Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-06-29
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lartland fell into a revere. The words, |
she is paid for her attendancc,' grated harslly |
ON his uais. lie wished 1t had been voluntary,
for then he could have oscrlbed ii To some mo
tive that would have ilattered his sei-luve or to
do him justice, appealed to his gratitude and
affections aud merited different acknowl-
edgemcnt thun mere sordid money. lie tried
hard to persuade himself that he owed poor Ge-
nevicvc nothing but her wages, while his heart
told him that such attentions as she had paid
him could never be bought with gold But
what could the doctor mean by his mischievous
smiles, and the cquivocal phrases OF she will
accept OF nothing from you, but Whist you will
not perhaps be willing 10 Ocstow on her " Hart
land could make nothing of this, and became
buried in pcrplcXity of thought, from which
he was reused by the steps oi Genc,cve, who
entered the room with slow timipi,y, and ask
ed, in trembling accents, alter his health.
Il am quite well, dear Gcncyieve, thanks TO
your blessed kindness, which can never repay
My wages arc already paid answered she,
with apparent simplicity and now that you
arc quite recovered, am going away, | came
to bid you farewell, 10 express my wishes for
| your happiness, and 10 ask olyou something to
remember poor Gcnevieve
! There was something eNqusitely touching
/ in her voice, her look, aud the dewy lustre oi
her eyes, as she pronounced these words, which
entered the very soul OF iIar,land.
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hear what am going to say. Nay, INSIST up
on your being seated, YOU have much to hear,
and IT does not become one who owes his life to
you to be seated while you are standing
ut does not become one like me to be seated
in the presence Of one like you, replied Gene
We've, in low and thrilling voice of deep hu
mility, as IIartland with respectful violence
compelled her to place herself by his side on tb'
sofa.
'Genevieve,' said he, you have saved m
lie ; is their wishof your heart ungratiiied
any thing within the power OF man to do tha
will contribute TO your happiness, or that OF an
one dear TO you If there is, here pledg
the soul which was bestowed on me by m
Maker, and the life which you have preserved
To do what man can do 10 repay, as far as po'
siblc, obligations that can never be cancelled
Tell me, Genevievc-dear Genevieye .-tt
YOU are very dear to me--tell me IN what Wa
| can prove to YOU sm not ungrateiul II
not leave me with load OF obligation ON N
heart that will weigh me down to the ear,
with sense of absolute degradation. My III
will be comparatively worthless, unless you pc
NIT me TO consecrate it to your happiness
TO my happiness = reiterated The trcmhlm
glrl. My happiness does mol depend on ~cal
, OF benefits. ! can accept nothing from y"n e
cept--except your kind remembrance. a
already paid my wages, and my object vi
, simply what said, | came 10 brd farewell al
wis! you health and happiness
She was rising to 60 but llartand dctain'
, her.
'Genevicvc, you do not, or will not compr
hend me. love you, sincerely, tenderly, at
fully.
And you prove 1t by thus insulting me
.lnsulting YOU, Gcuevieve Doyou take n
for such IA wretch Is such declaration
sulting
From one like YOU 10 one like me. IL IS mo
h than insultugt Is degrading TO one, d,shor
orable in the other. But II If time should :
II wish to preserve, a source OF future 81
uhcatlon, the remembrance oi having hunt
r administered To the wants ol one who has
- Iaid by wishing to degrade me
4 Aguin she made an oiloIt 10 leave hlm, b
=. llarland detained her.
In the name of Heaven, what do you inca
ID Gcneyieve what do You suspect, that Y
e. thus rcproaca me with insulting and degrade
E. you DO you thInk me such brute aud '
lie lam as To do one or the other l. the prot
ut OF IA sincere and ardent love from an hun'
t, man to a Vlrtuous woman, insult aud degrd,
T. dalIonl Is the devotion OF true heart, that
- would tear from my bosom # | thought II cal
bic OF dcceNing or bet ayng one who has I'LL
IT, It to Overlooking with lus and gratitude, ms
III and degradation
lie Those alone who have seen llarlland IN I
halls OF legislation moving down hearts W
he his irresistible eloquence, can Judge of the
Ily feet of his words on Geneyie,e.
- Tell me-lel me, Geneyleye, added
er 'what you think and what you tear
'x- Are you not the great orator, statesman,
thor Is not your name on every tongue, y
he words in every mouth Doyou not stand h