The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-06-26
OLD SERIES, VOL TX NO. 30

- X II "a DIS;
FROM THE llPR.WO0FsOF HAI HAWKINS. ESQ.
CHAP. XII.
lnoeES INorRsOLIi OR, TmnesrnAr MIGHT HAVE
PART I.
Every life has passages, which, to the liverof
it, are full Of strangeness; and in no part of
ones mortal existence, is there more Of mys-
tory, than that part, where the heart is i'm
mediatcly concerned The fact is, it is the
deliberately formed conviction of the author
Of these papers, that on some subjects, that
mysterious piece of flesh, situated somewhere
in the region of the left breast, is a most un-
accountable truant--an manageable little
vagabond; as uncertain as April weather, and
equally capricious too
At all events, Ca most convenient phrase,
ths) the one given into the custody of lit
tie gentleman called Reason, whooccupics an
apartment in the garnet story of my physical
edifee, has played quite number of most
fantastic tricks, with the aforementioned
gentleman-keeper, since the earliest of my
recollection-one of which, I beg the priv
lege, of laying before the reader.
1t relates to some one, l once saw-cer-
tain undefnable feelings experienced
conclusion came to, after so long time,
and woful disappointment which ensucd,
because of my being little too lato-which
latter misfortune, was attributable to heart
trickery.
had seen Imogon Ingcrsoll but once, and
that in a crowd too, where there were gather.
ed, the beautiful of all grades; and yet, ]
had retained the recollection of but one pain
of eyes, and of one calm forehead, from all
that brilliant throng
The vision had dawncd on me, by gaslight
at one of Signora - most crowded
concerts. What to me were the impassioned
strains of the admired cantatrice, as they fill
ed that immense hall, or the shouts of ap
Iplause, breaking from the enthusiastic multi
tude? What to me, was the face of the eel
ebrated Madame lie v, the married bell,
of the South, as she sat amid group of smil
ing friends, on the opposite side of tn
house?
There was ono-evidcntly stranger
whose features, singularly enough, as l SUP
posed, had not attracted any marked atten
4 ton, but which were absorbing mine-wer
drawing the lines of my earnest vision, to
complete focus.
. Her face was not superb one. Hers
y was no brilliant beauty--no Hcbe's Lowell
ness. 1t had neither dazzlcd, nor overpoV
cred me. 1t had seemingly foated out b
: fore me, and without startling, had gained
wonderful influence over my after on, an
feelings The effect produced, was strang
In fact, it is easier, and perhaps better to-
to tell, what it did not do, than what it d.,
Reason, was evidently mapping, while the 0
T. gan, over which, the little conceited gentl
l. man, was appointed to watch, got into one
e its most capricious moods. 1t would, and
'r would not; twas, and it was not. Thus
.e it demcan itself, as the window of the sou
" palace, opened in the direction, of the fat
le and to me, unknown being, whose appearan
$ had affected me so wondrous strangely
Whatever Imay bouncertain about, touc
! ING that first sight Of Imogcn, in this, 1 a
;, confident, that from the moment her t,
form entered the house, and stttled down in
seat, not far off from my own position,
., had but one form, within the range of n
Observation-Disclosures one thong
!. in my head; and those-the form and t
y, thought--were,(bu t will not say;
1 N my best of female friends-she of the lar
blue eyes"--might, during some Of our su
set ramhles, accuse me of having been SIN
{. by the aforesaid Imogen-a charge, whic
IS, however pardonable its truth would be in VII
of my exceeding juvenility then, it is W
enough 1 reckon thatshe bespared the trout
Of making IT'D
N. Imogen was Automatically 50, for /
= sex; yet fairy-like. Her manners-for $
was the centre Of fashionable, and volul
cotorie-werc an impersonation Of gra
while her movements of head, hands, a
body, including her eTtrce that evening, fill
my idcaof the poetry Of motion. The lc;
ing trait about her face was It's puro-lookiI
tish-ness. There was nothing sinister abe
it, 1t was like the clear sky in autun
when the sunlight seems rcstraincd-cal
looking.
est Occasionally its wouldvary, and tF
the expression woulde ven into one Of m
ge- exquisite sadness followed however, BY
'in diffusion Of q brightness, looking for all
70 world IKE an April sunbeam, gliding q
ost the face of beautiful cloud Of spring.
was not marry man, q ratE
ms youth; yet that face troubled me, and nj
me think, that # I were only on the POI
Of my majority, I would out softly h
'l II for sheof the large ae eyes, might n
something's, not altogetl her aainferable!)