Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-03-09
lisa, Rosa, and Charles Mclryin. =

: peacefully they slumber as do the I,
nants within Mount Auburn.'s precinct
Seldom will the foot oflhe stranger war
der amid tAese solitudes no strange
). dust will minsle with ihat OF the undiv
ded family. Midst these sacred shade
Inurmur the waters Of the SaDtee, an
here the bird Of night warbes its over
shadowIng foliage, and The funeral mos
hangs like "a shroud around this sacrc
grove.
/ Agnes parents watched with re
doubled anxiety over the health Of thei
sole nursing, and her every wish be
came their law. This excessive induI
gence threatened TO prove fatal to tn,
happiness ofthe family. At last, lh,
determination waa made to commi
Agnes 10 the care of her brother Nor
timer, for her parents felt that he would
better than they govern their wayward
and idolzcd child. They wished that
her education should be received at the
north, and at the age Of twelve, she
bade long adieu to her parental home.
Her ia,hcr accompanied her 10 her
brothers house, and left her consoled
by the pi omise that she should receive
letter from him or her mother every
week, and visit from them every
second summer.
Agnes gave much promise Of talent
and beauty. Some one says, that all
the eyes and hair have been used up by
story-wr1ters. Not so, for Agnes had
proiusion ofctesnut hair clustering
in rlnslets, on a neck of brilliant white
ness. Her features were regular as if
chIselIed by an artist. The shape Of
her head classica and her figure SYM
me'rical. But yet beautiful as she was,
at times It was painful +. look at her,
for her ungoverned temper wrote with
its rapid pencil, lines of i,npaiicnce and
passion Oh her face. Aud it was
pleasure to turn from her TO the less
beautiful but dove-lke countenance of
her friend, Elizabeth Douglass.
T.e morning of the day pa which
'he was introduced to our readers,
Agnes had gone to school, but on some
slight prctGacc had begged her teacher
10 excuse her to. go home.
No thought but that Of her letter was
n her mind, and at twelve she began to
promenade the piazza to watch for her
brother, Il Though she knew that o o.
lock was the hour Of his return home.
t was lovely day, in September, but
>gucs was too much occupied to enjoy
he balmy air and enchanting sceuery
bout her. She idly plucked the vines
which with their umbered and crimson
utumnal hues formed a rich variegated
uran hanging in graceful lcstoons
ON the balcony. Mrs. McIrvin was
a the library, her iavorite retreat in
ne absence Of her husband, and she
i'd not know of Agnes return from :
,hoo An old servant ventured to beg \
Miss Agnes not to pull down the vines |
nd irIshten the pretty birds away. = I
ut Agnes replied lmpatlcntly, and told !
IN 'he need not trouble himself about 5
err Then nAowcd the scene men =
Dned, on the non-receptlon of the let l
r. We left Agnes in her chamber.
'hle there, she thought of her lessons c
I school the next day, but she said c
do not feel like studying them, and
III not, for | can say that had n head $
he this afternoon : aud indeed her e
governed feelings and violent crying n
I'd given her Acadache. She was g
on asleep, and did not wake ill the g
rvant came to call her To tea. While II
cparInS To 20 10 the drawing room, :
e thought oi her conduct with shame d
ID regret for she possessed quick =
visibility which enabled her to see and |,
Fl her faults. II
After tea, Mr.. Mclryin proposed to o,
: wife II sail on the Hudson, in her h,
coPatra barge the construction of =,
lch he had directed according to the @,
scrlptlon of the boat of the Egypiian h,
cen. Ii Wdsa n beautiful but miniature 81
presentation of this lar-lamcd barge. AZ
&c nearest ncighbor of Mr.. McIrvin, IN
his return from Europe, had super. M
ended the building of a gondna, sim an
! To the boats of Venice, in which he W
! So often sailed On moonlight ioi
ht these Two boats were seen gliding un
the waters of the Hudson. Some ac
rs, fairy. like music was heard float E'