Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-07-15


:. IN The piazza, looking through the window
: INTO room where sat the lady IN onest;on
buslly engaged III extracting the sweets of the
last novel. - WV
lone Tor dozenn replied the laughing
lom' ut were worth basket Of JolIy's hes.
10 see you rouge gathering on the furrewed
cheeks ana SKINNY lips of that walking anat.
omy-ihat splendid example of the eternal
sisterhood,
COUSIN Nancy bad toisd through life for
three score years and ten. ENJOYING aH the
plAtonlc pleasures OF single hesseoness In
Tau respects but two, che was. 10 saw Me
ieast, sufierable; but her aflectation was q.
IpfovoAing as her amatory disposition was
'eAa'iouS. ! he first never allowed her 10
heep d eaishlar beyond her thirty first YEAR.
mate her ape the dress. manners ami habt,
7 OF giri--attend juvenile assemblies of a
musement-snd take lessons in music daily.
| The second, her amativeness) was ever bur-
/ fllh5 hcr INTO love adventures; making her
The bore 81 all the beaux; sending her heart
| on one Wlld goose chase after another, until
she could scarce sweat 30 ii as her own; and
leading her to imagine that she was making
conqnests wherever she went Reader. can
you not see her now before thee, large as
lie? her gray locks saucily giving the lie
TO her raven papillote her corrugated phiz
smeared with paste rouge until it looks like
mine OF red chalk; her sinesy neck and with
cred bosom forming deep and yellow
ground TO display the lace above it, and ex-
posed with generosity which fifty years a.
go would have been irresistible; her dress
ilasiing with rainbow ribbaads, and her 6d-
getty movements hotrayng the restless activ-
| lty OF the soul, fretting and chatting within its
venerable tabernacle!
You can now appreciate the motives of the
young men for engaging in their mise hievous
plot-h you cannot, we pity you
cousin Nancy was on visit al Franks pa
tcrnsl residence, but she remained so provo
kngly long that Frank was out of pstenee
Nth her, and could SO far forget hospitality
as to hoax her occasionally for iun's sake
The bet was ratified by a mutual grasp,
and IN went Frank, assuming an air of awk-
ward mystery that was calculated to rouse
the suspicion OF his venerable cousin. Closing
and boiling the door, behind he drew the
curtains, taking care TO have peeping hole
for bis aceomplice, who surveyed the prepa-
rations with infinite glee; lac then seates hun
sell 10y the side o. his wonder struck cousin.
and selling her unresisting hand, began to
whisper soft things in her ear. She was a
nazed with JOY; wigsled IN her chair tried
| 10 blush; IN short she acted like fool
Frank now proceeded still further; fell on his
knees, aud poured forth torrent of III mean
ing rhapsody; called her goddess-apgel--
idol OF his soul besonght her to have mercy
on him and declare bis fate any thing, even
the killing no was better than this suspense
''sTeak, my adored cousin: PRONOUNCE my
sentence, and oh let il not be that which will
drive me to despair or suicide"
.Why-my dear Frank--ycu mast know
how can That is--it 10 So spr1pccted-
., DO, il e,
remain in agony till r1orning?-well will
strive TO live ill th2n--but then--theD you must
give me my answer" He caught her in his
arms, and sLe made no opposition, but sighed
deepiy-but dear, dear Frank"- his lips wan
dered freely over her face and neck, trailing
The moyeasie complexion after them, and
daunita bis chin, cheeks,sand nose most elc
gently in its 3anguine hues; he tore himself
from her--tulnblod purposcly over a chair
mistook by similar accident the closet door
for the entrance of the rassage--and finally
joined his almost smothered iriond, vino was
bursting with suppressed laughter.
"Bravoi Frank, Brasissimol the wine is
yours; but by all the powers OF farce and
lcomedy, il is richly earned Ha. hal hal wipe
off the red lead, Frank, from your lips-'twill
poison the Burgundy"
The next morning Frank came down worry
late and languid into the breakfast roona;
scarce noticed the members Of the family, but
seemed to he entirely busted with yawoing-
slipping his coifee-and tumbling the morning
papers. His friends were surprised at his
ecnduct-almost as much as they had been by
the goi geous display on the person ofcousin
Nancy, who had made early appearance
in the character Of Aurora, clothed in all the
tints, hues AMI ColoFs imaginable. Strsaners
red, yellow aud blue, flutteFed from head,
waist and ANGLE; lace contended with muslin,
and silk stFove with satin, 10 adj charms to
/ the fair virgin of seventy, while all the mys-
| teries Of the cosmetic art had been poured
out to crafty the various senses TO which the
young and beautiful address themselves.
Frank and his cousin out-sate thsm all at
table. He was just finishing his roll, and was
about rising from ths table, apparently un-
conscious Of her presence "Francis! dear
Frank sighed his cousin. "What will You,
fair cousin" 81 am rea5y to answer yosr
question Of last evening" Question: what
que stion, cousinp'' NAY, dear Frank, spare
Ilry blushes--your proposal--it was unexpest-
edit i. accepted" and she was just falling
Into his avms-when he stepped back with
a look of the MOST perfect astopishment-"A
lproposal. cousin! in Gods name That do you
mean? you alarm me-
..Perhdious man. deeeiyer, did you not on
your knees offer me your heart and your
hand?"
"My heart Oh Lord. My hand. Hal ha.