The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-11-05

and thus was it, like concealed mine,
doing its hidden work of destruction with
the more overwhelming Certainty.
Would it not be far wiser and more ad-
visable for parents, in such matters, to
lorbear all overweening and improper
medtllng and coercive interference; and,
merely bes'owing vigilant regard and
attention 10 the interests, morals and hap
piness of their offspring, endeavor thus TO
win a confidence and love from the latter
by kin1ness, which they fail 10 do by
as 1t were, an eStra-judcal stretch, or d.
buse of aulhori,yl Some there are whit;
think so. We seldom see, in these deli
cate affairs, parental force make good Or
remedy what has III grea. measure, beet
brough, about by parental neglect or mis-
management.
0Adah," said her father, "why will you
Perlinaciously continue TO slight the al
lcnlions of Mr.. Melville, and thus persist
in defeating darling object Of my wishes
viz: I'd SEE You welded in so respectable
and wealthy family, and likely 10 poss-
ess all ,htt hesrl could desire2'
For while she held down her head,
struggling for power to reply becomingly;
but overcome by her feelings, she repea-
tedly choked while essaying to speak; for
this was by no means their first CONVEX
sation on This dlsagreeable subject. At
length she burst into tears, and precipta-
tely quitting the room, sought relief out
of his presence, upon the piazza in the
house. After ayitatedly pacing it for a
few moments, she returned to her father,
who, seated at all escrutoir, had commen-
ced reckoning the interest on some bonds
due him. While he mechanically incn-
ed his head toward her and Iaised his
gold spectacles from the nose to the top Of
the head, as she entered, and then took
them off with his left hand, and with his
right used silk handkerchief in wiping
the glasses, she proceeded
"Father, owe you an apology for abb
ruplly leaving the room without answer
ing you: but indeed | could not then utter
a'word; for this subject has become so
oppressive to me; that could no longer
master my feelings Have not !. dear sir,
laithf ulIy obeyed you IN all things while
al an age at which | more particularly re-
qulred your paternal government and gui-
dance But have not now arrived at
period OF my life when, regarding me as q
woman. you should cease TO treat me as
child, and allow me 10 exercise an uncon-
trolled freedom in matter of taste which
is to affect me SO intimately for life? as
sure you, sir, that not only cannot love
Mr.. Melville, but the very sight of him
has become offensive to me-"
"Then, since it must come to that, let
me assure ys't, Miss obstinacy," said he,
"lhat unless you wed him within month
for have agreed with him that that shall
be the utmost limit Of his probation) you
may take the pleasant alternative Of quit
ting my roof lorever.'
sob, say not so, dear father" said she,
falling on her knees and bathing his hand
with fresh gush of tears. But he, now
obdurately bent on achieving his purpose
by brutal force, at the sacrifice of her hap
plness for life, and choosing rather to car
ry his point than relract, made no other
reply than,
"Away!--I've said it. Leave the ROOM"
1t was now near evening; and after
passionate fit OF grief in her chamber,
whittier she had fed from her I'M
feeling parent, (she had lost her mother)
Adah threw on a shawl and bonnet, and
hastily bundling up law changes of APP
parel, left her fathers stately mansion,
now closed against her forever, and pro-
ceeded to her kind, widowed Aunt DeveD-
ports shady retreat, on the bank oil n
beautiful stream, just beyond the precincts
OF the city. 1t was in the sylvan recesses
of this rustic srot, that the lovers had
been accustomed to hold their sweet and
harm!ers in.ercourse,-here now they
poured forth their mutual griels. That
very evening, about twilight, they sat in a
thick, uncovered shade, where having
listened with painful interest to Adah's
recital of her wrongs, Leslie remarked
"Adah, love, ] am Il wretch base
lmposlor-unworlhy of your love, aye,
even ofyour pity. In short, ANA
swlnder Yes, start not vet, but when
you shall have heard the damning nature
of my offence, curse and forsake a man
who is as unworthy of your angelic puri-
ty as sin is of heaven
mo! Oh, no, no, no, for PHYS sake"
she exclaimed, ''let me not hear the self
upbraidings of one who is far Gearer to me
than life. Bear with me when say it is
not true--no, no, it is not possible. Take
that back. and jest not with my lacerated
feelings at such juncture as this"
"Alasn' said he, SIT is no jest, but is a
grim reality. Oh, my curse upon the day
that witnessed my departure from the
peaceful, the innocent, the happy abode
of my youth. made toubly sweet and en-
/ deariuG hy lie affections and cnunselS Il