New-York daily tribune., 1845-01-30

redau; with beauty. Whenthe party were about
10 separate, the young man was very assiduons
about Piaci5g her shaw, and begged permission
10 accompany her hcmc. But lille was SAID du.
ring tris walk yet enough 10 afford entrance
!Uo both hsarts for that tinsdous and urquie, pas.
sion, inch tangies the web OF human life more
III N all the cther sentiments and instincts OF our
mysterious being. At parting nc took her hand,
10 say 2Opd night, but he continued 10 hold 1t,
and, leasing against the gate, ;hay both stood, for
a few nom nts, gazing at the clear, silvery orb
OF night. All, how different he moon seemed to
Llzzy nOto! Earth's spectral robe had changed
to veil OF glory. Her bonnet had fallen back,
and The evening breeze played gently with her
ringles In soft insnua,ing tunes the young
msn said, VIII you not give me that little curl
] asked you for ?" She biushed deeply and an
swered, in her chiid-hke way cannot give
you hal, because my mother.used to kiss it so
often No wonder she kissed ~ he replied;
{" il locks 50 rgguish, i}i>g there On the pretty
cheek And before she was aware Of II, he had
kissed it too. Trembling and confused she
turacd TO open the gate but he held it fast until
she promis d that the next time nc came she
would give him one Of her curls.
:oos Lizzg wont to bed that night with an In
tpxca;et heart When she twisted hcr hac ct
The glass. noxt morning, she smiled and hirshed,
rs she twined the iavoute ringlot more careiu!iy
han ever. She was So childishy happy with her
pretty little cuIl the next Sunday evening, as
she sat at the window, she heard The sound OF
flute. He had promised 10 bfing his flute; and
he had not forgotten her. She listened-it cane
nearer and nearer through the wood. Her heart
beat audibly, tor it was indeed the handsome
dark.eyed stranger.
All summer ng, he came every Sunday after
noon; and with i'm came moonlight wake, and
huie-wafb ings, and tender whspe ings. and
gauces, such az stea! away a women's heart.
:his was Tie fairy iaHd Of her young life. She
had somsb dy now into whose eyes she could
g,ze, with all the dscp tenderness OF her soul,
and ask, Do you'll 1--we your own Liz2y 2"
The young man did love, but not as she loved
hm for hers was richer naiuve, ana gave
more than he could return He accompanied
hec 10 hef tather's. ana tuey were generally un-
ders;ood 10 be botrotbed. BE had net sesn bro.
;her William but he was tnld thousand atfec-
tionaie anecdotes OF MS kind, good heart. When
they rsumed from the visit to the homestead,
they bronght with them the little blue bench
III rked W aud f. L.zzy was proud oiheT gen
teel lover; and the only drop which il now ,eeiu.
tt pO5SiUiC W tuu ~ tict Cup vi tcpl!'SSS NHS ~
introduce him 20 William But her 5rother was
far off; ana when the autumn came; her besroth-
ed ann0unced the necessity OF going TO q distant
city, 10 establish himself IN business. Il was
butter, hitter parting t. both. The warmest
letters were bat cold substitute for those happy
hours OF mu ua contidenco aud, after awhile,
his atcts became more bfiefaad cool The fact
was, the Young man toe vain 20 feel deeply;
aud anon. his new acquaintance IN the city was
Il lOung gOid. lo9Fing widow, with small for
tune, wnO riy evinced preference for MN -
10 he obviously, sad at the same tiIne modsstly
preferred, by a woman of any agreeable qualities,
is what few meu. even IF The strongest charac-
Ter, eau withstand. 1t is The knowledge OF this
fact, ard experience With regard to The most de-
licatc and acceptable modes of expressing pre-
ference, which. ss Samuel Weller expresses it,
N kes " widow equa! 10 twenty-five other wo
men, ii2zy', lover was not a strong character,
and he was vain and selfish, 1t is no wonder,
therefore, iiat his letters 10 the pretty giri, who
lived out at service, should become more coo! and
inlrequenl. She very slow to -llevc II liius ;
aud when, at last. news reached her that he was
positively engaged 10 bc married tn another, she
refused TO listen 10 it, But he cane not 10 win
dicate himself, and he ceased !a answer her let
tcrs. The psor deIudeG girl awoke 10 u fall con
Sclnusness Of her misery, snd suffered such men
stv Of rretch- GnCss as only keen!Y sensitive na
,rres can suiir William had promised to come
and see her the latter parl of The winter and her
heart had been flied with pleasant and triumph
ant aaticpations OF Introducing to him her hand
some lover. 3ul row the pride OF hcr heart was
humblcd, and its Jog turned into mourning, She
was cast Oft, fotsaken; anG, aias that was nDt
the worst AS she scbbed on the neck OF her
faithful brother she felt, for the first time, that
there was something she could not tell HIM. The
keenest Of har wretchcd feelings she dared not
avow. He pitied and coDsoied her, VS. well as he
could but TO her, 1t seemed as II there was no
consolation but in death Most earnestly dId he
visa that he had home TO shelter her, where nc
could fold her round with The soft wirgs OF bro
thefy love. But they were both poor, and poverty
letters the impulses of TIC heart. And 50 they
must part again, he guessing out nall OF heF great
sorrow. If the farewell vas sad II him, what
must it have been to her. who now oit SO utterly
alone in the wide world Her health sank IN
der the conflict, and the fts returned upon her
with increased violence. In her state OF gloomy
abstraction and indifference, she hardly noticed
the significant glances and busy whispers oi
neighbo,s aud acquainlances. With her. the
AGONY of death wss past. The world seemed 10
her too spectral for he. TO dread its eensure. At
last she rave birth to dead iufant, and for q
loos ti,ne her opn lie trembed in the balance.
She recovered, in state of confirmed melancholy
and with occasional indications Of impaired IN
teilcct.
- 4 shadow seemed 10 Use
From gu: her Thoughts and turn 10 dreariueSs
All bissiul hopes and sunny memories .
She was no longer invited tn visit VITA the
Young people of the neighborhood; and the envy
excited by heruncommon beauty sllpwed itself IN
trumpt over her blight reputation. Her father
thought it duty TO reprove her for her sn, and
her slepmolhe, said soaie cutting words about The
disgrace her conduct had brought upon the famI-
". Bu; no kind Christian heartreminded her that
weohness is not always crime, or strengthen her
vita the assurance that one false step IA ife mig
be retrieved. Thus was the lily broken IN ITS bud
ding beauty, and It's delicate pctais ohgh;sd by
harsh WINDS.