Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-10-09

when II sat in ominOus shadows upon the
melting azure OF those of her own dear
Agnes, nature. faithful 10 her hottest
yearnlngs, quickly informed her which
was the child of her blood, aud which of
her adoption
Among the neighbouring gentry whose
seats were near that Mrs. Ftzroy. aud
whose Estates encircled,, as il We're. her
little domestic paradise, of some fifty or
SIXTY acres, was the family of Sir ,FreGe-
rick Irchearn, with whom a very intimate
acquaintance had been kept up since her
husbands death. Sir Frederick was q
widower, and, for time, it was positively
settled by all the matchmaking gossips in
the county that Mrs Fitzroy would Ger.
family appear. as Indy Trehearn at the
next triennIaI music-meeting, BIT that
next triennlal musc-meeting. came and
another ; and stillthere was no Lady Ire
hearn (; a circumstance which was wholly
ineXplicabie, Tor the wears wife knew.
ron' the very best authority, that the we'd
ding dresses were ordered, and the Hon.
Mrs. Ii.iletattle had joked the baronet
upon his approaching happy change OF
condition., at which he ONLY laughed
Tins was pronounced a desisive proof OF
malice prepense" on the part Of Sir
Frederick /; and when coupled with the
suspicious fact, that the best bedroom at
rrehea,E Lodge had been nowly papered
and painted, what further circumstanciaI
evidence could be reasonably required !
Now it was certainly true, that the wor-
Thy baronet had been guilty of these two
alleged crimes, in so Ear as related TO the
best bedroom, and laughing at the Hon
Mrs 1Iiiletattle's Joke but the most Sc.
nous part the charge of that ordering
tile wedding dresses, resting, as it did,
upon the unsupported testimony of that
notorious lying witness" best authority f"
turned out, oil course, mere fabrication.
Still 1T was generally acknowledged by all
persnus, except the two who We're must
competent To pIdge oft, that it .'wnull
oe d inee match for the gentleman was
not 100 old, and the LADY was not too oung -
hate mentloning ages, after people oct
to that uncertain time of life which is
called a F." certain age j., so | shall com
promise the matter, 10y giving the sum to-
tai OF both their ages, leaving it as it NAV
chance, to the sagarity or gaIlanlry of nv
reader 10 adjust the difference in such
| proportions as may warrant the af;t esaid
declaration, that the gentleman was no,
too old, nor the lady too young" Sir
Frederick, then was exactly -; Mrs
Fnzroy within three months o.
which. 10y the simple rule of addition, will
he found To give the joint stock amount
OF n'neiy'tlree, throwing in the lady's
,qnarter ola year
Sir Frederick Trehearn had two Sons.
George aud Edward and one daughter
Emily. Edward was the elder and q,
course heir to the title and estate. GEORGE
was miserable cripple, in consequence
OF an accident which hffrll him in his in.
fancy. or Emily, every thing is told, when
1t is SAID she was not ugly, and not short ;
not lIi-natured, and not stupid not too
lat, and not too pale not too ,alkative, and
not too grave To complete her negative
character, however, 1t must be added, she
was not the Affirmative of any Of these ne
lgatves In fact, she was one of those girls
OF which million are made according TO
pattern every year and which it would
hardly be fair to consider as the work
manshlp OF =" Natures journeymen even,
but rather of her apprentices while the
mould III which she was cast, must certain
ny nave heeD IN use ever si,.ce Adam and
Eve were driven out OF Paradise. There
is no more marked difference betwe 90
one OF these two-legged human machines
and the mob OF Others than there is be.
tween one whitehead cabbage and ano.
ther, or between TWO white tea cups. be.
longing TO the same set.
| Edward Trehearn, the "young squire. =
as lie was usually denomiaated, was IN
his twentieth year, had been educated al
Eton and Oxford, and babe fair TO reAec,
honour upon both those eminent seats o.
learning. AT Elton he had risen to the
distinguished rank Of" Captain" anc
+ received his forced tribute of" salt" at the
Montem; while at Oxford he had contend
ed successfully for some OF the higbes
academical prizes. TO what specific pur
pose his natural endowments and scho
laStlc attalDnents were TO be applied
what his Iulure course was to be--were
as yet, left TO the future. There haC
been some talk about his standing for the
representation OF the county at the mex
general election, and promises Of suppor
had been spontaneously rendered which
would almost justify the experiment but
his father was too wise and prudent a man
to impoyerish the family estate by squan,
dering eight or ten thousand pounds, even
for the certainty, still less for the chance
Of his sons return at a contested election
Otherwise, he was not insensible to the
honour Of again seeing aTrehearn in Par