Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-11-27
MISCELLANE O US;
EVA BRYAN !;
OR THE BROKEN HEART.

Was there ever such a thing as death
FROM broken heart 1 DO not regard
myself as having superabundance of sen.
Ftiment, yet, at the hazard of having the
impufatioR cast upon me, will answer
the Question, affirmatively /; aud instead Of
resor'ing to arguments. either logical or
physical, will relate ah ,inciden! by way
Of illustration, Knowledge of the facts Of
which came to me in. the routine of nv
profession.
Two young men, George Shelaeh and
Harry Preston, are seated in the office oil
an eminent jurist in the own9of c.
in Tennessee. They were apparently
each about twenty three years Of age. In
appearance they are noble specimens OIL
young manhood-athletic of body and
vigorous of mind.
They are friends-have been from boy
hood. They were marticulated together
At college, graduated at the same time,
read law under the same instructor. have
cultivated similar tastes, formed similar
habits, and haze FOR each o!hsf an arden,
friendship;
they have just passed the castothats
io'm o! judicial examination, and have
been admitted 10 the bar. The usual, yet
not UNSUITABLE latitude Of morals has bertl
taken by them, and although their course
had been such a. were common with most
"young men about town." they were re-
garded as reputable and pr6ihlsins young
men, and so they were, iu the main. Z,
Neither Of them had the prestige oil for
tune or family connections: They were
poor, apart from their own exertions.-
Fond Of female society, and having access
to the best IN G.. they had given
more of theif ti!ie IL the sex than was
quite compatible with student life. With.
out having any thought Of forming a mat
rimonial connection soon; At lesst. unit
their position in life would justify it, they
had, nevertheless. Is too many young per
sons in the SAME condition do, left tn,
door OF the heart little aiar. This wa
not so rcprehensible in them as w1s til,
exertions they made TO enter in, and TAX,
possession Of the hearts Of the other sex
Without having any particularly base 6e
sign, they had sought to obtain the affec
fions Of women merely as a pleasant .ex
citement, with no thought Of marriage
and with no though, Of HE misery it NIGH
bring to the other party.
Am IN error when say that this is
course OF conduct common to the youn
men Of this age, and that it is most ev
also Their object Of itself may not
evil; II may be. simply,
F'To sport awhile with beau,y's chain,
Then throw il idly by.'
Yet little d6 they dream that what to ther
may have been intended as d harnile,
Rirtation, maj esnb,rer the life Of anothe
or; tercl,ance. lay her early awsy amen
the pale faced sleepers.
u does iiot alv sys foll6W, yet il IS get
orally true; that woman is mois trustfl
than man that her love is her life, an
that when once her heart is fully wSn;
is won for life. An upright, hEh6fabl
mind should pause then before he triA.
with nature too confiding.
George aud Harry had been thougl,fle.
IN this respect and without intending i
| the former had been preparing cup
bitterness and 0f death, for young wi
man who deserved better fate.
Evalyn Bryan, The young person Of who
! speak, was pupil of mine in the Frenc
College at c.. She was the daugI
ter OF poor needle woman. whose gres
struggle in life was 10 see her Eva take
proud position in the world Of mind. I
accomplish this. the poor mother had tot
ed early and late. had sacrificed health an
Epleasurc and had denied herself even I'll
common necessaries of life. Nobly di
Eva repay oil in her diligence and succe
as student; and ample was the recon
pense of the poor needle woman, as si
listened on commencement day, To Ill
valedictory read by her daug h,er 10
crowded auditory, all of whom delighte
to do homer to the pale, intellectual. darI
Ieyed girl.
George Sheldon was ONE smosg man
apprecia,ive listeners to the womanly sci
timents. and the rarely BEAUTIFUL though
that fell in rich cadences from Eva's LIP
as she addressed her words Of parting