The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-10-01
w1sGTILANy.
From the Nanmckci inquirer.
\ LOVE. STORY.

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aud seventy odd, Al "A village mol far
/ from Salem, m universal gloom WIS
spread osel the whole face Of the coun-
! Try, for nj least three miles round. Tue
great mansion hanse, with all its appur-
+ tennnccs, hccnme The inheritance, on
certain conditions, of three beieaved
maiden sisters, lnll grown, and some
what lapSing beyond certain are. A
faithful Guardianship of lhelr niece, tho
Coloncl's only child, Miss Admirable
! Potts, was the tenure upon winch the
! Elder ladies' wefe IL " have aud 10 hold
the aiore granted premises during their
natural lives" Now Miss Admirable
was of that age wherein it is customary
to think lendery Of being thought Of ;
and that The Indulgence OF tins pensyc
mood by the dalnsel IN 90, slion, may
be deemed no transgression of the CAM
ons Of modesly, the reader hereof is adj
lournCd 10 ranSacK the most romantic
corner OF his memory, for such notions
of feminine grace as shall contribute 10
the formation oil II pretty picture oil Miss
Admirable Potts. Under such circum-
stances it beloved the three aunls 10 be
especially scfupnlous IN regard TO the be-
haviour Of their ward--a duty which
they resolved 10 exercise with the Ut
most vigilance and rigor.
Long sanctioned practice among mat
terS-o t-iact noyelists, demand person
Al description Of those characters where
with the writer ohooseth To adorn his
tale. As for the Colonel, his demise Is
already recorded, and no further inter
est in what he WdS, can be supposed To
engage the present generation. The
heroine herself, as has before been re-
marked, being wholly understandable, is
abandoned To the dreams of lancy. But
there was trlumvirate of responsible
spinsters, with whom the world longoth
to become acquainted--lo wit, IN chro-
biological graduation, Miss Experience,
Mss Wais.ili, and Miss Silence, daugl-
lers of the once late Faithful Potts, Es-
ourc, and Delivcrance his wife. The
eldest was a prlm, sharp-noscd fdgity
antique, who took much pains aud some
snuff i; tue next comfortable round
face, solid body, with a pleasant temper
aud a good appetite the third, a dried
poppy, wriultled, soporlic, taciturn and
lorbidding. Such were the remnants OF
an ancient race--the ultimate fragment
Of the Poltses.
Hard by theiI family residence, lived
the Rev. Jcshuron SnarlleM, a tough,
long limbed, gaunt bachelor Of two score
yoa,s and upwards. This gentleman,
| by reason OF numerous accidental calls,
and divers voluntary couuscls III domcs-
tie matters, had succeeded III iasclna-
lingncarly all the old ladies in the parish,
TO this charming faculty he added great
literary taste serving up his weekly
Ihumlies 10 the highest qualification oi his
auditory being praclously assistoc
thcrcunto by certain deyout and learned
divineS, whose accommodating folio,
and quarlos performed wonders similar
10 that which the angel wrought upon
The beast Of BaIaam. Moreover, his re.
vcrenoe relleionsly remembered many
rare scriplural iniunctions, considering
himself worse than an lniidel should ht
neglect making provisions for his owl
bodily comfort and deemed ii above
all things prudent to make to himsel
friends Of the mammon Of unrghte0us'
ness. Moved by considerations 80 weigh
~, he had long gloalcd askauni upon the
person and supposed chattels of Mis-
Silence Potts.--which she, nolhnl
Ioath, perceived with Ill due quetud,
and complacency. But, when this pro-
ect had nearly reached lis contempla
ted crisis, Parson Snarltcu, III CONVEX
satiou one day with Deacon AdonJaI
Pitcher, ascertaned to his uDspeakail'
horror, that the whole Potts estate wa
entaiIcd upon Miss Admirable. TIN
Deacon, an honest, substantial, stralgh
forward woman, unconscious oil the Ter
rblo blow ne had already inflicted b,
his disclosures, proceeded TO dcscan
largely upon the charms, both lnhefen
and acquired, ofihe young heiress-hn
ishing his euioglum with veheme0
hope that she might never become th'
prey OF fortune-hunter, nor marry 10
aught but love. The aslonlshcd cler
pylnan, seized with fit Of rOminaiion
stared through his spcctacles and wen
his way.
Deacon Pitchers seventh son, Rejoice
Hardy, robust swain ottwo and TWEEN
~, had for some months iostered sneak
ing prediction towards young Mis-
Potts. The sentiment was reciprocal
though No one, as yet, but aunt Matt
still, possessed the momentous secret
and in what manner she became its re
pository, ii is not material TO relate
that she did Obtain il, is beyond douh
, yea, it bath become matter othls
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