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Father And Son.
pendants ; and although I have striven to render myself equal to the emergencies which have forced themselves upon me , I have been conscious that this could not be done effectually Avithout the aid of an amiable Avoman , Avho Avould , as your lamented mother did , go hand in hand with me in the task . " For a Avhile , however , these representations produced no
effect . Sydney Leicester danced , trifled , and even flirted , Avherever he met Avith encouragement to do so , as heart-Avhole as any school-boy , until , at a county ball he made the acquaintance of the beautiful Miss Lauriston , the orphan daughter of a West-Indian planter , whose rich and gloAving loveliness , contrasting as it did so forcibly Avith the pale pure beauty to Avhich his eye had hitherto been accustomed , produced a powerful and lasting effect upon his heart . The young lady was under the sole guardianship of a city friend of her father ' s ,
Avho worshipped his Avard ; not because she Avas the daughter of one whom he had known and respected for years , but because she had become the recipient of his Avealth ; not because she was young , and beautiful , and fascinating , but because it Avas creditable to himself to be known as the guardian of the rich West-Indian heiress ; and thus Caroline
Lauriston became the presiding genius of his establishment , — thwarted his meek Avife , controlled his servants , and even set his OAvn pleasure at defiance , Avithout reproach or expostulation . Accustomed from her childhood to exact submission from all around her , the wilful beauty never appeared to remember that the roof beneath which she exercised such despotic Avas
sway not her own ; and the impetuous nature , which might have been tamed to gentleness by careful guidance , was thus left unrestrained to work its own Avill , and to undermine the more genial and holy impulses which naturally germ and fructuate in the heart of woman .
Sydney Leicester , as Ave have said , saw her and loved her ; nor Avas the haughty beauty insensible to his admiration . She soon discovered that he ivas an object of attraction to all the manoeuvring mothers of the county , and that many a fair cheek flushed , and many a bright eye sparkled beneath his gaze . Had he been obscure in station , and merely tolerated in society , it is
probable that Miss Lauriston , despite his handsome person and graceful manners , would not have wasted a second thought upon so insignificant a suitor , and ivould have flung off his memory as readily as she did her gloves at the termination of the ball ; but such Avas not the case . With the instinctive tact of her sex , she at once discovered that he Avas the cynosure of all female
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Father And Son.
pendants ; and although I have striven to render myself equal to the emergencies which have forced themselves upon me , I have been conscious that this could not be done effectually Avithout the aid of an amiable Avoman , Avho Avould , as your lamented mother did , go hand in hand with me in the task . " For a Avhile , however , these representations produced no
effect . Sydney Leicester danced , trifled , and even flirted , Avherever he met Avith encouragement to do so , as heart-Avhole as any school-boy , until , at a county ball he made the acquaintance of the beautiful Miss Lauriston , the orphan daughter of a West-Indian planter , whose rich and gloAving loveliness , contrasting as it did so forcibly Avith the pale pure beauty to Avhich his eye had hitherto been accustomed , produced a powerful and lasting effect upon his heart . The young lady was under the sole guardianship of a city friend of her father ' s ,
Avho worshipped his Avard ; not because she Avas the daughter of one whom he had known and respected for years , but because she had become the recipient of his Avealth ; not because she was young , and beautiful , and fascinating , but because it Avas creditable to himself to be known as the guardian of the rich West-Indian heiress ; and thus Caroline
Lauriston became the presiding genius of his establishment , — thwarted his meek Avife , controlled his servants , and even set his OAvn pleasure at defiance , Avithout reproach or expostulation . Accustomed from her childhood to exact submission from all around her , the wilful beauty never appeared to remember that the roof beneath which she exercised such despotic Avas
sway not her own ; and the impetuous nature , which might have been tamed to gentleness by careful guidance , was thus left unrestrained to work its own Avill , and to undermine the more genial and holy impulses which naturally germ and fructuate in the heart of woman .
Sydney Leicester , as Ave have said , saw her and loved her ; nor Avas the haughty beauty insensible to his admiration . She soon discovered that he ivas an object of attraction to all the manoeuvring mothers of the county , and that many a fair cheek flushed , and many a bright eye sparkled beneath his gaze . Had he been obscure in station , and merely tolerated in society , it is
probable that Miss Lauriston , despite his handsome person and graceful manners , would not have wasted a second thought upon so insignificant a suitor , and ivould have flung off his memory as readily as she did her gloves at the termination of the ball ; but such Avas not the case . With the instinctive tact of her sex , she at once discovered that he Avas the cynosure of all female