The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1843-04-15


pofttays took, tho,hsf i sl.s eaeIaia,ssai,
as 'sih Na.ronly fefSoSsge entered ths
room and car,e Inward her, sDid'a, esei
behold so splcVii'd fFghs Who, a sfetht
fof poelyl And the ihofal tco, mother
'hecline 7 interrupted ,ho mother, buu
the enthusiastic gill heard hot The suSce us
.he proceeded,
does ,iu, yoh old oak. 4 very piian, sn
lis aspech teath i,s HE ffailly uf human
hopes ! book hn@ he bends III ,he season's
'hsndatc, anti Yields his leafy covering 10
'l,s impefia' @ir,lsi And ths slre~h liow.
ers' too, Bend their fragrance BY oity mes.
sengefc IN tnpfe genial ulilness A very
etf'Sleh,, sho,hef of oaf avn mortality +
The fair girl paused st,ldehly, and Turn.
ed for reply III he ho,hef=abu she had
leh The aparlthehh iief bosom heased
with long dfawA sigh as SHE sauph, IA
glance Of het rclrea,ing form, and i.eoline
sank sofrowfully Upon ah uniquely deeota-
ted ottoman besie her.
'rhe saibex- slIi lhs eamg,' she sofiy
,nnfhured,as she hid her face Ia het hands
whilst The teafs ,firkle,l slowly !hroash hei
white taper fingers, 'Oh mo,hty, My once
generous bosom would have spurnesl A coEi.
'aci with The false vanity that HOW cIings 10
,he heart
A slight tap al III. door afou.ed The tear.
fu btauty Tro,n her fesefie, and she e.attsd
10 her feel.
i.eolne,' said voice fron without
Come IN Louisa she answered an the
door opened end young beautifully array !.
ed feii,ale burst iBia the rvuai, with q tiier.
ry. ringing laugh. .hat anhlfssea s,rahsely
with the melaachdfy festugss of Leol!ne.
havv besn seeking Tot 'y ysu MIS- last 'hdur.
and here yuu are rnoping away your pre-:
ctous moments In ,lie lebahiless apartment.
Fie=2 for ,heea@1 greatly fear He there Is
some cause ,ha. pforhp,s this sacri6ce.uth
than the love of solitude.
There is, indeed!' was the reply, In a
low detected tone.
Then mus, know Of it, said the other
in a more serious vuies--'Come, Leoine,
you know yoti cah conhde in mes
i think SO Louisa, You being an unin
,eres,ed observer, may not have marked !he
sad change ,ha. has fallen Upon the onc'
loving disposition ant. tender feelings of m.
mother. The time has been when the poo
and the needy found ready advocate ~
their Distress when the injured and op
pressed found In her soothing sympathy q
Blu. now my heart grIeves in The conscious
meas OF lis truth, she has fOrsaken her one
brigh, way, and yields herself ready vic
tim 10 ,hu heai,less gosslping .hiong' Ms
ever crowd with ,heir sickenlng, hypocfl''
cal homage, ronnd the persons OF thos
who are repu,ed 10 abound In the world
wealth. How go degrading an iniiuenc
should have ever aclua,ed the feelings
nv mu,her, is 10 uie an untahomed myst
', ~, canno, think that she acts rom an
sinister motives, and yet her entire matt
appears degeneta,ed. 1t is now het 50
aim and object, and het only pleasures ill
= | should resign myself 10 the g'ddy vor''
of an unmeanlng fashion talk, smile, ha'''
IL, atuuse the insensible crowd Of inirignl
+, cpxcombs ,ha, nightly tungregale sroa
usA-and for wha,1-,ha, the result MAY
;. in The advantageous union of her daush'
with sotne one whose only tscom'nenda'i
II is, fashionable exterior, plenty oil sm
:, talk, and Of wealthy repute.'
a, With etaceful wave Of her lily ha'
,e The fair speaker molioned her comp''a'
,d with the request Of an ailendeni" VINO
III peared a, the entrance TO ,he aparlnienl,l
-, she should descend TO The dis~ing roc
cd and ,wning her arm afsc'i,nasely ro'
-. The slender wais, of her coifipanion,
ed casting a last lngeriging look toward
,f oper, rasetienl as the moon beams sIrfar
,.d through on the magnificent carpet,
Lc ,hs step Of queen she sIided from
foorliI