Delaware Democrat. (Wilmington, Del.) 1857-1858, 1857-10-17
SATURDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1857.

nazzaru, Wheh wo ought 70 claw on iron
shore as fast as possible" m '.'H
iou would not surely advise tine givinl
BRIDE Tor the purpose Of seduclng inen t'
neglect Of duty" sad Iremond. u an
sorry Tor the detention, bpt perhaps We
may IN tue end have cause TO rejoice at it
rms +, "a c0fo"at opus Is good maxim ii
ali tningS, ana especially som progress
sive adycrsity'
very well for those not Interested, " re-
plled the captain; but 1t y hard TO beai
tue probable sacrifice Of property and risk
oi iilsT TandT7and-- a deep blush, and
abrupt turn, closed the conversations and
. iollowed the captain into'tne cabin. N
WIN the assistance OF TIE ships stew.
aru he collected from various trunks and
cases what seemed to be the habilaments
ana other parapbernalla Of q young lady
i'iding,,dreSs, reticule, worf-box, shawlsi
ians, gloves shoes, IN hueia load OF ele-
sanoe and luxury encumbefed the tables
Everything was IN turn csrefaliy exam
med, with occasional referelce to writ
ten catalogue; and alter b-lpg approved
or criticised, replaced frequently, du-
ring the survey, was requested to unfold,
loid, and sometimes to admire. They
were all at length disposed OF, and the
owner becoming thoughtful was about
10 ieaVe MN 10 himself "heh ne oecRoned
70 sent ana with a iaint smile asked me
u Understood tue meaning 81 what l saw.
something pretty for your---daughter,
SIT, said hesitatlngiy, foras the captain
was beyond forty, 1 did not suppose him
lover.
daughter, indeed do you suppose
nave iallen into the slough 81 dcepond in
love matters aud that only boys can loveF
- nave never been married; and these
thirgs are Tor my betrothed, You shall
see her, ana you Will then confess that the
presents, elegant us they are, are but a
loll 10 ner' How well, thui waited for
the true one-so beautliul-so accomplish
ed--so artless--so true. There was one
IN early lille who thought she loved me, but
IL was love young dream only. Three
years Of absence, a little neglect on my
part rouseu her spirit, and she found out
.nat shl haa inisup derstood her heart
whlch she called back and gave to anoth-
cr 1t is true that she was not happy,
ana they sald that she loved me stiil; but
eAe @srTs spltlftbFilJhpled berAslPom 70 other
offalthin marfyiGgbefore she received back
from ME the pledge she had given me at
parting; and T. the decline IN the fortune
OF her husband. The degradation OF keep
ing tavern, tue only one in my own lit
tie town, seemed 70 bear hard on herr but
when was compelled to occupy room
in It for time, she had recovered her
spirits, and seemed cheerful, II not gay.
The change was, by certain gossips, ex,
planned by my society but saw lltt.e OF
her, aud she never suffered herself to bo
alone with mel plain proof that love had
grown to aversion 1t was true that my
room was kept iastldieusly neat, that my
meals were delicate and tasteful, aud TINT
no other guest was treated with the same
distinction; but in all that, l saw only the
proud spirit, endeavoring to avoid the
slightest resentment for former wrong,
and telling me plainly that it love had
ever been, love was no longer"
"Oh poor thing, sho did not live long
The tavern was fatal to her husbands ba-
bits. The brute became jealous Of her
before my departure, and pretended TO
lind her ayerse to letting any one lodge Tn
the Gambler | bad lett, ard having found
her IN tears, he proceeded from words Of
wrath to blows, and was killed by her bro
ther in his own bar room, while atempt-
ing to co'eIi'ae her for saying don't say
So, when he was heaping curses on my
absent head. That was bcr pride. Our
Yankee women are all proud; but she was
pre-emincntly SO. As proof OF it, she
could not hear my name, even when on her
death'bed, without coloring deeply"
was too much affected by the tale, SC
carclessiy told, yet pregnant with such
deep interest to one of my sentimental
cast, 10 listen further and | mode my es'
cape to n better moral and political at
mosphere on deck. How little reaeonl
thought |, is there in womaus love-
Such woman, 80 devoted to such crea'
turei without even the perception on bis
part of the first principles OF Affection
The vanity of most men would have ap
proprlated to itself these etherial traces o.
delicate aud undyiug lovei but neither
vanity nor reason, nor responsive sym
lI.s fna oh - hfe nall lou