The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-04-28
and in his earnestness h,

fingers, " cntreat you"
" Walter Lewis, You are forgetting
yourselin said the lady, rising from
her seat remember, till the last
moment YOU remain under tbs roof, you
are my fathers menial; not his daugh-
ter's adviser - and she waived him
proudly from her presence; but before
the sound Of lis light, hasty footsteps
had died away in the corridor, the moon
beams were resting on face over which
the tears were fast flowing, and the
utmost efforts Of TIE noble lady could
not suppress those deep sighs.
An hour after young Lewis had quit
ted her presence, he passed out of the
lordly dwelling of Sir William, never,
he thought, TO return there again. Until
that night the youth had not dared
acknowledge TO hirssolf the thoughts he
had been cherishing for long time past !;
he had not dared TO think wherefore he
had been so toiling to expand his intel
lcct, and to improve his heart
1t was presumption, but my folly
deserved not so keen a rebuke she
should not have Looked so haughtily on
me--what will her frown do :"
"Walter !" how softly that voice fell
on his ear--how that light touch on his
arm thrilled Ills veins Farewell,
Walter! Clara will think Of you ever;
and nightly, at this hour, will pray
Heaven to shed its choicest blessings
upon you :" and little tress of hair
was laid tremblingly in his hand and
before the astonished youth could speak,
she was gone
One morning, among the compara-
lively few visitors who, at that early
hour, had entered the Crystal Palace,
there might have been seen an English
gentleman Of perhaps sixty years, and
his daughtcr--so one must have supposed
her to be, from the striking similarity
between the countenances of the two in
dividuals--a lady Of twenty-five years.
Their manners aud conversation as well
as the Difference which was shown them,
proved them to belong to the most dis
tinguiShed Of the nobility.
The gentleman was very intently ex.
examining piece Of mechanism brought
the day previous to the Exhibition and
as the machine was set in motion, an ex-
clamation Of surprise and pleasure os-
capped him.
All, that is it there is the working
of the principle whose existence poor
Lewis, that ill-fated American, conceiv-
ed of. am glad, for his sake, that the
discovcrer was one Of his own country
men. What is the name of the fortu-
nate individual whom this work will i'm
mortalize l must see him, if | cross
the Atlantic to do so.'
" The fame of the young man will not
rest on this discovery" said the exhib-
itor-" Walter Lewis has acquired for
himself an enviable distinction independ-
ent of this work and it will not be long
before his name will be mentioned
among the noblest of his couutrymen,
for his literary and scientific attain
ments J" and the speaker pointed out
an individual who was attracting much
attention from a group Of distinguished
persons, as the young American.
" Clara, can that be Walter Lewis, ;"
whispered the old nobleman, who was
so long member of my household; If
SO, how shamefully | neglected nv duty
towards him Raise your glass, Clara /!
is it he :"
But the young lady's eye did not need
assistance to tell her who it was, so said
that rapidly changing countenance.
Eight years had passed away since she
had looked on that face. The cheek
had lost its roundness, the fair, white
brow, though broader and higher now,
wore an expression of care, and the
quick, flashing eye had a calm, thought
ful gaze. Had the heart too changed :
The lady could not gaze into that
face to read the answer to the question
her heart was asking, for the Young man
had recognized Sir William D. and
was now approaching to grasp the hand
which the old nobleman so eagerly ex-
tended towards him.
1" L take TO myself no credit for this
discovery" said Lewis, in reply to the
warm congratulations of Sir William
:" some drawings Of my father, which
chanced to find, suggested an idea, the
following out Of which led to the result
you see. But here is something" Ia,
added In lower tone, as the nobleman'
attention was again drawn to the me
chanism before him, "here is somethin.
in which | very much pride myself,'
and he put into the hand of lady Glars
small gold box Of exquisite workman
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