Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-08-05

| the gentleman of the house. His appearance wa.
such, that little encouragement was given TO his
enquiries, and being told that the gentleman wa
nol at home, he eXprt ssed himself AS very unortn
| late in not meetin; with him. 1t was not, how
ever, until he inquired of the lady Of the house
hether a letter had been received from Nr. Wake
| field, and mentioned his name that she surveyed
him with attention, AID discovered, through dis
.ulse rendered more complete by his anxious and
aded appearance, that he was none other than her
ormer young irier d himself. lie was received
with cordiality, mingled with no little surprise at
| MS apparent plight. lie explained that he was IN
| Il state OF great destituton, and what was worse,
that ha had young lady of respectability under
h care, who was in an obscure place IN the town,
and IN such absolute want of funds and dress that
she could not he produced; and he entreaed the la
| " to send her some necessary habiiments. The
| worthy lady, mindful ofthe former romantic fro
CO Of the young man, reasonably entertained some
doubts TO the character and merits Of the fe enae
yhose he SO earnestly pleaded. She, however,
os no time IN sending her son to the spot mention
ed to ascertain, ifpossible the real state the mat
Ter; and the Interview which took place between
| The messenger and the young woman, had well
nigh proved fatal to his future peace OF mind
lie found her, as he expressed it, "the most beaut
| tul young creature he had ever boheld," and her
language and accomplished manners were such,
| as at once convinced him that she was virtuous
young lady of rank and education. She was with
al. TO use Scottish phrase, so "disseckit, (iejecs
ed) by fatigue and anxiety of mind that he hasten
Ell with the welcome report to his parents.
| When the gentleman Of the house came to in
qure into the particulars OF the case, he found that
the lady (who was very young) was a ward III
| Chancery, heiress to fortune Of fifty thousonl
| pounds, from her deceased ather and that she had
eloped with young Wakefield, (who was not yet Of
| age) from a watering place, in the south-we be
| ieve Tunbridge Wells. He further ascertaiued
that the eopement had its origin entirely In love
impression hi. young friend had, indeed, no oppor
unity previously of knowing what were her high
| expectations. The lady's mother, who was he'
guardian as well a. her natural protector, trem-
blingy alive to the Importance OF her charge. ha''
maintained over her the most rigid smueilance;
| the more, as she suspected that an attachIhent eX
isted, although she did not know the character or
family of the lorer With the exception OF halt an
hour i'll the morning, the old lady had her eye con-
| staGtly on her daughter; out us love laughs a.
guardians, well as ocksmlths, this short respite OF
freedom loung Wakefield ayailed himself Of, and
succeeded IN making favorable impression on the
| lady's heart. The mother had her suspicious and
her app, Extensions, and TO avert the dreaded con-
| sequences, hurried her daughter from place to
place. trusting, full surely that the stranger would,
| losin. the SCENT abandon all further pursuit. cnd
| leave her and her charge in Tranquil security to
awaN the addresses of some less mysterious sutor.
| He, however, contrived to dis cover their move
| ments and pursued them from place TO place.
At length the mother fixel herself aud her daugh-
ter in lodgings Tunbridge; ana having lost sight ct
the subject of her dread began to congratulate her
| SCI on her good deliverance But how vain are
| often our most sanguine- xpectations The young
man had taken up his quarters directly opposite the
house which contained the object Of his affection
but so completely disguised that he was not recog-
| nzed except by the fair lady herself, who; during
| oI hal hour when her GUARDIANS
cautions rel xed, gave her lover opportunities Of
improving the impressions he had made. During
| a very short soJourn at this place, Mr.. Wakefield
had the address to gain over all the servants to his
| interest; and one morning, when the old lady was
absent for short time, chase and four drove up
to the door, followed by zig. Into the chase was
handed, with great ceremony, Nlr. Wakehelds
man servant and the young lady's maid, both gen
| teely dressed. And while this vehicle drove off
| with the blind. up, by one road, with all possible
despatch, urged by the apparent anxiety OF the IN
mates, Mr.. w. leisurey, and without any show OF
grandeur handed his fair charge into the gig, and
drove ofTin an opposite direction. The old lady
was soon apprised that her bird of paradise had
| flown, she got horses pY TO her carriage, and, as
ms hit be expected, Ca aconsummation devoutly wish
ed by the over) drove up in pursuit Of the chase,
in hopes of overtaking the fugitive. She had not,
however, hurried far on the road before some part
| of her carriage was broke down, and though the
breakage was not attended with any danger, 1t was
| found that the vehicle vas unfit to proceed. And
| here the lady obtained piece of information not
| much calculated to allay the vexation occssioned
| by this accident at so critical moment On IN.
quring into the probable cause Of the accident and
| taking the servant to task for some supposed ne
glect he informed Ter that Mr.. Wakefield (who ii
appears was anxious that the old lady should not
overt fatigue herselfin the chase) "had been doing
something to the carriage the night before" ard
| this accounted for the mishap which had occur
| ed.
Meantime, the lovers drove off in dubious di-
rection, and were soon beyond the reach OF the
mothers pursuit. To prevent all trace Of their
route, Mr.. Wakefield disposed of his gig at neigh
boring place, and from that time their journey
throughout was one OF the most romantic aud adj
venturous in the records Of hymeneal fugacity.
Their funds we're but slender when they started,
and Mr.. Wakefield dared no, to write for a supply
to his fathar who not cognzant Of the transac
tion, and might interpose to prevent the match
They had not proceeded far before he found tina;
price was set upon his head; advertisements and
placards put out all over the country, giving a
description of his person the abducer Of an heir
css and ward in Chancery, and offering large re-
ward for his apprehension, and al every turn they
dreaded the appearance Of peace officers, and the
,nterrogatorics of all whom they met II was their
first purpose, no doubt, to hasten directly towards
{iretna; but this information induced them, lest
they should be discovered, to travel almost at
dom, selecting, however, the most unfrequented
by roads, petty towns, villages and hamlets; an
they thus traversed the whole country, making an