Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-07-28
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THE BRIDAL ROBE.

Pretty goings on indeed" cried Mrs. Bruggemann,
addressing her daughter 'Il warrant me old Hans
]Leier's Golfers will soon be emped by that reprobate
pfodga. Of his. There's TO be grand feast of the
tip top bnrgesScs, fosOoth, and the serving men have
all got liveres, that would be lit for the reijnue of
The Duke of Burgundy himself They are rolling in
1hc hampers and barrels OF wine If it much
water; nothing but the best vintage will go down il
seems with the dainty gentleman The viands an all of
,he finest and most costly description, and there have
been two extra cooks hired to dress the dinner while
here am J. who Little thought, when | married MIR.
Druggemann, the senior partner in the firm of COM
ing Distress obliged to fs, hard all day long for
lille more than dry crust, and to you working
your fingers to the bone keep life and soul together
have patience nhen look at thai ungracful Maui
keltleT, ana think of all that my husband did for
his family, raising them ont OF the dirt, as one NAV
say" ''Nay, but dear mother, returned Lena NTari
in all probability ignorant of the benefit which
his father received from NINE, ard you know that it
not the elder kettiei's fault that the partnership
Dissolved We must strive 20 forget the errors of
deserved!y dear to us; yet Justice cOnpels me
remind YOU, .at my poor fathers tenacious adhe-
renee to a ruinous system was the sole cause os our
sOrunCs had he taken hctiier's advice, crcun-
Stances would have been iDuistins as those of his
SOFA"
.ena's mild remembrance was lost upon ber mother
She continued 10 gaze from the window OF the
mean apartment which she occupied out house,
looking upon Maurice ketttcr's mansion and gar
Gems ~ the suburb o! the CITY, TO comment upon the
jJXnry, pToigacy and extravaganza Of the neighbour
and TO lament over her fallen fortunes The theme
particularly distressing 10 Lena; she felt the hard
Sps OF her lot very severely but, resigned TO the will
OF heaven, and depending upon gracious Providence
sc earnestly cndcayored 10 Danish discomfort from he,
mad. bending over the ernbr0iderDg frame 10 which
Sac devoted herself with interchangeable industry she
to fix all her attention upon The flowers which
ePrang up beneath hex creative nges This state Of
1Iicudc, however, not permitted MRS. Brupre-
rnann5 continual EXPLANATIONS disturbed her rnedtaiye
thoughts Not fowl, ham, or a quarter OF yenj-
could pass through Ketters gate without exciting
animadyersiou. 'Ob!D cried the old ady yaxed At
.ena'5 unTred cOnTOsuTe ''if people honorab
and kept their contracts, you gould nave been The mis-
OF oil this magniticence; but there is chance ri
f-at now; yon fine gentleman mast needs match him
elf with nobility, anj his marriage ;7h Mis-, Cunegon
he, Baron Ilodenburg's daughter, is al the talk 20
here you wilIo
Poor Lena suppressed rhe sigh Which saoIlcI her
gentle breast this spacch She remembered tie lime
when Maurice Kettlcr delighted To call her his Ile
,,'e; indeed, strongly had the solemny of the en-
riEemcnt, entered into IN prosperous times be
tween the two families been impressed upon her young
;jiHd. that il 7as with difficulty she could fancy the
possibility ofits being dissolved sine tried TO exon
r:ale Maurice from all blame; he probably had no
heard the subject mentioned 50 often, and, sent away
very young aCHi TO lis fathers mercantile concerns
ii Antwerp he might have forgotten those Idle word
which she had cherished in her heart Df hearts. II va
Outing the Absence Of Maurice in lloilaDd that Ok
Eiuggcmann Withdrew from the firm, and prrsun;
sDe very hazIJ,Us s2ecuiairus lost all his property
md died Ji broken heart. in The interim Hans ict
Ter anasscd great cath. which he bcqreahei TO hi
.y son, who returned from Antwerp after residence
Of ei-at years, take possession o. his inheritance
Lena heard Of the expected arrival of her beloved
playmate with del gb he had been the pariue? of al!
her infant sports, her Gtor, and her guide She l1vec
Lin with undivided affection Tor ms place had never
been supplied by any connection, either male OF
iema'e a Nf7 Rrur@cmann mlTTdiacl iCrcHi Vfi ic