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Brotherly Love.
was evidently productive of painful emotions ; for lie would groan in bitterness of spirit as she related the privations of her father , the meekness with which he endured his sufferings , and his frequent and fervent prayers for the forgiveness of heaven on that friend who had reduced him to the last extremity of distress . He used also to speak much to her about Simon , in whose fate he appeared to take a great
interest , and it Avas this circumstance more than anything else that attracted her toAvards the recluse . He Avas the only one , except Alfred Beauiiere , whom she had ever heard speak a kind word respecting Simon ; and it was grateful to the feelings of the young girl to IQIOAV that if all the Avorld beside reviled or ridiculed the companion of her childhood and the object of the affections of her young womanhood
, there was one who , in his moments of sanity , Avas ready to espouse iis cause , make allowance for his defects , ancl dwell with visible gratification on any revelation of his better nature . What motive tempted Mm to take such an interest in Simon , she Avas at a loss to conceive , nor did she seek to trace its source—it Avas sufficient for
Jier , that he did feel that interest to make his society grateful and her young heart throb with thankfulness toAvards him . Never before did Ida seek him with so much of sadness as on the present occasion , for she fancied that the subject AA'hich had formed the chief bond betAveen two so dissimilar , ivas one that she must consider henceforth as interdicted , so far as related to herself , for she had
formed the resolution of not introducing Simon ' s name again into conversation . And yet , such a casuist is the human heart , that although she persuaded herself that her chief motive in visiting the Recluse at this time , was one of mere humanity , she was aAvare , AA'ithout avoAving it to herself , that the prohibited object AA'ould form the chief topic of their discourse , and that it Avas that coiwiction Avhich made her seek Ms abode at so early a period after her return , ( To he continued . )
The Sweetest Flower.
THE SWEETEST FLOWER .
Some flowers there are of beauty rare , We covet tliera as soon as met ; Say , AA'atking down a flower'd parterre , Would you not cull the violet ? I know a flower more fair than this
With all its perfume and its bloom ; I 'd Avear it on my heart—it is—I leave you to imagine whom . —J . W . R .
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Brotherly Love.
was evidently productive of painful emotions ; for lie would groan in bitterness of spirit as she related the privations of her father , the meekness with which he endured his sufferings , and his frequent and fervent prayers for the forgiveness of heaven on that friend who had reduced him to the last extremity of distress . He used also to speak much to her about Simon , in whose fate he appeared to take a great
interest , and it Avas this circumstance more than anything else that attracted her toAvards the recluse . He Avas the only one , except Alfred Beauiiere , whom she had ever heard speak a kind word respecting Simon ; and it was grateful to the feelings of the young girl to IQIOAV that if all the Avorld beside reviled or ridiculed the companion of her childhood and the object of the affections of her young womanhood
, there was one who , in his moments of sanity , Avas ready to espouse iis cause , make allowance for his defects , ancl dwell with visible gratification on any revelation of his better nature . What motive tempted Mm to take such an interest in Simon , she Avas at a loss to conceive , nor did she seek to trace its source—it Avas sufficient for
Jier , that he did feel that interest to make his society grateful and her young heart throb with thankfulness toAvards him . Never before did Ida seek him with so much of sadness as on the present occasion , for she fancied that the subject AA'hich had formed the chief bond betAveen two so dissimilar , ivas one that she must consider henceforth as interdicted , so far as related to herself , for she had
formed the resolution of not introducing Simon ' s name again into conversation . And yet , such a casuist is the human heart , that although she persuaded herself that her chief motive in visiting the Recluse at this time , was one of mere humanity , she was aAvare , AA'ithout avoAving it to herself , that the prohibited object AA'ould form the chief topic of their discourse , and that it Avas that coiwiction Avhich made her seek Ms abode at so early a period after her return , ( To he continued . )
The Sweetest Flower.
THE SWEETEST FLOWER .
Some flowers there are of beauty rare , We covet tliera as soon as met ; Say , AA'atking down a flower'd parterre , Would you not cull the violet ? I know a flower more fair than this
With all its perfume and its bloom ; I 'd Avear it on my heart—it is—I leave you to imagine whom . —J . W . R .