The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-09-24
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helther made her appearance among the ia.
miiy nor admitted one but her own maid
10 her room, imploring her fathers for.
oearsnce and permission TO indulge for
lew days her natural desire .of being left
alone end undis,urbed
| She there formed her own resolve, thro'
prayers and many tears, but bravely and
worthliy OF her own right noble nature.-
ohe lett how heavily her lover had been
wronged. Her sense of Justice revoled
Indignantly against it. She felt his right
10 an aloDement commensurate with The ont
rage mat had been heaped upon him--and
'hat she alone could make, she alone heal
,he oeep and envenoned decorations that
had been ploughed into his heart. Had the
course OF her father and brother been differ
en., mad 1t been less violent and less un-
Jus'' her own zoo might have been differ
enl; and then affections of nature and kin
might have 'rumphed over that other love
whic hhowever strong in her heart, was
YET OF iaicr growth and less deep root
But they had placed themselves so; widely
ia the wrong, that they cas-, over into the
opposite side of the balance every conside-
ration oil justice and right, as approved by
her conscience, TO be added 10 everv i'm.
pulse OF generosity aud vomanly tender.
ness, as prompted by her heart, and she
resolved to abandon home rank, father
and KIN, 10 be the wife of her lowlv. yet.as
she deemed him; noble and worthy pea.
san' lover; aud as such to devote her life
to the compensation of all he had 10 endure
on her account and from her own blood.
IL was hard trial boih Of her hear, and
conscience; yet, convincing herself, by a
generous elevation of reasoning, thai in .lAs..
e.haisay ayhAi........----s,.ss~sy feiiain-
| ing faithful TO the plighied tro,h she had
given in exchange for another heart; she
wrote him The following note. which she
had no difficulty in conveying 10 him
through the agency of her devoted maid,
to whom she did not hesitate to impart a
fuil confidence OF tn determination she had
arrived at:
tie house of B., in their pride,
have scorned and spurned their very pre-
server. her gratitude, her love, and her faith
are not forgotten by their daughter.
ALICE.
Wher she re-appeared in the midst Of
her family, though sad and absiracled,
Alice was yet calm. Her first words to her
father were simple request that no ailu.
ion should be made to the recent occur.
rence, or TO any concerned in ii. Deeply
greved al both he and her brother were for
her, in the mldsl Of all the stern bitterness
Of their resentment against Edward, whose
conduct their deep rooted prejudices of ia.
mly pride permitted Them 10 see only in
lhe wors, of lghls,ihey willingly complied
with this request; which. moreover, they
construed nio an acquiescence with their
own severance of all communication with
The low born peasant, as they regarded
him, who had been the cause of this thun.
derhot which has thus fallen in their midst.
lt Alice now, for ihe first time in her lie,
departed from the transparent candor and
lruthiuness which had always hitherto so
beautifully marked all her intercourse with
them. II II was lault--Or, rather, though
1t was fault. il WAS surely not slhe un.
parGonable SIM In reply TO her note she
received the most devoted proieslalions Of
gratitude, and an intreaty for an interview,
which, however, must not be within the
limits OF any portion of the B domain.
The spot he named was that at which he
had been cast forth beyond the wall of the
park-the hour being left to her 10 fix
hCtN was all iHuieCIlUaDc sOmelDlnQ In
his letter which grated rather harshly on The
intensely strung feelings of Alice; but she
complied with his request, and promised TO
be al lhe spot indicated tina, same night, at
the only time at which she conld escape the
many eyes 10 which she was exposed after
the household Of the Hall should have re-
tlred to rest. Attended by her maid, SUP.
ported by her own nobleness of spirit, and
fearless IN her Innocence and loving trust,
she kept the promise; and gliding noiseless-
ly ioith, stole like tho raw Of moonioht
through The deep shadows oi the stately
rasenues of The park, ill she stood a, The
spot appointed. and was folded in that ten,
der clasp of her lover, now as it seemed TO
her hundred fold desrsr than he had ever
been before.
The Muse that invented history never
meant il for such interviews. | confns NV
narrative 10 It's results In about month
George was TO become of age. and qrea,
family festival was to commemorate The
event; after which, on the ensuing day. II
had been planned thai they were 10 leave
the Hall, for a visit 10 town and ooptusu.