The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-09-23

shspenWali. w nav man, VINO knowg now &
love, ever cares to expatiate much on4a disat
pointed lovely 1t WAS strange perhaps that b
should love her so but 30 he did. He hs
never been able to see any fault in her, frof
the beginning of their acquaintance to it's clos {.
but one and even that his dszzled eyes 50 y
as something apart from her, not het fault, b 4
the fault of her training, or want of tpainin !.
Her soul on one occasion, and on one slor !,
bad appeared before him in an ugly dress; b L
that he Considered as merely the fault of y g
dress. maker. His passionate tenderness il ).
mediately substituted for it the garb of &C l.
desc; and in this her image stood evermc e
clothed in his thoughts. She was that # e
thing-so much ofteuer heard of than seer ;
perfect beauty, and moreover brilliant, arde: :,
and, where she lovsd, ravishingly lovely; y
she was certainly not, at this time at least, 4
that be thought her.
1 cannot undertake to defend his deusio'
but in extenustion | must state, that it il !,
general, not to say universal, one. Eaamot d
lads and lasses, vol see in each other not wi II
you have really fos.,d, bat what you have idf j,
ly found, wha. Mr.. Dickens says you ell see ia
your looking glasses, the pleasing reflect n
of your own fancy" Sly Puck, believe e,
did not use up all of the juice of the "little e
ern flower upon Titanis's eyes, nor ON th ~
of the Athenisn lovers. / can see the ira y
of it upon the dropping lids of almost all oi
you. Cupid weaves and bats the snares iot
you but he leaves it to Chance to set them an
the way of tie unwary Tityrus. II, at the tina
when you first saw Amaryllis in Italy, the Fste,
had thrown you in England, in the neighb, u.
hood of a trap with Phillis in it, Philis wossd
have caught you; I'd you would have prefer -
her herbs and OTHER savory mes SEES" ever T.
the juice of all Amaryllis' figs and oraue Of,
and Amaryllis, dit o, ditto. Collectively, 500
would have worsbpped your golden hal ed
and raven. tressed 6ivinities as extravagantls--
mean sppreciatingly you nov do; sever
ally you would have changed idols. "Propit.
guilty." my dears, as Mrs. Broadstone said
"PropiLquity |" :
| "Leaves have their time 10 fall :"
and when it comes, fall they do, headlong in
the dust, on the fawer.bed or among the net.
ties, as the case may be and 80 have hearts
theirs, chiefly between the ages of sixteen end
thirty, to fall in love; and they do it likewise
in rather precipitate and indiecriminate wan,
as the wind may happen to blow; but Hermsa's
fell upon a queen lily, and chung to it hence
| forth. He was no. mistaken in thinking hee q
rare woman, if he was in thinking her more
than Q woman. B 9 thought her more than 4
woman, and suffer I'd accordingly.
In the seccLd pl ce, there was a change in his
position in society, consequence of his speech
speeches, rather or he soon found occasion
to follow up the 70 mer with others equally el6.
quent and much ,iore effective, because, with
growing tact, better adapted to his apdient es.
That change in bis position can perhape be
thoroughly under ,tood only by those 40,
members of unft shionable political part es,
have moved in fas hionable society when ar
ties ran high. Hs had hitherto enjoyed his
share of the socia consideration which two or
three generations Q wealth, tastefully used, I'D
entailed upon his family. Without the IL .st
selfconceit he ha hitherto, from pure ines ,e
rience, want Of k ,owledge of the world, Ind
confidence in the God faith of others, uneon.
sclously, as young persons are apt to do In IN.
liar circumstances taken it for granted that She
cordial welcome q ID charming courtesy which
he had met with sherever he went, twere the
expression of q sspcere liking and respect for
his person and character, and that they coald
hardly be forfeited among the generality of his
old neighbors, unless by misconduc. on his part.
To his surprise, the welcome, the charm, the
courtesy were not to be sure universally, but
very generally, altered. The wellbred now
treated him With cool good.breediDg the i'll
bred with cool ill.breeding. Some of them
honestly thought his political course wrong |;
some, without caring particularly whether it
was wrong or right, thought it most inconveni
ent and exasperating; and some, again, with
out thinking at all, took their cue from the
rest. 1t is no doubt very tri6ing thing to
have single little drop of cold water thrown
upon ones head but very long succesai IN
of such little drops, dropped upon the same
worn and intener tied spot, may in time have
an unpleasant Ell .ct, even upon ones reason
and it certainly p;ust strike the sufferer oddly
at FIRST, when he nds old acquaintances, whom
he has always REGARDED as friends as far as any.
thing, volunteering, as amateur executiorers,
whenever he con ,ss in their way, to admin, ter
each bis globule a the homeopathic cumub i've
torment. When il falls upon a heart this al
ready knows its fwn secret separate bitter .ss,
the case is hard~r yet. Cold water, how Ter,
is bad or q gosj thing, according to the na-
ture of the stuff /. has to act upon. 1t sol ems
plaster steel, iftempers. Let Tyranny, g cial
or individual, plgpge in it the sword of Lib rty,
glowing from the forge. The sword will hi IDLY
drown in it, or ceme out again the more amt
for the treatment
Herman woult not mention to his sister the
petty daily anroyances to which he was sub
jected. He the oeht that woman, biting ex-
cluded from the agreeable excitements 20.
litical life, ougbA also to be privileged ag mat
the disagreeabls: BE did not wish to sep rate
her from her Old friends. He knew her we'll
/
polish of her MINERS might cover her ind gna-
ton, her feelings, if she once saw how mi tiers
stood, might be seriously aud permanent al
tered towards any of them who proved exile
towards him. TO Edward he did drop hint
or two. Edward administered consol alton
somewhat afte the fashion of Eiiphaz the
| Temanite, Bid I'd the Shuttle, and ophar the
Naamathite, 70 led into one. In the first lace,
he denied the existence Of Coventry; ia the
second, he extsnu ated, if he did not defeud, Il
"You have always held yourself aloof from
other people, MY dear man. Why should you
expect them to staod by your You have been
perfect Peter the Hermit and now you come
out with rag muffin party, and preach cru
sade against their souls hold dear-or mean
to hold dear, they csn--factory cottona and
negro denims for instance. Not being very
we'll acquaine1 with you previously-~hose
fault is that <they we're unwearied in request.
ing the honor tnd the pleasure of your compa
ny-they nstu ally think you crazy. Learn g
lesson for the future and if you expect to in.
auence men, md have them stick to you in
times like th, Se, show yourself among them,
and make yor fself agreeable and necessary to
them at ali Ii, Jes."
u always islt kindly towards our acquaint
anees. l sup5osed that they knew it."
"How?"
"By takin it for granted, suppose, as :
did, that they felt kindly towards me-" :
"You wer guileless youth, if you tool
anything of Il /, sort for granted. The generou
public, not FsiIg guileless, usually require
stronger proc Besides, you labor under tk9
further disad antage of belonging to conspit.
nous and ras ,er wealthy family. DON'T 20
know that we,lth and family are positive ssr
against the pace of Demos, to be atoned for
the jealous O fellows tribunal only by gems