Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-02-01
WHOLE No. 72l.

pathway of bride well may anxious
thoughts go forth from loving hearts to-
wards "a future whose happiness is Ia he
won by the breaking oi ties that blest
the past, aud well may there resi- ON
lLose woo know the world, fear for the
warm affections trusting all things to "A
single hope Alas ! the hereafter is
the silent land whose evils have no
voice to predict them, aud whence there
soundeih for the wanderer no sign Of
the trials to come. Thrice blessed are
they vino go forward with meek aud
faithful hearts, prepared to battle pas
,lenily, clasping the cross, aud ln"k'ug :.
up To heaven. Rudolph was remaika-
/ bly, graceful in his manners and APP
pearancc, and his air was the courteous.
bul lofty bearing Of one who was conf.
dent in his superiority to the many with
whom he mingled. Perhaps those skill
ed in reading character would have de-
,ected in the calm, polished language,
The courly compliment, the ready, but
cold smile, the habitual self command
of a heart whose true motives and un-
studied impulses would not bear reveal
ing, and whose natural sellishness had
been increased and confirmed by COM
slant aud unlimited indulgence. lie
was several years Gertrude's senior,
and his guarded serenity and singular
seli-possess contrasted strongly with
the unhesiIaiing simplicity and girlish
inSoucidnce of the lovely one by his
side. Once only that evening, his voico
lost It's accustomed comp0snre, and his
dark. naughty eye sank abashed. Ii
was during the latter part 81 the eysn-
ing, and he was standing with his bride
apart from the guests. Gertrude called
his attention TO some lady am3ns uie
visitcrs, and Inudet her beauty.
"To me, there is but one fair face
on earth. = was his low and impasSsntd
reply "yonrs is the only lovcliness'
Gertrude, that has ever touched my
tenderness, and yours the only mind that
has prompted my praise"
lie looked up as he spoke, and en-
.countered Hestcr's calm and searching
gaze. Fall was it of the proud and
lofty scorn that unwavering truth. ever
feels for deceit, ,ye, mingled with a soller
and gentler emotion, its sorrowful Pity
for the soul thus staining its hrightness,'
such pity as pcrchancc the angels ex-
,pcrience in looking on the lnv9anfioilty
of the mortals they love. FSrfiestrx's
spirit was too pure and noble iiE selfish
resentment to prola.c its lustYc, and oil
that disappointment had wrnught in her
| character, was to blend with her yield
ing humility deeper knowledge of the
! power Of temptgIion, and kinder re-
gard lor the faults of resistance WAS fee
bile. Nould that our sorrows. were Of
tenrr thus written, and that the only out
ward tokens Of enduring grief were the
nearer approach to the holiness Of per-
! fiction
! CHAPTER III -.
II We pass lightly and silently over the
/ several first months Of Gertrude's mat
.ried life. !, was happy beyond the or
dinary portion of the enthuyias'ic and
hopeful, and happiness is vsgecsnd un-
i defnablc, and leaves litfYe. .for the
chrouicer to tell. The dark, irrtg olar
cloud tempts the pencil TO endeavor to
4 portray iis marked and decided aspect,
but the clear blue sky offers nothing for
! the artist TO paint. Alas that in that
sunny heaven the sorrow-cloud vas SO
soon to rise Rudolph had certainly
changed since his marriage. He was
not, perhaps, less assduous in his alten-
tions to Gertrude, for his residence he
meath her parents ronf would have rem
dered such alteration unwise, aud sure
to be observed, and he was too poIiIic
, to risk giving such offence. 1t may be
I too, that there was as yet no cooling. in
= the fond affection he had prolesscd to-
wards his fair young wife, for Gertrude =
was a disposition well calculated to is-
crease aud strengthen attachment ---
But certain It is, that as weeks went on
; he became reserved aud moody, that
the sweet, lovely face ofGcrtrude failed
= to call forth his accustoucd.pruises, aud
= the long evenings, once passed 50
: pleasantly by her side, were now swnI
{ more satisfactorily elsewhere, aud viii
D other companions. His very spprai
D ance was altered his che, h. were pal,
= aud haggard, and his eye had the 'rs,.
less Impotence aud anxious wandering