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    ELIZABETH TON KECKE. 165

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    ladies at tlie universal atttenion they excited , smiled , and said , half in jest friends , half are in earnest lorified , to in his every plain way comp while anion we , who " See are , Lisett not beauti e , how

    our g , , ful , escape mouth such speaks dangerous charming flatteries 1 words , . and So bri it ght is with eyes the sparkle world with ; a

    rosy need intelli not gence . . But "We should must we be intellectual therefore envy if we them would ? appear I should so : rather they that these

    will wreath pity come them s flung , when if I to thoug these them ht goddesses from they all were quarters will so stand foolish would on as the never to believe same fade level . A with time

    uswhen their words will no longer borrow charms from the lips that , utter them , nor applause necessarily await them . " These words her

    struck like lightning into Elizabeth ' s soul , and blasted all vanity . For some days after she renewed could her not shame regain her self mark -possession of distinction ; every

    suffused glance at her her cheeks mirror with blushes . Yet so ; far every from being angry with the candid man whose speech had so deeply wounded hershe rather

    , felt grateful to him , for her heart spoke out a confirmation of his wordswhichshe therefore accepted as a warning from the spirit of

    her mother , . , After a' time she recovered her composure , but her mind spirit her retained of her a foll tenderness y and her which suffering shrank , until from she whatever began at could last re to

    entertain a sort of jealousy of the impression produced by her own sway personal and chose of vanity appear the simp , ance which lest . , She st thoug yle diminished of h dress checked observation ; but the , was she splendour of not was subdued still sincere of under her , a attire self fact the ,

    inspector which could ; and not , b long y renewed escape efforts the of watchfulness so and self-control a - , she at last chased the _cunniag fiend from within her .

    But she could well afford to give up the vain pleasure of shallow self-complacency . The love of nature in its highest significance ,

    and the enjoyment she derived from , music , " united with the exalted friendshiwhich binds refined souls in bonds of blessedness , made

    for her here p in the far north an eastern paradise , where , fed with imforbidden fruitlove and wisdom grew together in her soul .

    , happy clouds Happy were futur in the alread e ; present but while gathering , every baskin thing in g the seeme in distance thi d s als serene , o whi to atmosp ch promise were her fated e her , the to a

    y throw a cold dark shadow over her coming days . Being now of a marriageable age , many suitors of different

    degrees of worthiness made _aiDp lication for her hand , and as it was not to be expected that her youthful judgment should be able to

    decide on their merits uncounselled , the important choice devolved upon her parents . If the selection were not altogether made

    a matter of mere calculation , yet arithmetical considerations were not tioned without and weig otherwise ht in their sensible counsels stepmother ; and besides could this not , the resist well- g inten iving

    tier voice in . favor of one of her own relatives , a man of ancient and

    Elizabeth Ton Kecke. 165

    ELIZABETH TON KECKE . 165

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/21/