Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1832-11-02

purchases for the season, and also with view to-
wards party which they knew Mrs. Potts had in
contemplation. This time they did not as usual
stay with their relations, but they took lodgings
at a fashionable boarding-bouse where they could
receive their great woman CONNIE il fault
On the morning after their arrival Mrs. Marsden
and her daughter, in their most costly dresses,
went to visit Mis- Potts that she might be appraised
of their arrival; and they found her in spacious
house, extensively and ostentatiously furnished.
After they had waited till even their patience was
nearly exhausted, Mrs. Potts came down stairs to
them, but there was evidently great abatement
in her aflability. She seemed uneasy, looked fie-
quently towards the door, got up several times and
went to the window, and appeared fdgetty when
the bell rung. AT last there came in two very
Haunting ladies', whom Mrs. Potts received as if
she considered them people ofconsequence. They
were not introduced 10 the Marsdens, who after
the entrance of these new yisers sat awhile in the
pitiabe situation of cyphers, and then took their
leave. =" Strange" said Mrs. Marsden, &C that she
did not say word Of her party"
Three days after their VISIT Mrs. Washington
Potts left cards for MIS- and Miss, Marsten, with
out enquiring if they were al home. And they
heard from report that her party was fixed for tho
week after next, and that it was expected to be
very splendid as it was to introduce her daughter
who had just quilted boarding-schnol. The Mars
dens had seen this young lady, who had spent the
August holidays with her parents. She was as
silly her mother, and as dull as her father in the
eyes of all who were not bndly determined 10 think
her otherwise, or who did not consider it particu-
larly expedient to uphodall of the name of Potts.
| AT length they heard that the invitations were
going out for Mrs. Potts's parly,a that though
very large it was not TO be generals which meant
that only one or two of the members were to be
selected from each family with whom Mrs. Potts
thought proper to acknowledge an acquaintance.
From this moment Mrs. Marsden, who at the best
of times had never really been treated with much
respect by Mrs. Potts, gave up all hope of an nv-
tation for herself; but she counted certainly on
one for Albina and every ring at the door was ex-
pectcd TO bring it, There were many rings but no
invitation, and poor .ilbina, and her mother took
turns in watching at The window
| At last Boyle was seen to come up the steps
with handful of noes and Albina, regardless of
all rule, ian TO the front-door herself. They were
cards for party, but not Mrs. Potts's, and were
intended for two otner ladies that lodged in the
house.
Every time that Albina went out and came home,
she enquired anxiously Of all the servants If no
note had been left iol her. Still there was none.
And her mother still insisted that the note must
have come, but had been mislaid afterwards, or
that Boyle had lost il in the street.
Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday pas.
ped over, and still no invitation. Mrs. Marsden
talked much of the carelessness of servants, and
had no doubt ofthe habitual negligence of Messrs.
Boyle, Shepherd, and other " fashionable party
men, Albina was @lns5st = ~ with I" hope de-
ferred." AT last, when she came homo on Monday
morning from Second street, her mother met her
at the door with delighted face, and showed her
the longdesired note, which had just been brought
by Mrs. Potts's own man. The party was TO take
place in two days and so great was now Albina's
happiness, that she scarcely felt the fatigue of
searching the shops for articles of attire that were
very elegant and yet not TOO expensive and shop
ping with limited purse is certainly no trihing
exercise both OF mind and body; so also is the task
of going round among fashionable mantu.makers
in the hope of coaxing one ofthem to undertake
dress at short notice.
ITO be continued in our nert.)