Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 35, Vevay, Switzerland County, 15 May 1832 — Page 4

Philip Ihuaghi he haS never tecu so bcaulr Philip' eupcrforiSy and g-?ntlcfri:;ii?y nares-a, Jerr.ess, ?T(i v.I.icii lie rtwaidtd ly riving" ful an evening. He walked slowly on, with arid being a man of literary habits, lie found her two fingers more to shake il.un we.s war-

his eyes fixed upon a crimson rl-.ud which the pleasure of his society growing daily. ranted h strict litun.meli.ni.

jlr. blair ki cw more ol the "synipieme,

THE U USE IV NVTHANIF.L P WILLIS.

Phi!'.' Rlan lei wan univeisaliv aliwed to hung just above the horrizon, forgetting en- His confidence increased as he discovei. d

he the h si fellow in the cl He was one tm ly he unpleaani feling with which he 'he sincerity and candor of hie mind, arid und less of Mi. Sktfton than his cl.iugi it r.

iu i h,ii i ira characters w!Ve vn t oe- arc so oau an ua v amu loait a in is ver moment . i 1 J " ici';ihviuoi ui'iinn cnnm ne Knew nun i.u nn n iiKuitr u luh nu

transparent that they cast no shadow on those bchiod. He excited no envy no, not h breath; and when he tood op in his modest rv:y. and made a brilliant recitation, there was no r. niching, or exchanging of contempt nous looks, as there would sometimes he when a fiae scholar read well. Every eye

rested on hi? bright red lips, for We was as

handsome as a girl and a cood natured

smile passed roand the division when the tu

tor, with an universal emphasis on the adverb, stopped him with "Very well, Blondel! very well'." I -aid be was handsome. Do not understand me that he was effeminate. If vou

had seen the strong, decided outline of the lowtr part of his face, the straight bo; nervous cm I of hi under lip. the ma-culine. but not too great prominence of his cheek hoi.

and, above all, the large, calm, collected eye.

that looked a? it it could think, vou would have felt yourself in the presence of a man. B'o'uiei was a popular fellow, but he had

not all the character which one who knows

oollege life would infer from the expression, In doe cases out of ten a popular man i

made uo of nagative qualities. He must be

no scholar for this would ex.ile eny; not

talented for even his idleness would out shine industry; not economical for then In

must refuse nis wardrobe and his purse to the

ext. v gant; not sensitive for he must stand juizzery ; not chivalrous for then he mnt iake sides -ith the weak; not conscientious f?r then he must discountenance the abandoned, not careful of his reputation or his haait-; or choice of his company for then he must avoid half of his class, and keep otdv on terms of courtesy with the remainder. Blondel's was a just popularity, ai d there is now and then a rare instance ot it. where the character is so crowded with virtues tbt

there is no mark for hatred, and where mpe.

liority is home sJ unassumingly, II at, while joo re.rsember it, you forget that you are in tenor.

Philip was popular in society; but there

the -rale is different. It arose, in that case.

from his peculiar talems, which en abled him to rntko every one appear to the best advantage; just as the adroit player at battledore

mtk-'s even an unskilful opponent to plat

weli. Conversation was, to him, like un

seaioig a fountain; it was perfectly natural and spontaneous; and the. thoughts sprung in

bi w-dl ordered mind, with a harmony and

pr pottion which every one felt, though no

one slipped to ak why it was that he never

tva- so cheated of time as when talking wiih

Philip Blooded. Hi- mind had that power

of d -tic ale and suhtle association which is tii

great secret of conversational superiority

Hi- greeral knowledge gave this natural tal ent P'tv; and in leirembering the conversa

tio'i you had wi'h him, you wondered that

you should dave appeared so well yourself.

and gilded so easily from one subject to an

other

! i the course of our serior year, Philip left

-i;d.h nly, and we learned with surprise

thai h- had taken the place of tutor to a fa raily in a retired village of New-England-He had never been exit ivagant is espendi ture, hut wc knew, by maov generous tokens th ' his allowance was one of the moit hbei it i i cohege, and he was lh last person for vi - ai we had anticipated such a necessity. W koe nothing of iiis circumstances, as he cam" from a part of the country w ith which

us were uquaiated. I bete was.

