Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-08-20

bys appearances. WINE one Safunk from
lobservation, the other courted attentions.
fThesconsequence was that aEdithfhad hosts
tof admirers, while only the discriminating
Flew fingered near the retired Mary. The
/ one va ad for whni she appeared to
be, sfile softIef4 Mas slovedafor what sheswas.
Tw0Soung naen, entirely dissimilar in
character, yst thrown iogether as friends,
Lby circpnstal lIcsS met one evening when
ofie ofthsass 81 ksiss llasSh, safd
to the other
.'Erskine, met glorious creature, last
night; a perfect HebeP
"Ab! who is Shelf Is
s'Her name is Edith Maurice''
"She's snowy girl, certainly
s'Showy! She's q magnificent woman,
Erskine. And so you have met her?"
ga few times. .es .-.--. .s.
"Were GU not en- chanted?' -.
"No Your glorious creatures never
turn my brain"
t:Yo ou are on anchorite." . --.
s'Far from it. | delight in all things
lovely; ard, above all, in the presence of a
lovely woman"
have not seen for twelve month"
Though | have y -s
s:You have? indeed!'
81 think so. She has friend, named
Mary Graham, whom | think far more
interesting
"Pray, introduce me.'
81 will, when opportunity offers -
Not long afterwards an introduction
took place, and Ashton spent short time
in the company Of Mary Graham.
.srhal's your lovely woman" said the
young man to his friend, in a tone Of con-
tempt, when next they met.
s'To me she is exceedingly interesting" :"
returned Erskine.
''Interestings A duller piece of human
ware it has not been my fortune to meet
for this dozsn years. should say she has
no so H."
.srhere you are mistaken. She is all
sou.."
sAll soul! If you want to see a woman
all soul, look at Edith Mauric ~
'All body, you mean," replied Erskine
smiling.
= ssWhat do you mean by that?';
call external. 1t is rather the beauty
of person than the beauty Of soul that you
see in E lith; but in Mary, every tone and
motion bat expresses some modification Of
the true beauty that lies within. Edith
barst. upon you like meteor; but Mary
comes forth like Hesperus, scarcely seen at
first, but shining with purer and bright
er light, the more lntently you gaze upon
her.o ....
mot a meteor, my dear fellow" re-
piled Ashton. 81 repudiate that compari-
son. Edith is another Sirius, flashing on
the eyes with an ever-varying, yet strong
and beautiful light. As for your evening
stars, with their unimrassioned way of
shining steady, planel-lke, orderly
fashion Of sending forth their rays never
had fancy for them"
"Everv one to his taste,'' said Erskine.
.As for me, like true beauty--the beau
tv Of the mind and heart''
ssOh, as for that" returned Ashton light
", 'elet people 90 in for hearts who under
stand such matters. l don't profess to
know much about them. But can az.
precia:e, ave, and love magnificent wo-
m IN like E Iith Maurice. You can have
Mary Graham and welcome; | will never
cross yeur path"
From this lime Ashton became the un-
disguised admirer of Edith. The young
man was handsome, we'll educated, and
had winning address-yet for all this
there was something about him from which
the pure minded girl at first shrunk. Frs
kline she sometimes met; and whenever she
happened to be thrown into company with
him, she was charmed with his manners
! and interested in his conversation. unob
trusive as he was, she admired him more
than any man she had yet seen. But the
snowy exterior Of Edith hid from the eyes
of Erskine her real worth. He lookee
upon her as vain, fond of admiration, and
Of course, possessing little heart and turn
ed from her 10 find congenial spirit in he
friend Mary. Had Ersklne sought to wiz
the favor of Edith, man like Ashor
would have proved no rival. But Erskine
evinced no disposition to show her more
than ordinary polite attentions, and witt
an inward sigh, she suffered the hear
which shrunk at first with instructive re-
/ .pugnance, to turn with its affections to
wards Ashton.
. Vain with the thought of having 50 i'm
posing and beautiful woman as Edith to-
Ia wife, Ashton did not stop to inquire
whether there was relative fitness 70
mutual happines, but pressed his suit witt
ardor, and won her consent before the be
wildered girl had time for reflection
; Friends, who understood the character Q
, the young man, interposed their infiuenc
D to save Edith from connection that prom
$ ised little for the future; but their interpo
f sition came too late. She was betrothed
/, and neither could nor would listen to a wor
against the man with whom she had chose
vi TO cast her lot in this life.
/, A brilliant and beautiful girl, Edith wa
Q led to the alter by one, who, as man wa
d her equal in external attractions, but h
o was far from possessing her pure, true
= loving heart. 1t did not take many month
J. to lift the veil that had fallen before II
It ewes Of Edith. Gradually the quality
d her husbands mind began to manifest
ri lr .nd cod indaed was her sDirit at time