Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-08-12

for YOU will have understood that een wero the
beautiful child he asleep. repeat that II -
Twelve years since he stood IN your eanm3er.--
tie has you almost daily since tnen--watrh-
ed your going out and coming in--fed hts oycs and
heart on your expanding beauty, and Informed
himself Of every change and eyetoG n1snt ~
your mind and character. With his infinite
knowledge Of you, and With tha expulsion al his
own intellect his passion has dccpCnrd and
strengthened. l. possesses him no." Is lie does
his heart, ant will enlruc as long. Blt lis views
with regard to yon have changed nevertheless.
"You will pardon The presumption OF nv first
feeling--tha: to attain my wishes hid only 10
become your equal. Il wa natural error-tor
my agony at realizing the d.i5Fcacc n our cot
d,ion in life enough to absorb At the
time-but it is surprising "a no how lang tIIat
deiusion lasted. nm rich nov. / have lately
added to my fortune the last acquisition | thoI
desirable. But with the thought of the next
thing to 30 done, came like thandet hoit on me ),
the fear that, after all efforts, YOU might be
destined for aoother! The thought is simple
enough. You would think that It would have
haunted mo from the beginning. Bat have "a
Their unconsciausly shut my eyes 10 II, or have
been absorbed IN educating and eartchlny nv
self that that goal only visible TO l.
perhaps fortunate for my perseverance that
was so blinded. o. my midnight studies, of
NY labors. Of all my plans, selGdoninls and anxi~
etina, you have seemed The reward! have never
gained thought. never learned refinement
never turned over gold and SILVER, that 1t was not
a step nearer to Mabel Wynue. Aud now, that
in worldly advantages, after twelve years Of o!-
fort and trial stand by year sdo at st. a th0u-
sand men who never thought Of you I'll yoster
day, eqnal competitors with me for your hand!
"Bnt, as s2Id my views with regard h you
have changed. have It'll bitter rfipr', conq1e
red the selfishness Of this QUO life time ambition.
| nm devoted to you, | have been from the
moment frat saw you-!ito Gud fortune. These
mr. VI rio nj "
you might s2urn them. My person ia plain md
unai,ractivc. You have seen me md shown me
no preference. There are Others whom you
ceive With favor. Aud with your glorious beau
~ and sweet, admirably sweet. q la!i;ics Of cha
rncfer, it would be outrage 10 -naturo that you
should not choose freely. aud DO mated with
some hi ne % Your kind. -Qf-shosa whe-nov eur-
round you sec no enc worthy Of you-but he
may come! JcalOusy shall not blind me 10 his
merits. The first mark Of your favor 1ud shall
be aware of i) will turn upon hun my cloaest,
We, moa, candid scrutiny. IIo must Iovo you
well--fnr shall measure his love by my own.
He must have manly beauty, nnd dciicacy, and
honor-ho must bo worthy Of YOU, in shori-but
be need not be rich. He who steps between me
mud YOU tnkes the fortune had amaasod for you
tell you this that you may have no limit IL your
choicc-for tho wor'hiest Of a waman's lovers is
often barred from her by pow eriy.
20: course, have made 10 vow against seek
ing Tour f.vor. Ga the contrary, she'll lose no
opportunity iG making myself agreeable To YOU.
II 10 arainst my nature II abanlon h pc, though
am painfnlly consciors Of my Inferor,ty TO oth-
or men in TN Qualities which please 4 wonl9n.-
All have done 10 10 deprive my pursuit a ia
selfishuess-to mako II subscrVient to your hap
piness purely-as It still would BE were the Oh
jec, Of your preference. You VIII henr from me
Mt any crisis Of your feelings Pardon ray being
n epv upon Won. know YOU well enough to know
that this lotteE will DO a sccrc;-~siaco wish IT,
Adieuw
Mabel laid her cheek in tho ho!low of her hand
md unused long ;hss singular communication.
Il stirred her romluce, hui 1t Weakened still more
her curiosity. Who hei she had "scen him
and shown him preferenco?" Who could il be
of the hundred Of her chance-m7do nCqIlintan>
cess She conjoc,urod at some disadvantage, for
she had "come out" within the past year only,
and her mother having long been dead, tho visit
TO the house were oil but recently made known
TO her. She could SGT aside two-jhirds OF them,
soma of families we'll known, but ihcro were 1T
least score Of others, any ono uf wh1m m'.t',
twelve years before, have been obscure as her
anonymous lover. Whoever he might be, Mabel
thought he could hardly como into her presence
again without betrnyi ing himself, aud "s1t plea
SCI smile at the thought Of Tho discovery, sho
again locked up tho letter.
Those were days Ito DO regretted Of not. IS
you please. dear roador9 when tho notable soci-
ely of Now York royoly Cd IN one sGli-complacent
and clearly defined circle Call II n wheoi. and
say that the centre was belle and tho radii were
beaux--(the periphery Of course composed Of
those who could 'down with the dusty And on
the fifteenth of July, regularly and imPeratively,
the fashionable wheel rolled of TO Saratoga.
mabel! my dsughfer!" said old Wynne, rs he
hade her good night the evening before starting
for the Springs, at is useless to be blind II the
fact that among your many admirers you have
several very pressing lovers--sultors toE your
hand, may safely say. Now, do not wish to
pu, any unnecessary restraint upon your choice,
but as you are going 10 gay place, where you
likely to decide the matter in your own mind,
wish TO express opinion. You may give II
what weight you think a fathers judgment, should
have in such matters | do not like Mr. BeIlaliure
for. beside my prejudice against the man, we
know nothing of his previous ife and he may be
swind,er any thing else. | DO like Mr..
Blvthe-for ! have known him many years; he