Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-11-04

waiting a reply TO Uer uueslluH.
in flames In vain rolled the burning norrel hitll-
or and thher, rocking my head from side to SLID,
while my eyes which Involuntary had fixed or
her. were straining fromiheir sockets 5Shercgard.
cd my grimaces, of the cause Of which believe she
was ignorant, with an expression OF cement ami
srrprize at which can laugh now wien think Of
liz.
saIonsieurs est naladei' atlength she gently, and
lin an anxious tone, inquired. consdbear more.
MY mouth was Gayedwiih iniolerabe pain; so, quiz
ely abandoning the point, opened il toits ntnosS
and out dropped the internal irehrand upeH plate
Not the slightest tendency TO smiles plsbiy rufetl
the imperturabe potencss of the lady. She sootl;
lngly cohdoled with my misfortune, then graz
ually led the conversation to vircty Of topics; I'LL,
exeriing tho magic Influence that True poiicness al
ways exercises, began to forget even NY own bun-
ders- Gradually, my checks burned less painfully.
and could even join inho conversation withouttho
fear that every word uttered shared the fate of eve
| nv action attempted. 1 even yentured TO hope.
nay, TO congratulate myself, that the catalogue OF
my caiamtics was completed for the day.
j I4et no one call himself happy before DEATH, said
Scion; and he said wisely, The ides Of Mdrch were
not vet over. Before US stood a dish of caufower,
nicely done in buttor This NATURALLY enough took
for custard pudding, which il sufficiently rcsembled.
Unfortunately my vocabulary was not yet extensive
enough 10 embrace n the echnicalties ofthc table,
and when my fair neighbor enquiredif lwere fond
rIof chou eu, verify took to be the French for cus.
Itard pudding; and SO high my panegyric of it.,
thai my plate bountinlly laden with it. Alas!
ions single mouthlul was enough todispelmy Illusion.
Would to heaven that the chou -four had vanished
along with it But that remained bodily; and as
'lgaized dcspondingy at the huge mass, that doomed
up almost as large and as burning as Vcsuyus nv
Iheart died within me. Ashamed TO confess my mis-
take though could almost as readily have swallow
4 led equal quantity of soft soap, struggled man
lGlyon agninst the jiabolicaI compoun,l r enileay
ored to sap the mountainous heap at lis base; and
shutting nv eyes and opening nv mouth, to IMMUNE
alas large masses as could without sonninq In taste
| lit But nv stomach soon BEGAN intcaibly enoueh,
Ito intimate IFS intention 10 admit no more Of hs
elnauseous stranger beneath its roof if not even of
taxneIl;nr that SLci, hi aIro,dv r,;nos
,slaJmttancp. $50 -
n The serio,,rss, &C ,hs .,sL h,d nndo.,,Lor
,pJ tho ,cso,,;nn rooosso., e. ovo", !. III ;
ON an sornas,ness mi SaD;,,i, ~ ;" 49,
I;ah .nna,;,o 49,, J"u ''puy W ny eAe.uOlls'
y n,,e bap;n sonah ~, na. ~ o1 s ~ w
u Solneno" go' over ,ne euge Oh tns Ia
pe; ~, u'n my ieahg forward 'ed up, ana gown
= sL;os ~" as ~: ~ ap' iy "s'eA S
Up .. ~ u0a' % WEIGHT! loau, oon' uiiueF
y fI danos;.oJ =; an1t nv, !. Voc
saiey oePosited IN my nat. The plate Instantly
" ri ~. 80 ~ i Ky Peso", anu Us eian-
Is5 ,;osS VIC a,'u %" '"a' up o'I
s.n.a,s ~, ~ .,".e.. eo"s t:1
NJ t,at '' nausen"s oecep'ion was SO naPPiy
stap,Iv rollsJ ~. Lanalssoh.s .o,Lo III III ~
ie can,an,a ui aL; ; WIN an w.
y ~, y, oo -, anu ""ipPeu n''o NY PoeNe''
. Inc dlnner 'aee was at length deserted Tor the
~ Iutawhs roonh where Gomez ana nquears were serG-
heled round. Meantime, lhad sought out what leon
III siderea safe hiding place for my hats beneath
celchar IN the dining room, for dared not carry II
m my longer IN my hands having first thrown morse
loi paper INTO the crowo, TO hide the caniiowof
from view, should any chance, in seeking for his
On lown Hat, to look into mine.
er On my return to lie drawing room, Glanced Ia
ny he again seated by the LADY, Inv whom hnd sat a;
nj dinner. Our conversation was naturally resumed