Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1853-01-21
CHAPTER v.
TslE 9lsT RE,QliI9s aaa mx'r.

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Irs MoNnllI,4,rsss.laav-a=-l.-.1a ssi.lcfr W.
'tss. Dy teris tile exquisite vase nIrn'Al
and atty 10 lie Lest OF his abitg--lui ii
lnfide TO difference he eauiifnl girl ch'y
laughed. In vauii,.s ug''i fer anoppoHunity
10 pep tie dnpsIion.' Reached seslned' 10 be
ia ways prepared 10 reprlthe assaut, O.cs e
at vanred lar enough " throw l,lmseli on Ids
kuees al er ieri; but tie M rrg peal ef angh-
Ter with which the demons ration was received,
dr1ye linn 10 his feet sgain. Every vance
was meiby tie mos, sp0rcifiug rljicule, and
the poor exquisite was a.,nosi Ia despair. The
trr'ze wss- valLsb cue. however, AID ne
ecuid uoI willingly Il usisn he cherished hope
Of possessing it-ll tur. a.f.I.
Onre sifcf The delivery Of ,he poem, Rachel
Lad lnct Charles Colnmn. 10 her there was
s9metlinp ~ lsfartofy IN tue interview, lie
was res ryed and siahF; though shr could
moi help observing his dem amor wAs mat OF al
lection, wnile lis coldnesk was iotc, d and DIFF
ltult.
Tie generous sentiment with which she had
r gaidei The young man. Immediately after his
gillanlatt y, had dmini,hrd in 10 ce. The
discovery tla' he loved l'r, SO siran arly made
at The 'lnstuie,' tad uo' h.pn vi hapt his ct
iectupon her felinss Bal the pfida oi tie
poet-m clanic was as lufiy as his genius, and
he had ainiailled su b adecidsd reserve, that
even II she had been ilsposer to encourage hts
a ldress, the iporunily ddnot c;ur
Witt regard 70 h m, her hesu was in The
plastic state, when any weilrdirecled fort on
his part would have cei der d and made il
captive. .s.-. Ya
Charles Column loved hqr-loved her with a
kind Of distant ailFcll,n. witch seemed loo in
sane to be realized. Her gcial posi- ion wa.
far above his own, acc ding 10 the estimate of
artificial society. Believing that she doomed
him an inferior his pride Il rhade any n arhr
lappraehes. But the saving of her life was an
act Which seen ed TO draw lin towards her.-
As the heart of man c'lngs MOST sleypiedly to
the child upon whom i has showered the most
abundant blessings, tue mortal peril he had in-
cuIryd in her rescue had gav-a ler image up
on his soul. She was beautiful, generous, no
bic aud The iln;ge fornrd by those attributes
permealing the tissues ofhis le:.g i,,.as i~~si..,
was angelic
Pride was a barrier whct rose mountain high
between him and tie object Of his DEVOTION
lie could moi brook the pairgrqge OF the lady !;
il was ths unirauenced trbuts Of the heart
which he demanded. -94 RI
Winter IA ssed away, and the merry Spring
time came with birds and flowers, with green
leaves ard sunny skies.-.. tfa
Uncle Katie entered the residence oi RACHEL
The old gen leman looked sSd-as though he
dslras,ed The stability of every thing good -
The fair helress received him with her usual
courtesy and kindness. Unfortunately Mr.,
Mosgs was pFeseul, SO that lhe sadness Of the
guardian was not Immediately expla ned. Oh
Uncle Ratio was Mr., Moggs' special adom-
inaion, Whe,het il was he smell OF buther's
meat about mis- person or The pleheian ,nplic-
ity oI his manners that disguised him, We can
moi cay. An open breach was cnly avoided by
the consciousness on the part Of the exquisite,
II at he was her guardian, and this relation at
future time, might Pfove inconvepiinl 10 him.
Mr.. Moggs went. Al last, much to the salts
fac ion of the market man. ..s. M
i have bad new S fol YOU, Rachel said he.
bad news pray. what has iappened! ex-
tlli ned Rachel, with a lrlublsd expression.
,Our friend. Charles Coldmn-' and Uncle
:. Ra il, 4aused TO assure himself that lie was
parsu,Ig a ii,ht c7urse.
.W,il Uncls. what Of hiiul' inquired Ra-
che. turn nH shade pal T.
He l. sick--very Sick
,lndeed AID why have not heard Of 1t be-
forel'
Really l don't knsw, unless because you