Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-26

.n;,bIe charge are probably catching colds and
butterflies among the long grass"
:. Not at all, nv dear; that was your cousin,
Mrs. Maitland" =.
:. O,er cousin? why never even heard OF her."
..The less one hears about such people the
better" -,
..Uhai people, mammal" said her Youngest
daughter, ..you quite raise my curiosity,
"Why, poor relations TO be sure. That little
woman with her stiff quaker-air-like stuffed
- in babv-hoase-aas daughter TO my aunt,
LADY Margaret Forsyth. We were brought up
,reat deal together, but Maria was always In
IS hcroine line; So at seventeen she thought
'.rooer to show her independence of spirit, and
ward honest merit, by uniting herself with the
.,,rate of the parish; and now. understand, she
=. mother 10 hundred and fifty little dwarfsh
uai,lauds-ill fed--ill grown creatures; and
.nnporrs them all by teaching geography at some
hasrd,ng school at Brompton."
:. Poor woman. dare say she is now upon her
ro,d along the terraqueous TO the terrestrial globe
But she never makes her appearance IN G'os'e-
nor square.
IL used to see herin my dressing-room occa-
sIonaly; but she made all objection about COM
inv M the,Dack- stairs, and Mademoiseie Syl,ine
Win always fanLies that pedestrian brings a
I'm made objections about her shoes on the car
nets 50 thoGghtit best to getrid OF her aitogeih-
rsr."
Then you hear nothing Of her now
=. When her husband died, the foolish little
woman restored me with letters to- get one oil her
sons into the Orphan School for the families OF tho
Jerry. Of which your father is governor. Just as
+ could 20 and claim the benefits OF the iastI-
rution for one Of my own relations"
And what became of the boy:'
:. Really | never inquired! but Lord Forsyth
,r some Of the family GOT him Into a ship under
orders for Fernando Pc. and suppose he died;
M one lasts there above year you know. or |
.houId have commissioned him to bring me home
some paroquets for the aviary at Surface Park
:. Aletter from Walter Barnel to beg | will
oct him into my club" cries Sir VIM. Barnell TO
il officiating toadav, while his valet curls his
weILburnished locks with pair OF mother OF
nearl handled irons. - What bore, one cannot
refuse ones cousin such trltllng favor; and yet
:, is the last thing in the world like to do for a
man, least of all for one who has formed his
connexions in a marching regiment"
Certainly, certainly; to bring forward per-
son of that description, bearing your oarn name,
commits you in a most unpleasant way; sort
If man who will call for anchoyy sauce with his
Maintenon outlets"
And nv worthy Cousins motive for pushing
himselfinto my society is so rery evident! What
has a man with two or three hundred a year TO
DO with fashionable club, except to make him
self ridiculonsi but see through the thing COM
pletely:-Walter Barnell linked upon the arm
'f SirWiIham Barnell becomes somebody at once;
and he fancies that by being always in my way,
he will manage to ride my horses-get the run OF
my estabshment-intrude himself upon my
irieuds--'
And make himself offensive in all the thou
sand.and-one ways which are peculiar to the race
Of Door relations said the t0ady, Sho had his
own reasons for wishing the cousin out OF the
way. - tell YOU what, my dear fellow, YOU
must throw cold water or the thing in the first
instance-let his letter miscarry-he cannot call
out his fathers brothers for biunder VI the
Iwo-penny post"
"Why believe that will be the best way"
said Sir William, giving the envelope to his valet
70 try the tongs upon. :. FL r0is Ia bien, M
rare. 81 &c M0nsie,r sc prcsche glti Sc dit de
E,m,Rs,--ce nasrrciHe,tr eDmaiN0te d'un pania-
lon Gt pied Il etCphaat,-js ny suis pas; en-
irpds-iU?'
:. Adasie,r ie Chcralier ny est pas pour Non
NeNr son co1Sa! q" PIE al eephHn! yferGt az
tsp'i0n2"
=. Have YOU any poor relations, Harry"
Irawed Sir William TO his toady, stretching and
yawnIng.
A host. but mine are as many degrees more
odious than yours. as the parchment of my mill
MA commission is below that Of your rent-roll.-
Mine send me letters sealed with wafer; and
call at nv lodgings with single knock! 1t is
hcuccdy hard that there is no Act of which one
can take the benefit against the claims of Poor
4 RELATIONS"