New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-01


though he had cndeavored to conceal the pecai-
arity By his garb, it was evident 70 Hester that
one Of this mans shoulders higher than the
O,her. A, the first moment oi perceiving him. ale
pressed her infant 70 Der bosom, with such con
vulsive force thst the poor babe uttered another
cry Of pain, busne mother did not seem 70 hear
L. On arriving x the marketp.sce, toe stranger
bent bis eyes on Hester Pyune. It was careless
at RS; bu, soon his look became keen and pene-
iratiye i writing horror twisted itsei across
bis iest1rcs ike snake gidingswiitly over them,
AMI making one little pause, Viii g.. 10 w7etcaet
inyolui.Cns ia open sight His face crew dark
with powerful emotions, but the colva.sioa soon
subsidized, as If controlled by miraculous effort o..
bis will When he found the eyes q Hester
Prynne fastened OF bis own, and saw tina; she AZ
pcared 20 recognize hin, be slowly and ca r1y
sed bis finger made Gesture with It n the air
aud laid It on bis lip, IT, stranger then turned
N one o. IN. townsmen and engaged in conyer
saiion.
While tbs passed Heser PCnne had beer standing or
nsr Yecesal, s' With hxsd gaze iowa ,he Stranger
80 liked rae hat Al moments Of intense gosor'no9, a.
O4r ec IN ne visible word Seemed . ven o. leag'g
have Been ,ioe than oven D. meet nm
CO. Win ne mol cicca coYt h~f IH1r'
ed gazing upis e. une ~ scarlet token - MANY
Or her oress With The siubo-n inia1: srns via
whoe people drawn forth 20 festival stsung o. te
features t0s should fave been seen Gay IN ine fei gea
Of he resce % me hspp- ac0W Of home, Df 0-nsa
in4foniy vel e. church Dreadful s. u "ss me vas oyn
sc01s o. shelter 10 the pfetece Of lleso lho1ta4 PSI"
u better 10 sand nus with 20 may bei"N
n sod be- lasa greet hin lace n isee ihey ;To soa~
She fed FOR refuge As e were 10 nc pune exposure sod
d-esded moment when is protection Should = with
drawn from her.
THIS my sterious being who holds ? principal
place 10 the development ol the plot IS depicted
with such fearful distinctnsss and vigor that his
Internal presence must long haunt the chambers Of
memory
4 cation Of different order. but Of 10 less
originality and power, CLEANS N fairy brightness
through the sonbre scenes Of the narrative, sur
passing in artistic harmony and mystic, thrilling
grace, the similar productions Of Goethe and Scott
We have as yet hardly spoken Of Inc infant; hat lille
creature whose innocent e rad sprung by lie LtcIsbe
decree u Providence lovely and immortal jwer Out u
he rark u1unsnce Of guilty passion. How strange y
seemed 10 The ssd woman, se watched tie growth Az
,ha Oesuly that became every day more brilliant and lie IN
.egeuce that threw is Guiverlug eunsh1e over he IN,
features Of his child Her Pea Tor - had Hester called
nor; not expressive Of her aspect which nao
Do0iuR OF tue calm, white. uninrassl0ned .usue ih4
gu De indicated by ibe cOmpanfo1 Bur she lsmed iar
ufsut Pesr' rs beng Of great prce--purchsseG win
she hadher mDihe' O1y treasure How strange indeed
Man had marked his wOman's sn by scarlet letter, whlct
bad such pOeat aud disssrOU efficacy human
patty could feAch hef II sinful Ike Lersef Dod
a direct consequence Cf the sin winch thus pun
she1 Ind given her lovely child whose place on hf
zane cshOnored bosom 10 connect her parent forever wb
and descent Of mOsiss ard 10 be finally blessed
soul 10 heaven Yet these thoughts affected Hester Pryune
-s with hope than spprehers She knew lnat her deed
had been evil she could have no faith therefore, that
result would be for good Day after she looked fear
fully into the chds expanding nature ever deafirg 10 de
.ct some dark and wild peculiarly that should correspond
With the outlines TO winch she owed her being
Certainly TIERS was no physical defect BY s perfect
snape is vgoT ard is natural deNtery the Oi all it.
