Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-05-27
From the New York Mirror.
FASHIONABLE WATERING PLACES.
BYAyI1LAoE BEAU.

Miss Shipper appeared a, Saratoga in
an elegant suit of sable. She was said
to be in mourning for her father, an opu-
lent broker in Baltimore, recently de-
ccased.-Grief had wasted her health,
and weeping had washed away her roses,
and she was come to recover her appe-
lite and reanimate her bushes. Miss
Shipper, OF course, was an heiress, and
attracted great attention. The gentle
men called her beauty, and talked a
great deal OF her real estate, bank stock,
and securities. Some OF the ladies
thought her complexion too sallow, and
some objected to the style OF her dress.
Mrs. Highflyer said she had not the air
OF woman Of fashion, while Capl. Hill
lard pronounced her suspicious sail,
and declared his belief that she was a
privateer in disguise. The fair stran.
ger, however, walked daily to the loun-
tain, modestly cast down her eyes when
gazed al, and seemed unconscious of all
but her own horrors. About this time,
Major Filzconnell appeared upon the
busy scene. He was tall, handsome
| man, OF easy address and polished man.
ners, who seemed 10 regard all around
him with an air Of polite unconcern. He
was announced as an officer in his Brit
annie Msjesty's service, and brother TO
Earl Somebody, in England. TWAS re-
ported that he had large landed posses
sions in the west. He did not appear TO
seek society, but was too we'll bred to
repel any ciyilities which were offered
to him. The gentlemen were we'll
pleased with his good sense, his know
ledge OF the world, and the suavity Of
his manners, but as he seemed to avoid
the ladies', they had little opportunity Of
estimating his qualities.
Major Filzconnell and Miss Slipper
met by accident at the founain. The
officer, who had just filled bis glass al
her approach, presented ii 60 the lady,
who, in slipping the transparent element,
dropped her handkerchief. The gentle
man very gallsDtIy picked up the cam
brick, and restored it to the owner-but
the blushing damsel, abashed by the easy
attentions OF an elegant stranger, in her
confusion lost her reticule, which the
soldier gracefully replaced upon her
wrist, end with mos, respectful bow.
A courtesy on the one side, aud an
other bow on the other, terminated the
civil,ies of this meeting. The gentle
man pursued his walk, and the lady re.
turned to her chamber. That Miss Sim
per felt duly sensible OF the honor OF
having ELECTED three graceful congees
from the brother Of an English earl, can
not be doubted; nor can we suppose,
without injustice to that gcn,leman's
taste, tina, he saw with indifference the
mantlng bushes which those attentions
had drawn forth; certain it is, however,
that as they separated in opposite dIrec-
tions, neither OF them was seen to cas-,
" one longing, lingering look behind"
Ash had not the privilege Of intruding
into either Of their chambers, ! cannot
say what fairy forms might have fitted
around the magic pillow, nor whether
the fair one dreamed of coronets, coats
of arms, arms, kettle-drums, and epau.
let's. In shor:, am not able to inform
the inquisitive reader, whether the par
ties thought Of each other at all; bu,
from the extreme difficulty Of bringing
two such different persons in contact, |
am induced to think the adventure would
have ended here, had not "cbance, which
oft decides the fate of mighty mon
archs," decreed theirs.
Miss Shippers health required her at
tendance at the fountain on the following
morning at an unusually early hour; and
the Major, while others were sleeping,
had sailed forth to enjoy the invigorat-
ing freshness Of the early breeze. They
met again by accident a, the propiious
we'll, and as the attendant, who is usual
ly posted there to fill the glasses of the
invalids, had not taken his station, the
Major had not only the happiness Of per-
forming that Office, but of replenishing
the exhausted vessel, until the lady had
quaffed the full measure prescribed by
the medical dictator of this little com.
munity. l am not able TO say how often
they pledged each other in the salubri-
Gus beverage; but when the reader is
informed that the quantum prescribed
to delicate female varies from four to
eigh, glasses, according to the nature Of
her complaint, and that lady canno,
dccorously sip more than one mou,hful
without drawing breath, it will be seen
that ample time was afforded on this oe.
casion tor tete q tete. The ice being
thus broken, and The water duly quafed,
the gentleman proposed promenade,
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