The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-08

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what she had been Taught tS c,nsider her YER
nacular, besides further emil Il ishing the com.
munication of their ideas b, g speaking Engliah
with what may be termed d Q Guinea accent
introducing from time 70 tin certain startlin9
cultural intonations, evident learned while the
organs of speech were still p ANT, in conference
with sable masters and miatr, IL 90 not of the cal.
tiyated class of negroes. :h.n, again, even
among the small number Of persons whom shs
was disposed to like, she foa d to her surprise,
that not quite all were ready I.ke her. Some Of
them, adding 70 their good irds and manners
good hearts, we're much disl a.sed with what
they heard, if they did not cl CO 10 zee, of her
unamiable and unwarrantASl, contempt for
others, whose feelings and vo Il, thsy respected.
10 word, she soon found b. ash - little pop-
ular out OF school ss abe h been in il, and
demonstrated an important p p,,osition, which
here lay down for the benefit O . ] roanancs read.
ing young friends of mines ~ they be many,
when' II ever, my romance is Finted-napslys
those who live in world + their own, can
hardly ever &c. on at all vel in the world of
other people. The circle possible sympa-
thizers narrowed and mario, I'll wherever abe
went, until in Boston, in this D esent winter of
49,, the Arden family stoos .lmost alone in
her liking, and in liking her sut they suited
her SO we'll, that, in their con o any, she seemed
ana ieit thoroughly amiabl charmed, and
cnaem'ng. There were or 4 two brothers
among them, however; and edward, the old
s"' was too indoient and ,spicuresn and
Herman, the other, too little imposing, too lit.
tie stern and mysterious, and, though two wears
her senior in age, too young !, ell his wave for
her almost despaired-of her !, and where to
look for him, she still could 4 II tell; when, in
the mean while, not only ha, Herman Arden
fallen in love with her, which 81 as to have been
expected, and not at all araordinarv. but
without in the least dreaming - such thing
such things will happen sot stimes-she had
fallen in love with Herman A leni
How such things do hap sin, perhaps the
people to whom they happen en- can seldom
tell exactly; but these two ,3ple really had
some points in common, and aemed at least to
have many. Both were very ,foantic, to begin
with; and he perfectly ag, ,od with her in
taking her superb physical be uty for the stamp
OF equally rare spiritual be lty. Both had
earnest and aspiring natures, Earnestly yearu.
ing after what presented itse.t to their minds
as the noblest and the best. though neither of
them had hitherto discovered 1, however, thew
we're unlike in this-that viii he st,od reads
to tear his way in all diret ons, save one,
through his most cherished 4 asions, the mo.
ment he had cause to suspect that they we're
illusions, until he could come 1t the realities
which they yelled, she hugs,sI her illusions.
and stood ready to tear, j taphor;callv o,
course, every reality, person, or thing, which
came too near them. She .2sed the names
OF patriotism and glory; hes the names for
the sake of the things. Size felt, and did
not think; he felt. but the, tht too - aha
near being one, without knowfg it. He was
mindful of what he considered his duty to his
God and this, and the modoe, hope that he
was so, gave him an inward pa ity and dignity
of life. She was mindful of e,at she consid.
cred her duty-to herself; tai this, and the
proud consciousness of it, gave her an outward
purity and dignity of life. Z Mike him, she
could be revengeful-but, lille him, never in.
tentionally unjust. She could- % arrogant and
cruel in speech, as he never VIZ but her pout
ing lips knew not how to fran49 lie. She was
extremely vain, but she could not condescend
to flirt nor to be firted with. :
Then Herman and she lik.d many of the
same pleasures and people vho enjoy them
selves together are apt to lil,;, each other-a
truism worth the bordering ca mstch.makers.
he was an excellent rider, ana always eagerly
ready to escort her and Clare IN his beautiful
bay. he sang we'll in a duet and read aloud
much better. He read her iAvorite poets to
her, as che worked or drew, x1d taught her to
love some of his, when interpreted by his singu-
larly musical, true, and sponta eeous information,
which often seemed, as she OF ce told him, f." as
if the soul of the dead writer CAD got into his
voice." He threw aside his ireek authors, to
study Italian with her and his sister; and,
though much more ignorant of the language
than they at the outset 500 surprised them
with The light which he COT ID throw, at one
glance, into dark places N the "Dipina
Conmedia," which had szzled them for
hours. There was no comm sion too difficult
or too Troublesome for him tc execute zealously
for Constance, at the slightee iutimation from
her that she would consent accept his ser.
vices and they we're always offered and rem.
'dered with sort of chivalrop courtesy partic
nlarly to her taste, which see led to imply that
in doing her will, he did his, own, and that to
honor her was the highest b. aor he could pay
himself. Still, she could OF fancy him bel
page, and not her knight, til once, after hs
had been off on scienti6, expedition for ,
week or two with Mr.. Aga ,iz, she perceived
that the page could not | dispensed With
while the knight was not fortl coming; that Her
man loved her with all his | art, and that sh
could not very well help wing him in lik
manner. Since it could moi be helped, there
fore, the best thing to be do q seemed to be t
get the page knighted. palmer English
though she had now been two gears out of schoo
and the original castle had been q good des
battered down in spite of 3, by contact Wit
the hard battering ram of shionable life, sh
wished that the ruins shout be manned for he
! by helpmeet, who should ! least be states
, man high in Office; and Herman was .
2 fond of her, and so very ver and obEgine
. she believed that she mighr- make him the pro
table servant of her ambi on, supporting th
!. comparative weakness of . character by tn
strength of her own. She aad understood tbs
, his family, in all its brana< es, had always b
longed to that wing of the Wing party which b,
longed to Slavery. She would with him return