New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-23
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cred was before he knew ae. Really, if 1t were
not that we are situated JUS rs we are in the
country for few waelSs, shouid not even take
she notice OF him that I do But, after we leave
iere, j shall probably never see him again; and,
Z t have derived some pleasure from his society,
nd he has rendered IAy stay here more endura-
bic than it would otherwise have been, con-
slider the obligation as more than repaid, I
have given him some glimpse of another world
Of which he had knowledge before, some
tastes and views"- .-g
which he had much better been without,
Clara, interrupted Frank. z You have, in
short, fired-his heart and turned his head--no
| small mischief to any man; bat when it comes
70 man OF genius, Of susceptible temperament,
the evil is isincalculable With an ordinary man, d.
nope being destroyed. love dies away and leaves
no vestige. But when the impression is as vivid
IN the brain as the heart, when the idol has
idealized, the traces left are indelible, stamped
in burning bitterness, Qr craven in deep melan-
choly,. according to the temper of the man
And thus to embitter, perhaps exhaust. the best
feelings of a mans nature is surely to do him a
great wrong. That you are the first high-bred.
finished woman Herbert has ever met On an in
innate footing makes the impression all the
fresher, keener. His tastes are allinstinetively
refined and elegant The torch was ready, and
you have applied the light You may pass
away and forget him, or only remember with a
smile the enthusiastic homage rendered to yonr
powers BY son Of genius but not so will it be
with him Hewi not readily comprehend that
you have thus drawn upon his better nature and
sported with his affections, merely pon,, passer
| ie temps: till Mrs. RutIedge could join you
And, if ] mistake not, the knowledge, when it
dees come, viii make most unhappy impress
sion on him.
~0h, nonsense ' she answered, laughing.
- Men don't break their hearts and die Of love.
Hell survive it."
H. Il d. x.
given him a beau ideal he viii probable never
be able to attain; while, at the same time, you
will have destroyed his faith in woman With
quickened imagination and chilled heart,
very much doubt whether Herbert viii ever be
as happy man as lie was before he knew y0us
You have crossed his path like vision, to leave
him cold and fastidious:''
Z" well, - she replied, quietly, &c that will only
prevent him marrying some common woman, as
| most men Of talents do / Ike to see a. nam
| critical If have given Herbert elevated and
| refined viewsof woman, think he is greatly in
debted to me-
| '' Refined are very different from elevated
views, replied Frank 'sl'-<
some of your distinctions without differ
enee,' she replied little impatientiy.
~The difference of the moral from the intel
1ectuai,'' he rejoined: ''aad none can be
greater = x
''Ah'' she exclaimed, suddenly interrupting
| him. 50 is that the sound Of wheels hope it's
| Mary. 1t is!'' she continued, joyfully, as she
threw up the window
| And, in fact, it WAS Mrs Rutledge, the sister,
| whose delay upon the road, owing to the Illness
of o child, had detained Miss Haywood at the
pretty village of c., where, with some
| friends, she awaited her arrival. to continue
| their northern tour. Thus accident had thrown
| her in the way of George Herbert, who was
residing there as a student at law. In the i'm
patience and lassitude of this sudden pause in
her journey, Clara Haywood would have hailed
almost any thing or any body as a godsend that
served to beguile the time that hung 50 heavily
| on her hands; consequently, it is not surpris-
4 ing that, discerning with the quick discrimfna-
ton of one used to society, the superior gifts Of
young Herbert, she graeously accorded him
much Of her time, careless and thoughtless Of
consequences to him. Highly cultivated her
self, his conversation really interested her; and
| accustomed as she had been to admiration, and
cold as she was by nature, and worldly by edu
| cation, she was yet woman enongh to be pleased
and fattered by the homage Of the young
student
! For he was a man Of genius. and his admira-
ton had the freshness, tie glow Of poetry as well
| as passion, to which she had not been accus-
! toned among the men of the world by whom she
had been surrounded That she, beautiful and
| high bred, should at once become his 'slfe's
STAR the realization OF his visions, the actual
4
a matter Of course. Inpressionable as all men
of genius are to external he absolutely knelt in
spirit before the shrine of her beauty; and,
proud of his mental superiority, lie would rea-
,dily have bowed before one less brilliant, who
drew forth and appreciated his intellectual gifts.
Thus she excited his Imagination and stimulated
his vanity, and, in the ardor Of his passion, he
gave himself up to his feelings, unchecked by
fear or thought. Modesty formed no part Of his
character, and he was too ignorant Of the world
to be diffdent. No doubts therefore clouded his
present, and no thought dinned his future for,
/ had he paused to think, he must have known
that hope itself was hopeless, as. could he even
have won his idol, he had no shrine wherein to
place it, no niche, however small, for his statue
4 Poor student as he was, he had scarce enough to
maintain himself during his studies; for the
reputation he so clearly saw IN the distance, and
the fortune he was so confident of making, We're
| yet g to be'' won and sto be made He little
knew the ambitious, high spirited nature of the
beautiful being he dolized, if he supposed that,
even with fairer prospects and more smiling
4 present, ,she would have stood any better chance
than he did under existing circumstances. Clara
Heywoed was as naughty as she was high bred
I. Pride Of birth and place was more powerful with
4 her than pride of talent or beauty. No glories
\ of a setting sun could have made her forget the
nlists of cloudy rising. She was proud
woman but her pride was Of the * earth,
earthly" and touched. as the darker edges of her
. mind were, with the light of bright imagina-
ton, it was only to illumine. not elevate her
character
Herbert had now, however, an opportunity of
Isseeing some of those shades of feeling which Cir
cumstances had hitherto thrown in the back
ground; for, with Mrs. RutledgearriFeda a party
from the South, among whom there were one
two men of the position and stamp Clara valuetl.
The change in her manner was marked She
not only returned Mt once from Herbert toad
dress herself to them, but the tone was different
There was refeau of manner which she had
never thought worth while to show to a poor
student, but which she instinetiyely assumed in
/ coming in contact with those whose station COM
manded her respect. But with her reserve there
was more of excitement; little things marked
the change. She dressed, not more, for her
taste was perfect, but differently. The, colored
morning dress gave place to the finest white
aegHgee, edged with delicate lace, and the Cos
samer breakfast-cap was replaced at dinner by
n water-lily; in short. it was evident that noe
there was some one worth dressing for, and
Herbert saw that the easy friendliness with
which she had treated him, and which had so
captivated him, was any thing but hatterinS to
his pride. Mr.. Ashfeld. the principal person in
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