The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-03-08

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! of attachment to all who knew her.
In such family was east the lotof the young
Gustave. 1t was at once resolved that the or
! phan boy whom Providence had thus thrown in
(; their way, should be brought up ard educated.
! lie was accordingly sent to school, and by his
diligence and assiduity cndeavorcd to repay.
them for their kindness. He early developed
talents of no ordinary degree, and as Mr.. and
Mrs NJ gazed upon his bright and intelligent
countcnance, they pictured TO themselves Il life
of usefulness and honor for their little plotegc
....- CHAPTER II.
."Ycs, l must leave you. Too long have
been dependent rpon the kindness of your gen.
self OF the liberal offer which has been made
to me-" Thus spoke Gustave Gray, as, ten
years subsequent to the commencement of our
tale, he stood in tile plainly furnished parlor oI
his bencfactor, pressing in lis, the small fair
hand Of Ella Marvin. And ,as he looked So
fondly into her deep blue eyes, his glaIice told
the pain that lie felt at parting with the sweet
object of lis affections. Anintercoursc ofyears
had only served to strengthen an attachment
formed in early childhood their vows had been
plighted, and Elias fond parents looked for
ward with JOY to the union of two such noble
hearts. -...:. ...,. ~ ...
teneth OH its course, leaving its impress on the
face of all created things, silvering the hair and
Iurrowing the brow of age, and imprinting eve.
rywhere visible marks ofdecay, had not passed
lightly over the head of Mr. Marvin. BY sever.
nj heavy losses in business, added to the frauds
of fdisioncst debtors, he had in that time become
reduced from comparative afilucnce to poverty.
:" It is 10 doubt all for the best" said he, as
cheerfully yielding up the last remnants of his
fortune to satisfy the demands of his creditors,
he accepted a clerksllip, which, though it gave
him but Il moderate salary, still suticed to pro-
vide for the wants ofhis family. But now, his
health began to fail, and it was feared that by
too close attention to business, he was hasten.
ing himsclfto the grave. 1t was with great anx.
icty, therefore, that his wife gazcd Upon the pale
check and wasted form of her husband, and nj.
though he would often attempt to soothe her
tcars by saying that he would soon he well and
strong, fearful forehodings for the future would
sometimes fit across her mind
Such were the circumstances of the family,
| when Gustave received from friend the offer
OF lucrative situation in India. As he looked
hpon his own strong arms, and from them glanc-
| cd at the grey hairs sprnkling the head of MIR.
harvln, he resolved that he would work his way
% fortune-not tor his own sake, but for the
sake ofhls dear friends, and more than all, other
who was dcarcr to him than life. Pressing to
Ills heart, the lovely Ella, he promised to write
% her very, rery often, and then bidding them
all an afrctonatc adicu, he embarked upon his
;oyagc. Aiter prosperous passage, he arriv-
ID safely al the place of his destination, when
le applied himself ut once to business, and by
lis unremlttng care and attention, seemed in Il
AIR way for tic realization his most cherished
.lopcs. lie wrote frequently to his friends, and
Ella was rejoiccd to find that, though in a far
distant cline, his letters ever breathed the same
:oHd spirit as when at home-and that his de-
;otei affection still remained unchanged. Oh,
little did they dream that that noble heart would
yet become TIC prey to tic vilest of PASSIONS
that Il sordd love for gold would shed its blight
;cr his sonl, casting ruin and devastation upon
very gc,lcrons feeling of his nature. And if
their bright dreams of the future had ever been
darkcncd by the picture of Il miscr gloating over
his ioardcd treasures every tender emotion of
Ills SOUL even his love for one of the ghtcst of
earth's Eeings, absorbed in the base passion for