Delaware gazette and American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1837, 1832-10-30
sIKESdELE.a.NY III:
I MFRS WASHINGTON POTTS.

BY MISS
Continued from our last)
'sShe is wife to gentleman that has made for.
tune in New Orleans" pursued Mrs. Marsden.
They came last winter to live in Philadelphia,
having first visited London and Paris. During the
warm weather they took lodgings in this village,
and VIC have become quite intimate. So we have
concluded to give them party, previous to their
return to Philadelphia, which is TO place i'm.
mediately. She is a charming woman, though she
certainly makes strange mistakes in talking. You
have no idea how sociable she is, at least since
she returned our call which to be sure, was not
till the end Of week ;and Albina and had sat
up in full dress to receive her for less than five
days that is, from twelve o'clock till three. Al
last she came, and it would have surprised you TO
see how afiably she behaved to us.''
'Not at all,' said Cheston, " should not have
expected that she would have treated you rudely. y
"She really" continued Mrs. Marsden, grew
quite intimate before her visit was over, and took
our hands at parting. And as she went out through
the garden, she stopped to admire Albina's moss.
roses could do no less than give her all that
were blown. From that day she has always sent
to us when she wants fowers.'
No doubt of it," said Cheston.
"You cannot imagine" pursued Mrs Marsden
" on what familiar footing we are. She has high
opinion of Albina's taste, and often gets her &c
make up caps and do other little things for her
When any of her children are sick, she never
sends any where else for currant jelly or plesei yes
Albna makes gngelb bread for thom every Satur
day. During the holidays she frequently sent he
three boys to spend the day with u.s. There is the
very place in the railing where Randolph broke
out stick TO whip Jefferson with, because Jeffer
son had thrown in his face a hot baked annie
which the mischievous little rogue had stolen GU
of old Katys oven."
| In the mean time, AlDna had taken off the
brown holland bib apron which she had worn al
day in the kitchen, and telling the cook to watch
carefully the plumb-cake that was baking, she has
tened to her room by back staircase and proceed.
ed to take the pins out of her hair for where is
the young lady that on any emergency whatever,
would appear before gentleman with her hair pin
ned up. Though, just now, the opening out of her
curls was a considerable Inconvenience to Albina,
as she had bestowed much time and pains on put.
ting them up for the evening.
Finally she came down " in prime array" and
Cheston who had left her schoolgirl, found,her
now grown to womanhood and more beautiful than
ever. Still he could not forbear reproyIng her for
treating him so much a stranger, and not coming
to him at once in her morning.dress
Mrs. Washington Potts." said Albina, " is of
opinion that young lady should never be seen in
dishabille by gentleman"
Cheston now found it very difficulty to hear the
name of Mrs. Potts with patience.--'' Albina,
thought he, sis bewitched as well as her mother"
He spoke OF his cruize in the Mediterranean,
and Albina told him that she had seen beautiful