Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-13

rion's pretty little hand did shrink at
first from the touch Of one she thought
laden with the heavy sin Of having once
NEARLY killed her lover but soon forgot
her horror, in the charm of young Chad
wica's society. Cousin Oliver fully
I bore out Wiiiam B!ai,'s description 81
| him-a rare circumstance, when n stran-
ger has been much talked about before
hand. He was a strikngly handsome
young man his statue-like and fault
less features were set off by clear dark,
Italian complexion, and hair Of that per-
feet jety hue so rarely seen; beside
which, the dark brown, and dusky, and
brownish- black tresses, which are pc.
litely termed black, sink into insi gnfi-
cance. In figure Oliver was much less
tall than his cousin, and slighter made
but in exact proportion. His manners,
too, were more courtly than insinua,ins
he was ever on the watch to perform
some trifling act Of polite attention OF
which the higher and more manly ma
ture of William Blair never thought
Yet these attentions came 80 naturally,
and we'e so equally distributed, that no
one could say Oliver showed Marion
anything but the courtesy due to his
cousin elect.
Williams upright, honest mind, felt
not tho slightest jealousy Of divers su-
perlor personal attractions. lie suffe'-
ed him TO lead the conversation, ana
!. gradually to draw out Marion, until she
listened with pleasure, and talked with
out reserve, before him. Many talented
men have faculty for hiding their tai
ents, but Oliver Chadwick's were all OF
brilliant kind. His conversation was
most fascinating not from being one ol
those takers who pour out one dazzling
stleam, and keep Others admiring listen
ers, but because, by consumaie skill,
which seemed like intuition. he encour-
aged the ,imid, and showed Difference
TO the reserved, until all were set a
ease, so as to take part in what was said
aud oil invarisbly went away wondering
. vet pleased, al their own courage, and
! charmed with him who had producet
such effects.
There must have been mist owe
; William Blsir's eyes, when he coult
not see how dangerous might be the re
+, suit of these all-lascinatng powers on Il
= young aud romantic spirit like Mnrion's
But he had such entire trust in her love
+. for himself, and thought so highly Of hi
cousin, that he never suspected Olive
{ could be guilty of any but bro,herly ad
miration for the girl who was TO be hii
, cousins wife An idea that Marion
should think Of Oliver, except in this sis
i, terly way, never once crossed his mind
u We acknowledge that such unsuspect
u ing confidence is rare-very rare bu
9 it is from weak and changing love lha
. jealousy springs perfect love know
;. 10 distrrst /; and such love was William
:, Blair's for his.
y Thus, even when, following his pro
!" fession as a barrister, he set off on TIT
circuit-his first parting from Mario
i since they had been declared lovers
g William felt not the slightest regret tba
Oliver Chadwick still fingered in tn
neiphborhood, but was rather glad tn!
'e Marion and her father would occasion
70 ally have visitor TO enliven their du
'' ness in his own absence. Niarion's fee
u ings it would be impossible TO analyze
e' they were so contradictory, she cou
y, hardly understand them herself Sh
~ wept at parting with her lover it mig
" be with feeling Of self reproach at h,
n' waning affection for him and then Ol
'e YER came and read to her, and talke
with her-talked about William, too
!" until her conscience was soo,hed and b.
-" heart lighted.
A few weeks passed on, and Marie
!" grew alarmed at her own feelings. 81
r" said to herself that she loved W lila
IL still but when she laid her head ,
NJ her pillow at night--that moment whe
J. Whatever may have been the wanderin
} Of the day, the heart and the thought {
III ways fly TO what is dsares, and fondest
then, It was not the face Of her betrol
Is ed, but of his cousin, that rose up b
ou fore her; and her lips murmured II
AZ name, not of William, but of Oliver.
u'' II is ever sad to trace the change o
w faithless heart One would fain belle
III that love can never change nev
d" grow old and yet, alas for frail b
eP man nature, it does both but not W
w. all. Let US at once come TO the truth
tie ,L., -, h.L,ro \yll;,,,s ,,,or, ,
mat, long oeIoTe w iilian return, !
>, place in Marion's heart was given
10 Oliver. Silently, slowly, and by men
ne which he well knew how TO emplo
Chadwick had sto len away the you
re Cirl's affection from her first love.
's- do the young man Justice, however,
"e did not commit this wllul and great 5
as as many do, idly, to crafty his vani
:, When he first saw Marion, and for sol
: time after, he would have shrunk ir'
a,s ~, the accusation he intended winning i
u heart. But yet when he felt his o'
weakness, aud knew that her beauty u
, gentle ways were stealing away the
''n ty he owed TO his cousin, he did fly fr'
"a" the temptation, which soon became irr
- sls,able, until Oliver resolved that, at
iiP- risks, could no succeed in gaining NJ
hc Mn,ion should he not his cousins wi
but his own. For the tune, Oliver "
su' sincere in his love but he did
SIN think that faith once broken may be b
hu ken again, aud that 6ckle heart is
'u' little value.
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