. n inditf- rente to mute cin umstan neLgince in the arrangement d ich the habiis ot narrow economy 'ice. I do not mean that poerU

- materially the generous feelings-,

Beautiful '."' he exclaimed, as he stopped,

with one foot on the step of the poitico, to w atch a deep purple tint that was just stealing over th cloud. "Yon may well say that, Mr. Blondel," said a voice like the lone of a rich instrument. A lady of small and exquisitely proportioned figure stepped out from behind one of the

5 il:ars, and offered him her hand, with a face tpic;Me of mingled pleasure and astonishment. 'l am happy to see you," she continued, as Philip stood like a statue, gasir.g at her

in petted silenre, "but I confess my sur

prise."

A blush of the deepest crimson passed ove r

bi face as he handed her the open letter,

i-itr d i iog him as the expected tutor.

'H 'W is this. M?. Blondel? said she, in a ie- e f real concern, "have you been so unfor u- .let" D i ot ask me for an explanation now,"

i,' Philip with a 8rong effoit at composure,

"I 'aVi me and treat me as a stranger when

w e moel

She was about to reply, when a step was

heard in the ball, and he rung the bell viu

le itl as she disappeared round the corner f th'- colonade.

The summer before, Blondel had met ai

the springs the lad now introduced to the

leader. She was jul then passing from the

girl to the womi.., and was enough of tither

to have crazed Zenocrales. Her person was

s nail, and her fare I can t describe it. A pair.ter would not make a tolerable picture ol

II son it ne smiled on oU, oti were un

lo n It was not often she smiled upon any

body , for she was the msf bewitchincly proud

creature under htaven: and though she

laughed constantly h r mirth was tor her own

precious amu-emeio, and it was quite era

tious enough to her admirers that they were

permitted to hear it delicious music thai it

was; and a for giving a reason for an thii.g

she chose t.v d , it was a condescension she

never dreamed of. And thn her pride-

that he tuntnl pride which, resist it as you

would, made ou fee that her owii sweet

happiness was the most important hing un

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oer neavei. ; ana fief aignitl, whirl. uU

would never forgt t if it was put on for our

illumination, ad w hu h associated vrnr idea

of that quality t.r ever aflei with miniature

proportions and a pouting lip; and her motion, for which you would 6wear she had invisible wings 5 and her tone of all compass,

trom Hie readiest murmur ot onectioi., to . i i ... .

me carol cu in r newiniering laog , expree-

of his daughter--whose natuial sh) ness, un-ihis visit, nial kr.nwiiig him to be a n.an cf

good moral rharaclei, ai:d helicviug him to

I e in eveiy other respects, a suitable mulch, he had no objection to let thing t;ike their course, and accordingly treated Mr. Sktitort

with a sincere h sj itahty, which that geutle-

der the singular circumstances of Philip's in i

troduation to the house, he mistook lo dislikehe gave their inteicourse a lacit micou rage me lit, and frequently remonstrated with her upon her unreasonable aversion.

It is not to be supposed but th.it n-4ete-a-tr.te ma placed to the name accooiit with L'u

perusal of an Italian poet would now anoidanghlers coidial wtlcome.

then render this aversion less manile.-t; and With these favorable indications, the town

certain it is that some passages were lead inlcousin ft It himself perfectly secure; and.

an under tone, and with a heightened color, without troubling Itimst II with what he deem-

unnecessarj attentions to Mis Alice, he

fished a d rode, and amued his fancy with the sensation he shonld noke with his oung

tide at the autumn parlie.-, with a most en

viable unconcern . Ai to anv fears ot a luior

who had no property in the stocks, and never bad heen a manager of the Bachelors' itall

if the idea ever entered his head, the evi.

dent indifference cf the lady ba:.isled it in a moment.

A larue party of ladies and gentle wen. ir

riding dresses, stood under the poitico 1 1 Mr. Blair's house one August morning. Vehicles

of all descriptions were diawn up before the

which he "of the word and pen" would have

taken as a high comphmenl making no ac

count of sympathies.

