Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
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LOVE IN A BALLOON,
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khate a mild spirit: despise soul
that Can be at rest. If | can have none
but such companions, let me live and
die in terrible solitude" r. ,.j.s,
"But Marion, my dear first born,
the fault is yours. Your spirit will
certainly have to come down before
you die, whether the scene happens
In solitude or the more terrible circum.
stances Of battle. Your only wild.
Time will tame that electrical mind of
yours"
So spake the son, and so the father
answered him, and vet both felt them.
selves right, and each regretted the
characteristics Of the other. The
youth had no brother and but one sis
Ter, and yet the strong affection which
one dear object claims was But partia-
Iy developed in the heart Of young Ma.
rion. Arin was much too gentle for
her brother, and her taste for the beau
tlful was quite as remarkable as his
indomitable passion for the adventurous
change, and intense excitement. Arin
knew her brother could not endure her
oompanienship, and she saw at once
that the only means which she could
IN her nature employ to win him from
his wildness, must have contrary ef-
feet. Her most affectionate smile was
less acceptable to him than a dignified
frown, and if she gave him boquet he
would pant to throw it forcibly away,
even before he could leave her presence
to do so. Nothing soft, Or sweet, or
lovely, could enter his discordant con-
stitutien, and ut all attempts at quel-
ling his ruling passion proved Marion
invineib.e. When child, he had dis
dained to cry, and pain only rendered
him the more scornful and proud. So
early had this stole split kinded that
his father used to say Of him that Ma
rion had weaned his mother. He had
preferred the wild grove, and chilly
winds, to his mothers bosom and her
bland smile; this, in early childhood.
Despite the smiles, tears, and voice Of
Arin, the stony souled boy would re-
tain his admantine heart and break free
fromall restraint.
TO tell all the depths of a fond sis
ter's affection, the painting Of a sisters
hopes, the springs Of her grefs, and
the painful working Of these together
as they alterpate in the heart Of suscep-
tible woman, would only go into Arms
history little way, and so leave the
subject to be carried as far as your i'm.
agination may see proper 10 fly.
Marion knew his sister felt more
than common love for him, he knew
that she was proud Of him, but instead
Of increasing his respect for her, it
sickened him, and drove him from her
company. lAtthe age Of twelve years
the wild youth would dispute with, and
master his father, on almost all subjects,
and then sometimes when his mother
and sister would join their arguments
and entreaties, the bold boy would hold
his spirit sway and come gilmore proud
and ungovernablc from the list of.
thought. If they ever had the termityI
TO attempt to inspire fear and terror
for the accomplishment Of theirrequire-1
ments, they were sure to witness
Inirthful scorn, or determined indifer-
ence On the instant, and when a thnn-7
def storm or a raging wind brought
the opportunity, Marion, would de-
ride their fearful looks andreturn them
the lesson Of terror with interest.
Marion Boiling was now nineteen,
and the subject Of this, story shall not