The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-01-17

city. announced my pr0tege as foreign lady
in Distress whom an accident had deprived OF
a brother, and cast upon my protection. l re-
quested that we might be furnished with pri-
vate parloiand private chambers, convenient
to the paIor, as the lady's situation did not
admit Of Ter mingling with strangers. We
were accommodated in every particular.
Here we;pent eight days in each others So
ciety, happy days they were to me-transcend-
antly happy, will call them, though many
sorrows cSt their melancholy shades over
them. I siw with delight, that Judith's grief
yielded to he sober cheerfulness of resignation.
The hue ofhealth began gradually to return to
her cheek, and the ethereal brightness to her
eye. She id not yet cease to weep, but she
could, for hour or two sometimes, forget her
sorrow, andsmiles could once more illuminate
all the beauties of her countenance.
Every da, increased my esteem and affection
for this extraordinary maiden. had seen her
in days of jgous vivacity, free from care, every
sparkling teture and bouyant motion express
ing the innocent gaety of her heart. Now too
| had seen hr suddenly riven as it we're by
thunder Dol, and cast into a most horrible
depth of aflction. Finally, l saw her rise by
degrees agai to the light of consolation, and
walk into the mellow shade of patient resigna-
ton, and davning cheerfulness. In these sew
eral situations, l conceived that her whole
character must have been displayed; and taken
altogether, it was vision so enchantingly
.a.nlab;e end interest n wxapt-;ST.
IN 1iy say itwFTnout profaneness,) to the
thiTd heaven of love. Whether others have
been 50 entranced with the sweet passion l
knew not, but for me, l could not possibly have
loved mortal moreno, nor an angel either
my heart was full.
To suppress all declarations of my feelings
until Judith was with friends (as chivalric
deEcaey would have required( became at last
impossible l found tokens of my lave steal
ing from me every hour of the day. There are
a hundred signs we'll understood by lovers
though many of them are too delicae and too
exclusively pertaining to he mysteries of the
passion to be described, or to be understood by
the unintiated. They issue from the eyes,
they play about the lips, they are dictated in
various attitudes and gestures they are con-
veyed with touch of the hand certain
tremblings accents, blushings, paleaess, &C.,
are all expressive. Such | could not suppress,
no more than l could have smothered volca-
no. | saw they rather soothed than offended
her. Could l then avoid the formal declaration
when a few days must send me to my native
mountains, and her to cross the wide Atlantic
1t would come before its time, so let it come.
"Mr. Grahme (said she in reply must have
been blind, not to see the involuntary signs of
your honorable passion; and it would be affecta-
ton in me to deny that you have inspired me
with reciprocal affection. l thought before
my misfortune, that could love you: since that
dreadful day, have experienced and seen too
much of your amiable character, not to find my
heart Interested in you, more than incr2 esteem
and gratitude could account for. You need not
apologize for declaring your sentmerts under
our present circumstances. The reasons you
mention, fully justify you. Though you re-
quire no definite answer at present, tell you
freely thu t you are master of my heart; but
before consent to give you my hand, must
apprize you of one thing, which will probably
be an insuperable obstacle to our union. Hith-
erto have not told you the fact, because saw
no necessity for declaring what might give you
disagreeable feelings in my society. Prepare
now to shudder at the thought of marrying a
.JeUess." ga Jewess!" Iexclaimed rather ab-
ruptly; for the word struck me like an electric
shock. When she perceived the effect it had
on me, tears gushed from her eyes, and she rose
to leave me. Whereupon my former feelings
like rehuent waves which the dash of a lorna
do has displaced, came rushing tumultuously
back again, and 1 exclaimed, "Oh, my dear
Judith, do not leave me now, but tell me at
once, if it must be so, that l have nothing to
hope. Must mere name blast my dearest
prospects, and separate those whom affection
unites ?'' She fell back on her seat; and al
most choked with sobs, replied, "That name
has not prevented me from giving you my
heart; nor shall it prevent me from giving
you my hand,-if you and your friends, after
iuii ,,n,,, -and happiness. Several of my kim
ynI' SyroJ low married Christians, and none OF
'isU J9s} Iefase their consent to my doing
tiia l&L1-Eatker las told me to marry on
Iy : ,.ortay man, and he would consent if
he should be Gentle. I am no bigot, though
educated in the religion ofmy forefathers. But
know that many people have such prejudices
against my nation, that they could not be hap
py in a connection with me. l wish you to re-
fleet seriously on the subject, before you pro-
ceed any further-it would kill my poor heart
to find, when too late"-Here overcome by her
feelings, she broke off, and retired to her chain
Der.