Conversation, loo, in lhat language of beau

tiful diminutives and sweet adjectives of en dearmtnt the indispensible pronoun coming

in so musically, but with such a dangerou

tenderness, and the long, liquid superlaiives,

which belore yo are aware, by their very

melody, beguile you into expressions whuh

m Lnghsh, Ihe same ear might never lis en

to, and the same lip weald die sooner Ilia:, lepeal no, no I would not swear, whet , th; twilight idurred the text of the "eagle heail ed bard"-l would not swear, without ro n 'I reset vation, to the aversion we have sp. ken of.

And then the lesson in philosophy dangf ous, delicious phil sophy ! with its hn,

urs upon the "Simple Affection." and "I n

ineaiate amotions; the or lit ate natute ol

it- only evidence, and its appeal to the disci

pie's heart for the truth of it principles'.

teke. a young man 6 word for it, old genlh

met , there ate no two things to be avoided

lor your sweet girls hk poetry and philosophy. Never trust a tutor to teach them; it is like translating them into a new world, and leaving th ni alone with its Adam; foi

poetry will make itself a vorld, and who so likely te be its angel as he who taught them the Fpell of its creation? And plulosopky

what one is iheie o! the feverish thtnies

hii h bum like a coal on the lips of woman,

which may not be called philosophy? Is it love? There is a whole chapter upon it. Social affections? Chapter Rfler chapter--written too, if Brown is the text-book, in ve-

r poetry; and more like the twilight drcHms of Alciphron in the garden of Epicuius, than

a cold indinerert philosophy. They ma

reason upon atars it they willtalk of as

"Mr. Skefion, will you dtive Alice?" said Mr. B'air, as he appeared drawing on his Jove! "peihaps. too, ou o n make room for Mr. Blend . Mi. Blui.del, Mr. Skeflor wnties. ire pleasure . i riritirg you. Allans! gentlemen, f u i, nay The scorer wa get to the lake, i ov , 'he belter. All in? Mr. Skftoi , ou leail onve on, sir," ai d away

went .Mr. Skefion's beautiful bays with a rapidity which made even Philip, philosopher

as he wa, wish himseli any thing but a tutor.

A sailu g party upon a small lake in the

neighbotbnod had been proposed the dav befoie,atd a g neral ii itatiet. had hi en giveu to the. families in Ihe tiriniU. About thirty ladies and gentlemen had assembled, uccordii gly. at Mr. Blair's. The day was of a line

autiimnHl transparency, and tvery thing promised tij.y ment. Mr. Skeftnn was in his glory. He was proud of his horses, and, t do, him justice, a not beautiful whip. It was the veiy at mo'phere. loo, for the only t ONVer? ation he etei al'emptcd. His fashiiitul-'e slarg s uud el htitcr upon the box, and, between ihe reccssitv of talkii e to bis horses urd I is flu

et'cy in estabhshed nonsense ol a party of

rending existences, and the fmstery of im mere animal tjerrent, rn routined to he

mortal inlimation they may grow eul-.i v iy ann even agrt earie. upon perception and idealism but I tell ou' Tlie 'Xbileraiing air and the exciting mo-

i .

there is not a principle of them all which does not appeal to sy mpathies and there

you can go on without me.

there is a feeling of confidence in one

sing equally the sut-ilest -hade of thought iw ho bis opened fountains of thoughts to ua ;

aim me Keenesi reseacn oi penetrationall ; and giatitude, the very element of lovt, these, and a world more thai is prouder andlsprn gs strongly up towards one by wht-m lovlier, if you will lake a lover's word for it, 'our ittellertural nature is refined and elcia was expressed in these two sweet words, AI ted The position, too, is one which shows ice Blaii. each ! the best advantage; and the mutual 1 would not for the world say, that when impression is one of mind, not mam er or pei Philip Blondel w-ns mirooinid lo the lady I !8on, lhon;h both may affect it. And then the have iow aiitmpieU to destnbe, she feirin'minute circumstances the dark hair fdling

love with him. I w..uid m.t,i I daud, utti r by accident over the page on which yeor fir-

uch tieason aainsi uie uule on "IJian s er is re.tinir: the commnn seat : the urited

lion. hoc oe-. hiin v tart

I sp.

