Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-11

had become greatly attached. How sui
lerlng softens the heart! Thank Go,
for it! For the first time | felt the hu
initiation of my poverty. l had not th,
means OF bestowing a parting gift upor
my attendants. Charlie saw my embar
rassment and placed his purse in my
hand. ., affection is 80 sweet 1t is &c
blessed to feel yourself folded in the rich
warm heart. of a friend, that even poverty
sorrow and self a%basement itself, are &
cheap price to procure it. Charlie would
not allow me to speak of my career o.
folly until | was fully restored, and then
when undertook to tell him, | found that
IN my delirious rawlings he had learned
all. AS o as | was able | called at
my uncle's. My aunt only made her an.
p%earance, and my first glance at her face
told me that all my affairs in that quarter
were settled. Suffice it to say that
received from her such a description of
my character and career as was by no
means hattering. She " held the glass up
to nature" She said that Julia had been
80 shocked by the account which Herbert
had given of my recklessness and folly.
that she considered herself entirely ab..
solved from her engagement, and ended
by limiting that any further visits to her
house would be superduous.
Madam" I replied, II acquiesce in
all that you say, and yet there is a lady
mere whom trust would not regard me
win utter contempt, and whom | would
De glad to see once more. | mean Miss
Lucy Townsend"
No sooner had l spoken than 7 felt
myself a fool for having done so, Nv
aunts Tree grew positively cast like.
You would like to take an evening
walk with her again, would you 2" said
she, " to the Disgrace Of my ra.n xvu
perceive. sir. that your conduct is thor
oaghiy unmasked. 1t was my son who
discovered the conduct of that base crea
ture and yourself, and l assure you we
are as free from her presence, as we will
be from yours"
Horrible woman !" l said, what
would you insinuate :? She is pure as an
angel. You shall surely retract this in
justice"
A scornful laugh was the only reply,
and she left the room. A new misery
nad now burst upon me. She who had
become the loadstar of my imagination,
whose smile lived in nv heart like a
dream of heaven, had through me suffered
this humiliation. Almost frenzied with
the thought, | sought the counsel Of my
friend. lie undertook to discover her
residence by making inquiries of her
pupils at the Pacific Hotel. He found
ner at the residence of a friend, whittier
she had gone when she left my uncle's.-
lie SAID, no doubt, the best things he
could OF me, and made an appointment
Tor me to visit her. I did so, and what
we had suffered was a bond of sympathy
70 draw us more closely together. Dis
gusted as | had become with the glitter
OF external charms, [ was prepared to
appreciate her unobtrusive grace. En-.
nuled as | had been with Julia's empty
%twaddle, the thought and feeling which
howed forth in Lucy's every word, was
as refreshing as the water springs and
palm trees of the oasis desert. Ny visits
became very frequent, and Charles often
accompanied me. Now I had found a
woman to whom l was proud to introduce
him. Months rolled away, and though
heavy debts still hung over me, / had BY
patient perseverance in o situation which
Charlie had procured for me, again won
q prospect for independence, and not till
then did | breathe to Lucy the love /
had so long cherished for her. But she
had known it long before, for such mo.
TONS do not wait to be expressed in
words, and she had loved me with the
more tenderness hat | had refrained so
long. She knew me to be poor, and had
every reason TO &o~bt Aaaanitv for
usefulness-hut the debth and devotion
or my loro she did not doubt. Again /
was b~etrothed, and the difference between
this and my first, was like that of the
wild revels of the Pandemonium, compar-
ed to the divine joys of heaven. Charlie
had been also for some time engaged to
a sweet and gentle woman, and the time
of his marriage was approaching. He
said to me n morning
bob, why will not Lucy and you stand
mp with us2 I'm in earnest, boy, let's be
married the same day and take those two
pretty cottages down on the bay, which
| pointed out to you yesterday
A choking sensation came to my throat
must wait, Charlie, until I have done
something more towards redeeming mi
past folly"
Is that your only objection ?"
els it not sufficient r"
perhaps so. By the way, | saw {
gentleman to-day who wishes you to NEE
him at that unlucky house in Chestnut
Avenue"
How strangel I have had the weak
ness to avoid it ever since-but at wha
hour p
"At four, P. NJ"
81 will be there"
| kept my appointment, and what wa
my astonishment to meet again thos,
mysterious eyes which had been my fat
on the last night of my mad career.
greeted him cordially.
"MOst hannily met. sir-it ia a lone