Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-04-20


kind. Slandcr requires no straw in Ga"
manufacture nf her brick. lmagma,iop
supplies material solid enough for her -
| nu-, hackhi,e y"n li'il.. Langdnle-
v-t yuu well abused - aud then there viii
Nv sone hope oI retrieving your for
tunes"
Really, ilauowby." replied Lang.
dale, 81 do MI comprehend your tactics.
Look nj my ruusin Alien see ~ha, M
rscellrnt character he enjoys Aud
what will be the onsequrncc lie wall
marry Ellen Naberly, and become old
Grre"ry's heir"
"F,r upon your faint heart He will
never do any such thing. u" IL running
himself by playing the saint"
"Why, Iiarro~by, he is the Presi
d.nt of Temperance Society, and sure.
" if any thing can prejudice his unc clc
IN his FAVOR, il will he that fact"
".Aii mistake Yon show your lg
rornnre of human nature, my dear boy,
ia saying so Self-love is nj the bottom
Of all our aciions--i take that as az
axiom. Now is it the way to win old
Gregoy's favor to make j, apparent Ia
his understanding, that YOU are vastly
better than he was nj rour age ~
"Bui the lady, llarrowby-surely she
will prefer ,ha, her lover should be mar
o. nnobJeriionable character"
"Unobl bleclionab!e hunbug How vii
she ever find ont that sho loves him, IN
less some one gives her an opportunity o
offending hirn All let the world ira
duce rather than praise me TO The woman
whose love ! would win"
"Where would your philosophy lea'
TO 7" asked Langdale. "lf you ar,
right, then the old proverb is wrong ant
honesty is not the best policy"
For our own sake" said Iiarrowby
"it is-fur uur own peace of mind, an'
the smile Of our own conscience
would not give much for The honest,
which is based solely upon u irDst IN IL,
poiicy. How much more cautious than
the author 0f this old saw is Shakespeare,
when be saws, "Corrupiion wins not
more than honesty )" from which we ma,
infer that honesty wins not more than
corruption which believe to be fact
But we are straying from the subject be-
fore us. The question is, how are yo,
to regain the favor of your uncle and
vour mistress have revealed 10 20,
the means. Give me a carte blanche to
slaDder you s all shall be we'll"
"Really, my dear Harroubv, this is a
moat origin plan for advancing one
{ r'unrs +; but Iely upon your superior
sngacily aud knowledge of the world. -
J leave my character IN your hands"
"And | will re-consign il TO II maiden
l'dy of my acquaintance, who will denl
wiih II very tenderly."
Here The conference between Har-
r"wby and his pupil terminated and the
former drew his silk handkerchief over
his hn,, and went forth to set aloot The
project he had orig enaied.
Tn. result did not fully appear until
several months had elapsed. BY that
time Langdale had become one ol the
mos, notorious young men about town. -
S,udinus in his habits, with "A consiiiu-
iional repugnance 10 sensual excess, y
passing the greater part of h;s time
among his books he yet innocently nc.
qlIrrd the reputation OF being n Give
bottle mana gay deceiver, u gambler
and confirmed rake. Mothers warned
'h"ir daughters against his insidious arts
Prudent fathers threatened their sons
with r,lsilcalion in the event Of their ven
turing to mingle in his society. Mum
berless were the stories ot his extrava
gances, his "scrapes," aud his gaming
propensiies. Harrowby, when he heard
OF these things, ms he often would, from
papas and mamas, looked grave, shook
his head, and remarked that It was II
pity such n tine young man should :"
throw himself away. And all this while
poor l.. iorgetiul even of his friends
project in his behalf, was deeply engaged
IN The preparation of work on ornIlholo-
sy--a lavori,e study with hlm-dnd rare
ly went forth except for exercise.
At length the physicians gave the
world TO understand that old Grcgor,
could not survive more than n week o'
two. Ills large fortune rendered 1t oI
course nn interesting snbicci Of public
speculation who was To be his heir 3
"Allen of course ~ said the world and
Allen thought go himself, and took occa
sion to ask Mrs. MaberIy point-blank II
she objected Ia him as son-in-law.- -
The mother expressed herself charmed
at the prospect but Ellen positively said
No" The mother slormed and threat
encd /; and the daughter retired weeping
10 her charabcr, and sitting down to a
writing desk, addressed a long letter Ia
Langdale, who, discouraged by demon
STATIONS Of aversion on the part OF the
mother, and by misrem resented capricrs
on the part of the daughter, had retired.
sick at heart, from the candidacy Tor he,
hand. We cannot quote the whole al
Ellen's letter, for il would only be laugh
ed at She had heard oc Langdale' :
tabled career OF dissipation, and supposcd
that he had surrendered himself IT, ii on
account of his despair of ever attaining
her hand Drendfui stories were told ol
him, she SAID but she didn't believe
half of them-Dot hall. Every bod,
seemed forsaking him now. Even hi,
Id nnclo had cut hun off with q shilling
so her m,iher declared. Under lhes,
al.