Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-06-19

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misery is quite 10 real as that " hlch, sfrip
ped oi all adoraments. afDeals to In
baud of charity, o. the soothiHgs Of be
ncvoleuce and sometimes far harder {.
endure because il is so Il, beyond The real
of comfort;
Arthur iis'e was not me 10 accept sub
mission TO duty rs an equivalent for thu
ardent love he bad bestowed, and he be
came sad end sio9mg Hlau i'll die birth
Of his da'iRhtef bestow upon him al
object To lo@e On tEls lid be laYisfed
devotion sNl ~ fathc seldom bFstow
: he watched her "a iofaa. with the trcm-
! y.r5..+ soilsAutie iiye.l Il & supposed. only
mothers bestow upon their children. As
size grew Older she became his companion
constantly and seemed insensibly TO mihgIe
in every thought ani action Of his life
He Taught be- from his own stores Of
knowledge things which few girls learn
She had acquired fewer Of t!fe tighter ac-
complislments than NEST gitls Of her Sta
ton, at Ter lather's death, but, though her
reading had been somewhat desuItory, she
had advanced farther in knowledge. Tn
der the unbouuded love bestowed upon
her, her intellect, strange to say, had ex-
panded more tlsaa her heart, which lay
entrusted by Geld selishness. Always
the object of love and care, she had never
been taught that any return was necessary.
Mrs. Eis's end her daughter, almost de
serted by her filends who had surrounded
them in thei- prosperity, retired to small
eottase upon the banks of the Hudson
near the splendid villa where Tor many
years their summers lad been mostly pass
ed. Mrs. Lisls colieeted the wreck Of
their fortune and invested j: with rare
Judgment but even this was found INSULT
cient 10 meet all Their wants. She resolv-
cd, therefore, TO take into her family few
young ladies' Of her daughter age as pu-
pills. hoping thus % giFe her 10th pleas
ure aud occupation; bet Ellen haushtly
refused all participation in the plan, and
for some time even declined all association
with them.
From this latter resolve she, alter
time, relaxed, and even with an air Of
eoHd ascension, accepted the invitations Of
the Weather 10 visit their homes IN COM
pany With her motlcl. Thus passed three
years. In the solitude of her own room she
pored ever the books which she had been
allowed to retain from her fathers library
and Owed deeper and deeper into the
mysteries of science, and the abstruse the
cries Of metaphysical spectators. At sew
enteeh she was fearless thinker and
hs.l.ia1t conversationalisi. But with her
untouched heart she stood, in her beauty,
sllteiing and cold rs an iceberg.
40 tins period she iret Mf.'MoriiSdn At
the house Of one of the families where she
occasionally visited He was II maa Of
perhaps forty, who having all his HE made
science his mistress, had never married,
probably never loved. lie was struck by
i.llee's brilliant conversation, al charmed
by her thorough acquaintance Wit, suhircss
el his ahsirusr invest cations. He talked
vith her often and long, siil' 'icitng new
stores Of knowledge varied, expressed.
4 length he asked himself If the constant
eomnanionship of such woman would
not brighten his solitary life; and in seek
ing an answer to this question he diseov
cred ihat somewhere beneath the ruins OF
a frame weakened by intense study and
weary researches ia toreign lands, lay
buried heart thai beat faster at her APP
proach, and sent the Blood bounding in
youthful visor through his vieus. In short
The philosophical, somewhat dilapidated
bachelor of forty, was hopelessly in love
with the brilliant beauty OF seventeen.
From the moment Ellen had discovered
that her conversation attracted Mr.. Nor
rison, he had coolly end deliberately laid
her plans. Re was the pessessor. of itn-
mcnse riches which she resolved TO share.
The more closely her chains were wound
about her victim, the greater would be the
influence she meant to WELD when he was
once secured.
She went straight forward, nnlal,cling-
" TO her purpose When Mr.. Morrison
proposed she accepted him at once, al
though she disliked him. Her part was
easier because he was timid as men who
live solitary, interior lives, are wont e De
in the society Of women therefore she
was not troubled with the demonstrations
OF affection which she could scarcely have
done otherwise than seefniuIy repress.-
Size was so brilliant and beautiful and gay
that he never deemed her cold.
We have seen how AFgs Lise steoee to
dissuaie her daughter from this rash step.
But her eutreaties and Arguments were in
vain. Mis-. Isle had never exeited much
influence over daughter. ard BOW Il seem
ed less than ever. She had evidently re-
solved upon her course and would execute
L. The enly eonsoling thought wis, that
if she did not io9a Mr.. Morrison, she eer-
tainly loved no Other; and in time his
Kindness and real worth might win her
regard.
Mrs. Lisie finding all representations in
vain. aided her daughter i'll the necessary
preparations Tor her marriage. She watch
Cd her proud deish, when the magnii=
cent presents which Mr.. Morrison lavish
cd upon her we've dsplayed--she dcelSed
her in her elegant bridal robes, heard her
pronounce the words which bound her TO
Glove, honor and obey the man whose
wealth alone she regarded then saw her,
attended by brilliant party, depart upon
her wedding tour.
After time, Mrs. Lisle heard that her
daughter had returned to New York, and
was settled in the elegant house which
Mr.. Molrsou had purchased and furnish
ed Tor her home. Ellen described hel
home, her dresses and equipage, the places
uah;eh eba ha1 visited in har tnur huf