his heHci 10 DIE cwr aap-
r''I"'' superiority gave "a degree "l a"kw1nlness
I" '"' o''he'"'f ""th often exposed bin 20 ue udi-
Wv " 's "S'''I'''''
Hu' ""pieP''e'''"H as were his man1e's and mp
p''i'"'e "o was non 200 insignificant i.r Isabella ~
pa ''"' 'osi'' d conquest Ilef superior knowledge
VI "e worm gave hct a decided advantage over the
InP'''usea boy ana She Odd not iAl a. san herself
"" we were 81" "e "'D' " i"h lime Of passing 4