The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-08-03

lear that stler breaking through my
usual habits, | shall fad it difficult aud
wearisome 10 resume them. Yet, my
dear father, il consent TO remain there
is one request | must make"
"What 10 that, my daughrer1 Are
we not ever mindful OF your wishes?"
"Ah, yes, dear father, more mindful
than deserve Bul"-1nd her voice
sank to low sgilsled whisper-'There
must be no looking forward to second
marriage for memo attempt TO alter
my views on that subject. have made
a vow to the dead, and it must be held
sacred"
! q" Whslw exclaimed her father, 'was
ISinclair uogenerous enough TO exacl
from you promise not to marry again?
I--young and inexperienced as ou were
too.
"Ah! no, fatber-wrong him not
He was too kind, too noble. He asked
no promise-I made it voluntarily; and
as the words left my lips his spirit de,
Iparted. Oh no, my father, never ask
me TO break that vow---it is hallowed
} one"
"Well, my darling let it be as you
wish. | shall prefer keeping you with
us; but at the same time, if you should
ever meet with one you can love, and
Z who is worthy Of you, it will be very
silly TO suffer few words uttered when
you were scarcely conscious Of their
meaning, to preven, you from making
he home of an honorable man happy.
= Why, child, you are only nineteen.-
Do you suppose that the death of one
person, however dear, can chill you
l feelings into ire al that age?"
It 80 must, then, in sincerity Of sou
pray 10 be delivered from templalo1,'
\. said The young widow, with fam
L. smile, "for | shall never marry a a
If gain" y"
n AS time passed on, Mrs. Sincla
s could no, help acknowledging that sh
!. was, tar !haq4tf~sbrrns were no Ionge
y wearied; she nc longer felt that life wa
d burhen she would gladly lay down.
She needed the excitement of society
,1and the social and highly cultivate
e neighborhood in which her fathers res
N lence was situated, afforded every iacl
le uy for its ENJOY ment
y The third year of her wldowhoo
d was drawing 10 a close, when she IT
as ceived an invitation to the marriage
St favorite cousin who would take n
y refusal Ellen replied that if the brId
v would excuse her sembre diesSa pei
hi sive face, she would altend:and the col
o cesson was hailed as an omen OF iutuI
SIS success in drawing her into that worl
b she was so peculiarly fitted to adorn.
a, There was motive for these ehar
al of which Ellen little dreamed. Sll
Id regularly attended the church near he
i. fathers residence, and her mother ha
several times called her attention TO
ol remarkable handsome man who sat IN
uI pew nearly opposite 10 them; bot ST
10 had moi remarked that his eye irequon
ID " wandered from his prayer book
I'd her own fair face. His height, and I'll
~ turn of his head had reminded her I
Sinclair, but there the resembant
OF ceased. The broad brow, finely chise
20 led features, and clear dark eye OF tn
- stranger, were all unlike the youihi
ld bloom OF him who had won her youn
If 4feclons. She frequently heard M
of Peylon spoken Of as man OF distll
We guished endowments, who had spei
several years in the south of EuroF
I'd with an only and beloved sister, for II
III benefit of whose health The journey hs
d. been vainly undertaken. These clrcu
IT, stances had nearly passed from h'
lie mind when she was introduced TO hi
ID at the wedding as the intimate friend
he the groom.
ed Pey,on had fallen in love with h,
nd from his casual view Of her at churc
in And the eulogiums of his friends affia
IN ced bride, who looked on Mrs SincIs
as a bright particular star had deeper
hs ed the impression. The Circumstance
ak of her marriage threw romantic int
Is, e,t around her history, and when
he ooked on the youthful brow with
ed shade of placid pensiveness that seem'
lal to breathe a haIIowed charm over h
beauty, he felt that she was The only v
or man he had ever known before whor
,e, his heart could bow with the homage
We affection.
no Yet how speak Of love TO one W
US still wore The deepest mourning-w
ng never Joined in the mrth OF the ligF
al oilhearted2 Ii would ssen almost like sa