brth Eden worthy 10 have been len there % DO the play
thing Of The angels amer the worlds hrst parents were
driven out The child had native grnce, which dOeo not
Invariably cocks, with fa1ltess beauty 10 AZURE how
evef simple always Impressed the beI0der As n were
Inc vofy gab ihsi precisely becomes % beet Bar lille
Pearl was no, clad ia rustic weeds Her motlor with
morbid purpose hist may be better Understood hereafter
tad tOug 1T tho Richest tissues hat could be procured and
allowed her imaginative fancy iu psy in he sraugeu
aud decoration o. the dresses which tie child before
tvs arrayed and such tie sp.eudOr Of Pearls
proper beauty shining through be gorgeous robes which
might have eX.nguisned paer loveness, that thfGc
absolute circle Of radiance around her The darksOu-
cpuag, hpor. And YET russell gown torn and sOied with
s cho's rude PLAY made pcturu Of her just perfect
iehifs sspeci Was imb1ec WIN tpei oil l-ahic variety
n h's one child there were many Children comprehend
Inc fan scope between the widf0wer preiness OF peas
Throughout al how ever there trait Of passion
tam deplh OF hue which size never LOST ard A. Ia any of
Lof chsnRes, the had grown '6oief or pals she would
have ceased TO be herself would have been no longer
peor
Th, outward nuisbiiy Indicated md q not more than
suy express ne various properties OF her inner life Her
raHre appeared 10 possess depth loo, wei ricy
but Hrsei's tears deceived herl acked refer
tnce and adap alton to ts world Into which She born
The child could not be ade GnenRhle 10 rules n giving
existence great had been broken and he result
~ss being whose clements perhaps beautiful and
hrltu' bnt all IN disorder; Will order recuer o.
themselves amidst which the point a. variety and
was difficult or impossi TO BE- discovered Hos.er
could only account Tor the chide c1Hnef-euc even then,
mos vaguely ana imperecty-by recalling what she her
-ali had been, during ha momeltous period while Pearl
ibOlng Der SOU from The spiritual world, and hc
bodily frame from It's material Of earth The mothers Inn
He ere
transmitted 10 me urb born infant Tie ~ rs moral Ae
and however he and clear Orgioay hey lad isAen lie
deep stains Of cfmsoa ard gold TOE try ser the bach
ssoce Ab,ye All tbe ,.nrsr. Of Ues,.s min ~ 10,
epoch, perpeused In PesI She could recognize her
Nd desperate dt htnt mood me Chimes OF her temper
-poudenoy that had brooded IN her heart Toey
Illuminated by the morning. radiance OF young chld dis
posoo but later Ia The DAY OF earthly existence might be
prolific of he storm and whlrlwnd
The grouping ia this drama OF undesirable
misery is completed 10y the person Of the Reverend
Arthur Dimnesdalc, Of whose character We are
Tut fully in possession by description black With
narrowing agony
Willie thus suffering under bodily disease ara eRawed
ana tortured by some bisch rnrhe 81 The SOU and gwen
ihe mschnbuons 81 h deadiest enemy, Reverend
Nj DmmesoGe had achieved brilliant popularity he tis
sacred cfce tie Won H. ooeed 10 great part 10y MS -
r0ws hls int ectuSl giis, his moral perceptions be
power OF experiencing and communicating emouoa, were
APT ~ t'Se OF preena'nfa oeVN oy NE pnck ana al
gsh Of his aaiy lie His fame though si on is upNara
-ope already CvershscOwed Tie sobcrc regulations Of
fellow cei ~ eminent several OF them There
were scholars SmOng thCin who tsd spent more yeas
acquiring Hhsifse lore, connected wh the divine prOlc-
son. Than MI DmmesdSie had lived snd who might wei
ueTCtofc, be more profoundly Vefsvd 10 such Sold alu
aluahe susiu1enis than their youthful brother There
men, to- OF sGrdier texture OF mind lhsa his end
cndos ed " IN far greater share o. srewd hard iron
gcRnie understanding which, duly mingled w.h far
proportion Of oocirnAl Ingredient constitutes higny
sqeoss5e tfosooas ard unsniaule variety Of the cercN
species There were others again, uue sanity fathers
whose faculties hao been elaborated by among
hell books and BY psUeui thought ard ehcreSiec NOR
over ov spiritual communications with the better word
ao which lher purity 81 he had amos uced these
aoN pcrsonSges, win their garments OF mortality
cngiog them. Al that they assed ne Gin hai De.
sccnded upon The ch dscYes Peniecos IN
dance symbo,lns, II would seem, tho pow er OF
dressing The whole human brotherhood N he hearts
suguEge. These fathers otheT~lse 80 Spos.oc acked
Heavens ard siies auon Of heir oce lie Ton
ever dreamed of seekug-to express ne highest ulhs
,hroas tie humo medium Of familiar snl na-
Fts Their COVE ssT and indlsuncis IRON
he upper highs here they hA6iualy dweL
Not improhShlv IL WAS 10 hs class Of rr-u ihAi
Mr. plmmescae by H.sly OF he usi, Of chsrAcier nAu
rs DC onged To heir hsh mcuutein-eeeks 81 sih AID
Re would climbed. hsa he tendency
asArrd ~ toe burden. Whst~vcr might he OF crime or
gsh. be1esth which ID wSs he doom U tuUcr tkrpi
down. level viii ite lowest. BIN. he ~
lerraI ggirihatrs tie gris have
| enet 10 ard Bal ihis very burden va. ns
ave him sNmpHlhes 90 l.nNr VIII TIE sigl brother
no<8 ~ mSLknc that rs hes vhrsec 10 unison VI b
eirs and received hen pain into stf ard sent ~ o~p