Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-22

cuoIly and deliberately laid Ii
the posseSsor Of immense riches which she re-
solved TO share. The more closely her chains
we're wound about her victim, the greater would
be the influence she meant ~ Weld when lie
was once secured
She went straightforward. unfateringly, TO
her purpose When Mr. Morrison propnscd
she accepted him at once, although slIc diSlikcd
him. Her part was easier because he WAS limid,
as men who live solitary. interior lives, are wont
to he 10 The society Of women; therefore she
was not troubled with demonstrations of alice
ton which size could scarcely have done other
wise than scoriiully rrpress. She WAS so bril-
liant aud beautiful and gay that he never deemed
her cold.
We have seen how Mrs. LiSlc strovc TO dis
suade her daughter from this rash s!cp. But
her entreatics aud arguments were in vain. Mrs.
Lisle had never eycrlcd much influence over her
daughter and now it seemed less than ever.
She had evidently resolved upon her course aud
would execute il. The only consoing thought
was, that it she did not love Mr. Morrison she
certainly loved no other, aud in time his kind
ness and real worth might win her regard.
Mrs Lsle. finding all exposiulalions in vain,
aided her daughter in the necessary preparations
for her marriage. She watched her proud de-
light when the magnificent presents which Mr..
Morrison lavShcd upon her were displayed
she drcked her i'll her bridal robes, heard her
pronounce the words which buund her to :: love,
homo: and obey" the nlnn, whose wealth alone
she regardcd-then saw her, attended by bril-
liant party, depart upon her wedding tour
After il time Mrs. Lislc heard that her d,ucl-
ter had returned 10 New York and was settled
in the elegant house, which Mr.. Morrison had
purchased and furnished for her home. Ellen
described her home her dresses, and cquipagc,
the places she had visited in her tour, but there
was not one word of the man whose wealth had
placed all these things 1T her disposal. She
urged her mother TO visit her, and tie same post
brought letter from Mr.. Morrison kindly and
urgently inviting the "molhcr Of his Ellen" to
come and live with them. She must bc lone
w." he wrote, {" in her cottage home, and it
would always be his delight TO do all in his
power to make her happy who had bestowed
upon him such an ncsliinablc treasure as his
lovely wife," Mrs Lisle knew BY the contents
Of this letter that his dream Of happy, mutual
love was yet unbrokcn. She accepted tho ill-
vitation for Il visit but declined becoming an
inmate of their home, preerring, as she said her
own rural solitude.
The visit was made and Mrs. Lislc was very
soon convinced that Ellens happiness was but
4 hollow seeming. She had al once plunged
into all the gayetics Of the city, and was evil
denlly the star Of a brilliant circle. Her hns.
band lived much in Il circle Of SdranS, among
which his own scientific researches aud Iabors
| had placed him. These, Ellen sometimes con-
descended TO delight, by her fresh and vigorous
remarks. but olIencr she escaped to her own
clique, and the husband and wife became widely
separated by their pursuits.
Thus passed on several years. Mrs Lisle, at
her iufrequent visits, sew many things to con-
| firm her in the belief that Ellen was miserable
and that Mr.. Morrison was at length awaking
from his dclusion, TO keen sense of the wrong
which had been done him. She had once held
some conversation with Ellen, in regard TO her
conduct towards her husband, but was met with
such fierce, defiant spirit as ccctuaiIy to close
her mouth for the future She also became the
involuntary witness 10 some scenes Of expos
tulailon and recrimination between the husband
and wife, which showed that Mr. Morrison had
become acquainted with some levity of conduct
on the part of Ellen which he deemed unbe-
coming and desired to see abaed IIcncefor-
ward her visits became less frequent, ut length
almost ceased, and she remained full Of an al
most irreprcssible anxiety.
At length the blow, so long though vaguely
dreaded, fell. A letter came, one morning from
Mr.. Morrison written almost incOhcrcntIy, TO