Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-23
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY %, 1857.

d his rank, and proud heart made him bit
I lerly Jealous Of all who had the advantage o
nm. II was this that gave verify to the ex
preston which we have before noticed in hi
4 ieatures; made him torment to himself; ant
\ rendered him incapable of sympathizing will
Diners. If word was addressed to him, hG
peileNed that It was designed to afford an op
poftnnity OF ridiculng his reply; if contradic
ZION was opposed to him, his visage blackeneC
| ~ though he felt that he had been insuted.-
fiDert, SO open to examination, was the onl.
person whom he did not suspect and dread
hey hunted, shot and went into society to
| gtlheri and it was observed that Marcus los
/ holhlng by the contact. His confidence in
creased, his reserve in some degree disappear
ed, and Vibert secretly congratulated himsrl
on having fashioned a battery to receive the
hatleling attentions from which he was anxious
70 escape. His ambition, indeed, was other
Wise attracted.
| AT afew miles distance from Hazledell wa
pretty estate, called Silvermere, from snal
lake, which reelected the front of the dwell
ing and the high grounds, and rich timber be
hind it. II was inhabited by persons OF con
! sideration in the country, who were too happ
| al home to mix much with their neighbors. l
| fact, OF numerous family, there was but on
daughter old enough to be introduced an
she was OF beauty SO rare, that there wa
liltln danger in keeping her upon hand unit
hrr sister was OF an age to accompany her il
to society. In this family, Yibert had bee
for some time a tavorte, and had been flsci
mated on his first Introduction toit. The beaut
oi whom We have made mention, and her sis
| Ter, year or two younger, were placed oil
| either side Of him and it was hard to know
whether most to admire the wild tongues and
laughing loyliness of the younger-the fair.
hard Edith; or the retiring, but smiling dig
NIFTY OF the blaclS eyes and pale, fine features ol
the elder-the graceful Marion. They were
perhaps, both pleased to see the here of the
country conversations; but the younger one
was the foremost to display it, without being
iirt, she was frank, and had the rare, natural
gift Of saying and doing what She pleased with
ont danger of miSconstruction. Tho daring
but feminine gaiety Of this young creature,
speedily dispclled from the mind of Yibert all
idea Of his recent acquaintance. On his ma
king some mention of it, she assured him that
on ier part, the acquaintance was by no means
recent, for she had heard him discussed as of
ten hs any knight of the Round Table.
"To place you upon an equality with us,
she said, GO will tell you what sort Of persons
we are, and you can Judge whether at any tu-
turc time, when your horse happens to knock
w. ip our neighborhood, and your dinner to be
vantage Of us. Papa and mamma, who you see,
have been handsome couple, and would think
themselves so still, If they had not such well
grown family, are by no means rigid, eXacting.
fault t-tinding and dsagreeabe, like pas and
mas in general. They have had the good taste to
discover our prccose talents, and profit by be-
ing our companions instead of our rulers, from
the time we learned the art Of spelling words
OF one syllable, and doing as we were not bid
da.i Incfaa1 nfp in ,ipda aalc
they used to reason with us as to their propri-
ETY., and generally got the worst Of the argu-
ment; so, saving that in virtue of our old
companionship we make them the cOnfidants
OF most of our dilemmas, they have brought us
up Gharmingly undutilul and selt-willed. As
for Marion, she is Il young lady, enormously
supposed TO be the pride of the family, and
who prcsumes to regard me with patronizing
complacency, which seems to intimate an idea
that, one Of these days, shall really learn to
ttk, She is a sedate parsonage, who tries to
reflect upon things; but as the same deep
study, has shaded her brow as long as l can
reeollect, imagine that she does not often
come to conclusion. Yet the talsely-styled
pride of Silvermere does not blanch hel
checks in the unwholesome atmosphere oi
SSlqsgped tones; nor by spinning the globes
nor bE hunting the stars. Her charmer is q
little touched with romance, and her study is
how TO mend bad world, which continues
aiing in spite of her. She gives all of her
consolation, and half of her pin-money to a
tribe Of old DANES and young damsels, who,
under such patronage, only pull our hedges in
greater security, or add fresh col0rs to their CO.'S
tune, which is to haunt triumphant on the fair
day. The urchins whom she teaches 'to guess
tleir LESSONS and buys off from aiding in
the tolls of ftherparents, are the most mischiev-
uls ir the neighborhood and, in short,
things go on worse and worse, and poor Mari
on does not know what to make of it. From
the humble world, so different from the Area
dim affair of her Imagination, she turns with
despair to the sphere in which she is herself to
move, and shudders at the prospect of disap-
lontment there also. Where amongst such
a community OF young ladies battling for pre-
cedence, and young gentlemen vowing eternal
c0nstancy to Il dozen ut a time, can she look
for the friend Of her SOUL or the more favored
being, who is to console her for the want of
one! Alas, the pride OF SilyermerG with
feelings so delicate that g0ssamer might
wound them, how can she accommodate herself
TO any world but that of the fairy tales which
delighted our nursery, or expect tranquility in
any place but cloister ~
Yibert's calls were repeated often, each one
allording preteXt for another; and each visit
gGowing longer than the last. The father of
his two attractions, was required frequently
ny lllS MIClG llG allCul NGChS
at time, and their mother was generally con-
fined by delicate health to her chamber. Thus
Yibert's intimacy with them had but little GER
emOny to restrain its rapid adyancemcntS; and
he soon felt, what has perhaps been felt by
many, that the simple smile of the dignified
and retiring is more perilous than the bright
est glance of wit and vivacity. Indeed, Edith
was too gay to be suspected of any thought
beyond that of amusement; but the actions of
NJ l,a
ton was the more tatterng. Vibert laughed
when he encountered the first; but his pulse
beat the quicker at the sight OF the last. There
seems in the affairs Of the heart, to be an un-
accountable Intelligence, by which without
the use Of external signs, the treInors of the
one generally find their revcrberation in the
other. Often as Eibcrt entered to share in the
amusements of the sisters, to give
account of the horse that he was breaking in
for Marion; or the dog he was teaching antics
for Edith, it was impossible for him to be in
sensible to an increasing flush Of satisfaction
at hds appearance, and by degrees he gave up
all other society, and had no pastime to which
Marion was not party. Both young, both in
terested in the others happiness it was not
likely that they should reflect, how the bright
est flowers may be tho seat of poison, and the
sweetest moments the parents of misery
Their intimacy became more confidential; and
Edith left them more and more to themselves
to seek amusement elsewhere. Still there was
no question of love. Yibert knew that with
ont fortune or expectations, he could have no
pretension to Marion; and that the number of
her young brothers and sisters must render it
impossible for her father to remedy the def
cheney. 1t was then that he felt the extent of
the sacrifice he had made in devoting himself
so entirely to his uncle. Had he adopted any
profession, he might have obtained home of
his own, to say the least; and, how ever, that
home might have been, would Marion have
shrunR from it /! Would Marion have failed to
make it the richest spot upon eartha He was
yet only of an age when many commence their
career; his mind was too active and too
brilliant to suffer his habits to become so fixed
but that he could apply them to anything. He
determined upon breaking the matter to his