The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-06-20

can acr. EVon tuUuBn uOi h~~'s S''S-'-
break, Mary resolved to 60 on the party, for
she foresaw that her remaining at home
would be considered by Hereford an apollo
gy.
that evening, the gayest Of the gay. Her
smile was ever ready, her wit flashed keen
est, the joyousness Of her spirit seemed TO
DEFY all bounds. But little did her fascina-
ted listeners dream Of the pent-up agony
within her heart. She might have been
compared to ruin decked in flowers, or
midnight waters, glitterng on the surface
but dark within.
Hereford, when he heard Of her going,
had no longer any doubt that her injustice
was wanton and premcditated. His return
ng softness passed away. He regarded
himself as trihed with, and unwilling to
remain where his. modification would be
the subject Of remark, he left the city the
ensuing day, without even word of expla-
nation to Mary on long and perilous jour
ney.
A proud heart may conquer its passion if
the object is unworthy or il has been sighted
without cause; but if its own preversity has
brought about the separation, sooner or later
i il will melt into tenderness for the absent
object 1t was SO with Mary now. On hearing
/ of Hereford's departure, she resolved to cast
him forever from her heart; but in few
days her purpose began to waver, for she
recollected that he had not been wholly TO
blame, and so she gradually began to nour-
ish wish and then hope that he would re-
turn. Surely" she thought, she will not
carry his anger to extremities" But days
elapsed and still he was absent She re-
pented now that she had gone on the party.
She blamed herself for her hasty words, for
!, her self-will, for her indomitable pride. Still
, no Hereford came. Weeks passed, and then
months. Summer became autumn, and au-
: tumn winter; and as the flowers dropped so
!, did Mary; for her pride was now completely
r subdued, and she spent hours alone weeping
{ vain tears of regret over her lovers absence.
3 AT length she fell sick. Her lines was
1 long, and for while her life was despaired
r of; but when almost at the gates of death
] favourable change occurred in her disease,
] and she gradually recovered. She arose from
that sick-bed different being Indomitable
pride had been the great fault of her charac-
ter, but that was now wholly eradicated.-
: She had been purified in the furnace Of af
S fiction, and no one now was more gentle
and lovable than Mary. Her affection for
} Hereford, however, still remained. In the
widest assaults Of delirium his image hat
been present to her mind, upbrading he
for pride and heartlessness; and now that sht
had recovered she found sad pleasure ii
! going away by herself and brooding over tbs
d memories of the past. Her favourite spo
ON such occasions was little arbour in tn,
garden and there would she sit for hours gain,
on miniature Of Hereford, The only mement,
y of him that remained TO her.
But where was he? For more than yea
d no tidings had been received of him ever
o by his own family, except hasty letter date'
d from Malta, and containing the intelligence
g that he was about 10 set forth for Egypt an,
h Syria. For Hereford sought in travel Il
drown the bitter remembrances of happ,
days now gone forever. From Cairo HI
n passed to Jerusalem, and thence over thu
D desert to Bagdad. Wherever excitemen
: could be found there was he; and montl
: after month he braved the dangers of Be
$ douin's wandering life, hoping TO discove
d that Lethe for which so many have sough
e in vain. He stood by the ruins of Babylon
he slaked his thirst in the broad Tigris, h,
n passed through many a peril, and behels
II many strange land, but he could not shak,
] from his mind the thought of Mary. There
l. are some men who may love dozen wo
: men; there are others of more earnes
e mould who can never worship but one.-
& Hereford belonged TO this latter class. Th
It deep fountains of his heart had been broker
= up. and the golden cistern thereafter was
d never to be at rest.
lo AT length he resolved to return to his ma
4 tive land Net that he hoped for happines
il there; but an indefnable yearning came owe
him to tread once more its soil. Nor did h
at dream that Mary loved him still; yet, like
s. fascinated bird, he longed to hear of hel
IL though uncared for, to be near her thoug
unseen. With him to resolve was to exc
cute, and by the most rapid conveyances h
reached home Just as summer was opening
1t was beautiful day in June, and tn
flowers were out in all their loveliness an
perfume, when led by an irresistible impuls
g he rode out into the country, intending t
I'd pass by the country residence of Mary
el father, where together they had once sper
xt SO many happy days. AS he approached tn
lg house his heart beat with quicker popul
tions, for he recognized familiar objects G
ok every hand. The dwelling appeared to b
H. closed, as if the family had not yet remove
We to it for the summer; and alighting from h
- saddle, he tied his horse to a paling of I'll
#; fence, opened the gate and entered. Befol
it him was the broad carriags-walk where
es had often caught the first sight of Mary
he she came to welcome him on mis- visit