Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-06-03

nent her los. ,Delarron for time me I i'm. n.
dertook to manage the household affairs
byth help of his female servants, but find
ing the task difficult one, and that's the
education. of his daughter was neglected,
ne uetermined 70 bring his sister to the cas-
tie and put bis daughter under her care.
elae,acco ordipgl set out for his brothers,
with whom his sister lived, and in four
days returned, accompanied by the said
aunt 9f our heroine. - The old lady seemed
well pleased in having so much confidence
placed in her by her brother, and gladly
undertook the task of instructing her young
niece. Daily she received instruction from
her kind aunt for three years, when her
father discovered that the progress of his
daughter was not as rapid as he had hoped
when under the tuition Of so good and learned
dame. He therefore procured suitable
instructress, with whom she finished her
educution. At the age of sixteen she was
as accomplished young lady as France
afforded. OF course in introducing her,
we shall give her name; it was Liona.
And now my readers. having eased your
minds with regard to the name, of our he
roine we will, previous to our, description
of her, return to Edward whom we left at
the boarding school. After he had dbecome
proficient in the common branches of edu-
cution, his father sent him to the academy
at Lyons for the purpose Of giving him an
education suitable to his rank in society.
At the ago of twenty he had nearly finish
ed his education, and was as promising a
young man perhaps, as ever arrived at
that age. 'aa,a 7'l7a G..t a.!i ~
twas Liona's sixteenth birth day, and
castle Delarron was filled with light hearts
and merry faces Edward had returned
from LYONS, accompanied by young man
who attended the same school, by the name
OF Alfred Rullington. He was OF the same
age of Edward, and of course they were
very intimate. He was Of good family,
his lather, though not rich, was a respect
able man, and kept q small store in Lyons.
Alfred was his only son, and much belov-
ed by him, and consequently, he 'determin.
ed to give him good education; he'there-
fore sent him to the academy where he be-
came acquainted with Edward Delarron
whose invitation he accepted to visit castle
Delarron to be present at the celebration
Of Liona's birth day. ~. .,~,;s -, p.
4 We will now endeavor to give the reader
some idea Of the person of Liona. She was
small, but well prorortioned, and, Of a
lively disposition, courteous in her man
ners and easy and polite in all her move.
ments. On the evening after her birthday
at the party which she had invited, she
was richly dressed in white satin, with 9
!, blue ribbon tied carelessly around hel
:. waist, the ends Of which were fringed with
gold tince and hung on her left side; on
her head she wore blue band, tinced witt
: gold, from which her dark hair flowed II
natural ringlets. Her eyes were of a darl
hazel, large, full and expressive, her skin
fair, and her countenance one whichspeak:
the inmost thoughts of the soul; in ,shor
;. she. was one Of those beings often described
: but rarely seen. .rggso A,ss7,i,iSe aat .r.
g Having thus poorly described her, we
: will leave her to gain the good will of th'
reader by her own good conduct AS W.
I before said the castle was crowded witt
. the young and the gay of both sexes, ane
: many were the compliments that Lion'
{; received from the young chevaliers. A.
mong others who sought to please, wa
q young Rullington, who seemed to bt
a. received by her with due courtesy; an
> one could observe, when he spoke that he
G eyes were turned upon him with an inter
q est which she vainly tried to conceal
y Still with politeness did she listen to the
8 conversation of others, but not with tha
= interests with which she listened to the sol
s but manly voice. of Alfred. The part,
n remained at the castle until a late houl
: : and it was notuntil the grey eyed morn ha
u began to appear in the east that Lion
found repose. She however arose at he
q usual hour and assisted in preparing tn
8 mornings meal, for she did not conside
Q it to be her duty to pass her time il
. idleness nor, was she too proud to joi
q the servants, in preparing O meal. Afte
y breakfast she received an invitation fror
g Alfred to ride which she gladly accepte
8 and they were soon on their way to Va
a lence, q little villa, situate on the banks c
\ the Rhone and not more than two mile
g from castle Delarron. The road woun
Z among the dells and ever and anon across
y ingthe little stream that passed along, wit
seeming haste to join the mighty waters
ls the Rhone. oi3ss 4, afit had 6ssd e sat IA
Y NJ Thislisaa scene / always fancied,' sal
. Alfred, pointing to a2little rivulet that ra
% beside the road for some considerable 7di.
IS tance, sometimes falling over rude 10
L which had by chancelfallen across its gra,
q ely path forming a beautiful cascade, an
Is sometimes as smooth as a. mirror.dfg d4tlr
N HThis istruly an interesting spot,'' sal
a Liona, Shut to me it brings so many 50
O. recollections, that cannot look upon i