The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-12-23


application 20 study, before he Joined the
army, had made serious inroaGs upon his
health; and now he found the exposures
OF life III camp too much for him. And
although, as reward for his CALAMITY
he had been promoted. to Coonelcy hv
brerct; acting under medical advice, he
resigned bis commiss;on and returned
home to resume the practice Of law.
In an incredibly short time, he was re.
pnted the fist man in his own State .
and proud constituency had sen, him
to Congress, soon to be numbered among
the first in that body OF great men. The
winter previous to tue time have intro
ducej him TO your notice, he had served
hls list session; and WAS now Oh his way
10 attend the second.
Col. Mowry entered the ballroom in
company with the family OF his arouam.
lance and friend-Maj. DemIy. Helen
did not observe him -n.hen he first enter.
ed, but on hearing strange voice near
her, she TUNED and her eye me, his. |,
WAS but single glance, Yet it WAS suffl-
cient to send the blovd in haste 10 IFS
'ountaIn 10 return again tue mex, moment,
aud sullase ler face:
"ln bushes, more than ever bright"
II WAS bul single glance, but it produce !
marked change upon Helen DAnvers.
Eut moment since and she WAS gay and
all animation; now she is silent. The
eye !haI moment Gefore shone So bright
Is row cast upon lhe four in thoughtful
mood. Why that single glance could cf
iect SO much IN so short "A time, | cannot
tell, unless il be true AS sung by E,,n's
sweetest bard:
"---theIe are looks and tones that dart
An instant sunshine through the heart,
AS II the soul that minute caught
Some Treasure it through life had sought"
But YOU must not suppose that Helen
was weak enough TO fall in love at first
sight Ear from it. She MAS pleased.
That hurr' cd glance, was sufficient to tell
her, that her IDEAL was before her, a
h'." thing .~--.-, - -.,--..-.. ~T -.
fancy. Having made this admission, |
must perio,ce, acknowledge she was, at
once made susceptible to n passion. much
resembling love; and which is often. too
often, mistaken for i. That passion may
ar not, ripen into love, AS circumstances
may !HvUr. She or he who is deceived
by II, and acts upon II, under the inrpress-
ION that true love has taken up its
abode III the heart; is umdeceivcd. but
too late alas when lies reality expose,
the tact, that the eilectof the imagination
has imposed itself upon The cheated one,
for that nobIest passion OF the human
heart. Many are deceived by it TO their
cost. Hence the pale and van and drjec
ted faces, We meet SO often as We Jour
ney through lie. Hence it is that domes-
TIC bliss Is stranger 10 so many family
circles. Hence IL Is that the husband. so
often finds more agreeable society a.,
his neghbors tlrc.i,ie, than AT his own.-
Hence tits that the lovi"g, devoted, self
sacrificing wife, is !cf', neglected at h,me,
while the husband plays the :oafrr on the
street, morning, noon and night. Oh, let
1t be made known to the young people OF
.he land, that while 1t Is Sordid, mean, 10
have no aspiration save for gold and sill
yer, It Is foolish. extremely silly, To foster
and yield 10 the morbid fantasies Of m,
excited imrnagination and that the gol.
den mean lies in thIs--the eYercise ot a
sound judgement and discretion, aud obe
d'ence TO the dictates Of the heart, dis
tInguiShed from whims and fancy notions.
IL will do for the child TO chase the but
terhy, and foi the fool TO seek life OF
pleasure and happiness, ,forgetfu that they
are superstructures erected on the founda.
ton, that common sense has builded, aud
no where else but IL will not do for the
wise man ; else he shall find hia hopes
and expectations, stranded, ere he fairly
begins the voyage OF life.
The heart Of man, aye, and OF woman
too for that matter, is II mystery; and
most a mystery to him in whose bosom it
PaIpi,a,es. Is it possible that the soul
within us knows more, than il can i'm
press nPon the understanding Of the clay
tenement it inhabilsl Is it liable to for
gei!Hiness and do forms and faces and
events fade from its memery and pass
into oblivion ? Is its knowledge Of thing.
restricted 10 such as affect the senses of
the body or are its powers OF observa.
ton confined within no lmilsl We
know not. Man is TO himself a mystery
that 20 human skill can unraveI. lie
feels tune after time, emotions within him
but nc IS unable to explain them, or tell