Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-05-20

robe Of crimson. velvet. dts long train,
bordered with ermine, lay in rich fold,
at her feet. Her form might have
been considered too expansive for per-
feet beauty, were it not that its fault
less symmetry made you forget the
size in'admra,ion. Of the proportions
Her soft dark hair was simply. parted
on the whitest of foreheads, and its ex-
uberant tresses gathered into one grace
full knot behind. Her exquistely
moulded head was encircled by liari
Of diamonds. Those gems remind me
of her eyes, which were Of blue so
intense, and so brilliant. that you mis-
took them at first for black. And they
always spoke in advance of her lips.
Her complexion was OF that transpar-
ent whiteness, softly blending on the
cheeks with peach blossom hue which
is seldom possessed except by the
daughters Of "Ocean Isle" Her part
ed lips when she smiled, disclosed a
set of teeth, that almost seemed to re-
fleet back the same light as bed Of
snow upon which the noon-day sun was
shining. But that smile--it was more
sweet tran gay And as you looked
upon her yoa felt, that it was not the
projections which entered in her per-
son that rendered her beautiful. 1t was
the expression-the grace-tbe brill
liancy-nay-it was the reflection Of
a soul beaming over all!
| beckoned to my friend. and, de-
signaling the lady who had arrested my
attention, said:-"Surely thal must be
Lady Bulwer?"
"You are right" he replied triumph
antly: 81 made bet that you would
discover her, for when she is present
there seems to be no body else IN the
room Is she not a magnificent wo-
MANI"
The history of Lady Bulwer was at
that time upon every lip. The envious
blamed, the compassionate pitied; the
disinterested praised. But her conduct
was so unimpeachable, her character
so unblemished that the voice Of sIand-
err was hushed IN awe. Even calumny
sought not TO despoil her of her rich
est, almost her only possession-her
fair fame.
The day succeeding the ball given
by General Cass, | became personally
acquainted with Lady Bulwer. For
several months after that period | saw
her almost daily, sometimes passing
two or three hours in her society. And
the more intimately became acquaint-
ed with her, the more | reproached
myself for ever having breatheda word,
or harbored thought, to her dispar-
agement.
Lady Bulwer, then Rosina Wheeler,
was married at the age Of eighteen, to
Mr.. Bulwer, now Sir Edward Ltton
Bulwer. She gave him her heart with
her hand, and had every reason to be-
lieve that he returned his own, until
she discovered that he was not embar-
raised with so troublesome possession.
Before she had been married wear,
she had proofs, too i4conteStable, Of
her husbands being lawless and re-
morseless lbertine. But she was then
about to become mother; and what
will not a woman endure for the sake
of her child? What will not woman,
who loves, or has loved, forgive? On
the birth of that child, in whose endear-
ments she had fondly hoped 10 find
consolation for the neglect and cruelty
of her husband, his tyrany assumed
new and more dreadful shape. Almost
before the young mother was considerd
out of danger, her infant, in spite of
her expostulatlons, and tears, was Ia
ken from her aud placed under the
charge Of a wet nurse, who resided
several miles from London. Bulwer
declared, that he would not permit his
wife 10 become nursery maid; that
children were his deteStation; and that
the ''noisy little imp" should be kept
at a respectable distance! Lady Bull
wer did not submit 20 this unnatural
and despotic decree. withoutremonstra-
ting But her grief and entrealies only
recalled forth the most virulent abuse
from her infexible husband. After
this incident he neglected her more
than ever, and not unfrequentIy, in his
moments OF uugovernabie passion. she
was forced TO submit 10 personal vio-
Iencs
She again became a mother, and her
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