Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-01-27
MORNING CALLS.
From the literary Sourenir.

"AHi it Is sad thing, to be sure" said
4he fashionable Yrs. LowtoD 10 her friend
Lady James, -, after few common place
inquiries on nv entrances, shsrsturned to the
converss,icn bad intercepted: "Iregiiy won
der, after E.aufa's d5ii.hital r.stcb, thatsho
could have bszn 90 is,rrsdcnt"
"Heavcas! zy dear Idrs. Lowtsn' you do
surprise me"
Eyes, irdsss, think il has surprised eva
ny eae; Bat you kaew, Lady James, she vas
always vastly opintcretsd."
so have beard, but really, ] am very
sorry, shesoeinsd each nice youag woman.
Only ieur hundred year, did ycn say
"Scarcely that, an told; it is very poor
living, in6ced. really don't sec how hey
are TO exiGi; for, yau know, ;hs had no Tor
tune Other avH, and hs has nslhing beyond
his prefsrmsnt7
"Dear, dearl it is sa2 business"
81 can assure yeu il is a gricToa5 dsap-
pointment to Ser friends, Isr abe might haye
done so much bcissr; yss Eaxst have seen
Lord SIS Fttcntiens--Gss thousand year
thcre But &r. go" shs turned abruptly
TO me, yc@ must remember the Fernons-
you have sften mettEem here?"
Now II - happened, that not only re
meaibsred them, bV! that the real purpose Of
my early call on the fashlsnAsle dTs. Lew
ton, did not arlse from a1y perssaai interest,
as regarded tie lady's self: the enefe ssiupi-
mcnt OF card, even after my SIX years abb
senca frSua Enslapa, would have a@Ply "a
tlslied nSt5 bgt, te ascertain, through her
means, wherc the SAID VeruV2s we're to 5s
found, fer they were two oil and dear incads
of mine. Aud though my leBg separation
from my country had dssipated sSany u the
associations Of nay earisr life, and destroyed
most Of its attachments, still. it bad not IN
the slightest degree impaired my regard ler
this aIniabe family.
had left them rich 10 beauty, blooaaing
IN youth, smiling in lsvelluess. Six yssrs
had BOW passed away. and ray unccrtAla pur-
suits had kept me but I.l-adg.ssd of the events
Ito them, at lesst---ef lhe4c sx years; aor
was at all pleased. that my erst Intelligence
SHOULD have been thas ungr8clouss es COZ
eeraed tie deareat If tAose desr ysiters.
Promptly acknowledging my acquaintance,
(although nat al my acquaintance vita tken)
] asked, with earpaat anxiety, tho particulars
OF poor Alicias sad FAULT.
"Fault Mr.. --I' exclaimed the lady
with evident surplse-aRd thea turEiug %
her friend, finishes TO her The in!erlecton-
"Why, Lady JaRaes, Wa caDBst exactly call
1t taGH, you know"
mo, nay daar Mrs Lewton." rejoined Der
ladyship; ''net exactly; she has csrta;al thot
proper to marry ggsr man, when ssc had
plenty ofrich cues to choose fren; but thai"
'is fault" Continued Der friend, "oGly as
people cheese to consider H."
"But, surely, Mrs. Lowton." | inquired,
''you do not regard wealth So the osly goss2
There may, hsps, be happiassa WITHOUT its
abundance; IN Same cases. mere, than with
Its greatest 6ifs2"
~.
look half pleased with the mtcgfogatory;
fear her adrsltted assent was only about e.
qually sincere.
"Pray Madam" waited moment for
the evaporation Of her surprise; as there any
objection 10 the gentleman, beyond his liml
ted income?"
"Ne-o." She drawled out The word very
slowly; it was certainly any thing but "a mo-
nosyllable. 81 believe he is O most amiable
man and very kind to her, but then, Mr.,
only think Of the contrast between her and
her sister, Mrs. Jcrnyn, who has IS hand
some an establishment az any in the beau-
monde, hers, indeed was some,saE like
patch" She proneuncsd the concluding
words with considerable emphasis, as she
turned 10 Lady Jane, for her ready appro-
val.
had already perceived that the two ladies
formed no exception TO tie SO universally ad-
mitted opinion Of the ompipstease Of saoney;
had | not, however, made the discovery,
Mrs, Lswtsns over hasty reply to my inqUi-
rry after psor Alicia's residence, would speed
iy have satisfied me on that poiat.
ozark street; Mrs Jer-? Alicia. did you
say? Oh truly-really, Mr.. -, don't cx-
acty know; somewhere, believe, in the on
virons; but | cannot be certain-perhaps
can ascertain"
begged that abe would net, on any &c
count, give hcrself the trouble. was about
TO proceed to pay my respects to Mrs. Jer-
myn. who, no doubt, wsula be able 10 di-
rect me; and. with as much speed as was
consistent with good breeding, took my
leave.
II may readily be imagined that my rsmi-
nations as | walked along, were somewhat
varied In the character. The false estimate
OF happiness, universally existing, tho court
paid TO wealth~ths neglect attendant, even
on the approach to poverty. | determined,
however, TO suspend any decisisn on the
comparative happiness Of nay two friends, the
grandeur Of tho wealthy Ags. Jermyn OF the
privatons of tbs poor Alicia. until had
Judged Of then from my own observations.
Ii was after I've o'clSck when arrived ut
Mrs. Jermyn's residence. 1t was large, no
ble-lsokins manson; and WAS shown into a
most superb drawing room, whose whole
arrangement seemed rather designed with q
view to sugsest uses, than as the actual pro
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