Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-01-24

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these regions. He was the beau idea
of a gentleman, with frank, careless an
winning manner-one OF those being
whose life seems to roll on like peace
| full riyulet, without meeting with singl
obstruction from the rocks and falls Q
care and sorrow. But cloud was sool
to come over his bright existence. Gen
erous and confding himself, he never sus
pected Of deceit and treachery in others
This trait tn his character led him t
form acquaintainces, which others NOR
cool and calculating would have Stunned
| OF this class fpersons was Henry Brew
er, a young man who had just graduates
at Cambridge, and who had left the plac'
of his nativity in search of communi:,
where he might acquire more honor an.
pence than in that Etna of lawyers, New
England. He was poor, proud and am
bilious, and withal one of those persons
who cannot witness the prosperity of 9th
ers without secret ranking of envy
All this however, was covered by a spe
cious show of whnt he did not possess
a generous and noble spirit. Stanley, from
a mistaken notion of this young man:
character, had formed an intimate com.
partnership with MIN, and their leisure
hours were spent in all the enjoyment:
common TO young and buoyant spirits
they rode, walked. and hunted together,
and Charles, as a matter of course, paid
| all the bills ; for he was willing to do
this in order that he might have some
companion. Strange infatuatien! Let
no one, who is rich, and above want, buy
his acquaintance in this manner. There
is concealed pride in the human breast,
which in associations of this nature, is
for while dormant in the recipient of
your favors-but it will burst forth one
day, it may be, to your ruin. Soon (how-
ever awskened) there is a growing sense
of an obligation which he IS neither able,
or willing to repay. But nous Uerrons.
Stanley had met with and become en-.
amored of beautiful Georgian one of
such peerless beauty, as can be met with
in no other part Of the Union-gentle,
and timid as the wild deer Of her native
hiiIs-whose nObio soul Beau.od inuser.
eye, and on whose cheeks the roses Of
health and modestly commingled in heav-
emily union. Her mental graces were no..
inferior to her personal attrac tions. J
Could one of Charles SANKEY'S char.
acter see her and not be enslaved!-They
met, and as it were by intuition, at once
mingled their pure souls in one. They
loved, and soon confessed their mutual at
tachment-in a word became solennly
betroihed before heaven. But she was
rich, and this proved the cause of her
ruin. Stanley introduced his friend to
his lady-love-she received him with all
the politeness due to the friend of her low
er, and with the frankness for which the
ladies of the South are SO justly famed
He, in return, knowing her to be posses
sed of an ample fortune, and being deter
mined that Stanley should not enjoy what
himself so much coveted, like willy law
yer formed the resolution Of winning this
lovely girl. But all his arts were of no
avail. Charles and Ellen being engaged,
and the day appointed for their nuPtials,
Henry Brewer found that he was likely
10 be thwarted In the scheme upon which
he set his heart; and in order 10 produce
temporary separation between the lovers,
hit upon the base expedient of circulating
stories injurious to the reputation of the
fair betrothed but Charles having full
confidence in the virtue of Ellen, traced
the vile ISLANDERS to their author, and the
result was challenge to the ''field Of ho-
nor"
1t was on a lovely May morning. that
a party of young people were merrily
sailing down the river on pleasure ex-l
cursion. l was one of them, and we were
as buoyant and happy as young hearts,
high spirits and beautifully clear and
bright sky overhead could make US. Ma.
ny were the playful jokes, and witty re.
parties, the merry laughs, and joyous
shouts that rung echoing across the river.
We had proceeded but short distance,
however, when sudden stop was put
upon our merriment by the report of a pis-
toll, and then of another, following in quick
succession, reverberating through the
woods. Fearing that one of those en-
counters, SO common in the South and
West, had taken place, we ran our skiff
into little nook, and FASTENED on shore.
Thrusting aside the bushes, we hurried
anxiousIy forward in the direction of the
reports, and in few moments our fears
were too painfully realized. On the turfsIi
weltering in blood, and already in the
arms of death, lay all that remained OF
he noble, the brave--the gentle Charles
Stanley. Near by him, with his arms
olded upon his breast, and with cool
ook of tiendish exultation playing on his
ace. stood Henry Brewer--his friend
With muttered execrations on the villain
who had thus wilfaIly destroyed the hap.