American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-07-24
from the N. Y. Evening Mirrorl
HELEN AND TIE YOUNG DOCTOR
BY Il. p. WILLIS.

The town of A. certainly boosted no
!oveler one than Helen Edwards, deep, dark
eyes, in which you could fancy impenetrable
depths of feeling, hair black and glossy, and
features most cassically regular.
The artillery CT Cupid, which we hear so
much about, seems to have been invented be-
fore the discovery of fire arms, and the arrows
he d scharged at the heart of Helen had little
effect. In truth ell the young gentlemen Of the
town considered her as decidedly cruel. She
had lots Of vefaes in her portfolio, asserting
that fact.
Helen visited the town of S., and there
met the young Doctor" We cannot stop to
eXpatate on his merits. He was what very
young ladies consider "a love" No one ever
questioned the character of his coats, and his
whskers were faultess. His first visit to He
len was in the way of his professionalism, like
most young ladies, she occasionally had "such
headaches" and was sometimes $50 nervous"
but his profession soon lost their professional
character. Helen felt touched-physcian have
such winning ways-and for once the course of
true love seemed TO run smooth. Helen was an
engaged lady" By some singular accident
the whole towC knew 1t the next day; and it
was delightful to see the "reSpect" with which
T. she was treated by her unengaged friends. Even
= the young married ladies exhibited towards her
an unusual degree of Difference, as being not far
from the holy STATE of matrimony.
But all this is too placid to be interesting -
AS, in the history of nations, peaceful occurren-
ces attract little notice, while the attention of
the reader is entirely taken up with periods Of
war, so the quarrels of lovers are the principal
features of all tales.
We suppose Helen may be safely considered
at the summit Of sublunary hEss,-a point we
have often heard of, but never exactly succeed
ed i'll reaching. We would gladly leave her
there, long time; and the reader may suppose
month or two to elapse. BIT OH one parti
cuar evening he seemed far from amable. In
vain she exerted her powers of conversation
the Doctor would not be amused. She opened
the piano. as a last resort, and sang again those
songs, in which in their first days of happiness,
he had listened with so much rapture-but
without effect. Selecting from "a number of
operate gems tho song from Norma
"Ah! were my love requited-n
but the beauties Of Eena moved not the doc
tor Il nust be more simple, thought Helen,
as she ran her fngere over the KEYS and conf
menced tavorite Scotch song. lie seemed
interested sang another.
''Helen," said he, ":f am not much mis-
Gaken, thoce are Scotch songs"
"They aIe,'' said she, land very beautiful; do
you not think so:"
Really, my conscience will not psrmit me
to say yes"
'5Vhat! you pretend to be fond of music and
do net like Scotch songs"
''No, do not. To tell the truth, despise
the whole race. The old ones are worn out,
and the new are made up of puerilites; one
short note and long one, bar after bar, and
che piece is called Scotch. once heard pro-
lessor say, that f cat would walk over the
black keys of piano, it would play Scotch
sumo, and believe he was right"
''Well," said Helen, "as never heard Of
performance of that kind on the piano, will
not undertake to decide the question, but main
tain that one who dssFises Scotch songs has no
soul for music"
$50, madam" said the doctor. He rose
hastily, overturning chair, seized his hat and
left the room. A new light burst upon Helen
where was the gentleman to whom she had
so fondly trusted?-what could she do but shed
tears over her bl;ghted hofes'
We need not hardly say that the doctor re-
pented-that he sought an interview and was
for long time denied. In the end, love con-
quered; for a once engaged lady feels very
lonely without a lover, after having enjoyed
that luxury. Helen relented and the doctor
was all devotion. And here cain is a peaceful
period in our history.
Summer came, inviting to Cape MAY, Sara
ioga, and hundred other fashinab,e places for
dissipation, eonui and killing time. Our hero
fancied that his health required q short respite
from taking care Of the health of others, and