The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-03-23

and in spite of nv constitutional confidence,
felt not little embarrassed. had, perhaps,
mistaken the brcakings forth of young and
buoyant spirit, under ridiculous clrcumstan-
ces, for the encouragement OF volatile CO.
quetry;jand for = moment, l was IN doubt
whether should not apologize and pretend
that she was not the lady for whom my visit
was intended. hut then she was SO beauti-
full Angels and ministers! Nothing on
earth could have sent me down stars unless
had been kicked down! "Madam, oe-
gan-but my blood was in turmoil, ana
! have never been able to recoliect precisely
what said. Something it was however,
about my late father and her lamenteu nus
band, absence and the East lndies' liver
complaints and Life Insurance; with compli'
ments, condolences, s,pardon, perturbation and
preter-plu-perfect impertinence.-Th lady
looked surprised, broke my speech with two
or three wel-bred CALCULATIONS, and aston
ished me very much by protesting that she
had never heard her husband mention either
my father or his promising little heir-appa-
rent, William Henry Thomas, in the whole
course of their union. "Ah Madam" said
], "the omission is extremely natural! ! am
sure I am not at all offended with your late
husband upon that score. He WAS an elder
ly sicklv sort of man. My father always
told him he could not last, but lie never
Thought he would have did SO soon after his
marriage. He had not time-he had not
time, Madam, to make his friends happy
by introducing them to YOU"
believe, upon the whole, must have be-
haved remarkably well, for the widow could
not quite make up her mind whether to cred
it tine OF not, which, when we consider the
very slender materials | had to work upon.
is saving great deal. At last | contriyed to
make the conversation glide away to Aud
Robin GRAY and the drawing Of Apollo,
which pronounced to be a chief d@uver.
Permit me, however, to suggest, that the
symmetry of the figure would not be DESTROY
ed by little more of Hercules in the shonl-
ders, which would make his life worth
much longer Purchase. A little more am.
plitude in the chest too, and trife strong
er on the legs, as they say at the In
surance office" The widow looked COMIC
ally at the recollections which brought to
her mind; her rosy lips began 20 disclose
their treasures in half smile; and this, in
turn, expanded into laugh like the laugh of
Euphrosyne. The was the very thing for
me. / was always rather dashed by beauty
on the silt; but put US upon fair grounds and
I never supposed that could be otherwise
sbn charming. l ran over all the amusing
topics of the day, expended thousand ad
mirable Jokes repeated touching passages
from new poem which she had not read,
laughed, sentmentalized, cudded the kitten
and forgot to go away till had sojourned
full two hours Euphrosyne quite lost sight
of my questionable Introduction, and chimed
in with wit as brilliant as her beauty, nor
did she put on a single grave look when
volunteered to call the next day and read
che remainder of the poem.
1t is impossible to conceive how carefully
walked home. My head and heart were
full of the widow and the wager, and nv life
was more precious than the Pgot Diamond
kept my eve seaulouslv upon the pave
ment, to be sure that the coal holes were
closed; and never once crossed the street
without 70 king both ways 20 calculate the
dangers of being run over. When arrived,
was presented with letter from my attor-
1.cy giving M the choice of an ensgncv in
regiment which was ordered to the West
Indies, or of going missionary to New Zeal
and. l wrote to him, in answer that it was
perfectly immaterial to me whether was
cut off by the yellow fever or devoured by
cannibals, but that had business which
would prevent me from ayailing myself of
sither alternative for two months, at least.
The next morning found me again at the
door Of Lnphrosyne, who gave me her lily
hand, and received me with the smile of an
old acquaintance. Affairs went on pretty
much the same as they did on the preceding
day. The poem was long, her singing ex-
ouisite, my anecdote of New Zealand ir-
Tesistible, and we again forgot ourselves till
It was necessary, in common politeness, to
ask me to dinner. Here her sober attire,
which for some months had been piece of
mere gratuitous respect, was exchanged
for low evening dress, and my soul which
was brimming before. was in an agony to
find room for my increasing transports. Her
spirits were sportiye as butterflies, and nut-
tered over the flowers of her imagination
with grace that was quite miraculous,
She ridiculed the rapidty of our acquaint-
ance, eulogised my modesty till it was we'll
nigh burning to cinder, and every now and
then sharpened her wit by delicate reCur.
renee to Apollo and the shoulders of Hercu
les.
The third and the fifth day, with twice as
many more were equally productive Of excu-
ses for calling, and reasons for remaining.
till at last took upon me to call and remain
without troubling myself about the one or
the other. / was received with progressive
cordially; and at last, with mixture OF tim
itity which assured me of the anticipation of
catastrophe which was, at once, to decide
the question with the Insurance Office, and