Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-11-11
From Tho Guardian.
LIFE AS IT IS.

LIFE no III To-
USopha, who was that gentleman ina
called this morning.
AMIR Cameron, Julia"
nYour eloquent face would have been
n sufficient answer, had you given MS
name no ut,eranco, and now, permit mo 70
ASK YOU seriously, wha, is your opinion
Of this young manT
"That he is generous, kind, frank and
warm.hearted, Intellectual and refined IN
his feelings and manners Is not all inns
auficien,, my wise mentor"
"If TO il he joins q mind and heart reg
ulated by Christian principles, | grant
you that il is Sophia, but you are TOO
young to Judge in so important a matter
rs that of choosing partner for life"
n "Why, Julia, you remind me oil the
milk,maid in the Spelling Book, who was
just exclaiming sand green it shall be-
when down came her pail, milk and all.
II will be time enough to think of this
when Mr.. Cameron shall have slgnlhed
some desire to make me an helpmate."
"You already speak the language OF
The world, see, and 1t only the more con-
Sinces me that my suggestion is to you no
new idea. Lightly as your words would
seem 70 imply you viewed the matter, |
suspect you cannot deceive me even so
much as you may YOURSELF Remember,
ii hereafter you would fain break the
bonds which have united your fate with
that OF Lewis Cameron you will have
sinned deeply, and time willteach you to
mourn that sin in bitterness of spirit"
"But why should break an engage
ment with Lewis, supposing that such a
ahing could have existence, which, by the
way is very strong supposition for a
young lady like me TO make?"
"You are both too young to have any
fixed character. Circumstances may,
n nay, piH change your habits of thous"'
and action. Mr.. Cameron has but just
entered upon The duties of his profession
aud YOU know not the temptations ne VIII
he exposed to and can form no Judgemen
how far his principles will enable hun t'
resist them. You have never seen theh
fried. do not counsel you to break al
Engagement, for can hardly believe tina
one exists, where your knowledge OF tn
GENTLEMAN is limited TO a drawlng-roor
Rcuuaintance and that only few weeks
but | bid you pause! You yourse
will change. A knowledge OF the worla wi
beach YOU how vain and baseless al
some Of your now most cherished opl'
ions, and you will look back in wonde
mon YOUR nresent modes Of ludgemeI
and estimation"
"But Julia, true affection is not chan
"a by considerations like these. 1t is
light which burns brightly on, in the OAR
ness of adversely only more clear al
steady than when prosperity outshlnes
with its ruddy glare; even as the pu
bright stars of night fade in the dis'an
when the sun returns with his all-plercl'
rays. Time, and place and expcrlen
may change all else, but the heart is tr
20 itselfn'
"These are the words of sangul
youth, Sophia. speak not of adversl'
or doubt your capacity to bear 1t chef
ALLY with one who shall icorthify posse
YOUR whole heart. But | warn you OF
Impulse, miscalled lore, which will m'
enrely fail when you find the chosen
has deceived you and ruined hlmse
when you feel that you have but pour
out your affections upon the dust, that
fruits of your trust in a husband are
the apples OF Sodom, bitter ashes IN
grasp Of the rash hand that plucks the
Love, such as will bear up unfalterln
through trials of this life, is not the
spring of fancy. 1t is not the moth VIII
rushes blindly on its destiny and dies
shriveled, passion .blighted thing; but
the careful bee it seeks the fragrant fl
ers from whence to draw its sweets,
flowers of Truth and Worth and vital
ty; and neither you nor Mr.. Came
have vet shown yourselves their poss
sors. Pause, my friend, | beseech
pause, and suffer not your heart to be
by dreams whose awakening shall
without hopem
Sophia Lee belonged to q class Of 20
ladies who persuade themselves that
will be to them one uninterrupted seer
pleasure, 80 soon as they can escape
the thraldom Of the school-room;
look upon marriage as the end and all
woman's existence and can conceive
greater stigma cast upon them than
title of s'old maid" She had Just
school, and at the age of sixteen deV
all her time, faculties and thoughts to
great object of securing q hush
With this view, the first who prese
himself was made welcome, without