Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-04-07

winch It seems the faithful guardian and Ss, y
81. lODservaIIt and crafty, ANTHONY II
lAoorAe was IN his manner playful. sirnnle ana
,.Ssrlssa rough, homely wit, and a careless
iias.'lng address, obtained him the cant a,r,Ila
slon q Honest. While the good fortune , s;J
sSe,neu on all occasions to await ,1non an -.
uealng, caused the people who knew him he 80
% speak OHM as longheaded vou,h. WIN h.
.Mlt N ms iolly,' and always knew what he he
was about Tothis youth, who was t;est :; Us
trouucedto my notice BY his hav;no baan
employed IN the pantry, took most ,es,oc;ai
'dnCy--and soon made him the couna,,!ny, of
my plays. To this my mother acceded. frcr.
neI unWllllngness that Ishould be unaffendad
IN those rambles among woods and no,,nta;r,s
winch as grew, became my only pleas, ,,s'..1'
Antnony was always by my side--sedulor.l,,
oOservant Of my will, and, as fine cauld raag
my heart, speaking justwhat Iwished ia have
sailor silent as the woods that hung over onr
One Denign influence alone was mingled IN
the associations Of my youth-and st;II +
uWeis starlike amid amid the remembrance os
tnose evilhours. Even on nv heart of hearts
IS yet drawn with distincfness over which
time can have no power-the mutterabIe bean
y OF Eleanor O'Connellan. Like q celestial
visItanf, at distant intervals,she came with her
family from Castecorragh, a distance of 30
miles, to stay for few days at the Abbey. Her
presence ever, even from our infancy. acted as
charm upon my morbid and selEinyolved
mood. In those early days, she had vet sbewn
no preference for your father--and he seemed
indifferent about her. On me, her every look
ieh Ike an enchantment, and her smiles bealned
IKE sunshine on my breast. Ofthis the lovely
enid was quite unconscious. Edward. under
TINS influence, would have spoken-but 7
shrunk beneath the power of so much lowell
ness and, in truth; felt that she would only
laugh. In thought | not the less appropriated
ber--and of all my fancies of the future of life.
she was ever the principal figure of the fore
ground. Alas / was destned-I was des
tlned-I little knew the dark fatality to which
was as one betrothed This happy dream
was only permitted till the feelings of ripper
years sprung up in out little circle. Until then
Eleanor was left to me. From that--a new
order OF feelings began to appear amongst u.s.
My mother; it is true; consulted my nchnations
--my father, and her parents, who looked to
interested motives; favoured my boyish pas
sion; in the parlour we Sat side by SIDE. But
IN the garden, in the moss-house, in the out
door ramble, it was wholly different; and chill
dish frankness made this difference too plain.
Still was sedulously taught to hope. g She
must get sense" it was SAID, and would new
er think Of the younger brother, when she
should once understand the difference Alas!
the fatal deusion yet believe, that it preser-
we'd my soul from utter baseness, while it las
ted. While she mingled in my thoughts, |
could not be wholly base.
Such was the dream that cast sweetness
over my infancy, and that still sheds arecollec-
ted brightness over the mountain winds of
| Loeb Abbey, and around the barona towers
and stately forests of Castecorragh. Strange
1t is, how the wild visions of fanciful mind,
willreturn so mixed up and interfused among
the recollectlons of place, and the realities Of
life: that the bitterness of wounded feeling
and disappointed affection, from which they
were refuge or balm, is nearly lost to the
circumference. The broodingjealousy, and
the daily pang of mortified ambition and pride,
which but too often embittered my lonely ram
bic, have nearly, at this long interval ofweary
years,--passed away from my rocollections OF
the summer paths of my paternal hills: and
they are glorious, with the light ofexpectation
and hope; which my earliest affections scatter
ed profusely--yet ah how idly round them.
One more person of principal Importance /
/ IluSJ CHuCdNOI W pICSCill DIS WCil dSl TALL u
your imagination, before proceed to my hap
less history. Quanduam anmus nleminiSse
| ftgu. Even now--after the lapse of half a
century-the awful form of my injured uncle
Richard,as saw him last-rises with the mem
DRY Of his name; and stands like phantom
among the shadows of the tomb to which am
approaching.
Among all the visitors at Loeb Abbey, the
most loved, and most anxiously expected, was
my uncle Richard-the day of his arrival was
a smile of gladness and hilarity on every coun.
/ tenance, even the humblest mental who LED
round his horses, or carried his valise up the
back stairs. Whether, from some impression
received in childhood--or from the peculiarly
of my nature-or most likely from both of these
causes--to me alone his coming was an obiect
offear, and his presence consiraint. Wher
he was near, was not quite myself---his spiri
overshadowed mine; and in spite ofinvolunta
ry respect this feeling afterwards grew to some
thing very much resembling hate:
In my fathers lifetime his visits to iii
Abbey, even when spoken Of in the family, ne
yer failed to communicate shock to my nerves
] When he came, a sudden faintness folowet
the intelligence. When chancedto be alont
in his presence; II felt as ifmy life was futter
ingin his grasp | could not resist the impres
sion: which was, believe correct, that his ey,
looked me through --that all my Utmost weak
ness were seen, despisedj censured or derded
But there was with this less descrlbable sen
timent, probably attributable to some remot
early impression on a too impressible mind.
felt a dark and .shadowy sense OF some dlsas
trous and terrific influence, which ne was i
some unknown way, to have over my destiny
which. though it appeared vaguely to my MOI
bid apprehension, yet conceived TO nave
distinct form, and tururltion within the reces
of his mind. This impression may best D
conceived, by calling to mind the manner ]
. which the terrors of superstition will ofte
cling in spite Irrational disbelief. Strange
saw tina. 10 me, my uncle Richard was at a
= times more gentle and affectonate IN his dt
! meanour than to any one else; but | felt h
kindness much as a lamb might be imagined
J feel the playful condescension ola tlger-it q
messed NV spirit sadly, and feared his smll
i as others might have feared his frown. Ii
I vpas kind TO me, | felt as 1T were the pu
7 chase of nv soul-and if he praised me-
!. tronelated ifinto sheer. Indeed, there W;
: some irstice in this--for he ever addressed n
!. in the tone and manner which men oDserN
: towards children, while ne made comPam'
of nv Younger brother Edward, ana eV'
: consulted his opinion on matters OF lmPO
lance. !.
It would occupy too much OF narra4E
: which must needs be long one, were
4 relate the many incidents when might sc,
: to;llustrate the position and influence OF u
= - t...:,,,s &c circumstances in forming n