The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-03-27

lar stranger grauudliN "ole 49,!
new life and impulse TO the hfeslde c''o'o,
The gathered treasures OF cui''Naieu
mind. flashing in its own hight like gems 10
Tho snn-,he refinements oil Just taste, and
the fctvor OF deep feellngs-these gave
to,c TO the society OF Etbwald Hariland, 10
which Gertrude vas stranger. Eliza,
too. was so anmlted during her brothers.
visits; no wonder his well known step was
heard with quckened pulses and thus dii-
fusing pleasure around him, what wonder
his own eye flashed with deepened hight as
he took his seat between his sister aud her
fair friend. In truth, bis halt hour became
gradually Heightened, and Il was evident his
wonied pursuits had no longer 50 very ao-
sorbing an Influence. Having one day step.
p.d into Miss llriland's room IN her ao-
sencc, Gertrude's eye was arrested by
pair of plain ear rings, which lay on hef
table, and the thought struck her CT attach
Ing 10 them the costly drops she wore III
her own. While thus engaged she heard
Elizl's step on III, stairs, and unwilling to
be detected till she had completed her little
arrangement, she slid into an adjoining
chomber. The door was jar, aud the
voice of Iarlland who entered ie" mo-
ments after his sister, distinctly reached
her.
Where is Miss Beverly ! he inquired !
do not often fad you alone. .
Aud this is the reason, dear fhh%Sjtne.
suppose, that your vlsrs.t so | will call
what prolonae1t.
ha, 3nsense, Eliza though now | have
mentioned her, pray what Is your estimate
OF her Is her mind anu character worthy
of her face aud form?
Sic is a warm hearted atiectonate girl.
And her mind !
That is no requisite Of female loneliness.
Pshaw Has she intellect enough or
not or tina, kind of cultivation
She has oil the accomplishments belong.
ing 20 fashionable life.
All understand you. She can sing a
little, dance exqulsHely, draw a little, en-
broder a little, and is perfectly mistress Of
the art of personal establishment. Sothen,
this is all. Why, Gertrude Beverly was
formed for something beyond this. Every
feature is instinct with higher capabilities.
But Eilza, an gAJ-.tom my soul am
tina, her personal loneliness is her only
charm.
And why
Baca use, did you no. tell me she is an
heiess
And you would therefore be an unsuc.
cesslul wooer.
would, therefore, be no wooer at all
no, nat even wore | erla!n OF success
have 10 ambition TO ose my bread 10 ms
wiie's inhe ritance. Yes, H4tiand cootn
ued. II ls well; II is all well, indeed, 70
were not beggar know Dot what Toll,
her beauty might lead me TO commit
There IS a strange charm about her
sportlyeness like that of childhood, gvlnl
an interest TO her mos. ulmeaDing remarks
IND her voice, Why il thrills through me
like rich instrument to whose tones the
accompanying words add nothing.
Ethwald, said Eliza, in a voice Of quie
tenderness, You mus, not give me so muci
of your time as you have Of late. Ii is
sacrifice you cannot afford.
You are right, my swee, sister, quit,
right, said her brother, laughing but Their
was bitterness 10 the tone. will obey J o.
too, as | would az oracle so good bye
aud will not see YOU again for week.
He was faithful. to his promise aud whe
he again called, his manner was changed
There was deepened glow, too, on Nj,
Beverly's check no, caught from the SUI
SETS crimson, ref cted around her, and mt
tual restrain. seemed 10 have chained th
feelings Of both. The spell Of delight wa
disso!yed-ihey met again ia reciprocal re
serve, and when soon after Miss Beyef
returned to her native city, though the rest
less eye Of lllrland told OF troubled enc
tioa, his manner was marked by poiteue:
only. E,lzl's adieus were those Of kim
ness but still the gathered q1letude Of ht
brow told consciousness that they wei
treadlng different pBths, and for them then
fore there could be no green places
fountains Of common. Meanwhile youn
Hafiland completed his preparatory SIT
dies, and was now, according to his orgly
al purpose, 10 establish himself in the TEA
est city.
You will call on Mss Beverly, said Mr.
Ellison as Har,Iand was abou. taking leav
l have packet for her which | wish yc
to hand TO her yourself. No unweIcou
commission, if she may Judge by hi
change Of color, aud Gertrude will be
glad to see you, though her letters of la
are far less cheerful than they were 70
merly; but hope It Is only that her spi
Ito are getting IluIe tanned.
The charge indeed was far from being
pleasant one. II was sometime after /
arrival, before he could summon sufficie
courage 10 fulh it, and when he at la
knocked al the door OF the elegant mansu
10 which he bad been directed, there "
an embarrassment in bis manner that
had sirven vainy to throw off, The de-
rich glow Of pleasure which lt up The love
features OF Gertrude Beverly, however,
his entrance, operated upon hun like spe
and one glance s@ep, away all recollecto
ol the past aud thoughts Of the future. W
she indeed changed Or was he selc.del
ded She certainly seemed to him f
lovelier than he had yet seen her, and the,