The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-08-27


ing Up with he lirsl dawn of inlelleri.
srows with ne grswih Of he mind. be.
comes part Il every purpose. &c every
feeling, of ever hope and aspiration;
which, Iwining around is object, accom-
mOdaies itself . every pecalisrily of spi-
nj and temperament. and lhus. when il Is
mutual, forms perfect and everlasting I'M
ion.
But The lime had arrived IN which
George ~ssio leare home. and commences
his eollegisie sledies. lie pared with
the friends n his childhood a hnys usu-
ally part with such: and having settled =
plan Of correspondence with Lucy and
Ella. he departed fr distant city. Zine
sped on. lie made rapid progress in his
allotted studies. and n The end &c The year.
came home 10 spend tacslion Of . few
weeks. lie was very much improved.
and Ella. a. she looked upon him. fell her
ssifshness 50 much subdued. that she
could have knell down Al his feet and Of.
fered him The homage of weishiping
hear. But although he greeted h.r with
fraiernal Affection. she frlI that there WAS
no lore in The kiss which he pressed mp.
on her fair forehead; no passionate adai-
ration in his eye, as he expressed his plea.
sure II finding her 50 very beautiful. Bot
.lsucy-he dill not say what he thought
Of The change that year lad made in
her, and he barely touched her hand when
he met hei, but there was a language in his
eye and voice, not 10 be mistaken by The
keen watch Of jealousy. Ella saw and
was miserable. George had determined
10 declare himself % Lucy before he re.
turned io.Yale-bui Is his departure drew
nigh. he found no opportunity. Even
The last evening Of his STAY a, home. a
he stole away quietly 10 60 10 MIR. May.
nard's he saw Ella tripping along tie foot
path, and when he entered the psrlor she
was already there. He felt constrained
and irritable. and sfler an hour, spent We
~ unpleasan,ly, took his leave. lie walk.
ell silently home by The SIDE Of bis cou'
sin and before sunrise The next msruine
commenced his journey. Immediately
upon his arrival, however, he wrote 10
Lucy, and poured out his whole soul, be-
seeching Of her an immediate answer.
Hut Ella has foreseen this, and The letter
never reached her for whom il was in.
tended. A second missye met the same
fate; and the haugh,y young man deem.
ed his lore despised.
Meantime = stranger had arrived at tbs
village in which our heroines dwsit, .
young and elegant man, who had Just
come insn possession Of large property,
by the death Of his father. OF course
he was an object Of intense interest 10 lh,
young lslies Of the vicinity. and during
the first weeks Of his sojourn, Ella Green
boosted Of being The object Of his psr,ic'
Mar attention. But Lucy Maynard wht
seemed destined ever to come between hel
and The object Of her wishes. became a
length the acknowledged object Of his font
idola,ry. Ella concealed her rancour, ant
having suffered matters TO prnceedunlil she
deemed thatsome hearts were socom,nitlet
/ that they would wrilhe beneath the blow
she mediated. she wrote to George Mar
shall, detailing in the most naive and IN
nocent manner, the circumstances Of Lu
cy's connection with the rich and hand
some MIR. Elliot; taking care 10 insinuatc
that Lucy was deeply enamored, and tina
speedy wedding was talked OF. Their
she turned TO Elliot. warned him that h
was worshipping at the shrine Of the mos
consummate coque,,e; related The histor,
of her ccnsin George, how he had lovet
her from his infancy. how, to her knowl
edge, she had protested to return. his af
fiction, how he had written 10 her III,
most impassioneh letters, and how Luey
was indulging in cruel sport-wiih one o
both of her honorable suitors. The mis-
chef sped. Mr.. Elliot left the villag,
suddenly. and went none knew whittier
and George Marshall when his cole
giaie term was expired. went abroad, with
out visiting his parents: and after Nv,
years absence. returned with a beauiifu
anu dWtdhut yuuHS biiu0s Ills CNVGitCU
mother had died suddenly. just before hi
arrival; and he yielded to the enireatie
Of his sorrowing father. that he woul,
take up his abode al the old homestead
The fair young Mrs. Marshall was de
lighted with the romantic beauty Of TIL
old.fashioned house. in its bower of 70
ses. and sweet. blossomed vines. amid
!, wilderness Of fruit trees; while clea
brook danced TO its own music, past Iii,
door, and along the foo. Of the rich gar
den. She had been reared in the hear
Of dense city. and felt, in her new home
az we may suppose blessed spirit feels
in The freedom and beauty Of Paradise.
George did not ask for lucy MAYNARD
but he soon learned that her father ha,
removed with his family, to The West, 4
the grea, wonder of every body, VIII,
could not imagine why he had left hi
beautiful farm, 10 Try the adventurous lif
Of FIRST settler; especially as he had n
child but Lucy. However. he had gone
and George Marshall breathed more free
" when he learned sha, he was not lkel.