Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-13
From Hrs. Haie's Ladies Magazine.
THE LONG DAY.

laugridIy seated herself on the sofa, and
drew her beautiful white hand over her
face, 10 conceal yawn she could not
overcome.
You are fatigued with your exertions,
presume" said her uncle Jacob, look
ing compassionstely upon her Permit
me to inquire what have been your em-
ployment during this long, tedious day."
''Employmebtsi" repeated the Young
lady, coIouring. 30 for that matter,
uncle, cannot remember all | have
done"
"Bnt you can enumerate some things,
no doubt Have you walked, or rode, or
read. or workedin
II detest walking, when the wind is
so high, and The streets so dusty. WHY.
no LADY Of fashion would be seen abroad
to-day, uncle" replied Jane, with great
yivacity
"And so, Of course, may conclude,
you have neither walked nor rode" Oh
served uncle Jacob, as be very compo
sedly put on his speciacles, and survey
ed his niece through them, with an air as
deliberately as fcplevels hiseye glass
at the theatre. Jane, however, shiunk
more from her uncle's scrutiny, than she
would have done from the tops. swell.
reading and working may be performed
when the wind is high and The streets dus.
ty"
Jane was silent, for reading came
next in course, and she was too well &C.
quainted with her uncle, To attempt to
impose on bin by pretending to have
read books which she knew only by their
stiles, or the reviews Some young ladies
may think Jane very Conscientious
They see no harm in palmipg off lil
tie of that smattering of knowledge, which
they gain by mingling in society, as their
own. Why could not jane have named
some book which the old gentleman ne
yer beard OF, and then, if she did mistake
names, and misapply characters, and
have detected herr Many a young lady
has thus ratified away, 70 her own great
delight and fancied Importance, when
with those whom she deemed could not
readily discover she was ignorant wheth
err the authors she so famiIiarly named.
wrotein prose or poetry, or whether the
lbooils she pretended so lately to have
Tread, was a sermon or q song
/ The truth is this, Jane read nothing
but novels: and, as she had, only one
week previous, solemnly promised her
uncle not to touch d work Of fiction for g
month, she did not dare to acknowledge
she had passed the whole forenoon nor
ing over "a Marriage in High Life
tShe would as soon have confessed she
had spent the hours, planning when her
own marriage was TO be-
"ilave you read Reber's Travels yet?"
resumed uncle Jacob, attempting, by
question, to obige his niece to converse.
"No-not all--not much," returned
Jana, speaking very quick II am not
interested in it, uncle. | always hated
dairy. 1T looks so methodstiek and
mechanical. i think no author can be SO
particular, without having%n all his ac.
tons and speeches, reference TO the note
book. Can thoughts be free. when one
lis subj ected TO the trammels of entering
them all on the dairy, as regularly as a
merchant would his accounts? / would
not, for the universe undertake to be
thus particular, and 1 always pity the
writers of such minute facts too much 20
enjoy the information their labours would
otherwise afford me"
"But there is one care that freouently
Expresses you, which the good bishop
seldom if ever, appears to have felt.
He never had TO endure very tedious.
long day" said uncle Jacol., smiling.
will keeping dairy always preserve
US from ennui?" demanded Jane.
The endeavours to have something
worthy to record, would preserve US my
dear. The industrious and the studious.
seldom complain OF a Uery tedious long
daq"
Now ! shall hear that saying of mine
for this whole season, | presume" repli
ed tie laughing girl. as she took her un-
cle's hand, and afiectiona,ely pressed it
between both hers. "YetJ said il mere
ly because did not at the moment, think
OF any observation more wise. forgot
how very circumspect 1t was necessary
TO bo''
When conversing with your old fash
Toned friend" interrupted her uncle.
"Nell, well, | forgive you, and if loved