Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-04-19
From .he Now Orleans Crescent City.
THE HEARTS HARP.
A FAIRY TALE.


years ago, q widow of wealth and stan.
ding, whose only child was daughter.
If you're anxious abost her age land
pardon me if I say, tina, this in,eres,
which we feel in each others ages is
one Of the characteristics Of our sex,)
| have no desire TO conceal the fact
that Laura M was Just sixteen
when the incident which am abou, TO
relate occurred. Talented, beautiful
and wealthy, it seemed that her happi.
ness was incapable Of incrsase.-Wsll
might her fond mothers eyes sparkle
with pride and pleasure as she saw her
child, the cynosure Of every brilliant
assembly, graced by her presence. Nor
was the interior Of this fair temple, be.
fore which knelt SO many worshipers
unworthy its exterior. The purity Of
her skin was rivalled by tina, of her
heart. The sparkling brightness of her
clear brilliant eyes was but the reflec.
ton Of gem more brilliant still.
And yet Laura (for who is perfectly
had one weakness; nay, one decided
blemish of character. She was pass.
ionately fond Of admiration, To be
loved, and if not loved, admired, consti.
tu,ed the source of her highes, happi.
ness. And no faul. is SO apt to be over
looked by ones immediate friends as
this; since it leads to that course Of con.
duct calculated to win their approval
and love is as blind in the domestic cir.
Gle as elsewhere.
Kept within its Legitimate bounds, the
love of appreciation is virtue, its abuse
becomes vice. You may smile that
should speak thus of fault so common
to our sex. A simple example will il.
lustrale my meaning. The little girl re
signs her favorte play-thing TO her ba'
by brother: mama calls her darling
child and she is recompensed for the
sacrifce-mama's approving smile suf
fees for the child. But with the dawr
Of girlhood, comes the desire to be thu
darling or Tin more fashionable par
ance) belle Of wider circle; and TOT
often, when from the other sex sh'
J wants but admiration, she finds hersel
the object of passion which she ha
as ,hough,lessly elected, as she is inca
pable of reciproca.ing.
A girl of good mind and well discip
lined character; will control this weal
: desire; when once aware that its infiu
} ence is detrimental 10 happiness; an
yet how many Of our sex do we Sc
under its dominion! Why does tn
mother leave her little ones 10 the IN
certain care of hirelings, while sh
basks for few brief hours in the g lar
of ball room, permitting the arm G
the empty Drained coxcomb to encircl
the waist that should be sacred to he
husband1 Her white arms never s
beautiful as when pillowing the head c
sleeping innocence, are dazzling wit
% wels--not such as the matrons {
> Rome gloricd in--for the sake Of the
land, would they were.
| Laura was first made conscious {
the existence of her ruling passion b.
an event which caused her so muc
!. pain that il made On indelible impress
/, ion upon her mind. 1t was a passion
}. ate avowal of love from q young ma
whose assiduous attentions she had Ell
n couraged. He ministered TO her 10,
O of admiration, and her feminine prit
,e rejoiced in so rare conquest. b
m when his words Of fond devoted 10y
n. fell upon her ear and found no respon
4. in her breast; when trembling with Il
Q. consciousness of having wronged oil
who had lavished upon her the rich
ID cense of his first love, she laid her CO
as hands upon his and met his earnest /
IN seeching glance with eyes in which t
II. tears that glstened were those of sc
all row only, she felt that it were better
%. be unknown, unadmired, Than the eau
n, of such anguish as this.
Ir. He parted from her kindly. for he W
ID. touched by the unfsigned sorrow, +
IN his brow was clouded. She had cas-
le. shadow there which time and abser
alone could remove.
hs II was a lovely moonlight event.