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temple;" but I will .a , md you may draw Vour own conclusions, lauy that when that

gentleman talked i In r, In t.is deepest tone.

a'tention; the exchai ge of Mar locks and and utilities neressarially familiar; the diffi

culties, excitements, triumphs If had a

lor one brief half hour, tiiey were a we ac idanghter alas'. I have none would I trust

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quainiea as ii sue uaa puutu ills eats and any man in such a relation aey mar Cali

kept her hook- in his su in I fiom her era ban even, to t?ach her feverish poetrv and

unlock the secrets of her hsart with a key of

philosophy? No!

die un; and when ttie lose lets irom her bo

sum. lor which a bundled authentic dandies, then present, would have pawned their copy of Neckch'tbiana, she suthicd him to put it

i a his bosom u.iiepiou i.ed a co.idescei ioi .

which, to those who were not ey r-witnesses, was perfectly inciediate.

"Alice, my deal, said Mr. Blair, as Philip

Mr. Augustus Skefion was a rouin, of in

definite removal, to Ms. Blair. He was man of laige fortune, who had come to the conclusion that the world was a veiy indif ferent lovei,nnd lhat he must look about

him for a better. He had always knowi

v of that refined d.sinleiestednessi entered the room, the cvei ing ul his arrival,) Alice Blair, but he never imagined, till sh

"this is Mr. Blondel ttie gcnl.eman who is! went into society, and the discovery was

made for him by the world, that she w as m thing but an unfortunate female, whose fan and figure threw her beyond matrimoni !

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:a tne .. ,:e- o; everv uav iniercoufse among

jouu' .m , whih, in single i'lStancc, a- to be your tutor. Mr. Blondel, my daugli-

tnoa t uoihing, but which adtls lar moie;ter your pupil, sir

tb.a ; s - in- important virtues to the comfort Philip bowed low. i and hippie-ess of snicty. It is not a viilue,' "Mr. kefton, let me in ke you acquainted for ' i -p;nlaneous olf.iing of luKUi);'witb Mr. Blondel." but i -igo fi. tit as ii is, it is the great dis-; The geiitleman thus introduced was a prig tincti n between good breeding and vulgarHgii-h, city-bred lo -kdig man, o, about tlmty. TV, a d lia more l. do with pleasantness ofa'(e n. dded carelessly to Pniiip, w illn,ui looK-

comp.iiiion 1'iaii traits whuh stand higher in j. h. bi n, -Mid resumed his amusement of

f'.'.e c alendt-r ul virtues. j tormenting n 6nall spaniel who w us jumping V w. re suie fiom BlandcTs wholo bear 'at b.js fingvis. ing liiai his eaily educaiion had been liberal.' Mr. Blair made scveial inctf. ctual at-an-.l ev. u luxtrieir-; and as the change in his tempts to engage the tutor in conveisalion tituatioii was piobably ovi:-g to a reverse of with his daughter, i ill, weary and exh.iuted form e, an micoaonon sympathy was felt for! of his topics, hu said something of the late- , itn throughout college, and every one was ness of the houi, and, whispering a word or inei,ti..g ihat one, whose feelings were so tw o of gentle reproof in her ear foi ber want

fr.gh-t o;e, I and scttsime, saouul be obliged nf sociability, received la-r kiss, and sho m

I tiied.

My dnohttr U young, sir," snid h to

to su!ft ilie mortiQcalionS of an inferior t a

pai iu

tion had tluii tffect upon Alice, and she rut

tltd on in the gat est spirits in reply to him. Mr. Augustus had never been so happy. Hi8 attentions grew profuse Hid even pointed, and his language assumed n mote c i fident

hndeleat( d tone. He cr id si ended to play the lover, and Philip'- ordirary en- (empt

changed inlc somethii g like jealousy. Mr.

Skefion thought he doi e qnin enough in giv ing the tutor a Seat, hi d taikii g to him ai at- rxcrss of poliu i es which did not once taciir to him- Alice e'id nit siak to him, because it is impossible to tnflv with the la art n vt 's n u'l , : nd he sat w ith his arms folded, swuy ug to the motion ef Iff luxuii i u springs it rn'ody silence. I REM Alls DPR IN OCR NEXT.)

