Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-17
ROYAL DESCENT.
AN ASEcpoTe.

We extract the following from the third
and fourth volumes (unpublshed) Of thc
"Chroniquss Old de BGuf"
''Dntrcsncy. a descendant Of Henry ". bY
the UT stfe, has just taken into has head ia
MARY, but enly see 10 what excess a poet
may carry his originality. A Young and
comely washerwoman, whose account vIfh
the Wit Nigh, be compared 10 theatri
Cal piece without a dosioaeyneft. made her
way fnto the authors apartment, aud in a
positive tone demanded, ence for al. as she
termed II, the settlemest sf her account
=" \ our account exclaimed the poet. slip
ping on his clothes behind his bed curtain.
Tor the sake OF decencv, THAT'S easily said
ehlid; but the truth is, that for the last tort
tight The Jade Fortune has been in a most
sP'ieiul humor with ms Faro. and all has
host 10 boot, have been most unmereifsl ~
The sum Is but title of thirty pistoles ~
"A irliisl thirty pistolesl II bad only sne,
| might take advantage of leeky vein which
am positive was going TO begin just rs left
Oh last night" ''Bnt in eight days | am to
be married; and its no use talking: you must
IN tho meantime find nherewith; Il 10 pay your
debt Alb you ara going to be married!
then ~ seems on have n:ooey; alasl If yoa
upon II rotten stan---s that your meaning
Not exactly, child: I will assuredly pay Gu
one OF these days; some morning when you
ehahce to ind me IN possession of the vein
that Was forced to abandon last night. But
moment' thirty pistoles are not your entire
portion!' Certainly not, by dint Of wa,h
ing, and securing, and plating. aud starch
ING, have amassed about a couple OF humid
red ducats , 1.-The dasl you hayep-Jeas-
nette, on have indeed slarched aud plaittd
TO some purpose. Aud who is the bride
groom An honest Norman eoachee whe
HAS promised TO manage Our little householti
matters ia carefully us he drives las master =
outrage" "a athman! lflei lie! a girl
Ike you might do better" "Vhom, then.
wotii you have he marry2 IA duke. | sup
pose?' lin ruth, J6annette, there are duk Go
who do not deserve you, and wio ara mcs
pable oi amassiag IN eentney the two hund
rcd ducats winch you: hitls llanas have pat
10. 'iieF IA - siort a tine. What say you
10 me, girl, Ira husband bis alsiests's val
ct ae-chaInJrc aud comptroller OF the royal
gaIdcIsP" "You, NJ. Dufesney? }au ularrY
"d"s'erW1HlnH!' ~ by notp INV great
grand mother worked IA b garGon?n a slight
whispering oil az bi,on tingied in Jeanette s
car "a don exactly reinse," said she, witil
u uo""t"ot VIVA, g"h htc tls VIA JcstJ tmtet
dc sdam6re, and comptroller OF The royal gar
deas?' Even 20, ehildn And 10 case OF
accidents, naybap you could become valet
&c chambrs Ia some other great house--oI
gardener? IL don't promise that-bnt-l
am poet" "Oh, Tor the matter Of that
your trade is not worth much. ] wash toI
twenty poets, Hot one of whom pays me--
but "SVslll have yeu made ~ our
miadP Here am quite dressed; give me
your arni--we1i have the banns published
Immediately" with all ray heart" SAID
the ~asherweman, takingths poet lovingly by
the arm; and IN fortnight the fair stareher
whom we n4ust now call the grand daughter
OF Henry " was obliged to scrub and plat
harder than ever TO gain another couple OF
lsinired pistoles, her busbasd having spent
the first by q fruitess search after his vein Of
luck. But IN week afterwards. Dufre sns
made his appearance with thousand pistolst
whieh Lewis XIV. had given him--hs ma
Jessy good nstureciy observing, that his reia
ton, Jeannette, must not be suffered Il
starve far the crime of having married {
great monarchs hhsitimate grandson