Year: 1866

ment of your wishes, the furtherance Of
your ends? By a series of little, but evel
repeated attentions; by gradual and al
most imperceptible acquiescence 10 all her
reasonable opinions and wishes by thou.
sand times ten thousand nameless Deeds
looks and words of quiet love-and this.
with but one object 10 view, to wit, to i'm
press upon her mind the fact of your love
In some unexpected hour, and by some in,
voluntary act or word or look, her love 70,
you will break out with all the pathos Of
music upon the moon illumined waters, and
| all the sweetness of loving woman's heart,
and all this, while she is unconscious of the
manifestation. But take the opposite course,
that which is generally adopted; spend all
your time in making her feel your impor.
tance, in your own estimation; by dress
and excessive politeness endeavor to expose
your taste and gentility; by lavish presents
and fattering compliments reveal your felt
ability to purchase her too. Give her nov
els, take her to concerts, balls and operas,
and all this not as an expression of your
love, but as an argument why she should
love you. All of a sudden, some evening,
when you are alone with her, rise from your
chair with spasmodic start, roll your eyes
wildly about, strike an attitude, and begin
talking in wild incoherent strain about
the alteration that is consuming you, the
passionate love that RACES like the boiling
fires of Etna or Vesuvius in your racked
bosom; talking about writhing in agony
beneath her frown or transported to the in.
expressible felicity of the angels upon her
smiles; lay all the stress you can upon the
coral of her lips, the dazzling ivory or pearl.
tinted teeth and the angelic beauty of her
seraphic face. Then offer your heart and
hand. I tell you, sir, she will add another
name to her list of fools, and laugh you to
scorn in her heart, however kindly the
tongue may answer no, or delicate consid.
GRAFTON of the claims of good breeding, in
cline her to smooth down the roughnes, of
your disappointment


Now, this Edwin Williams, at one time
an entire stranger in strange city, through
exemplary conduct and the influence of
friends, becomes introduced into some of
the best families of the South Out of
many he selects one family, and seeks a
pastime and recreation during his evenin gs,
in the cultivation of their acquaintance,
and the enjoyment of their society. In
that family we're two young, accomplished,
beautiful and ipexpressibly lovely English
ladies, either of whom were well calculated
to inspire affection and love in the breast of
any man, and both of whom were well wor.
thy of the warmest love of the warmest
heart. Ellen Rogers, who, added to her
lovelineSs of person the crowning charm of
meek and quiet spirit, a sweetness of dispo.
sition which attracted and bound all hearts
to her own with strange and irresistible
fascination, even the love of Edwin Will
liams, almost upon first acquaintance. That
he was deeply interested in and warmly at
tached to one of the girls was quite evident
from his repeated visits evening after even
ing, without intermissiou; but whether Ell
len or Susan was the object of attraction, or
both of them, there was no conceivable way
of determining correctly. Ellen supposed
him to be partial to Susan, while Susan
felt assured of his attachment to Ellen at
any rate Williams had not, either by word
or act, expressed himself on the subject in
any other way out by his repeated visits,
which was quite indefinite and unsatisfac-
tory to all parties.


Ellen, at least, did not even suspect his
love, for even when alone with her, he did
not manifest it sufficiently to leave well,
defined impression upon her mind or heart,
either as to its existence or its degree. She
had been rescued from terrible death, it
is true, and that too, at the imminent peril
of his own life but deeds of this type, in
themselves, we're never known to inspire
love, nor even to express the tender pas
sion. Ellen was grateful-deeply so; and
her feelings towards Williams were of pc
culiar character which cannot be analyzed,
but which certainly contained nothing like
love, unless it was the calm, dispassionate
love of grateful heart towards its friend
and benefactor 1t cannot be doubted,
however, that Ellen was favorably disposed
towards her silent, unknown lover; that
she was even fond of him and derived much
pleasure, at times, from his converse and
society. Strange to say, Williams took no
advantage of this favorable state of mind
to urge his claims or even to reveal his love !;
but quietly uursed it in his own bosom
Now, Mrs Rogers, who alone was favored
with his sentiments, was disposed to call
this singular phase of mind and paradoxical
course of action, bashfulness but, between
you and l, reader, it was pride-nothiDg
else but the most uDjusti6able pride.


Mrs. Rogers resorted to very question
able means of encouragement. She led
him to infer from her conversation that
Ellen was not altogether Indifferent to his
attentions, that his affection for her was by
no means hopeless, and that she only await.
ed declaration of his sentiments to avow
her own. Possibly all this was very true,
but it is certain that Ellen had not author
lied any such revelations, nor did she know
of the part so uDjustly taken by her step
mother. At last Williams resolved to ad-
dress Ellen with view to marriage, and
before taking any steps 10 this direction be