The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-04-06

AT length she moved away with quick
yet noiscless tread
The reader can imagine with what Wig
ilance-what earnesness--wha dctermi-
nation renewed my pursuit from that
moment. | will not say how that she
grew accustomed to see me and daily be-
came more familiar, until she was mine.
| will not call your attention to the Pc
rod in which her mind struggled beam by
beam, and ray after ray through the dark
cloud which had always hung over II nor
tell with what anxiety | watched those
timid CLEANS gather by slow degrees into
steady brllliancy. ] will not describe her
astonlShment, her joy as the horizon OF
her knowledge waXed wider and wider.
And yet | would have you think how
strange We're her feelings who had not
been led step by step through the changes
OF progressive education. She had no Joys
Of CHILDHOOD; never heard mothers
voice, OF felt parents kiss. Her play
mates were the birds, and the deer were
her earliest companions. She could mi-
tate most accurately every sound she
heard, and she articulated words long be-
fore she knew their meaning. She still
had that plaintivc tone, that wildness of
! eve, suddenness of movement and willing
ness to help herself.
told her one dav of my native place,
she unders' odd but little that SAID, and
yet naturally and mournlu!y would she
! talk
81 only know" said she, "lhe paths
/ through these wild Woods--my comrades
are around us. | always had conCious-
ness that | was more than | seemed and
vet ! could not be more than was. | he
cold rock has ever been my bed. No one
smiled upon my childhood, nor kept the
rude winds aloof. The der browsed by
my side, ard the bear chose his den near
! my dwelling. The wild birds pluck' d
berries from the same branches from
which I eat. ! heard no sounds but the
rush OF running brooks or the whistle OF
the llocks OF birds, or the wind soughing
through the woods. And the far Of owl
would cry in the night, and the wolf on
tie distant hill.' As she could talk very
we'll began to think Of taking her TO
settlement. She was dressed IN a suit OF
my clothes Her hair was long and float
ed in wavy tresses down her shoulders.
Her features were regular. Her teeth
even and white. Her lips soft and red
and pouting. Her hands were small and
beautifully shaped as were her feet. Her
step was majestic. BY the time We reach
ed the village IN which she was to remain
she had grown acquainted with much that
she must become accustomed 10. But pre-
pared as her mind was tor such woncrCus
change in her life, she was overawed by
the noise; by the shapes OF oil ects. tried
to rrassure her, but she seemed to lose the
power OF understanding me. For several
days she could not overcome her repug
nance to the smells and sights and sounds
which now for the first time she recog-
nizrd. ] procured her a iuitable place,
relating all | thought necessary of her SIN
guar history. Her name was registered
supply AIirna till nine should be apI end
ed, | left her with her instructors, en-
joining them to keep her from RETURNING to
her home in the woods. | feared she
might be tempted by remembrance OF lis
delights to resume her dwelling there.
Three years passed away, during which
got many letters from her,--beams fash
ing from the just risen sun of her intellect.
Oh how it Warmed my heart, this sun
shine ola pure soul pouring It's intensity
upon mine. / was preparing to visit her,
when | received an invitation to a ball
from a friend, who always gave brilliant
entertainments, wrote to Aliena telling
her to expect me in month. ] went TO
the hall, shortly after | entered | met two
gentlemen whom ! knew, talking in en-
travagant terms Of the belle OF the even
inc. As ! joined them to learn srmching
Of this wonderful beauty, several persons
passed us as vehemently speaking of the
same one. | had ilirted with my lips
very frequently, but my heart was true to
Aliena. Privately l vowed to see and
hear thus belle, and if lucky to make
somebody feel envious, so heaving sigh
for Abe, got las soon as could) beside
the beauty. What was my establishment
at finding her verv much like the absent
one. Only her face was iairer, her man
ncr undislinguished from the rest. Her
eyes were large, with a most penetrating
glance. The low voice met the car with
tones as entertaining as the accents Of my
Aliena. Was it possible she had sister !?
was it she9 this could not bt, and the first
was as unlikely. She talked of flowers,
and forests and streams and twilight; and
then sweet enthusiasm stole amid her
language like sunlight upon the delicate
proportions OF a classic temple. And then
she sang--lt was song loved and loved
her for choosing it. She was the en-
chantment. Every seat near her was fill
ed. Even women curiousIy gazed at her
and listened to her and did not seem envi-