Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-03-18

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He was certainly very handsome; tall,
dark, yet pale as marble-his very lips
were pale; with eyes that were extremely |
bright, but which had an expression be.
hind them that subdued me. His man.
ners were graceful. He was very cor
dial TO US, and made us stay long time,
taking US through his grounds to see his
Improvements, and pointing out here and
there further alterations 10 be made, all
with such disregard for local difficulties,
and for cost, that, had he been one of the
princes of the genii, he could not have
talked more royalty. He was more than
merely attentive to me; speaking TO me
often and in lower voice, bending down
near me, and looking at me with eyes that
thrilled through every nerve and fbre.-
| saw that my father was uneasy; and
when we left, | asked him how he liked
our new neighbor. He SAID, Not much,
Lizzie with grave and almost displeas-
ed look, as if he had orobed the weak
ness was scarcely conscious OF myself.
thought at The time he was harsh.
However, as there was nothing posi-.
tive to object to in Mr.. Felix, my fathers
impulse of diStrust could no, be indulged
without rudeness; md my dear father was
too thoroughly a gentleman ever to be
rude even 10 his enemy. We therefore,
saw great deal of the stranger, who es-
tablished himself in our house on the most
familiar footing, and forced on my father
and Lucy an intimacy they both disliked
but could not avoid. For il was forced
with such consummate skill and tact, hat
there was nothing which the most rigid
could object to.
gradually became an altered being un-
der his influence. In one thing only IA
happer-in the loss of the voice and the
r form that had haunted me. Since had
known Felix, this terror had gone. The
reality had absorbed the shadow. But in
, nothing e'se was this strange mans inhu-
, ened over me beneficial. rene embe,
that | used to hate myself for my exces-
sive irritability Of temper when was
away from him. Everything at home
disp eased me. Everything seemed so
, small and mean, and old and poor, after
! the lordly glory of that house; and the
; very carcasses Of my family and olden
t olday friends were irksome and hate
t tul 10 me- All except my Lucy lost its
5 charm; and TO her | was faithful as yer;
to her never changed. But her innu.
: ence seemed te war with his wonderfully.
| When with him, felt borne away in a
torrent. His words fell upon me myste-
i, rious and thrilling, and he gave feeling
, glimpses into words that had never open
= ed themselves 10 me before; glimpses seen
v and gone like the Arabian gardens.
!. When come back to my sweet sister her
r pure eyes and the holy light that lay in
( them, her gentle voice, speaking of the
sacred things of heaven and the earnest
o things Of life, seemed to me like tirmer
e existence; state had lived in years ago.
0 But this divided influence nearly killed
S me; it seemed 10 part my very soul and
n wrench m; being in twain and this, more
!, than all the rest, made me sad beyond
. anything people believed possible in one
# so gay and reckless as had been.
e My fathers dislike to Felix increased
e daily; and Lucy, who had never beer
known to use harsh word in her life
;: refused to believe thought of good ir
= him, or allow him one single claim te
: praise. She used to cling to me in a
wild, besesching way, and enlreat mt
), with prayers, such as a mother nigh
t have poured out before an erring child. ,t
n stop in time, and return to those who low
e ed me. 'Foryour sou is lost from among
e US, Lizzie,' she used to say; and nothing
e but frame remains Of the full life o
}, love you once gave us!' But one word, on'
v look, from Felix was enough to make mt
n forget every tear and every prayer Of he
e who, until now, had been my idol ant
It my awe.
e At last my father commanded me no
q to see Felix again. felt as if l shoul'
h have died. In vain l wept and prayed
n In vain gave full license o my thoughts
: and suffered words to flow from my lip.
y which ought never to have crept into m.
!, heart. la vain; my father was inexora
n Bile.
n Twas in the drawing room. Suddenly
d noiselessly, Felix was beside me. He
II had not entered by TIE door, which wa
(: directly in front of me, and the window
n was closed. l never could understand
e the sudden appearance, for | am certain
h he had not been concealed.
n your father has spoken Of me, Lizzie?
n he continued.
e YES answered, impelled to speak b,
r. something stronger than my will.
Ie And you intend to obey h,m?'
ID NO. l said again, in the same manner
rs as if had been taken in dream.
ID He smiled again. Who was he so lik
D. when he smiled? / could not remembe
r. and vet knew that he was like som
10 one had seen-a face that hovered out
,e side my memory, on the horizon, an
E. never fon,ed near enough to be dis.inctl
e. realized.
hi you are right, Lizzie he then sale