Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-26
whole No. l52

With the wrecks Of all that once FILTERED there
to do mischief 10 mankind
My next inquiry was fer my daughters. r.
mly found with her resy cheeks turned 10
scarlet, by wrath at the perseeutions OF q Eel.
lev with beard down TO his mitidlc-a lrsrn.
ed stshmn. who. after plaEuing the unhappy
gi'l with gsrgop worthy OF his kindred Ssbeons
during the evening, had now taken advantage
OF the crowd to como to direct language. and
made the regular offer Of dying at her feet. /.
The multitude kept me from the philosopher
jus, long enough to hear him propose an elope.
meat. Indignation left me no power Of vord.
but contrived 20 do without them 4 tore
nay path through phalsnx of dominoes Indian
blankets, and Queen Elizabeth ferd,neales. ana
applied TO the learns pundlt the same ayvu.
ment which had found so effective with Mr..
uhamarine. Tie started from his knee. and az
sumed the hero. grssped his beard, bvo't q.
way his wisdom and his mask together. and
ssw-'he Decorator himself. My measures
we're no, the less energetic. ! gave him new
ground for halfa desen of actions before he
reached the head OF the stairs. How he con.
uived 70 resch the bottom, I believe he a. liz.
tie knew as inquired
My sole remaining stake in this lottery of
love and riot was my stately daughter Caro-.
line. After long search, found the beauty
OF my princess covered with the wrecks Of b.r
piumsge, her eheeks washed with tears. and
her white hands notified with paint frnm The
vsages OF troop offauns ard satyrs who had
eneircled her, and between iupudence and re-.
VERY, both stimulated by foods Of my bear
champagne, were astounding her ssrs with
incanta,ions worthy ofther patron deity. and
insulting the harassed girl into manual dssencr.
This. too. put to the route after some efforts,
and IN the n,idst Ut roars OF laughter, carr,ed
my unlueky daughter 10 the chamber where
her mother and sisfer sat ia sublime repent.
snee, and sc they examined their piece-mea Al
drarery, vowing irreconeilabie resentment =.
gainst the living world.
They were not without q speedy revenge
upon at least part oft. The chandelier. In
whose fall bad sugured the ruin Of my house
was destined TO be its preservation. Seine Of
the tapers had continued to burn. The mo,r
brilliant and hostile belle OF the vicinity was
swept in full waltz across the spot where one
OF those lurking incendiaries lay smouiderins
unobserved Tier drapery, almost a. sombus.
tbIe ~ herself, touched the taper. The gal
liant husssr who In sabre. sache and mustachc
unparalleled. was whiring away his fond and
breathIess enthusiastist with the rapidity Of
catherine wheel. felt too much shsorbed in
the glowing cheek, that according TO the laws
ofthe dance, lay melting, like an over-sunned
peach. on his epauietted shoui.er, 10 think of
the world beside.
Blu, IN this Nahometaa moment, the fame
laid fast hold OF its prey;tb drapery famed,
and two whirls Of the waltz were enough to
propagate il through q circle OF floating fr;ppe.
ry On the limbs OF twenty bellies more. The
discovery once made, tbs happy conse gu snces
followed In an universal scveam--s rush TO the
sts''s--sn utter disregard &c the ties OF nature
love and bionseanccs. --sderers flying from the
adered-bosom friends trampling on each 9th.
Or 10 the most ruthless spirit Of self. preserva.
tion-'hc stairs dischsrging the young, the an.
uquatsd, the grave, and the gay, withou: re-
spect OF persons, by hundreds into the hiyh.
road.-1he sanpe qn' hmt was the grand maxim
OF every one, as much as il they had been
gards irperiafe
From my elevation on the third story con.
templs'ed the havoc with the serenity of Ad.
dison's angel and
"Pleased the village manners to reform.
Welcomed the whiIiwind, and en,s,e ed the
Storm"
And the storm was doing its duty vigorous.
~. sheets OF rain. such as severc for CONVEX.
safiou 20 The "oidest habnsnts' Of country
towns, came down a. the crisis, serving alike
a. once for punishment and preservation, ex-
tinguishins the senfagvation Of the drspeyies
end dominoes. hut visiting their aisnan,ied
propristors with IN excess ofabulition, which.
II water could "wash their stairs away" would
have ieft us the purest souled village in Chris.
tendon.