The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-07-28
CADIz OHIO WEDNESDAY, JULY %, 1858

to melting charity" full Of gentle, womanll
promptinss, treasure for him who yetshoult
pierce the SHOWS of her outer life.
But there were few who remembered, o1
cared to trace back this change, to date th'
commencement Of this naughty retceuce from
the period of Harriet's sojourn and Rosedale.--
Let US 90 back and seek its cause,
Mrs. Hope, the aunt Of Harriet Harland, wa
the widow Of the clergymen who, after having
ministered to the people ofRosedale many years
had died universally regretted. During his life
his wife had been his worthy and efficient coad
jutor in his parish labors, and she shared witt
him the regard and respect OF his people. which
was due both to her association with him, and
to her own qualities Of mind and heart.
Still fresh and youthful in feeling though the
weight Of ofthrec-soore years had bowed her once
erect form, and their SHOWS were sprinklcd up
on her once lustrous, dark hair, there was nc
home in Rosedale where Il o young delighted
more to gather, than that over which Mrs. Hope
presided. 1t followed, therefore, that Harriet
IIarland speedily became acquainted with near.
ly all the youthful portion Of the inhabitants o
Rosedale, as well as with the elders who dc.
lighted to honor the widow oftheir former cIer
gyman, for the sake of his beloved memory, as
well as for her own virtues.
And here she met Arthur Hope, the nephew
of the deceased clergyman. Pre- eminent, in
tho social no ~ or;nrr of HI, p,t;va y;llora 70,
his fine person and handsome features, it was
more especially in private that the beauties o
his rarely cultivated mind were apparent. And
Harriet ha frequent opportunities Of studying
him in public, and in the pleasant privacy o.
home. For to Mrs. Hope he looked fo- all that
he would have sought from the mother he
scarcely remembered sympathy, en-
couragement rebuke and praise. Her house
was his home, his resting place, his shrine ofthc
affections. .a-,ai ...
Mr. Hope had carly detected the rare genius
of the lad, and while he lived hal directed his
studies. At his death he secured to HIM a
small income, with which, aided by the fruits
Of his own exertions, he hal gained an excel
lent education, and at the period Of IIarriet's
visit, he had recently been admitted to the bar.
Arthur Hopes life had been m unceasing
struggle Absorbed in his studies, his hopes
and his ambitions, he had found little time fol
society, and, with the exception Of that in which
he mingled in Rosedale, with all the freedom o.
his boyhood, he had seen none As for love, he
scarcely thought OF it, and all its experiences
were yet to come. ~, ,,-.... ...
When he met Harriet lTarland, she seemed
to him libo being Of another sphere. Her
speech, her manners her movements, her dress,
were all different from, and superior to, any.
thing he had before seen. Grace surrounded he1
motions like the soft, faint perfume that she al
ways wore, and she seemed as unconscious o
one as ofthe other. She was, perhaps, no more
beautiful than other girls-there were beautiful
girls in Rosedae-but the air Of fashion. of re-
finement, Of high culture, the perfection Of her
dress, the elegant arrangement other fine hair
the harmonious selection of colors that she
wore, set off her natural charms to the utmost
and formed a strnnge contrast with the "bean
ty unadorned' Of the rustic maiders among
whom she now moved. t..l, -.....
| 1t would be long story--one by no means
strange, but, on the contrary, so common as tc
win no lnterest-were we to tell how surprise
grew into admiration, admiration into trembling
homage and that, as familiar intercourse in the
simple life Of Mrs. Hopes cottage removed the
early awe of the first days of acquaintanceship
into intense and ardent love, that, for days ane
weeks, with all its passionate longngs unutter
cd, filled and pervaded the life of Arthur Hope
All ambitious aspirations, all other hopes, dc
sire for knowledge, and fame, and the world
praise, faded before this one great passion that
consumed the ardent soul Of this silent calm
seeming man. Mrs. Hope, to whom, hitherto
every emotion Of his heart had been patent
scarcely guessed this vital secret; to Harriet i
was shrouded mystery, enveloping her bcinl
I in warmth and lifc and all delicious influences
and itself carefully concealed
Accustomed to homage and open admiration
she scarcely comprehended aught that was ex
pressed by the delicate attentions bestowed up
on her by Arthur Hope. She was strongly at
tracted toward him. His fresh, vital soul pour
cd forth thoughts that were strangely in con
trast with the vapid talk that bore the name {
conversation in the circles in which she ha
been accustomed to move. He was one a
whose feet she might sit and learn wisdom, a
he longed to catch the inspiration of love froi
her eyes. ,hsu lp
i All unconsciously this haughty beauty fell
victim to the influences that surrounded her,
She never dreamed Of loving Arthur Hope
poor man, with his foot scarce plauded on tn
first round OF the ladder of success. With Ill
and its intensest struggles yet before him, ant
all to win or lose. And yet she did love hin
long before he dared to tell in tremulous tone
the story Of his wild hopes and deep devotion
4 And yet she, heard this tale, one that sen
the blood bounding through her veins wit
strange throbbng puIsations, one that foode
her soul with intensest joy, and Weakened re
sponse that left her no longer ignorant OF til
great mystery ofwoman's nature--her capacit
for loving, in cold silence, heard her lover thro
until he pausedin the burning eloquence Of b
vows, and protestations, and entreaties, to loo
upon her face and seek his answer there, an
then, in "a half score Of calm, scornful words, ri
fused his love, refused him hope, and darkcne
! bis life! IN. ,s6s @.a.
That hour the two parted and for ten yeai
. met no more! Both kept their secret. and non,