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

fuf shnn girikncd. TIE kiush ard bl0cm
a yosIh had yislJse 10 40 iaslIts'ssliiy
,fsssiuxe and Expresses, aHds gentle dig
MY 81 he 0, riselsd iron sh,rhespsiss.
ted co. only The hesrt bui the Whole soul.
Mr.. Msnksll. thsIelaTf, had neihing %
Esgre'. aud fsllthsl lie I'D notkirg i.IheI
r besios. But 10 The midst ofhls earthly
fslrify, the sBmaoAs esnr. and be lay
doxn 70 die. Az frsi II seemed 20 him .
gEisvou. tang 70 90 from this ioyou.
wofl6; bpl be bsc,me reeons,led. sud psss-
ID s~ay rinie,ns. Lucy mCufaed hin
NTH meek deep srHf, bu, II seemed lor
. wk,le thsi Els scHid link tenesIh lhs
slight 81 her sgaaising sorrow. Tie sas
the only li,Ing being when she bsd ever
lassd more Than she loved herself; and
shs had always eheIi,ied . secret hope
Of bsing ore dsy bic wife. When The 6rsI
aid overwhelming burst Of srlei had
subsidized. and she fit Tie full weight Of
tie cod consieIion ofheT los'. thai he had
gene fom her forever, there cane wisb
IL 10 bIusT increase Of The hsiFsd which she
lad ever borRe her Who hsd slsprsd be-
Iwsen hsr sud her hspriness; sEd her
spnil ,hrsted To averge i,ssll upon the
widow for The slight she had IectiEsd
iron the departed. .r* s.#.-----.
Tie household nov consisted Of The
Eidow. ,hs sgrd and sbilJlsss Mr.. Mar
shall, Ella. and The orphan child. Yei
1hs'e nigh, have dwe.s 10 peace. and Eel,
the calm Of picus resignation. bu, for The
unreeoneiled spirit Of Ella Green. Sire
would not suffer any one 10 love her, and
It'll murmuiei iha, she Sas net beloved.
And 50 she wasted sway her life in vain
desires and useless regrets. smbiuersd BY
envy. and feeling skis 10 hatred, cherish
ed az rnH those, sho loved OF would have
lored her. and towsrd whom. BY . dissi
mulston xhich must have been torture
she mania ned asenblauee Of kindly a.
/ E. ciions. aEz s. a# $685.
Mary Marshall, 10 the meantime, wen
on improving in mind and person, unit
Al the age OF sixteen she was universally
deeInei the most beautiful and sweet tenn
pered girl in that par, Of the country
She was in truth lovely. being finely form
ed and featured; naturally graceful as /,
rose on breezy parterre, and expressing
with voice sweet and variable as that 81
The thrush. the pure and iunocen, feeling,
that stirred her heart. lived in her dark
eyes, and shone out in eyer-chsnging
wi,chery through her clear complexion
Her lighl-heartednsss and buoyancy Of
spirits were beautifully subdued and hell
| in check by the calm strength Of RICH
reason. and the sweet influence Of lru,
pieiy. @s ess "a amf A ,@.. 81
Her loving and considerais mother nov
deemed il right to send this swsct llgll
Of her dwelling 10 school few mile
distant, which was nader the conirDl o
an excellent and accomplished lady, ant
/ where Mary would acquire all those &C
complishments which would render he
solid and useful education perfect.
She went. and 10 those lefi in the qui
| 81 hsme, il seemed as IL the sun had with
drawn his shining. The house was 81
still, the garden so desolaie The fow
ers opened. and there was none TO hal
their bloom with scsiacy; they faded OF
! their stalks, and here was mona 10 gsihe
the fragrant leaves. There was no sen:
Of grateful happiness mingling with I'll,
morning beams in the eehoing chambers
no sweet voice begniling the evening hour
with reading from the pages Of wisdom
or Imagination. The old grand. father mis-
/ sed the bright creature, who had from he
infancy lowered around HIM with assi,!u
Gus love. anticipating his WISHES, and ful
filling them with pleasure and alacriiy
Cousin Ella missed The only creature il
whom she now felt interested, and Airs
Marshall longed for the return Of the iai
young creature. no was TO her domestic
world, the song bird, and the sweet flow
er Of spring. ~ e# a@
It's strange how one sweet child vii
become the idol Of household. shrn,
to which all the different members hrin.
their offerings; point in which al ihei
affections centre creature which unite!
| the ditferen. and jarrng spirits, BY beins
the object OF the love and sympathies o
all; dwelling among them, an angel Q
ps ace, deligh.ing them with her beau'y
cheering them with her innocen, glsdness
constituting al once their JOY, their pride
and their hottest earthly hope.
| Mary. meantime. like other young spi
ri,s. looked forward with joyful hope
while she gathered gladly the roses tina
grew in the path. although she still he'll
sweeily pensive converse with the shah
ows Of The lovely past. She was an es
peeial fayori.e with her instruc,ress, an;
by permission of her guardians. frequent
~ accompanied tina. lady on excursions
and visits among her numerous and res
/ psctabls friends. In some Of these ex
] eursions she met an eminent artist, VIII
had just returned 10 America after man,
! years seiouTn u foreign lands. He va
in the rich prime Of manly beauty. tn
snul had written itself iegibly upon his no
BILE fsatuies---and although i1snse though
had drawn her lines upon hi, ample fore
| head. and there was visible here and Their
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