The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-11-03
Miscellaneous.
HEART STORIES.
NJ e.RAtE GREENWOOD,


mopd, u like your cousin Nelly right well;
p ,hs comes wonderful near uugslhuud, but thea
she wants sOmollsug Does she not lack feel
hgW
oYou'ro out there, Kate" replied, "ior
our Nelly IL ~ feeling
vAh, lint Is just what monni IL Ia too oy-
hfnr,loo much on the surface, l0u loamy aud
Go,y-lhcro n slill no tiuihihomablo deep.
or -lr has 40 rich boards Of passionate feel
iug-Nisu l Ia small change"
MN kntc,' said ], half piqued by her
Wsmol peneWation, "NeIly is yet a mere
chilli You surely would not nslI for strong
concentrated passion IN girl Of seventeen.
The woman ia her nature h yet sealed loun-
alH but she will deyelope gloriously by and
BY, mnrS my words Her character will ycI
ftreal iisolfiu marvellous HtrGugth aud beauty
and your eyes shall behold IT,
II over there was one ! knew thoroughly
..7ri, mine, aud soul, u was my swcel cOusin
Ellen Montgomery. She came To us fury
'hlld oiten summcrs--Hn orphan. Her father
---i died Mhrn shn WAS mere ininut, aud
-'tit-e hls widow. nilcr few dnrkened year,,
Wns about to follow him, slic Iondcrly be-
-4uea,Aed her sule earthly ircnsuru 10 n fond
and devoted sister, my Own mother, well be.
loved.
At de time Kate Richmond made the re-
, mark. | hnye noted down. Ellen wns the nc.
kuoWledg,d bCii0 and beauty of our village.
Generous nnlinhlo,nnd lighl-henrlod she rnp-
Idly won the earnest regard Of them ALL
And she was the most interchangeable hoafder
up Of affection; bee.llke, she flew from heart
10 heart, weighing hersrlrstlnWn- with tho
suceis OF tenderness aud kindly feeling. Yet
ltogr Who knew her well believed her To pos.
se-s'n rich inner MIXTURE, uureyehlod even TO
herself. mud that the heart which seemed "a
all i.s.lI nm q
Aowrr cnpficiousy delaying is unfolding,
'pI waiting 80 have lis most glowing lcnves
hi,-rtl nparI 10y the lips of love.
u was snou after Ellen was sGvontccn,thnt
Ile her OF the Grhhaur property, Mr. James
STUART Gruhnmc, give llc name IA iull ~ hc
always wrote it, burst upon us IN sudden
glory. lie had ici our town when a lad,hud
H'u graduating nj Yale aud visiting the land
OF, his fathers, old Scotin, with hrs mother
aud his sisters, had now como down "a nihke
ihr grand old mansion inhuhuhlc ~ n sum
mrrs residence. Young rich. handsome
mNnslly,his advent stirred up our village
in'o s"le OF delightful excitement II was
MIA May party that he FIRST net with US lie
N1' certainly, what young Indies call "iuter.
easing' NJ appearance, being
perfect in form and feature, 3D..
And so diyi6cy tall"
Bu' tIch he had n cold, coudcsccnding way
with hIm-sn manner ! always feel myself
called upon To rcsrut-nud one could zee 1t
@, ehYrc TINT he wus proud az the Cdlcn
"'nno morning" ! afterwards found that
bees alrHe scot, pride wAshis distinguishing
iauaHd ruling passion; il was within, around
i.u mud emunnIod from him in all direc-
lions
Nell was our queen, aud shall forget the
Startling Impression which her first appear.
lance ~ all her grace, gHlety and blooming
beauty, made upon Grhhnme. lie gnzcd u
wmle with his eyes dilnlcd and lips npnrt,
md then PRESSED eagerly forward lnr II pre-.
srnlation. IL did my heart good To see the |
iplprrlous travelled nristrocrat knceling hum. I
Wy, hushlng like very school boy, aud lin. |.
wy Kissing The rose-tipped fingers of our
laughing Nell. But my triumph gave place F..
'@H slight feeling of apprehension ns / re-
marked the eyes OF her Majesty, pro tenn, fin /
ed with evident interest on the glnwing face .
81 Ier courller-lke admlrer. ! saw it was .
OH over with him--lhat he could do nothing .
less than haul down his colors aud surrender
to commnndrr cupid; bat | did not wish the .
4.at4 al =tt=i,t4f.e y t,t.aft. sa=at..4- a
conquest. But nought nvaled my wishrs--
MI through bud,ling May aud leaty June was
brentwood cottage houorcd by the frequent
presence of Grnhnmo the udmircr, Grahame
The lover, Grnlnmc the nfliunced of our ldnr-
Ing cousin Ellen.
-ThQ bride grnnm- elect MAS hnXish proud
OF his hrlroihcti. md seemed to exult in
having won the beauty of NJ. To 9th
ers he was ma inperous aud fhslidious as ov-
en- hut deflereutinl aud toudly attentive to
Ellen. Aud she-how glorousy the woman
woke within her. How she doalcd and trcns.
ured up his ligltest words. How she pour
"a her very soul out in graceful Worship
Yet she loved him familiarity, she danced,
and laughed, and tested with him tiil her
OWN ns"n"u' existence seemed so intertwin-
cd with ms they could not be separated
~ last, wtth much 'pomp aud circun-
stance the female part of the family of Grn-
hntnu came 10 NJ. Ellen aud were H.
mong The frstto call. We found the moth
er still, formal woman, and the two dauph-
'ets exceedingly dsagreeable. What WINS
pride and hauliness in the brother was SUPER
clIIlousncss and insolent arrogance in them /
rs they knew Of the engagement, wins in
'gnant at The airs they assumed toward Fl. .
len, Dear grit was the first time had .
seen her painfully embarrassed.
let she ratified on md said many charm
Yg lungs, aud some it must be admitted,
More distinguished for-4rurfetfr then wisdom
cue even when James was mentioned, began
warmly praisiug him out of the fulness ofher
,"e innocent heart. But tho old mother
looked solemn. Miss Euphemia and Miss
Margaret giggled
on orr way hnme hinled 10 Nelly that il
were best for her to seek to win the regard
VI Ihe lofty Scotch danes. but TO give them
oSuhclency of GOODNESS and fDrmality, and
queen It in her turn. But no-she had such
I" hnIy faith in love--she would subdue them
M''I hlndness. she would ind herself into
,oe'r hearts, aud they must love her yet. |
utn suggested that she should conceal her