The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-02-01

Every one must recoliect the thrilling and
pliniul illustration of the above sentiment
furnished by the tragical story of Emmett, the
Irish patriot; and which has been 81 thrillingly
depicted by Irving, in his story Of the 'Bro-
ken hearted" Nor does tina. stand as 4 soil
tary instance in the history of woman's aifec-
tiou. The every day experience of the OBJ
server of human nature will teach him that
there is fortitude and elasticity in the most re-
firing and timi5 female, that dcfes misfortune
and disgrace, and only burns with purer d
brighter ray the more darkly the clouds gather
round its object. 1t is not amid the sunshine
of prosperity, when the world beams brightly
upon us, that we can properly appreciate the
undying tenacity of wOman's love. But go
TO the dark and miserable hovel to which mis-
fortune has reduced some of IFS thousand VIC
tins; ask IFS wretched inmates what he has
saved most valuable from his once princely
fortune. and ten TO one he will point TO his
wife, the pride of his prosperity, and now, the
solace of his Affections. And if, indeed, his
heart Is capable of approaching the worth of
such treasure. what to him are all other loss
ess or reverses, so long as it remains unchan-
gedl They pass by him as the waves of the
sea, which may toss the frail bark that NAV
roll them onward TO its destination, but can
never affect the equanlmity of its course, or
disturb the serenity of its inmates.
But to our story. Ellen Munroe was the
only daughter of wealthy Southern planter,
who had spared no pains or expense in her ed.
ucation. Possessed of an uncommon share of
beauty, and the heir of the large estates Of
her father, her hand was sought by numer-
u-1 IF 7 oft
sed choice, by the kind indulgence of a doting
parent, she passed by the offers of the veal
thy and distinguished suitors, by whom she
was surrounded, and selected from among the
companions OF her infancy, one whose only
recommendations were unblemished character
and mind of the first order.
Francis Raymond had been her plavfelIow
In infancy, and her constant companion in the
more advanced stages of childhood, and he
found her constantly surrounded by the proud
and by the wealthy of the land; he first dis
covered how deeply his heart had been en-
thraled, and his own proud spirit dictated to
him the necessity of Withdrawing from the VI
clnIty of so dangerous an influence. True
love Is ever timid and when Raymond con
trasted his own situation, dependent upon his
own precarlous profession for support, with
that OF those with whom he must enter the list
as rival, hope died within his heart, if indeed
1t ever there existed.
The struggle was long and bitter in his
nreasi; but pride triumphed. He could bear
~ .ease her as long as memory might be per-
iiiitteu 10 cherish her image, as one not loved
IN vain; he could live upon the memory Of The
past; but the cold and chilling refusal of her
looks; to have the fondIy cherished cb;mor,s IF
his boyhood dashed to the ground forever and
to seek refuge in the wilds Of Texas. from tba
maddening memories which every bush and
every tree around him, recalled but too forci.
bly, to mind