Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-15
From Biackscod's Magazine.

Nho l. TINS elderly lads with hpreyes flashing
iiIe' Who Is the downcast child of sixteen
WHO'S the writer Whom does the IA per
conccmf Ah2 ifShe il the central figure in
the group-twcnty-tw a, the mo ncnt when
shc 10 revealed to uS-could on her happy
birthday al sweet seventeen, have seen the
Image oi herself i've years EDWARDS, Just az IRE
sec throw, would she have prayed for lie as
for al absolute blessing or would she not
have prayed To he taken from the evil To come
to he taken away one evening at least
before this day sun arose. II is true, She
suil wears look OF gentle pride, and a relic
ol that noble smile which belongs to her that
suffers an injury Which many times over She
woult have dled sooner than niiict Wo-
manly pride refuses itself before witnesses tn
the total prostrdtion OF the blow: but, for all
mat, YOU may see that she longs To be- left
alone, and that her tears lluw without restraint
when she is So This room is her pretty
boundoir, IN which, till ~ night-poor thing?
she has been glad aud happy. There stands
her mititature conservatory and there expands
hst miniature library; as we Circumnayigators
oihterature are apt (you know To regard all
female libraries in the light of miniature,
Nome OF these will ever rrkindle a smile on
hor lace; and there, eyond, is her music which
only oi all she possesses, will now become
drarer to her than ever; but not as once: 10
ieel a scli-shockcd pcnsiveness or To cheat a
halt visionary sadness. She will be sad indeed.
But she is one of those who will suffer i'm
silence. Nobody will ever detect her falling
IN amy point duty or querulously seeking the
support IN Others which she can find for her
sell IN this solitary room. Droop she will
not III the sight OF men; and, for all beyond
nobody has any concern with hdtexcept God
You shall hear what becomes of her, before
rtt lint l,,, III
what has happened. I'm the main outline
am sure you guess already without aid OF
mine, Tor we leaden eyed men, in such cases,
see nothing by comparison with you our
quick wltted sisters. That naughty looking
lady with the Roman cast of features, who
must once have been strikingly handsome-an
Agrippina, even yet, i'm favorable presenta-
tion-is the young lady's aunt She, it is ru-
mored, once sustained in her younger days,
some injury of that same cruel nature which
has this day assailed her niece, and ever since
she has worn an air of dislain, not altogether
Unsupported by real dignity, towards men,
This aunt it was that tore the letter which lies
upon the floor. Ii deserved to be torn; and
yet she that had the best right to do so would
not have torn 1.-THE letter was am elaborate
attempt ON the part OF an accomplished young
man To release himself from sacred engage
ments. What need was there TO argue the
case OF such engagements Could it have
been requisite with pure female dignity to
plead anything, or to do more than look an
mdisposition to fulfill them? The aunt j.
now moving towards the door, which am
glad to see; and She is followed by that pale
lmid Sirl OF sixteen, cousin, who feels the
case proloundedly, but is too young and shy TO
oller an intellectual sympathy.
One only person in this world there is, who
tn
To our young sufferer, and that is her dear low
ng twin sister that for thirteen years read and
wrote, thought and sung, slept and breathed
win the dividing door open for ever between
their bedrooms, and never once a separation
between their hearts but she is i'm far dis
tant land. Who else is there at her call ! Elk
cept God, nobody Her aunt had somewhat
sternly admonished her, though still with a
relcnting IN her eye as she glanced aside at the
expression iii her niece's face, that she must
. call pride to her assistance" Az. true; but
pride, though strong ally in public. is apt in
private To turn as treacherous as the worst OF
those against whom she is invoked How
conld it be dreamed by person of sense, that
a brilliant young man, OF merits various and
eminent in spite of his baseness, to whom
Tor nearly two years, this young woman had
given her whole confiding love, might be dis
missed from heart like hers on the earlies,
summons of pride, simply because she herself
had been dismissed from his or seemed TO be
! .,,;sni; on a summons of mercenary calcu
lation2 Look! now she Is relieved rom n.
weight of an unccnfdential presence, she ha,
sat Tor two hours with her head buried i'm hel
hands. A last she rises To- look for something
A thought has struck her, and taking a it'll,
golden key which hangs by chain within he
bosom, she searches for something locked vi
amongst her few jewels. What is it, Ii is
Bible exquistoly illuminated with letter at
tachcd by some silken artifice, to the blanl
leaves at the end. This letter is beautiful
record, wisely aud pathetically composed o
maternal anxiety still burning strong in death
and yearning, when all objects beside wer
last fading from her eyes, after one parting &C
OF communion with the twin darlings of he
heart. Both were thirteen years old, within
week or two, as on the night before he
death they both sat weeping by the bedside O
their mother, and hanging OH her lips, now 70
farewell whispers, and now, for farewell kiss
es. They both knew that as her strength ha,
permitted during the latter month of her life
she had thrown the last anguish of love i'm he
beseeching heart into letter of counsel Il
themselves. Through this, of which each sis
ter mad copy, she trusted long to convers
with her orphans. And the last promis
which she had entreated on this evening from
: both, was-that in either of two contingencie
they would review her counses and the pas
sages to which she pointed their attention i
the Scriptures; namely, first in the event
= any calamity that, for one sister or for botl
should oyerspread their paths with total dark
ness; and secondly, in the event of life flow
ing III too profound stream of prosperity, $
as to threaten them with an alienation of il
tcrest from all spiritual objects.
She had not concealed that, of these tw
extreme cases, she would prefer for her ow
children the first. And now, had that cas-
arrived indeed, which she in spirit had desire
to meet. Nine years ago. just as the silver
voice OF dial in the dying lady's bedroom
9 was striking nine upon summer evening, Ina
l the last visual ray streamed from her seekir
= eyes upon her orphan twins, after which
4 throughout the night, she had slept away I'M
: heaven. Now again had come summer ev
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