Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-07-24

OF o0Em0n ltbertines-but with an apparent direct
ness and honesty Of purpose hatth elsewhere warn
ed girl believed to be genuine love He seemed TO
approach her intellect, while he cautiously wound
himself aroaud the Trailer fabric Of her emotions
His perncious princpes,-he was an atheist, -fouad
a plant disciple, while advanced In tones whose
sweetness lulied to sumber her unsuspectng heart.
Alas that friendship, secure In its purpose, may
laps into love insensibty that are startled to
iouspess Of the fact only when called for the
penalty! Alasi-Yes for love as passion must pay
penalty Alas' Yes, for
"Alas! the love of woman! It Is known
To be lovely and a fearful thing
What we're his prineiplesf What were moral laws
10 himl Were not religion and it's peculiar notions
meisl and manifested inherited humbng5 of the
d, ,rker ages fabricated BY nercenary monks 70 OBJ
tam influence over superstitios aud fgnoranse1
Alice listened. No precepts vf religion had ever
been taught her; the mother-worship OF ohiidhood
had ELECTED no coordinate reverence for the Parent OF
all She had seen nnd heani few lessons Of morali-
ty Ithad been talked of en- tho stage, but she had
never seen it practiced behind the curtain. Perhaps
the auditory took the same view Of II that she was
now beginning TO take,-t was thing to be vaunt
ed, but too tame fer practioe. The incongruity Of
these shook her Filth increeds She became skep
tic, as many others have done when they hear too
much aud experience too little Of living Seligon n
lifo-vhen they see the Prnce OF Peace panoplied
Alice listened and, listening, fell. Another thorn
was planted in the breas tof Mrs Ice, That sweet
and genle girl vas dearer to her than all the world
beside Now she had fallen; the fnult was hers a.
lone, andtU her must the awful charge come
Five msnths OF bliss rolled by, and Alice was
forsaken. Did she beiefe it at moe! Heart, that
hss trusted, answer, No, the heart thnt loved In
truth will break in trusting; uRd the full ide of truth
must crush that heart ere It can know fault in the
one loved Love cannet degrade it's object. But
that full tide OF truth did come oyerthe soul Of Alice
letterfrom his OWE hand remsyed tho last pessbil-
ity of doubt within which her womaa's confding.
ness had sought to entrench itself She returned
the letter-or hor mother did for her-spurning the
offer of settlement ~
Reader, have you felt the betrayal Of trusti Have
you staked yur confidence Ia your race Oh the truth
Of test heart and found that heart false enel
You remember then, the dizziness Of sight-the bus
1ing hum that seemed a confused union OF all dis.
cords the whrl and hurry Of inanimate objects A.
round you-the unsteady AoOr--the strange featnres
that seemed moving In Irregular frowns before your
eyes the red mist that thickened over your head
the Instantaneous thirst-and, last, the hot heavy
darkness that shut out that scene ofgsthering hor-
rors7 y lhanfai'sa rAN '-
For many days the agonized mother watched by
the side Of her suffering child Alices engagements
were not met; and Mrs. Lee took her daughters
place But q capricious public were not TO be put
off with the faded charms Of the mother Alice Faw
there was necessity for action All 81 a mothers
love was beginning to awake within her bosom =
From her betrayer that child should never have 70
but she must quit the city of her former successes
II was the scene Of her day and life Of feeling-o
the morning light Of love with its radiant hope and
Joys the noon OF aer comp eted passion and the ter
rible night OF her degradation-of the maidonhoot
| other blushing hope: the womanhood Of her sonl'
tspiEien; and ths decEsRllpds 81 hsI shame and DC
/ in Paris, and hithef lne morner and s--f9s1 "a
| mediately repaired. .l. -.
| Artificial means must now be used to supply th
deficiencies of faded naturei rouge must give tn
roseate tingeto the palled check Of tie suffering
girl; and lily-white must lend the covering veil
its purity to reclaim the sallowness that even the
brilliant gaslight OF the stage oou not neutralizs
The time for her appearance arrived Shecaine for
ward and raised her eyes to the auditory. One
alane among gthecrowd met her eye5-Lord hlwoeds
A wild, auguished scream rang to the high roof o
the building and she fell nanimate upon tho stage
She was carried oil by those around her. Sympo'
thy was hers; even the most hardened behind that
curtain could have shed tear at the pitable agony
of both mother and child
From that night Alice could not be induced to ap
pear upon the stage The hectic flush that lit her
fading cheek announced the sad fact OF her irrepar-
able decline. A lew valuables were disposed of to
meet their personal expenses; until finally Mrs Lee
determined to sail with Alice for Philadelphia She
scarcely had any purpose in doing soi but was mere
ly following one Of those promptings that must rise
in the heart from which the star Of hope has set
like the breeze that follows the setting sun treadng
in the footsteps of retiring day
AS soon as they arrived in Philadelphia, Mrs, Lee
applied for an engagement She was so far passee
80 blasee, in fact-that even those who had been
most indmato with her could not have recognized
her ulner iHYorltes WIN otner auu HesneI 'uaih.
occupied the precious inches OF pubic tavoI ana
was only after much delay tnat sne pfocuteu stua
tion, and then u was one at low rale. Nolnquiry
passed her lips for her husband or FAMILY. She di1
wish to see them ehe dared not aPPtoaen lhe sasreu
shrine OF home that she had deubly ignoiea-.he
dared not see her former hnsnan whose haule she
had dishonofed-she dared not meet ner parents
whose holy teachings she had spurned Besides, he
too might DO degraded Wretcht an outoast OF an
outlaw-the work was hers She resolved never 70
make my farther inquiry. Ii indeed tpere was
greater amount to her charge she did not desire e
know 1T already had she more 70 bear than sue tei
she could long endure. The heavy CLOUD OF guii'
darkened her sky to midnight, but no moen OF reli
gion rose on it to glld It's terroTs with glory
A few days after their arrival Alice became Q
reused her little from her lethargy OF soul but the
glimmsr Of energy was like the penumbral retrode
aection of the SUMS setting rays BY atulght cloud
10 the west. =. ..r
Piece after piece Of jewery again was disposed OF
/ for Mira. Lee knew that neither mother nor chile
would be long spared 10 her.
The night for her engagement arrived. Wha
| was 10 be done? 10 bronk u would be Co eKpos'
| them both TO want. Could she leave her daugbte
thus with the scarce breathing babe, not week old
and its mother too feeble TO raise her head Nov
was she beginning to receive the meed OF guilt
reaplng the Whirlwind, having sewn the wind. Pu
her punishment was more than human nature oollt
beari no piety came to her aid in the hour OF afic
| tion--her swelling heart was breaking, She shud
dered at the IDEA ol leaving that Pale ana sriokei