Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-23
Whole No. S37.

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proud lady, stiff aad cold enough and.
instead of kissing her 'swert Scotch
girl, as she used or other ccasions.
she permitted her ~ siapd, while she
IanghIily inquired, how she had dared
10 safer her son to breathe his affection
towards her while under her roof she
moreover upbraded her rs an arifuI, de-
signing creature and concluded by an
injunction that she should quit her house
for ever, and see her son no more. Yon
may suppose that NlilIy waited moi to be
twice hidden her knowledge Of pro-
prirty prevented that, mar indeed so
bitterly hurt was she, had she The though,
or wish To say goodbye to him she low
ed so dearly.
The blessing Of the Lord would not
be with ne, she murmnied in the vi
lence of her own heat, IL ! encoura-
gcd him in disobellruce (; and ] will
show the great lady Of MLean that |
can be as proud a. she is
. 1t was sinful thought quolh Mrs.
Campbell.
So il was, allow, replied her gen
tie husband ; bu: there are times when
the wounded spirit stirs within the best
of Us, aud we cannot, without much
prayer, command i, to be still
That's true, jamie, quoih she again;
you are aye on the side otmercy
| was pleased to see that though she
might be a trihe jealous of Milicen,
Morrison, she honored her husbands
opinion ard | also observed that her
eyes g!istened whenever he uttered
sentiment of a good or apious tendency.
She wen; home without leaving word
or token for poor Ronald, who came Ia
the Mapse the next day in woful taking.
by this time her heart had become soft
ened, and she argued moreover with
herself that she might meet him once
more, just to bid him goodbye for ever;
and seeing him from her window pacing
up and down the l,ile fower-gardeu he
had so often assisted her TO cultivate,
she just slipped on her hood, and stood
before him.
The young man, at first, neither
sighed nor spoke, bu, he looked into her
face as he would read her soul, which
was then an easy thing, for her mind
was as an open book, full Of good
thoughts and maidenly wisdom, devoid
of guile, aud simple wlthal as a mountain
dove. am no way skilled in love
passagcs-they are foolish, aud only
snares for wisdom, b-guIling men anc
women Of their good resolutions aud 40
it was in this case ior Milly, who, not
wilhstanding Mrs. M'Lean's harshness,
had formed the resolulinn of giving up
all communion with Roland, was per-
suadrd, and without her parents sane
tion To mcei him once mare in q deep
glen, where they had often wandered
before il was considered sin for either
to love what TO them appeared most
lovely upon earth. cannot altogether
acquu Mrs Morrison of blaTe IN this
transaction true, the young people
had never spoken TO her Of the affection
subslsting between them, but ] am sure
she knew it, and she ought to have tole-
seen that, bripg so muoh together, with
similar pursuits, aud u suitable difference
of aye, nothing was more natural than
that they should become attached, in de-
6ance of prudential considerations. The
master himself, poor man, knew naught
of such matters he possessed book
learning enough to stock n university,
hut he WAS veIy careless Of the things of
this life, and no ways economical III the
management, Of his homestead.
~ never blamed the Dominic for
that" said Mrs. Campbell, "ior II ~
womnn's business / bat what ccnsnred
the mother for was the belief she got
into her head, that NIilly's beauty and
Milly's clrverness made her III match
for e'er laird in Scotland. Mothers
work i'll for their daughter, instead Of
good. by .uch wbimsirs. "
$50 they do, Mamie and yet mind
vour turning up your nose N Mrs, Gra"e'
the curaie's wife, when she hlnied that
her William and our Maggy might be
married yet"
Mrs. Campbell laughed, saying Only
IN reply, But VIII, is such a ioAy
mischrv"us ape, and every one says
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