Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-11-22
MSUELLANY.
(yRoM THE session TOKEN FOE 1929
THE RUSE.
DY NATHANIEL p. WILLIS.
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to"n-cOusiu Ell perfectly secure; ahu
without troubling himself with what no
deem d unnecessary attentions 10 Miss
Alice, he fshcd and rode, and amused
his iancy with the sensation he should
make with his young bride nj the autumn
parties, with a most cnvlable uncouccrn
As to any fears OF a tutor who bad no
property N the stocks, and never had
been "A mage OF the Bachelors Ba!I
If the idea oyer cntcred MS head, the
evident indifference oil the lady banlsli ed
II IN n moment -
A large patty Of ladies and gentlemen,
in ridsng-dresses, stood under the porti-
co OF air. Blair's house one August
morning. Vehicles of all descriptions
were drawn up before the door.
MIR. Shelton, will you drive Alice"
said Mr. Blair, as he appeared drawing
On his gloves, '~'perhaps, too, you can
make room for Dir. Bloncel. Mr..
Blondel, Mir. Shelton wishes the pleas
ure OF driving you-AlIons! gentlemen.
Charming day! The sooner we get to
the lake, now, the better. All in? Mr.
Shelton, you lead-driyc on, sir" And
away wen; Mr.. Skeletons beautiful bays
with a rapidly which made even Philip.
philosopher as he was, wish himself any
thing but "a tutor.
"A sailing party upon n small lake in the
neig l,bourhood had been proposed the
day before, and a general invitation had
been given to the families in the vlcini-
~. About thirty ladies' and gentlemen
had assembled, accordingly, ut Mr..
Blair's The day was of a fine autumn:
nal transparency, aud every thing prom
ised enjoyment.
Mr.. Skefon was in his glory. He
wns proud of his horses, and, to do him
justice, a most beautiful whip. 1t was
the very atmosphere, too, for the only
conversation he ever attempted. His
fash enable slang sounded better upon
the box, and, between the necessity of
talking to his horses and his ~iuency in
the established nonsense Of a party Of
mere animal enjoyment, he contrived to
be lively, and ev!n agreeable.
The exhllarating mir and the exciting
motion had their effect upon Alice, and
sle ratified on in the gayest spirits III
reply to him. Mr.. Augustus had never
been SO happy. His attentions grew
p~:ofuse and pointed, and his language
assumed u more confident and elevated
tone. He condescended to play the
lover, and Philips ordinary contempt
changed into something very like jeal-
ousy. Mr.. Shelton thought he had
done quito enough in giving tho tutor IA
seat, and talking to him was an excess
Of politeness which did not once occur
to him. Alice did not speak to him,
because it is impossible to trilo with the
heart in ones mouth, and he sat with
his arms folded, saaying to the motion
Of luxurious springs in moody silence.
The boat lay sleeping on the water,
as they drove into the shade of a large
tree near the landing, and a general OK
clama,ion Of pleasure broke from every
lip but Philips.
Mr.. Shelton took the helm, and sea-
ted Alice beside him; and the tutor, with
what seemed "a proper modesty in the
eyes Of the company, sat alone in the
shade of the foresall, watching the cur
Ing Of the ripple as the boat leaned "a
wa, before the wind, and shot out tow
ards the middle of the lake. There was
just breeze enough to fill the sails and
| hutter the many coloured ribbands with
which the boat had been decorated, and
| when Alice was called upon for a song
her voice noated away over the lake, as
if the Wild had found u%tterance, and
,,a n tD.,l,nur tIn, ,yefnr. n, y m tsic
They were now under considerable
way, and Mr.. Blair proposed that they
should steer fora neal Island, which,
sheltered from the wind by Il high hill
upon the shore, lay like a fantastic cloud
on the bosom of the lake-its trees and
rocks all hanging below as distinctly
penciled as the reality. In a few min
u,es tho boat slid along side its fringed
edges, and all Ieaping on shore, were
soon lost TO sight among its deep shad-
ows.
"Miss Blair. Miss Blairn shouted
| Mr.. Shelton, as he left the boat with a
petit-maitrc care for the integrity of his
Day and Martin. Mr.. Blair, however,
in compassion to the tutor, whose 81
Ience aid abstraction from the rest of
the patty he attributed to modesty and
neglect, had insisted upon Alice's TAX
ing his arm, and they were now walking
leisureIy along a green path, which led
round the Island in a direction different
from that which the rest Of tho party had
taken.
'And 50 you won't tell me , said she,
what has come over you, aud why you
look as grave and sensible as a diction-
airy, when, by general consent, even
mine, 'motley's the only wear.'
'Am | so grave, Miss Blair"