The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-05-07


Varies with the veerng wind;
What have 10 do with thee,
Dull unjoyous constancy 7"--JoAssA BAILLIE.
"Up. thy charmed armor don,
| Thou'n need it ere the night be gone = '--DRAKE.
Dulce will you 90 TO the masquerade ball,
tonight q said 10 my dissertation bright
evening during the gayest part of the 'carni-
val season. in Cuba.
No, my amor answered she; Il am i'll
this evening; don't go out tonight, bat stay
by my SIDE and let your cheering presence
save doctors fee.'
Madame, you know that | had made up
my mind TO go out in my new cabeiero's
dress: you are not rery i'll; and l shall be
dull company for you if disappointment holds
a berth in my mind You had better COR
sent to my going; will return early
DO as you please, SIR she responded,
poutingly; but if you neglect me thus in the
first year Of our marriage, how shall be
treated when Times shadow shall darken
my brow, and dim the light of my eyes;
when my spirit shall droop, and my beauty
fade, before the wintry frosts of ageP
To shorten my yarn, reader, rugged my
self and went to the ball, my heart beating
conscience-tattoo' against its casing all the
way; for well marked the soft reproach
which my wifes full dark eye spoke when
lett her side.
Having arrived at the ballroom, min
glcd with the gay maskers, listened to the
music, and in the sparkling wine-glass
sought for excitement; yet that perpetual
drum-stick of conscience kept trumping
against the parchment-head OF reflection, and
| could not feel happy Dressed as attrac-
lively as possible, sought and danced with
the fairesi maidens in the throng; yet still,
Thought. that needle IN liie's garden, kept
JOY IN distant ofing, and Pleasure far in my
wake.
| was about TO give up the chase for en-
ioyment, and had dutiflly made up my mind
10 return home and moor myself alogside Of
M little wife, when fair hand was laid gent
lIy upon nv arm, and tremulous, musical
voice asked me, in a whisper, to retire lit
tie from the crowd. The hand was delicate,
and seemed smaller evenIth my wile's: and
the taper fingers were encircled by rings OF
rare value, such as could only be worn by
7 the rich and the titled. The lady was close
w yelled in black; yet | ght one glimpse
, of eve sht through the thick Grape. In the
bIackness ola night-storm, have seen the
'lrlouds open for moment and permit star
10 glance with supernatural brightness down
on the agiiated ocean; and even so fell that
glance on me. The voice was one OF those
! which, when it falls upon the ear, vibrates
along every nerve until it reaches the heart
| strings, where it echoes and reechoes, till
: Memory catches the tune and too truly for
/ il ever TO pass from her grasp.
s followed the strangers invitation; and as
4 gaZed on the fairy form which fitted be-
fore me, forgot my little invalid a: home.
The ''mGskn was but little if any larger thar
nv wi(e's; yet there was fullness and ele
rance of figure. grace and righteousness o
) motion in the former, which had never OBJ
le served in the latter. My wife had beauti
ot fully soft, glossy curls of jet but they never
al could compare with the black tresses O
!: twining silk, which hung nearly 10 the feet o
my strange charmer.-When we had go
, clear ofthe throng she again spoke:
l. Are you gentleman one on whom {
II lady may in all honor depend
answered, that to the best Of my knowl
edge and beIiefI was, and thought might b.
depended upon.
Would you risk your own life, or destroy
that of another for lady, finer honor re
y qured, and if her love would reward tn
y act?
10 For one so fair, so angelic as yourself:
rs would risk more than life.
ID A shudder seemed TO pass through he
form; h. little feet stamped the tesseiate
lie floor impatiently: her fingers were claspe
er together until they were bloodless, as sh
ID continued:
5, Have you ever lovedF
lie 4 NAV have felta school-boy's passion
Re | replied with assumed Indifference.
Of Then you are not marriedP
>. i have been was my rerly. Even so de
l. ceitlul is man even so is woman often lost
k for while he pours forth his hattering tales
l. listens; listening, she loves-loving, she Il
lost.
te Again she showed marks of impatienc
d and excitement, as if some great trouble res
D ted on her mind. Thus Ipressed her to re
is veal to me, offering every aid in my power
to defend her, or even to avenge past wrong
is | besought her to have confidence in my al
" lection, new-fedged though it was, and t
Dr. test its strength, even as she might direct
at She faltered, hesitated for moment an
4 then, me TO await her return, hast
J. lily left the ballroom.
ty Now thought /, here is scrape for
f. sober married man to get into! Perhaps sh
may be some beautiful syren, who has laid
at a trap to inveigle and rob, and perhaps muI
in der mel Shall await herr etnrn ?-or sha
re / fly the danger2 But / am armed-wh
should fear?'
,ef Ibegan also to think of my poor invali
81 wife; and these thoughts, coupled with m
- fear OF betrayal, by the aid OF a little NOR
solitude, would haveconquered me, and sen
y me home; but, at this critical moment, tn
~ ':mask" returned, bearing in her hands
70 heavy black veil. She beckoned me to fol
u low her into a neighboring street. where, in
Sc moment we stood beside a close-curtaine
~ voIante, into which she sprang, followin
m her. She immediately enveloped my hea
al in the veil which she had brought caution
u ing me on my life not to attempt TO remove
u unless at her request.
m The carriage started off with speed; in
It. deed, the driver seemed TO be urging hi
tn horses to arapid gallop. Ourroad waslong
ne for even at this speed we must have riddel
n for two hours, some of the time over rough
'ir rocky roads, and then along smoother ways
G. when at last the painting animals wer
On brought to stand.
ilr Immediately thereafter heard a creakin
ne noise, as ifa pcrt-cullis were suddenlyraise
rs or some old gate swung back on its unoile
de hinges. =
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