Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-08-08
ing with the lost darling and are both

ing with the lost darling and are both
sad and wretched. ~
If once love has entered the soul
and buried, itself around the heart,
taking root there, it, flourishes for
ever, cherished by the smiles of the
living, and kept ever verdant by the
tears which moisten the memory OF
the dead.
In the course of the week after
they last met, Maurice called one
evening atthe house where Miss How
ard was staying and found her alone;
she received him very kindly, but
there was nothing in her manner to
warrant him in believing that his
passion was in the least recirrocated
she was neither cold nor distant, but
far from being warm or affectionate;;
still she knew he loved her, or wo-
zen read the heart quicker than men
10. and see the dawn Of affection in
mans breast often before he is con-
scious that it has lodged there.
She was considerable of a coquette,
and what pretty woman is not? How
can it be otherwise? Continually
surrounded by men who always are
attentive and polite, and anxious to
please her admirers, she instinctively
falls into coquettish habits, which
grow upon her, and become part of
her being. It does not follow by
any means that she becomes a Airt, a
most despicable characteristic in wo.
man, which shows at once lack of
intelligence as we'll as of heart, where
as coquette fascinates as many by
her wit and learning as she attracts
by her beauty.
Maurice had often seen women
that he liked, yet never before had
he beheld one who could compare in
beauty and grace with the fair being
he was now with.
Some say that love is a plant of
slow growth, that it must be based
upon respect and esteem to be endu-
ring this is the veriest nonsense in the
world. It springs up at once in the
fruitful soil of the heart and bios
SONS and bears fruit while the seeds
of friendship are terminating; what
creates it is mystery, alike inscruta-
BILE to those who feel it, as to the
friends who observe it. There seems
to be some mysterious influence that
awakens it, some majestic phenomena
that draws two hearts together; we
know that the loadstone attracts met
al, but philosophers have not yet dis
covered the principle upon which it
acts. If we could fathom the secrets
of the Creator, and behold the un-
seen agencies that are constantly
working around US, mightperceive
invisible spirits at work drawing us
imperceptibly toward those whom we
are destined to love; fortunate is that
couple whose souls are in union, for
they will easily blend together and
become one flesh. 1t is said that in
the course of years husband and wife
grow to resemble each other in fea-
lures, as we'll as in disposition. so true
it is that perfect harmony influences
not only the facial lines, but the
minds Of the two, and as the coun-
tenance is changed by the culture Of
the mind, when both are instructed
by the same thoughts, and actuated
by the same motives, it is not singu-
lar that We can trace in their faces
the same expressions and similar pur-
poses.
DO you believe in love at first
sight?' said Maurice, after they had
conversed for some time on indliier-
eat subjects.
Really, I could hardly say, re-
piled Fannie, for l have never expe-
rienced the sensation.
We'll, own l have been saep-
tical heretofore, but | am becoming a
convert to The doctrine.
What has converted you so sud-
denly: asked Fannie.
my own heart has been the most
powerful advocate, and it has been
very eloquent of late" said he, look
ing the fervor that was consuming
him, and the eyes are very expressive
when they speak the feeling that is.
within us.
But We are told that love is the
result Of long acquaintance, that it
springs from knowledge Of those
higher qualities that are discovered
in our intimate friends, and though
sensitive at first, are liable to be sha-
ken at the slightest cause, yet, when
once it has been engrafted into the
heart, it remains forever"
why, pray, should love be an
exception to other rules does it take
time to appreciate the beauties of ma
ture? to admire eloquent specimens
Of art to acknowledge the presence
of Deity in His mighty works 1? and ii