Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-11-03

Yes. believe so; but, dear Rose.
You might have spared me the mention
Oi his name
Il am ever doing wrong 'nurmured
the atiecii"natr Rose, as her sisler with
drew her arm from within hers.
Margare, and Rose Sunderland were
the daughters of a ruined merchant --oi
one, indeed, who had been u prince yes
terdny, and "a beggar to.day-"i one
TUNED no more whose name one year
would have guaranteed millions, yet who
died The next, wanting n shilling. Maui
rice Sunderland had cheeriully surrcn-
dcred all 10 his creditors, yet that all was
insufficient Ia satisfy any thing like the
claims de, and justly made, upon him
House, plate, Jewels, and servants, had
all heen sacrificed. Nm a ,e>Iiee of
their former prosperity fingered and
they ho had r-vclled IN supe,lluiies,
now wanted the nnst common necessa.
rles A small, v-,y small Joiu,ure alone
remained, aud in that his wife had only n
life Interest.
Nl's. Sunderland was vain, weak, self
i-h n woman who knew not what il
WAS L" grow old gracefully, bu, hunted
youthful pleasures with wrnkled brow
faxcn wig, and a painted cheek her
mind vas inconcrivably small. She
wrpi more for The loss of her diamonds
and Drrs sden, than for all her husband S
misiuriunrs.
Pecuniary difficulties we're only the
co,nme nccmeni nf Nargnrei's trials -
The family removed 10 Lincoln, as one
oi two relatives lived there, who could
forward the plans Miss Sunderland had
formed Tor their support, tina, of keeping
school, which her foolish mother lhoug hl
very degrading.
Al ,lsii To one Of the houses of the
DeighboIing gentry, where there was
some exQui-itrly bad singing and play
,us, Margaret met the very Earnest
Ilraihwood whom Rose so unwitlingl,
alluded To during then evening = walk
The eldest son ola ba,onct, who with
his new honors had changed, 1t was un-
d-rslood, n mercantile for a somewhat
arislocraiic name, WAS "a likely person -
attract the attention and win the cWllliies
of all within his sphere.
III il abominablc,' whispered her Sis
ter, 'in henr such bad music, while you
could give 80 much that Is good
y quiet motion ol her sisters finger Ia
her lips, pir>ruied further observation
when suddenly Earnest Iiea,hwood
turned round, and addressing the fair one
asked ii now she would favor them, tor
he was sure she could.
% yrs,' observed one Of the Dowa-
gers, 'of course Miss Sunderland can
aud viii she teaches so we'll, that she
musl be II proficient.
Some feeling Of pride perhaps, for j,
viii iingcr despite OF our better Iudg
called ST. exquisite n blush To MargarerS
cheek and young lIealhwood gnzed on
her with such respectful yet visible ad-
Inirafion, Tint, were she not 'Onlv a gov
e,ness, the entire female sex, likely to
be married, or given in marriage, would
have thrown up The game as hopeless :;
but The eldest son of rich baronei
would never think of the daughter of
'''N' ~ h"'' anu h Tie
thing was quite impossible quite.
What Earnest Hcaihwood did think
while Margaret commenced that sweet
ballad Of Nloore's an that's bright musi
tnde,' it is iIDpossible to say but thrill
amounting To anguish was felt by every
one ~ the room, by the peculiar manner
IN which she pronounced the following
lines:
'Who would seek or prize
Delights that end in aching?
Who would trust To ties
That every hour are breaking,
Then it was Ea,nest Iieathwood saw
into hervery soul E; and felt that she must
have experienced some change and mis-
fortune. Music is dangerous from lips
OF beauty F; but more dangerous from
those "i feeling the union of both was
Too much iur Earncst's philosophy, and
he was, II must he confessed, somewhat
bcwIldered during the remainder Of the
evening. She inspired him not only with
interest hut admiration, he experienced
moic anxiety than he cared to express
when her history was truly, though It APP
peared To hlm coldly communicated by a
relative The next day, with The additiona
intelligence, that her father had been
seized that morning with the paralysis
and little hopes were entertained lol his
recovery. lie called constantly at the
outage, but II was not until some time
after the bereavement which Margaret
above all lamen,cd, that he saw the be-
ing who had more interest for him than
ever. There are peculiar circumstan-
ces which train our snscpplibilities 10 re-
ceive impressions f: aud misfortune either
soltens or hardens the heart. The in
capacity of her mother, the volatility Of
her sister, rendered them both unfit com.
paBions Tor the high minded Margaret
and she might well be pardondd tor an
iicipating the evening that now invaria-
bly, brought Earnest to The coitagc-a,
lac time, when freed from toll and re-
rirnIni, she would meet The sympathy and
tenderness, without which wonan's
hoari must be sad indeed, and unsatis-
tied she was not, like other wise and
prndegi people, at all aware of the dan.
ger at hrr position. She had no idea