The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-10-17

roof with youthful husband and one funeral cere
mony consigned them, with their unmely offspring, to their
graves Such the melancholy uiis--such the scene Of
mourning and desolaton resulting from that false principle of
modern honor, which washes out with blood offence ex
raeted from moody brow, tortured of ambiguous
word!
Mrs Fzroy took the infant Jane to her home educa
ted her with her Children and endery supplied all the
maternal offices which her sister would have discharged had
she been living Though the bulk of fathers propey
his male kindred, he died ntesate they generous
ly renqulshed such portion enabled them make
than adequate settlement upon herr and Fzroy
regousy abstaned from appropatng any part oft towards
the expenses of her maintenance and education, had gone
accommodating for nearly twenty years, till Doug
las might almost call herself heiress Assuredy had
grown amplitude which, if fortune-hnner would
have suiced abundant security against her dying Of
that dreadful complaint, old maidiSn1
Separated Mrs Fzroy from the rest of children
Agnes had grown up in her affections with much of that e
elusive love- and of that of cbmen which Irvine
themselves closely round only child To her. indeed
she had long been only child; for though scarcely
week elapsed which did bring dutfu and aeconae re-
from her absent and daughters and though
The two which resided in England failed passsom
portion of every with her. still they had become
the of little circle of domestic tres, Of sympathes
and duties of their own and longer dwelt were with
in that of which herself the They were them
stations the march of human e and whatever fond reeo
ections might nger round the home from which they had
begun the journey they necessarily grew fainter and fainter
as distance increased and they mingled with the VIC
enng stream of individual charities But 10 exau
propoon the tide Of maternal solcitude, the heat
of Mrs Ftzroy, had narrowed its channel and contracted IL
course ertizng flowed with an augmentng volume
towards Agnes; till now whes she rpeDng womah
hood and the gentle qualities of her naturally amsble and
susceptible character unfolding themselves she had
the constant companion, the only friend and faro
rite daughter of her mother Jane perhaps divided her
the first. second in the second but in the third though
parental; yet when passing cloud of sickness dinn
the ustre of James eye, and when in shadows
upon the melting of those of her dear Agnes,
ure faithful to her hottest yeanngs, quickly informed her
which was the child of her blood and which of adoption
Among the neghborng gentry, whose seats that
Of Mrs Fitzoy and whose encirced were he
little domestic paradise, of fifty sixty the
family of Sir Frederick Tehearn with whom very intimate
acquaintance had been kept up her husbands DEATH
Sir Frederick a wdoHer, and for Tune, positive
" settled by all the matchmaking gossps he county, that
Mrs Ftzroy would certainly appear Lady Treean at the
next rennial musicmeeng But that next trienna music
meeting came; and another; and still there no Lady IRE
hearn; which wholly nexplcable for the
wears wife knew from the very best authority, that the we'd
ding dresses ordered and the Hon. Mrs Teattle had
oked the upon his approaching happy change of
dltion which he only laughed This was pronounced De-
csive proof of malice prepense the part fsH Frederick