The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-11-13

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Of action was preparing for inc. must be
sent 10 school. Dr.. Rs was recon
mended aud notwithstanding the tears, Ia
meuialions, and even Mysteries OF my poor
mother, 10 Doctor b. went. Exon was
my next remove; aud while there | net
with my first gica; misfortune, IN the loss
Of my excellent father. mourued that loss
10 all sincerity, ioT well had he mefled my
affection. After completing my studies al
OKO,d, | returned home with less Of ex
IaNagauce aud folly 10 answer for, than
might have been expected IA youth who
nad been literally supplied with money, and
not un.requentiy placed IN situations pre-.
sentIng mauy oil the Incentives 10 vice.
Ny mother received NE with deli. ht.-
Her affection for ne even seemed 10 have
increased with my increasing years. She
could scarcely bear that | should be absent
from her sight even for day. Yet could
not hep soon peIceylng that prde greatly
mlHgicd wlth her love for ne and from
some circumstances suspected that she was
seeking 70 advance her own aud nine, by
rtitcung a marriage between myself aud
The orphan daughter oil tue Earl VI Ca
distant conDeiIon OF her oan family. The
young lady Isabel had 10 childhood been an
inmate VI our family, Tor weeks, nay months
together; and sweet and amiable as she
vas, | loved her with The affection OF
bro,her-nolhlng more. | had however
no repugnance 10 an UNION with 50 Charm
Ing glrI; aud when my mother, as | had
somea hat anticipated, took occasion, one
day when We were by ourselves, TO open
her PROJECT ~ me, | meds some HghI au.
ssef-what II was | do not remember but
the nature OF II aas such that II could not
be construed into an assent, certainly gave
no decided refusal. My mother also III.
formed me tia. she shortly expected visit
from Mrs. Hope, au early and valued lrIeGd
OF hers, with whom Lady Isabel had for
some time resided, aud THAI her lad ship
ou.d accompany her.
lhoushlless Vi the consequences which
might cnsue, should my mother hive gath
cred hopes from my undecided language,
which | mIgbt hereafter dlsappolut, gave
myself no further concern about The affair,
and the days rolled on with their usual
tranquility.
have omitted 10 notice, that while |
was absent al Oxford my mother, 10 cheer
The gloom OF her solitary situation, sup.
pose, had taken into high favor the daugh.
tel Of woman, now deceased, who had for
nerly lived with her III the character OF a
humble friend. Her death had left lhls
daughter without support, aud my mother
had seut for her, generously determining TO
belrleDd her, and allow her TO occupy the
situation which her parent dad once SO sat.
IsIactorlly filled.
Compassion Tor this womans unproiect-
ed situation could alone, thought, have
justified my mother IN the selection she had
made oil companion, or contidante. Tho
lie most bland and submissive OF mortals
to her lady, she was a complete lyrant 10
all the house beside, yet iyraul IN DIS
gulse; for 50 arliuIly did she veil her ac
tons and their motives, that the sufferer by
her conduct, thou. b confident Of the source
from whence this grievance sprung, yet fell
himself unable TO trace II 10 It's source; still
less did he dare prefer an open charge a
gainst SO well masked an adversary. She
was therefore hated, suspected and feared,
al once, aud 10 silence notwithstanding
that she was several years my senior, soon
became convinced that she was desItous ol
attracting my particular notIce--lndeed 1t
was SO evident thu, must have been the
dulles! OF moTtals not 10 have perceived It.
Whether my mothers extraordinary par
TALLY for her had turned her head, aud
caused her 10 raise her hopes 10 an unrea.
sonabe height, know not certain 1t ts, |
found 1t necessary, by distance and reserve,
10 check he aspiring noIlons, which more
than suspected her oil entertaining.
A woman, il is said. seldom lorgises any
slight offered TO her charms; and any lndIt.
terence and contempt, changed the Iasora
bic sentiments with which the fair Ansbel
had honoIed me, into aversion, Il net posi-
tive hatred. Tins she soon manifested, in
d thousand instances. But het good or III
opinion was Of equal nd Terence TO Inc
aud except when sue aAerled the luttuence
which she held over my mother, TO the dis.
appointing OF any tdyorlte scheme which
mghI happen 10 have IN contemplation, /
seldom though, Of her at all. /
Ii wasuow towards the close OF summer;
when alter day OF unusual warmth was
returning from a rambe. Slto.IIug ndo,
lently along a sequestered path, II Conduct
ed me 10 shady gen. was struck with
lis wlid beauty. Its irregular sides were
overhuns with trees, and through the rich
foliage OF thick underwood my eye caught
q glimpse, al intervals, OF stream, the mur-
mur OF which had already reached my ear
| gained It's banks aud walked beside 1t,
soothed by It's placid and gentle sound, which
deepened and increased as proceeded, Ill
II became magn'ied into something oil The
const Queuce OF "a waterfall.
A turn IN the path disclosed the cause Of
the increased sounds. AT tins point, the
stream fell over cluster oil rocks, al
pitch OF several feet, iuto a natural BASIN,
from whence 1t flowed rapidly Tor short
a ot.ncn MI maatinp with Rnnther nhsta. |