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

lawyer received Instructions To remit
forthwith, To all the creditors of the late
Maurice Sunderland, the full amount of
their demands, with The interest due
thereon from the day al his failure !
Ii required all her lirmuess 10 bear up
against her mothers complainings and
above all, against the painful truth esiab-
!lshcd in her mind that Earnest had
ceased to regard her with any thing bor-
very moment we are endeavorIng to re-
press the unavalling passion OF the one we
love, we secretly ,unknowingly II may be,
hope Tor lis continuance Not that
Margaret would have ever swerved from
her noble purpose, but she could moi sup
poit the idea that she was no longer
though ll of. And he had LEFT her, too,
nihout the sort of farewell she felt she
had deserved
| A II business affairs were arranged
according TO desire but she was fast
sinking under the outward tranquility
which, under such circumstances, Is
mnre fatal than exertion. Listlessl y she
! tDC iIJ"FiS WIN " hOSf
loved to culina ate, when the unusual
sound OF carriage wheels reused her at
teniiOn, aud with no ordinary emotion
she saw Sir Thomas and Earnest Heath,
wood enter The wicket gate, and take the
path leading to the cottage.
i told you Miss Sunderland,' com
menced the old gentleman, with more
agitation but less embarrassment than he
had shown at their former interview -,
that ! had need Of twenty thousand
pounds TO support my credit, and save
my family from distress. told } ou that
| wished my son to marry lady pos
sessed of that SUN, aud | now come TO
claim YOU as his BRIDE
'Sm -
yes, Madam, I was your fathers lar
gesi creditor; and though had no fraud,
nothing dishonorable TO nllege against
him, yet ! did not, | confess it, like the
idea oI NY son being united to his daugh-
ter. lie was always speculative aud
imag native, and feared that you nigh,
be the same. The sum you have So
n"bly repaid me, | looked upon as lost.
and YOU must therefore suffer me to con-
slider IT marriage-portion it has saved
me from rum, without the sacrifice of my
sons happiness.
'Ilow Is this exclaimed Margaret,
fearful of trusting The evidence of her
own senses. Il cannot underestimate
name =
Our i.inal name was Simmons,
explained Earnest, eagerly 'but know
ing all the circumsian never told
you. knew how my father would feel
at your dlsin,errsied conduct aud now
that your trials are passed, you will, ]
t,usi, 10 longer doubt me-
'Who said doubted = inquired Mar
ga,tt.
Even the pretty Rose, and here she
comes to answer for her apostacy,'
Nay, dear sister, exclaimed the
laughing girl, 1T was only last evening
that ! saw Earnest, and | have kept on,
OF your way ever since, lest ! should
discover my own secret. Without my
irivolity, and the thouGhtlessness OF
another, who, for all that, is dear to us
D'UU, iNI pdTPl = NIituPS WOulU never
have sbono with as dazzling, yet steady
a light.
true, Rose, spoken like an angel !;
! never thought you wise before i, is to
be hoped that when your sister changes
her name, her mantle may descend upon
you,' said Earnest.
i think that she had better slare it
with you and ! only hope that Marga-
rci-She may wnnt il for herself ,
she continued, archly 'who knows but
the most bitter trials OF Margaret Sun
derland may come after marriage p
Earnest did not reply to the unjust
suspicion, for he had not heard it his
sense, h's lho't, his heart, were fixed
upon her who had thrown so brigh, and
cheering a Iustre over that truth, usual
so dark, even in its grandeur-"The
good things which belong to prosperity
are 10 be wished, but the good things
that belong to adversely are to be ad-
mired. -