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

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so it determined that the clergyman should be for,
but"
Agnes sprung to her harp, and leaning graceful,
syiph-ke attitude first drowned the voice of Jane with
exempore prelude of crashing Chords and then senced her.
whilst she played dvney the saucy air of Cease your fun
ming"
When she had done, there pause and just at that
moment the partially obscured by light feecy
cloud passing it, agnes had returned to the window
and her eyes directed mild pale umnary
which was now beginning edge with SOFT svery radiance,
the border of the cloud from which it slowly emerging
And you think jane said she taking her COUSINS hand
that my heart like that cold chase orb dmmed and
anon by passing clouds; but like it, re-appeang again
cold and as bright ever! wish could think so! You
deem it, too inconstant-changng she does! All
mel There times whenI fancy rather the dove, wander
ing forth from its ark to find resting place, but destined to
return with no olive branchp
-di!-fdde- de-do-fddle- dun
exclaimed Jane mmcng the sorowf cadence of her co-
sims voice. AT the she caught her round the
waist and spite of herself made her waltz three or four
times up and down the roo the tune Of D tant papt
hummed by herself When she had dragged her about till
they both out of BREATH she pulled her by her
side seee SAID, Now talk 10 again chaste
cold obs, doves, aks and olive branches you do YOU
shall have another dance, till have joggled this fine sent
mental frppery out of you.''
'You strange girl Jane,' said Agnes but still houe
the day when that heart of you're will do
coect Harriet Lindsay! She laugh
ed love till she nineteen hen-ded of it before
she one-and-t%enyn
As shall, while there fevers iniammaons
and consumptons hand ofhis world the next
reonod Jane And for my part though poor dear Harriet
had credit of dying of broken heart because her lover
died of broken neck, by fall from his andeau, confess
always thought sure of ice and
that really killed her. If it had been cold summer and
bad fruit season, Harriet Lindsay might have looked little
PALE and for few days, perhaps found The wing of
chicken than she could dinner; but by the end of
week. take my word for it, the knife and fork would have
conquered the pocket handkerchief and the smelling bottle
Lord help poor girls say !, if born only fall in
love- and must die when fall like such grinning
love- Fasaf says of honor. It is all very wel grant
you have nice handsome fellow, signing like furnac
your elbow and growing thin winter an
empty barn. for your sake; and if after you have used him
for three years. to plague half dozen of your
friends who envy your conquest you find you really make
a decently affair of the heart of it, why then -
Why them, interrupted Agnes Il suppose Jane Douglass
spnster, would be fine morning. the poverbay
dangerous month of May, going the direction my
hegho only, not like it, creeping in at the keyhole of the
church door,
oh Lord oh Lord' exclaimed Jane, stopping her ears
with her fingers how you be malicious that
horrible Gothic word Do you think would
be married by bann and have myself proclaimed three
eral Sundays with public notice, that any person per-
sons know any just impeachment why-Herei-be L
quick! sprinkle little Eau de Cologne upon my handkerchief
shall go into hyserics How could you be barbarous
In this vein of mutual raiery and lght-heared mrh, did