The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-10-22

upon our ROOu Olu songs anu WING, /
Like sun-beams from the past!
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The Three Brides.
"Do YOU see," said the sextsn, /" those three hill
locks yonder, side by side There sleep three
brides whose history l am about to relate. Look
there, sir, on y0nder hill you observe little DESC
late house. with struggling fence in front, and
few stunted apple trees on the ascent behind it.
1t is sadly Of repair now, and the garden il now
overgrown with weeds and brambles, and the |
whole place has desolate appearance. II the /
winds were high now, you might hear crazy shut |
tiers tapping against the sides, and the wind tear
ing the gray shingles off the roof. Many years
ago. there lived in that house old man and his |
son. who cultivated the few acres Of ground that
belonged to it.
"The father was self taught man, deeply versed
in the mysteries of science and he could tell the
name of every flower that bossomed in the wood or
grew in the parden, and used to sit up late at night
at his boz ks, or reading the mystic story Of the
starry heavens, men thought he was crazed or
bewitched, and avoided him the ignorant ever
shun the gifted and enlightened. few there
were, and among others, the minister, the lawyer,
and the physician Of the place, who showed viii
lngness to afford him countenance, but they soon
dropped his acquaintance, for they found the old
man somewhat reserved and morose, and moreover
their vanity was wounded ON discovering the extent
OF his knowledge.
"To the minister he would quote the fathers and
Inc scriptures IN the OfIgl0hI tOuSuoS ouu suOvvou
himself well armed with the weapons of polemic
controversy. He astonshed the lawyer with his
profound acquaintance with jurisprudence, and the
physician was surprised At the extent of his know
ledge. So all of them deserted him, and the min
lister from whom he differed in some tTifling point
of doctrine, spoke very lightly Of him, and by and
by looked on the self educated farmer with eyes Of
aversion
I" He instructed his son in all his lore; the Ian
guages, literature, history, philosophy and science,
EniJ o1 nua bty ma In bo
of the solitary.
''Years rolled away, and the old man died. He
died when sudden storm convulsed the face OF
nature; when the wind howled around the shell
tered dwelling, and the lightning played above the
roof, and though he went TO heaven in faith and
purity, the vulgar thought and said the Evil One
had claimed his own in the elements. cannot
paint to YOU the grief Of the son at this bereave
ment He was for moment as one distracted
The minister came and muttered a few hollow
phrases in his ear, and few neighbors, impelled
by curiosity 10 see the interior of his dwelling
came to the funeral. With proud and lofty lool
- the son stood above the dust and the dead, in ths
midst of the band of hypocrtical nourner, with !,
pang al his heart but serenity on his brow. HI
thanked his friends for their kindness, acknow
lodged their courtesy, and then strode away from
the grave, to bury his griefin the Frivacy or tn
deserted dwelling.
almost indispensable, and he paced the ebony foo
from morning till night, in all his woe and desola
tion vainly importuning heaven for relief. 1t cam
to him in the guise Of poetic inspiration. He wrot
with wonderful ease and power. Page after pag
came from his prolific pen, almost without an eor
and there was time when he dreamed vain foo
ofmmortality.. Some of his productions came befoI
the world. They were praised and circulated
and inquiries set on foot in the hope Of discovern
the author. He, wrapped in the veil of impenl
trable obscurity, listened to the voice OF applans
more delicious because it was obtained by stealt
From the obscuriiy Of yonder lone mansion, an
from this region to send lays which astonished u
world, was indeed a triumph to the visionary bar
His thirst for fame had been gratifed, and
now began to yearn for the cOmpanionship of son
sweet being OF the other sex, to share with him q
laurels he had won, and to whisper consolation
his ear in moments of dependency, and to supp
the void which the death of father had 0cc
stoned. He would picture 10 himself the felicity
a refined intercourse with highly Intellectual Al
beautiful woman, and as he had chosen for
motto, whatever had been done may be done,'
did not despair of success.
!" In this village lived three sisters, all beaut
and accomplished. Their names were Mary, Az
lade and Madeline. l am far enough past the a
of enthusiasm, but can never forget the beauty
= the young girls. Mary was the youngest, ant
farer haired, more laughing damsel never dane
upon the green. Adelaide, who was a few ye
Older was dark haired and pensive; but Of
three, Madeline, the eldest possessed the most d
spirit, cultivation, and intellectually. Their faith
man of taste and education, and being somew
above the vulgar prejudces, permitted the visits
the hero of my story Still he did not encour,
the affection he found springing up between M
and the poet. When, however, he found that
affections were engaged, he did not withhold
consent from their marriage, and the recluse
to his mansion the young idol Of his affections.
sir, the house assumed new appearance wit
and without
Roses bloomed in the garden, jessami
peeped through the lattices, and the fields abou
smiled with the effects Of careful cuitivat
Lights were seen in the little parlor in the even
and many time would the passenger pause by
garden gate to listen to strains Of the swee
music breathed by choral voices from the cott
II the mysterious student and wife had been u
lected by the neghbors, what cared they? 1T
enduring mutual affection made their home \
Paradise. But death came to Eden. Mary sud
ly fell sick, and after few hours illness, dieG
the arms of her husband and her sister Made
This was the students second heavy attiiction
days, months, rolled on, and the only solss
the bereaved was to sit with the sisters Of the
ceased and talk of the lost one 10 Adelaid
offered his widowed heart. The bridal was
of revelry and mirth. Yet they lived hap
and the rose again blossomed in the garden.
it seemed as if fatality pursued this singular
When the withered and the leaf fell, in
mellow autumn of the year, Adelaide too sick
and died. like her sister, in the arms Of her
band and Madeline.
"Perhaps you will think it strange, young
that, after all, the wretched survivor stood
at the altar. Madeline l well remember
She was beauty in the true sense of the W,
she might have sat upon throne, and the
. loyal subject, the proudest peer, would have 8
the blood in her veins descended from hui
kings She loved the widower for his powel
his fame, and she welded him.
"They were married in that church; it was
summer afernoon-I recollect it well. Durin
ceremony, the blackest cloud lever saw overs
the heavens, and the moment this bride promo
its centre All tls females .hrieksd. but tho
hsrssN made The response with steady voic(