The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-01-09

guessing from whom II might come, sht
seized her hat and walked towards-toward
this grove We now see her entering
yonder cluster of trees. Let US approach.
She opens the letter. We will read from
her face.
How plainly is written in those ioyou.
smiles, tale OF hewlett happiness and con.
Tent The free heaving of her bosom, be.
hold joy, JOY!
But we must away. The sun has knel
behind the mountains twilight breezes are
signing -its soft shades are approaching.
q. 1t was not wholly on the ground of power
ty that Irving Stanley objected 10 the suit Of
his cousin. Indeed, that seemed the minor
objection. 1t was her ignorance. He sup
posed Miss Derwentt to possess barren, un-
disciplined mind, and therefore was unfit for
the companionship ofhis cousin. IIvingwas
an earnest admirer of talent, wherever it
might be found. But the idea of any person
linking their fate with one neither talented
or wealthy, was insupportabIe. And 10 see
a mind like that of his Cousin Sims stoopIng
TO one so vastly his inferior, seemed 10 him a
silly, an abominably silly trick.
| In about month Simeon would graduate,
and Irving concluded 10 again warn his coz.
to use care, and take heed lest he fall by
precipitating himselfinto a matrimonial con-
necton with one so vastly his inferiorin birth,
station and talents.-Accordingly he ad-
dressed him letter, OF which the following
is an extract:
at has been with pain that have observ-
ed the course which your inclinarions have
taken, You ask in what respect. | answer.
in this respect. You have laid your alp at
the feet of one utterly incapable o. apprecia-
ting your intellectual abilities, an uncullivai-
ed and penniless girl. Furthermore, having
from infancy been inclined towards books,
towards intellectual pursuits in all proba-
bliiiy you will have The same inclinatons in
the autumn and winter of your days. Well,
what Of this? Why. domestic etiquette
demands that yon should spend a good por-
lion Of your time at home, in The society Of
her who has an undisputed claim upon your
attentions and affections therefore you will
find II necessary TO pursue your iavorile avo-
cations under the vigilance OF your learned
wife, whose blessed mental vision cannot
discern the difference between poet and
soothsayer: or Latin and Mathematics or
cabbage and tulip; and knows nothing Of
either, save that poet is poet. and cab
bage is a cabbage.
And now, Simeon, where are your antici-
pated pleasures hedl Aheryou have ascer
tanned that your wife knows nothing Of, and
is incapable Of joining with you in your men,
Ial Investigations and researches, you soace
yourself by asking her TO read 10 you from
Milton or some other favorite author: and o,
my (your) stars just hear once! 'Ol-man's
Observation-Disclosures and the-frnit of
that forbidden lree-whose-m -tQL-tas-te;
brought death iuto the lrOrId. And all our
woe. With The loss of Eden. Till-one-
greater man restore US. And regain the
bIissful seat sing Heavenly Muse T."
You perceive she acts upon the ground
Of quality:-commas, phriods, dashes, &c,
arc all one and the same thing Ask her 10
sing My dear, favor our guests with
song And
oh, hark what mean those yells and cries
His chain (surely) some furious mailman breaks =
All old Grimes, that good old man.'-for
that is what she sung-hdd heen dead. he
or his spirit would certainly have come forth
from under the Sod and like Shakspeare's
Barnardine, when The execuioner tells him
he must rise and be hanged he or it have
shouted
"a pox O. your throats
Who makes that noise there what are you?'
"There is, in the harmonious blending OF
two amiable spiri It's something truly beauti-
lul and conlenIiDg. And though have new
er known aught Of love, yet 1 can easily i'm
agine the happiness Of an afiec;ienaie coup
lie, bound together by the lies Of love TO
which sweet, ever sweet harmony. gives
character. And. coz, would you experience
such happiness, charge you 10 abandon the
idea OF admitting, us The partner Of your joys
and sorrows, one incapable of rejoicing with
you in prosperity, or Of soothing you in the
hour OF adversely.
Your affectionaie cousin,
IRVING"
glance into Graham's last and was strange
ly carried away with reading poem emil
lied The Orphans Mission written by 'Ab
be of Hamilton Can you not ascertain
who sAbbe of Hamilton is !? o, if you knew
what romantic thoughts had, after reading
that beautiful poem! Ii was short, too; on
Iy eight stanzas She seems 10 have inner
tied ByroR;s melancholy enthusiasm. By
ron's great and noble soul seems 10 be hers
How poor, unhappy Byron would nave low
ed this 'Abbe.' A pair OF such spirits would
mingle together as an clement mingles with
lis native element
Eighteen months had elapsed since. Able
commenced her studies under the guidance
of Simeon. She had, in this time, made rap
id progress, and might be said TO have ac
quired good education.
We need not say that she was proud OF,
and pleased at-lor such is nature-her suc>
cess, rot only in her studies. but also in her
modest attempts alw:itiug poetry.-lndeed,
some would have slyly observed that she was
taking ungrateiul advantage of new for
tune, in exuIling. Blu: hers was not such
pride. No, she conducted towards her old
companions with the same spirit as formerly.
Her mind had Undergone change, percept-
able change, TO every one-reasoning and
judging more systematically, more rigidy,
perhaps; but yet, that gentle, unpretending
soul was still there.
Simeon declared she should not study Lat
in; thinking wisely, perhaps that zone
tongue was enough Tor woman. He had
a horror for learned women and had not
his cousin made so much fuss he would new