Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-09-21

reply to the speaker, and exact more
irom- our sex than you demand ofyour
own. Is,his jps, +"
Il admit the truth Of what you say,
for, though cannot Irpsl a mau who is
guilty of Galsehood, loalhc and abhor a
woman habispaIy given to duplicity.-
We look 10 more purity in your sex
than our own, and that love only ought
10 be favored by you 10 this exalted
light. No true mnn but chales at the
chaIns which bind hm to The srosser
things of earth, and has longings for
something better and holirr, and love in
lis purIty-ior all love is not pure
steps in here TO lli us heavenward, by
ailord'ng Us c"mpanionShIp with q being
of finer synpathies, and of more heaven
Iy impulses than ourselves. With what
l"athiug then does it fiji me to find her
deCeIllul for of all The virtues, truth is
IN my eye the highest. Let man or
woman, be incapable of fnIschood, and
she is incapable Of continued guilt "
/ Ellen was silent, for she had begun
the conversation .yn jest, and she felt
that the speaker uttered the uulh She
continued silently at.her work, and in a
few minutes Robert left the parlor and
went out. Not until the front door had
closed on him did she look Gp, and then
her eyes met those Of her cousin. the
only occupant Of the room, who was
sitting at the opposite side of the work
table. The face of the latter was flush
cd, and her lips parted as in partial
terror. She clasped her hands and en-
claimed
oh if Robert knew il > and then
burst into tears.
Emily rose up, went around the table,
and cncircIing her friend with her arms,
said soothpsIy
But he will never discover it, Lucy,
50 don't fret. 1t was only once you did
II and then it couldn't be helped.
But if he should find it out so6bed
Lucy, oh how WISH that had never
told him the untrulh' Don't you think,
she continued, looking Up earnestly
through her tears, that he heard of it
He scarcely said good bye, when he
went out
'No-no, quickly rctortcd Ellen
calm yourself, dear Lucy, or, when he
returns, he will see hat you have been
crying. No one could have told him
Besides, even if he knew, he might not
be angry, at east not very angry for
you know he spoke o. iEabiual duplicity,
and Of that, my dear, no enemy, even
If YOU had one, could charge you with
being guilty
But ! wish had told him the truth
at once and | never will deceive him
again, said Lucy drying her tears.
Lucy was betrothed TO Robert Elmer
son, aud in many respects was fully
worthy of his love. But she had one
iault-rdnHy. Fond Of dress, fond of
admiration, and fond of display, she
was often led into irolics, for the graft
6cation of her vanity, which in her afie
she bitterly repented. Rob
ert was not ignorant of her failing, but
he knew she had a good heart, and he
trusted IN time TO cure her of her foible.
Still he was not aware Of the many cr-
rors which she committed for the graft
tication of her vanity, much less did he II
suspect that falsehood had been resorted
TO in order to conceal her conduct from
his eye But such had been the case.
Robert hated alike coquclry and un-
truth. lie had often said that he could
never love n woman who would trine in
entionally with a suitor, for, apart from
he selfish vanity such conduct display
I'd, there was always more or less du-
plicity in nrt. Lucy, therefore, since
Ter acquaintance with Robert, had stu
Iously avoided the error that otherwise
icr love of admiration might have iu-
luced her To- commit-but alas how
rue is the remark that our errors dog
,ur Footsteps, and will not let us go even
when We would forget them. During a
olourn at Saratoga the preceding year, I
.ucy, then just ushered into tho great
world, and comparatively though,ess,
lad allowed the attentions Of young
nan, whose suit shc would not have
Encouraged seriously for a moment
,he had first listened to hln TO pass u