The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1845-01-11
First and Last Love.
BY MRS. LYDIA JANE PiERSON.

us circumstances would permit, his de> .
cription of Zuleika's bower. An,. "she
of this lair cell The spri:e," behold she is
here also. Fair she certainly is, and her
eyes are large, and blue, pale blue; hpr
hair is of the lishlest brown long and sill
ken. aud her hands white, though not o
The smallest. She surely lancies herself
the heroine Of some romance, if we may
judge from her languih air, a she lifts her
heavy eyelds from the novel she is per-
using it is The Children of the .Abbey.n
and slowly .urns her gaze from the
page towards the ceiling. signing.
"Ol, Sir Lindenthall. If you could bu:
read my devoted heart, then would tina,
voice, ever so soft in its inlonalions To nv
ear, no longer hesitate to pour forth the
passion which so thrills nv hears in every
glance of those deep dark eyes. | feel
that have no! given my heart without
requllal. and yet-out it is The diffidence
Of true love; he shall read my worship in
my silent devotion; surely his Ecar, will
nnde the language of mine"
A gentle tap at the door-she rises,
and admits the visitor. giIl apparently
ten years her junior, for she Can hardly
have seen her sixteenth summer. She is
uuly an intelligent looking creature. and
her dress tesIties to the wealth of her
father. But her young face is Swallowed
| by passion, and her fine e, Is swollen By
recent weeping.
welcome, dear Nary" SAYS her hos
tess, But what ais you, Iovt?"
sob dear Lennora, true and only
ifIend," replies the young girl, 81 bring
you broken heart. ! an utterly un-
dont.-My crusl Ga!herrn
Dear, dear Mary, wha. has occurred
which so agllates your gentle souI?"
''Oh Leonora, my father has discovered
our secret, has intercepted letter from
my priceless hearted Il"nric"; has written
10 him in an abusive aud naughty strain:
and is going TO take Inc with him o-mor-
row Oh "a long journey, know not With
err shall die. cannot possibly ell
dure .hs agony long. shall perish like
young lily, whose s.cm is crushed b.
the cruel passer by"
Try and calm Your agony, dearest,n
murmurs the fair Leonora, "can nothing
be done} Is your f4,hvr indeed inexora :
| bie2 Can he. oh can lie wresi a,under
hearts so fond, SO true, SO dearly pIghled?
Does he no. know that wnman's heart
loves once, and iorcvcr?-That that one
love is like ba'k in which she gamers
all her treasures! Tina, if il be lost she
is thenceiorlh desola,e, poor and misera>
bic? Better, far better is 1t for a maiden
TO die, To 60 down in her young lowell
ness To the dark grave, than to see the rose
"t her first love wilh.r on its stem, to feel
the one hope oi her existence crushed
within her bosom. But what are your
lalher's objections to young lIenlicoi'
"Oh he Processes many. bat they all
turn on one point: Henrico is poor. II.
has no landed estates, no stock in banks
OF funds, no ships on the ocean. But he
ha. all ! ask-a fine person, d cultivated
and noble mind. and a generous and low.
ing heart. have plighted my faith To
him forever. will never think Of an.
other. My inhnman father shall see me
die, but never give N! hand wiihou. my
heart"
a applaud your resolution, Mary; bu,
be conioIted. llenrlcu has told YOU thai
his heart isy"urs. Oh, could envy you
shat bliss, though You pant from him now
forever. My love is rrevncably given to
one who knows not that the gem is his
le. lie loves me, Mary. read it daily
IN his every glance and tone, and gesture
! will he his, or will die a maid. But
do not wtepso Mary. True love is ever.
sooner or later, crowned with Joy. Did
you ever read Of true and devoted lady,
who did not finally wed the man of her
hearl2 Let us be like Amanda Mclvina
Filz Allen, or Lady Helen Mar; and we
shall triumph a, last. Blu, is your father
utterly void of piy2 Can no enlrea,,
move his lyianl will, (hearl he has none;
can you by n" means eludc his vigilance
and abscond with lIcnrcu?"
mo. Oh no. have no hope, no choice
but to submit and die. Henrico is too
noble to urge me to all eloI emen,, be-
cause in consequence Of my father disin-
heri'irg me, we should he poor, and he
cannot bear to be the means of Lowering
me in The worlds estimation. 1.-The could
only know how much dearer his love is
to me Than wealth, and fame, and all my
friends, he would lay aside such scrnples
But must 60. The servan, wai,s.--
Farewell, Leonora, shall see you no
more. ! feel my hear, breaking. My grave
is ready in some distant land Farewell,
forever"
Five years have passed.-In the hall
of a handsome house, a young gentleman
stands eqnipt as for a journey. His wife
holds his hand londIy, while with the