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

Hartlaud iremhled from head 10 loot VI
What
That have no, the power to draw a.
round me those who are only TO be attrac'
led by wealth. You look surprised, but
The failure OF a guardian, involving the rum
Of those consigned 10 his care, is no slngu-
lar tale in this world Of change, and per-
haps after all, have no reason to repIne'
Had Gertrude lifted her eyes TO those oil
her auditor, the sudden and intense light
that flashed from his might have awakened
a doubt of the sympathy she must have
reasonably anticipated but her own were
accidentally averted, and the vehement
earneslness of his inquiries at once express
sed all the interest proper for the occasion
| have nothing 10 regret, she continued,
as she assured him Of The remedlessness
OF her wrongs | have learned many
needful lesson from my disappointment {;
and however | may be forgotten by the
crowd, there are still those whose friend
ship my changed fortune has not alienaied'
Among these are the family under whose
roof have still home; and such shall
find in The kind hearted Mrs. Ellison, tho
| have vet forborne to pain her with the
detail Of my affairs; and in your EeHrf..
and lovely sister; aQddTy; as you have
Liaruand; toE. 500 regard me, as IN indi.
sesP6nd dependant, Gertrude has now a
claim upon your better feelings.
Colby repeated Hartland, and his own
poyerty-his uncertain prospects-his for.
mer doubts, were all utterly lorgulIen.-
Passion was in his soul, strong, mighty,
uncomfortable. Who in such a moment
takes counsel Of the future 1t was only
amid the dellrious rapture OF reciprocal
avowal, that he at last remembered he
might not mohe her the sharer of those
struggles which yet necessarily awaited
him. But hope was fresh IN his heart,
and his sptrlt was strong IN the conscious.
ness Of lis own gifts. \ brief space, and
he trusted he might offer her home al
least secure from want. Gertrude had
risen proudly above the loss of fortune,
and the strength Of character that had
buoyed her thus up would still enable her
10 dispense with It's privileges. Pictures
OF domestic happiness rose upon his soul
like rainbows upon the sky, shedding light
and beauty and promise upon his path ;
and Gertrude listened to his mpassioned
anlicpations with frank, though blushing
approval But the guerdon of professional
merit, however surely IS but slowly award.
ed; and the animated hope with which be
. h,I lt,.I al ,.E,r
industry, rapidly yielded 10 the chill Of
common reality. Passion is no patient
ablder OF delays; Ethwald soon became
restless and miserable, and his daily visit
to Gertrude but fed the feserish anxiete
Of his suul. Gertrude herself decided hi
struggles.
II, said she, with a smile Of checrin!
confidence, if am hereafter 70 be u share
Of your prosperity, let me be also Of it!
preliminary gloom. 1t is while We are tc
be barred from Ales brighter scenes, tina
we need the solace of affection. have in
deed a strong trust that the clouds nov
gathered around you, are but for a season
but II II be Otherwise, we will still NEE
the tempest together. And surely, Eth
valid, you cannot, for my sake, hesitate
when YOU recolect that, while you ar
striving for wealth, your betrothed is dc
pendent upon those upon whom she has n
claim.
] True; this was q point he had not "
. urged TO himself; but il was decisive. b,
) sides II was ecstaCy 10 be thus urged OF
even TO madness, by tenderness like &c
. trude's; and it now only remained 10 con
; plete the arrangements for their unior
, Miss Beverly expressed strong desire fc
the supporting presence Of Eliza, and
few lines, in which Hartland sketched III
recent events, conveyed to the astoulshe
. glri the summons to his bridal. She obey
) ed with alacrity. The shade Of distanc,
. which mixed feelings had thrown over HI
T manner towards the gay and brilliant hei
c ess, was melted away as they now me
% and one glance told the simply robcd ar
D deeply biushing Gertrude, that the int
, change oil heart, Of which she had been
=. emuIOus in their former intercourse, mig
. now be attained. Eliza was attended thilI
= er by the E!llsons, and they, with the fan
lily With whom Gertrude resided, were ii
J. only Witnesses Of the ceremony.
B.; And why must Eliza leave US inquire
II Gertrude, the following day, as the form
e was preparing already for her return
/ Why should not our home, in future,
o hers also
e Hartand's counlenance changed. II
70 question awakened him like a blow fro
f. The trance Of happiness into which 10
had lulled him. lis home what a wor
a Of harrassing realities the term had CO
Is Jured up. He felt himself arraigned (
IL his Precipitancy, and a train Of musn
ST upon that future, upon which not only /
"a own fate, but that OF her whom he 80 pa
Is slonately loved, was now cast, absorbed h
e every faculty, Gertrude leaned towar
p him, and placed her fair hand in his; b
y a smolhered sigh was the only respons
1t There was playful light upon her fe
J, lures, mingled with an expression Of de
- feeling, that gave kind of shifting RAJ
IS ance 10 her whole countenance.
!. Ethwald, she softly murmured, ns s
r drew away the hand he had pressed up
C his brow, what would YOU think of h