On n apphraticn 'ni bail in open Court in a case f B'gvtny ibere wns FODe di ub' expiessed by the de'lpr.diintV rounscl w hetber I e rould give ibe piopei n timber of spnintics I Rtn sure, said his hotn'i. if this prisoner hns had tact Htid addiess enough to get irco Tttrei, he ought '0 be able to procute two persons wiling to 'tiind hi- hail- Th..t roighl be. said bis counsel, f adits Mill' jeimHUij to go hi- bail. "I hey are replied the Judge if they be lice hoideit. A Kentuc ky steamboat captnin, commanding his era ft, said. be trots ofl like a horse all boiler full pressure it's haid woik to hold her in at the wharves and landing? I coiild iun' her up a e.at.irart She draws eight inches of water goes at thire knots a minute and

jumps all th itiagf and taudlanks.

fh-i siii was se'ting glotiu?ly over ttiej Pnihp, as he set uown the candle in his room,

Housitonie as Piiilin stopped at the gate fbut I trut you will rind hern docile pupil.

Ibis reserve will wear ou upon acquaintance. The order of duty was the next day settled, and tutor and pupil wore soon deep in Tassa and philvsopln. Mr. Blair was a wi ll-bted man, of no par

ticular charai l r ; one of whom you Could

say any lhi"g without fear of contradiction.

Mi. Ih.i.r. tl.e ge.dleman to whom hie letlei

va du-i ted. A i it h mell iw light poured tip Ue btoad avenue of el iis, and the wind at it extremity looked set with panes

nf M It was just after a -how er. and the we i(!Ovs were glifiering and shaking off IV :i io-;and the mingled fragrnnce which

ev 1 crowing thing sends ep after a rain J

probability; and, as he shrewdly suspected,

from ihe hollowness within, and his negatiw currency in the world, that he was a cipbet. he never dreamed that his value ou!d be in i reaied by one who cut so small a figure. Ot

course he had no thoughts of marry ing her.

She came to tow n however, and, wit what

he considered a hoioic peril of his ten, be had

consented to at con pat y ber at her debut u. a fashionable circle. To his profound astonishment, ho flaw that he had introduced a stai of the first magnitude, at d, for th? firt time in a vegetation of thirty jears, Mr. Augustus Skefton found himself of consequence. He made an imontiin-nt lesoiuti ui .a. tliespol lo permit her to love hint a consequence i t his

present condesi ension, w Inch he had previ

ously anticipated w ith no lc'; ir.diikr n e

than cerlamty.

The unconscious Alir saw nothing in hi:- An old tulpiii whs lately cartied before

manner more than a proper appreciation ofjj'e'iii e. The constable pievimisly informed

Anecdote. - J ohnnv w hue's my razor !bawled out an F.asterti Shore man. a- he stood before the looking glas, and duly prepted for iheoperatir.il of shairg.) ohy, dadej I've jist done opening n leis with it." "Well tarn

ation tnke the boy 1 1 1 : 1 1 ;lud mh it on a brick bat, and d m mr , it y ou ecr do the like ng nn, if you shan't grind it."

A ncu- t?ic!.'. ;. " How inary kinds of metirn are tln rei s:iiil a (ii.oow pudessor of physics lo o,ie o his I t i j4 !t jm juls." I hi re, sir." wal be reply. fhiet-l name them " '-There tr)ff:de, the progressive, aul the staud tti'.mo tio.,1"

herself, and a desiro to be iigre.iMe and

when he drove up to her father's door in his splendid barouche, the fo'lowii g spiitig. and inouuc.ed giaciousiy I. is mt tuiou of drawing upon their hospitali'y fo the summei

months, she received' hitn with a cordiality

iiis woiship, that he had in his custody . Jchii Long, ali, m Jones, alia Smith. 'Very wll, -aid ihe magistrate, .1 will try the tw ow.ouicjsj . tirst: ( bi n g in AI i- e Jones.

Tine fiirndship i like sound hf.ihh, V 'W

r: r:d .; if tl wovt'.d t-.iuxicaU the louses, lie wa: tUcck, bI the first ir.tenitvt with which he aitiibuttd, to an ill tiisuijed (en Jcc :f A i: o!Jou kiu.wn urvid it i Let.

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