The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-02-02
A MOST PATHETIC STORY
OF TRUE LOVE.

70 laugh much--theFe are so many saC
realizes 10 this world. Sickness and
sorrow meet rs a every turn, aud bro
Zen hears areas plenty as blackbenies
Lovers sigh AMI weep without cOnsO.
latiOn, and thes.ory OfdisappOinted love
IS constantly told. Men are gay decei-
vers and women are more variable and
lnconsians than the vapOrs Of morning,
Alas, that il should be so Verify, i
IS beuertO weep than to Iaugh-Dever-
theless, laugh we must occasionally.
Diogenes would have fouda Il difficult
to preserve the sobriey Of bis cOunis-
nance, bad be been an editor.
Queer are the communications with
which We are not unlrequsnily favored;
mostly, they go to the ''tomb Of the
Capule1s," without an spiiaph, but,
ever and anon, some particular tale
writer or poet petitioneth for inlOrma
ton Of the fate Of his elIusion. Nov
here follows something Of the sort, that
is unique ia its way tits, as the editor
Of the New York Mirror would say,
''lhrilling-a dreadful warming to young
men not TO let concealment, like a
worm / the bud, prey on tkeir damask
cheeks" For our own part, we must
confess that we do not hold 10 this per-
ishiug by the tender passion. II any
wo-begone individual, coohdes 10 "
the secret that he intends, Tor love, in
his own person TO die, we ezclaim with
radiant ROsalind. mo, faith, die BY
attorney. The poor world is almost six
thousand years old, and in all this
time, there was not any man died in
bis own person, oidelicei ina love cause
TrOilus had his brains dashed out with
Grecian club; ". e did what be
could 10 die before; and he is one Of
The patterns Of love. Leander, he wauld
have lived many a fair year, though
Hero had turned nun, if il bad not
been for hot midsummer's night: for,
good youth, he went but forth to wash
him in the Hellespont, and, being
taken with the cramp, was drowned;
and the foolish chroniclers, (coroncrs!)
Of that age found il was--Hero Of
SestOs. But these are all lies: men
have died from time TO lime, and have
been eaten by worms;bUt not for love-"
But reader, we will not be so cruel
as TO delain thee longer from a tale,
which, though brief as hope, is iilled
with horrors enough for a FIVE act irag
edy. For the Qualification Of the Gu
riOus and literary lore, we give it, or
biography end all, just as il came 10
hand.
/ CAN NEVER HAVE HERM
SUCH were the words that passed
from the mouth OF ECBRer CLINTON
as he sat musing one evening on the
qualitys Of the Ladys with whom he
was more than partially acquainted.
The one of whom be was thinking at
that time more particular was e.
beautiful as NaiBre her self with lei
black hair, blue eyes, and a skin as
white as the drilied snow, Cor sake of
distinction we shall call her Miss CARO-
LiNG. Her figure was most beautiful,
her carriage was erect, and there was
something in il that implied bOldness.
She was the daughter ola wealthy mer-
chant, who resided in the town of R.
Long island. Egbert Clinton was the
son ola respectable but poor MechORic;
he had early been sent 10 a boarding
school, and no pains had been spared
in bis education. AT the time to which
we refer, he was twenty years of age.
He was tall and erect, of manly and
bold appearance; but on close exami-
nation, you would perceive something
10 his manners leading TO bashfulness.
One, day while conversing with friend
Of his about Miss Ceaotise, he said that
''he would mary her, or shoot him
himself" He would most probably have
accomplished his desire, had it not
have been forthe little timidiiy Ofwhich
we were speaking. He could wait upon
her with all pOlileness, but still dare
not make his peculiar feelings known
to her.
Oh! wletched man; il you could
have read the love that was inscribed
on the heart Of her you love most dear
ley, you would have flown 10 her arms
and told her all! He was asked BY
his friend why he did not make pro-
posaIs, he replied, 81 caa neDer haus
hsr!" OrIbsing asked for an explanation
he said that her Father wasrich and
his waspO0r. Tune passed rapidly on
he grew quite thin and pale. Every
person who saw him remarked thai
they thought that EgbeV Cl;atOs
had the coaasmptiOa, months passed
by he excluded himself from all sOci-
ety and in the mean time Miss Caroline
had proposals Of marriage from a Mr..
Cliff Of Philadelphia "a Theological
after being persuaded a lenghI Of time
BY her parents, she concluded to accept
them, and was marrsied. Egbert being
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