got up too, in deep agitation, and paced the
room. Presently 1 went to my chahber also,
and tried to reflect on what had asst heard
with SO much surprise. After many efforts at
reasoning, l could only think of these things /:
"Jewess what is that? She is my own flesh
and blood, she worships my God she is the
loveliest of the daughters of Abraham have
spent happy month with her happy, as fer
as my sensations were occasioned by her; why
not a year, or life time? She manifests such u
Christian temper, and such liberality of senti-
ment, that she needs only to be domicilated
with me and my Christian friends, to overcome
the prejudices of education. And then what a
happy life could we lead, in rural cottage in
some nook of the valley such mental charms
one happy She shall be mine! Can l bid
her 90 for Jewess, and mourn her sighted
love, and bestow her unrivalled charms on an
other? No, by all that is precious, cannot, [
will not. Even now she is weeping for the per-
turbation she gave my spirits"
-v9Ttn-fhis conclusion, firmly settled, return
ed to the parlor. l had scarcely patience to
wait for her appearance, but had never IN
truded into her private sanctuary, and would
Of HaQrip0 ma walk mOaileutlV aDOut
the parlor, she at length came in, endeavoring
to assume a composed countenance. "Well,
Mr.. Grahme, have given you little time for
consideration, that you might compose your
spirits, but you must have much more time to
ponder the matter sufficiently" "No, my love-
iy Judith, the thought of giving you up dis.
tracts ME. l see no obstacle to our loving and
blessing one another, in what you have told
me. The annunciation surprised me, for the
possibility of it had never occurred to me, but
it cannot shake my love for you, it ca not mar
my delight in you. / can most freely offer you
my hand again, with aheart untouch, by fear,
and altogether devoted to your happiness. >
"That do not doubt in the least, but you ought
to have the opportunity of consulting your
friends, before l bind you by any absolute en-
gagement. Here is my hand, it is at your dis
posal, to accept or decline it finally, when you
have returned home, and fully considered the
matter in the presence of your kindred. You
will then see whether your judgment can ap-
prove what your heart desires. make no re-
serve, write to me then if you confirm our
engagement, 1 shall rejoice as much as graft
fed love can make me; if you decline it, be
assured that, although may grieve, l cannot
blame you; because shall be persuaded that
yea act wisely, from deliberate view OF the
case"
On these terms we settled our engs cement.
My happiness was complete, for confded per-
fectly in her fidelity, and my own steadiness OF
purpose.
chow, (said she) will communicate to you
another fact, which you are entitled to know
and which, as it was no inducement to you to
offer me your hand will have no influence on
your final decision, My father is one of the
most afiuent bankers in London and occupies
a highly respectable station in the wea lthy cir
cles of that city. have also an independent
income of $4,000 sterling year, bequeathed by
an uncle. l have had-as you may suppose
from the commences of tortune-hunting-
crowd of suitors; some Of them accomplished
and worthy gentlemen. But could love none
of them, because suspected their motives
Often did wish tha; could disguise my wealth
and meet some consenial soul, that would love
me for my own sake alone, and that could
without suspicion. Heaven has, in the day ol
my calamity sent ne such an one. With you
whose amiable character l have tried, both in
Joy and sorrow, would rather spend my days
in poverty than pass with any other lie o.