Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-11-23
WHOLE No. Ill.
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From Godsy's Ladies' Book for November.
HELEN MACARTN e Y.
BY. MRS. EMMA @. EMBURY.


"Promise me that you will not grow
weary dearest, during the long, long
years that rust elapse ere can claim
tho hand which now trcmbIcs in mne,'
said Horace Medwin to her who had
Just plish!cd her faith to him.
! "Do not expect too much Of me,
=. Horace" was the reply; 81 cannot
, promise that my heart will be patient
while years are stealing the brightness
from my eye, and the freshness from
my feelings"
Perhaps you will repent a pledge
which must be so tardily redeemed"
! "You know me too well to believe so,
Horace would fan see you content
( with your present prospects OF success.
/ and even at the risk Of seeming most
unmaidcnly in my wishes, will say
that a mere competence with you would
be all that | should ask to insure us
/ happiness. Wealth will be dearly pur-
( chased by all the terrible anxictics OF a
long absence yet since you think its
acquisition essential TO your comfort, It
is not for me oppose my wishes to your
superior judgment. They also serve
who only stand and wait ; and since
can do nothing to aid you in the pursuit.
of riches can at least bide tho time
Go where your sense Of duty calls you
Horace, and remember that whether
your efforts are crowned with success,
or your hopes crushed by misforunes,
this hand is yours whenever you clam.
/ my pledge"
''Bless you, bless you, my own sweet
Helen that promise will be my only
solacc in my exile, an oh what II slim
ulus to exertion shall find in the re-
membranes Of thoGe tears
n Helen Mccartney was the child Of
a one Of those gifted but unfortunate per-
sons who seem born to i'll luck. Her
fathers whole life had been series of
mistakes he had quit college in fit
Of pique just as he was fully prepared
to receive those high honors which
might have been Of great service to him
, in the career of science to which he
/ eventually devoted himself; he abanaop-
ed a profession in which perseverance
would have made him eminently sue
cessiul he failed in INGREDIENTS bus.-
ness because he could not tie has
thoughts down to the details of com
merce ; IN the lowest ebb of his fortunes
be married, not from love, bat compass
sion, The proud and penniess danghie,
Of decayed family, who brought him a
dowry ofpoor relations and, finally, he
wasted his really fine talents. which, if
properly exerted, would have secured
to him at least the comforts Of life. upon
schemes aud projects which were as
\ idle as Anaschar's Dream As lhe
/ eye Of the mathematician traces on the
blue field Of r'her the diagram which
solves his newly combined probirIn, So
the fancy of the speculative philosopher
builds in the vague air his hopes of fame
and fortune but, unlike the man OF
science, who from his visionary plan
4 deducos demonstrablc truth, the man
Of schemes is ever doomed TO see his
fairy fabrics fade, without leaving a
wreck behind. The only thing which
ever had power TO withdraw the thoughts
! Of tho protector from his unreal iancIoS,
was his love for his gentle daughter. -;
! lie had thoroughly instructed her IN ull
that forms the true foundation Of Ieain-
/ ing, and no expense was spared IN the
acquisition Of those elegant accomplish
mcnts which add SO great a charm 10
.lfcmale society. Helen was gifted az.
! graceful woman ms well as fiue scholar.
Beautiful aud gentle, with supeIior
talents, correct taste, and n chnrnci.i
which the discipline OF circumstances
had prcmOturely strengthened, without
impuiring the freshness of her feelings.
she was u creature worthy TO bo loved
and cherished by some noble hear, e.
But her life had never been happy noe,
for, from her earliest childhood, her
mothers wayward incidence, and her
fathers total want OF worldly wisdom,
had produced an irregular, scramblng
sort of system, or rather want ofsysism.
10 their liillc household, the dlscomIofis
of which had been felt by Helen long
before she was capable Of undersiapdlpp
or remedying the evil. Leading very
secluded lile. and absorbed ~ thoro
petty cares which enf< <oss so much tune
and thought ia a household where th,Is