Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-03-09

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.ng resemblance between the features of
The two might have led her to suspect
that u nearer bond than she had hitherto
imagined, in truth united them. In
Southern fashion, Edith was not quite
when she was wooed and won,
and borne, a willing captive, TO a patri-
archal dwelling, embosomed in tall tulip
trees, hedged in by Cherokee roses, cur-
tanned with fragrant vines, %perfumed by
the breath Of Conservatives, and made
tempting to her refined taste by books,
and birds and music. Robert Ainslie
spared no effort to make the "Dell" seem
lovely in her eyes; and when the first
hours of happiness had passed, a ucces
sion ofgay visitors prevented Edith from
feeling the true loneliness of her position.
And thus, surrounded by all that could
minister to Epicurean tastes, did the first
Two years Of her married life glide by,
and at the commencement of the third,
Amy laid upon her ,%hrobbing bosom her
frst.born son. The birth Of this child
brought Edith to the gates of deaih-and
with a trembling spirit had she
tered the hour of her extremity. When
she came from her sick chamber, it was
in the power Of renewed loveliness, with
a tenderer affection for her husband than
she had ever felt before, with the fount
of a mothers love just opening in her
heart, and with the baptismal drops Of her
trial-as she truly believed at that mo-
ment-still sparkling upon her forehead.
A religious change had come over her
spirit and diffused a pensiveness over her
countenance. To restore the light TO
her eye, gay friends were again sum-
moned 10 her side. Alas that among
them came no Mentor, schooled by Gods
providence and inspired by his Truth, to
show her how insufficient wa thatchange,
and 10 write upon the tablets of her heart
the woods,-"Selfdenial and SelE.disci-
pine are the whole welfare of life."-
The gay party trooped way and were
succeeded by a single individual, the
college friend Of Ainslie. During the
years Of her married life, Edith had be-
come more attached to the companion of
her childhood; and now that her babe
was constantly Graded in Amy's arms,
she seemed constantly to unite them in
her affection. Charles Hartley was a
Virginian, accustomed to entire self-in-
diligence, and the m that his eye
rested on the graceful form of Amy, as
she stood behind Edith's chair at dinner,
he marked her for his own; and the glass
of water which he took from her hand,
thrilled his veins like fire. That night,
when Amy unbound the redundant tres
ses Of her lady's hair, and the fair babe
slept in a cradle, rocking at their side,
she begged TO be excused from her at
tendance on the table during the length
of the new comer's visit. Her eye had
met that of the proud Virginian; and as
she spoke, her unusual manner, the
trembling Of her voice, and the words,
"Mrs. Ainslie," uttered in a somewhat
distant manner, would have revealed 10
one less unsuspicious or more keen than
Edith, that she felt it to be no trifling
boon she asked. Never before had Amy
addressed herby her married name. She
did it now unconsciously, but the word
appealed to Edith's womanly feeling
and the most skilful diplomacy coulo
have devised no better. "Amy," sale
she with dignity, when did ever asl
you to do what was repugnant to your
self? Remain in your chamber, sine,
it so suits you, and will provide anoth
err attendant for the table" "ThanI
you, dear Miss Edith" was the answer
uttered in q one which showed tina
while the slave-girl was grateful for tn
unexpected favor, she still felt that i
granting it, an uneasy feeling had sprun
up in Edith's heart.
But this was not the last of the ma
ter. Hardy perceived her absence, an
suspected its cause. AT first, he tire,
out gentle hints that her presence was re
quired, but when he found that thes
were not understood, he appealed t
Ainslie, entreating her master not to dc
: prive him of the pleasure of seeing he
Z at least once a day. For a time his ho
( withstood him, but at last, he told his viii
that he did not consider it consistent viii
; his usual hospitality to refuse his que
= so simple a qualification. Poor Am
was remanded 10 her post, and stood thel
the victim Of a bitter conflict. Once r,
d quired in The course of her usual dulie
a she could not escape from the observi
lion of the stranger. Not once, but m,
ny times a day, was she intercepted
l. her walks with the child, or interrupt
y in the performance of household duty |
her tormentor. Edith herself could n
l., have repealed his advances with a mo
% proper dignity, a more just disdain, tht
this poor slave.-Uneducated in eve
sense, except by her companionship wi
her mistress, there yet dwelt in her hea
the Eternal Law of Right. The o
Ie spring of a lawless and unrequiued Q
10 lection, she had, nevertheless, unconsc
y, ously dedicated her whole being to a We
10 tai chastity. But nothing avaiIed. U
= able, while she vas the property of a
= ether, TO accomplish his desire, Charl