Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848

Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848

Archibald Dundass was a rich Jamaica planter, whose estates were situated in one of the most delightful regions in that garden of the West India isles. His wife, an English lady, of great personal attractions and highly connected, died when Helen, their only child, had just entered her thirteenth year, an age when, perhaps, a mother's counsel and tender guidance is most required. When the news of Mrs. Dundass's death reached her friends, they immediately wrote, beseeching the bereaved husband to come at once to England with his child, or if not expedient for himself to leave Jamaica, that he would at least suffer the little Helen to come to them; and especially did they urge the plea that thereby he would enable her to receive a more finished education than could possibly be acquired upon the island. This plea, to be sure, offered a strong inducement to Mr. Dundass; but how could he school his heart to this second bereavement. Helen possessed all her mother's traitsher dark blue eyesher golden hair and skin of dazzling puritythe smile that played around her dimpled mouthher light airy step, were all her mother's. Looking upon her thus in her budding loveliness the Helen of his youth once more moved before him. To yield her up he could notand therefore Mr. Dundass rejected the oft-repeated entreaties of his English friends. Helen remained in Jamaica. A governess was provided, and whatever money could secure in the way of learning was most freely expended. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32369
Author: Various
Release Date: May 14, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Conrad, Robert Taylor, 1810-1858 , Graham, George R., 1813-1894