Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-07-17

animal beauty from that which, per.
meating the countcnance from within,
fuses the features into thought and mu'
sic; and he observed at times depth Of
radiance in those eyes which led him
to speculate on the purity and bright
ness of the soul from which that radi.
ancc emana,cd. She was the only girl
whom Heinrich in the course of his life
had thought that he could have dared
to marry. He felt that she was worthy
of his love, and he took no pains TO
check the growth Of the Seeding plant
cd by this conviction. The utmost,
however, he could gather from his in
tercouse " ith her was, that she did not
hate him, This was the verdict of his
calmcr and truer hours: but, naturally
enough, he permitted the delusion to
creep in, that she cvnccd partialiIy
towards him. This he dreaded TO for
felt Alexander, with world 10 gain,
wus bravCr than Alexander with a
world TO lose. This thought destroyed
the spontancity of Heinrich's action;
he was anxious 10 please, fearful les,
he should displeusc; and, thus fcttercd,
he lost the power and independence
which would have most eifcctualIy
. charmed the girl he loved.
The night previous to his conversa'
; ton with Fred, Heinrich attended the
periodical meeting of the Sountags.
gesscllschaft. Three or four of the
: higher families of Car. burg, n few OF
the professors of the university, and q
number of the older sludeuts. formed
the core of this society, each mcmbcl
:, Of which could invite as many guests
as he pleased. On Sunday evenings
once fortnight, the society came to
: getber. Plays, Charades, and dancing
' filed up the timo until twelve o'clock
at which hour the meeting usually sep
> aratcd.
On the night in question, the lad!
y above described, whom we shall cal
- hereafter Helen, was also present.
" Heinrich did no, pay her his usual at
tcntion on this occasion, for doub
! had insinuatcd itself into his mind a
:, 10 whether it was agreeable 10 her,
," Before supper, however, he summonc
~ courage TO ask her TO permit him 10 lea
l her 10 table. She replied that she wa
cngagcd, and he retired according y
There was nothing new in the fact {
~ Iady's being engaged, the circun
% stance had occurred to him hundrc
~ times before, but he accepted il as
~ evil omen in his present state of min'
IL Tie saw Helen led to table by llcT
s' Crick, a gentleman whom Tonnyso
W might have bad in his eye when he pei
d. ned the character" Heinrich Wi
of the few who had pierced the cnam
ne which surrounded this person, ar
" found an in,riguer within; and. thous
=" he had strong faith in the capacity
o. tho maiden TO distinguish true fro
cn false, he, nevertheless, would have rat
~ CT seen her in any other company tht
: that of Herr Crick
oy Dancing was resumed after suPpC
"o At certain period of the dance, q bt
10' ket full of little knots of ribbon, havi
"H various devices, was placed in I
'ne middle of the room. The ladies we
W" led 10 turn to the basket: each chose
''0 knot and presented it to some one
's' the gentlemen standing round, who TO
W the giyer's hand AMI danced with |
round the room. These little kn
gin were often messengers of pleasure a
lch kof Representatives, the contrary
ub' Helen was led to the basket, she CHI
uly knot, approaching the portion of
'lch ring where Heinrich stood, gave it
- Herr Crick, who stood at his side.
aP' Up TO this moment the image OF
be- maiden had laid like a bright daguerr
It's type upon his brain. A cankcr n
lie attacked il and tie bliss of contemI
the ting il was no more. He had sc
lore enough to know that this was subj
les'' i've phenomenon, that the maiden
was not changed, but had merely revea
dis to him the peril Of the dream in wi
Phy he had INDUCED. There was a ste
hich ness and decision about her acI
and which banished the thought that il