Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-09-06

groans, means, lachrymose accents,
and lamentations, and ran out n after
the other. Madame angrily assented.
"Stupid man, you always expect more
OF children than they can PERFORM
never saw any thing like YOU" In order
to change the subject, asked if he had
any more children? All! yes, six more
ten in all, plenty of children, and
plenty of trouble with them. MA
Same)-"And ifyou had none you'd be
always complaining; men are the most
contradictory beings on earth" "Will
you dine with US tomorrow" said he
to mt. (Madame)-'No, dear, we are
engaged 'Humph; madam al contra
dict too said / to myself; then on
Thursday resumed he, 81 hope So
added she, but never did hope wear
such a livery; n the shadow of a smile
was 70 be seen; all in sincerity; but l
accepted the invitation. | was impa-
tent for the arrival of the day when l
vas to partake ola family dinner, which
had more attraction for me because it
would give me an opportunity of retra-
cling the scenes of our youth, when left
fsts-q-tsis with my old acquaintance, al
ter madame had retired from table.
The day and hour came. Truelove
looked in something like good spirits,
but the lines ofcare were strongly and
deeply impressed upon his features; he
was much altered. Ioffered my arm
TO madame, to descend the staircase
from the drawing Don to the dining
parlour: "Don't you find vou friend
much improved since you saw him."
inquired she, adding, she is grown fat
ter since he was a single a n."--"He is
looking very WELL" replied l, Sand how
could it be otherwise with so much
happiness about him." l never told a
Gb with sobad a grace. "We have a
fine family" said she, bridling up to
look more becomingly. We were now
seated at table: there was great deal
of parade,-a show of plate,-much
ceremony-but a very scanty, homely
dinner, after all, made the most of by
wax-lights, flowers round the dishes,
! and trickcry; the circulation of the wine
was like that of a miser's coin, or still
more like the current of his heart, slow
and niggardly: at the second glass Of
Cape Afadei,a which expect mol to see
and which madame called Madeira, for
getting that | had doubled the Cape and
was not to be imposed upon,) she asked
me, SPRAY, did not Truelove drink
very hard when first you knew him?'-
" Not particularly" answered lille
is very sober now" said she, 81 have
quite reformed him." $50 | perceive"
quoth /, rather drily. The dessert was
long and deaf sober Gas Pat calls it in
contradiction to dead drunk) On her
retiring, he took me by the hand and
pressed it kindly, filing a bumper and
giving Glove and friendships" | had
almos' forgotten TO mention, that the
whole ten children were paraded alter
the cloth vas taken off, and a more mol
sv and troublesome set | never beheld;
thew were of all sizes. from n III
nurses arms up to one of nearly eleven
wears of age, extremely robust and wo-
manly for her age. "a very agreeable
lady your wife is" said l, seeing him
dull; "very," answered he, in a faint
Dice: and money!" continued la
little" responded he, in a still more
subdued tone, afcw thoasands, all spent,
and more promised, which shall ne
yer get; | was infatuated to marry, and
never calculated on what wedlock might
produce; l am really a very poor man
with a thousand per annum; have CIV
en- up my borscs. and all my comforts,
and | must either dip into my capital
and be ruined in time, live miserably,
or eo abroad %" am sorry for that"
said I, sincere!y-a violent ringing OF
the bell preceded the appearance OF the
footman, announcing in a firm tone,
" cofee's ready" Tom asked me to
take another glass, but the two decan'
tiers only averaged one between us; SO
with the half glass each, we walked up
stairs. Tom looked pitiable; the eve
ming concluded by an exhibition OF the
little children's talents, and tdions also,
for the child who had slapped my face,
scratched that Of the baby, and a faml-
" scene ensued: is this matrimonyf>
murmured l to myself, as / went out
of the house. / invited T%ruelove to a
cofee-house dinner, but he sent an ex-
cuse. Alas! Poor Tom. Just as these
concluding words were uttered, the
parrot added-poor fellow! Ha, ha ha'
ON DISAPPOINTMENT.
How unhappy is the situation oftha,
man. whose mind like the bosom OF
IL b.. :. Ia.bed into fury by every