Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-11-07

~ ANChlNO 0hA JOltCis Wll1OUI
tear. But, alas for human frailtyl to
true it is
"They jest at scars who never felt wound. -
Her time had not come. She ha,
not yet seen any one who realized tina
beau ideal of manly beauty and excel
lence which her young imagination
had Swallowed forth. At last, however
in evil hour he came, in ali the charm.
OF youthful reality before her eyes, ir
the person of Mr.. William Dougherty
a ''young merchant" who kept, ano
still keeps, a dry good store, '.iist op.
posite" to Miss McDaniell's millinery
establishment. 10 most proposes.
ing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS figure,
and winning manners--add youth and
wealth-united in q person of unblem.
ished character;--andt there can he no
wonder that Miss Mcdaniel fell IN love
with all these, as she beheld them com.
blned in the propria persona of her
neighbor Mr.. Dougherty. AS was ex-
tremely natural, Miss Mcdaniel re-.
curing in her line many articles which
MIR. ID. had to dispose of, in his line,
she made her purchases at his store;-
to which she went and came, and came
and went again--buying there, bar
gain after bargain;-rihbon, after rib
bon; and piece after piece--httle think
ing poor maiden, how dear Mr.. Dough-
erty's cheap bargains were ultimately
to prove to her-how soon her peace
was to be torn to pieces-and even her
cap rent to ribbons by those obliging
hands which were then so ready to
serve her. Time, which changes the
blossom to a bud, and then the bud to
fruit, had the same effect, it appears,
on the affections of MD. for the young
merchant After sort of love across
the counter had subsisted for six or
seven months, the cholera made its
ppearance--the past summer twelve
months. Miss M'D. was taken sick.
Hearing that Mr.. d. was in the habit
of visiting persons attacked, and be-
lieving i, is likely that no doctor could
cure so soon as Doctor Dougherty,
she sent for him.
Veni, Tidi, Wei!
He came-he saw, and he conquer
ed--not only the disease, but, it would
appear, the heart Of his fair patient
also--or rather he finished his con.
quest Of the latter. Stcrne says in his
Sentimental Journey, "there are worse
employments in the world than feeling
a lady's pulse" We expect, by this
time, DR.. Dougherty will be inclined
to doubt the truth of this assertion.
However,. Miss Med. soon recovered
under the skilful hands Of the young
merchant" and as was natural, "she
appeared very grateful" From this
time, mutual interest and friendly feel
ing, became the order Of the day. She
dealt with the "young merchant" and
the "young merchant, sent work to
her. He visited her frequently. Very
different accounts indeed, were given
Of the nature of the visits, by the re-
spective parties.--Being asked on her
cross-examination, if Mr. d. ever came
to visit her on his own accord. "With-
out exagcration, five hundred times"
was the reply of the fair milliner.
"Every evening after he closed his
store, at 9 o'clock-every Sunday af-
ter he came from church'-hail, rain,
or shine, the "young merchant" never
failed. Mr.. D. on the other hand ad-
mits that he did visit the lady-'but,"
(oh, cruel word for lady's earD "never
as an equal! i''-sNever, but in COM
pliance with billetdoux or business. "
Miss Med. avowed that his discourse
was of Glove, marriage, and such and
such things" Mr.. Dougherty swears
it was not Of love, but of physic, not
of marriage, but of business and bon
nets. To return to the narrative oil
the case.
Soon after this time, as i'll luck
would have it, the Mother of Mr..
Dougherty was taken sick. Miss Med.
visited her, was all attention and kind.
ness; and what with the skill Of heI
son, and the zeal Of her nurse, the lady
soon recovered. And now it came &c
Mr.. Dougherty's turn to be grateful
So far so good.
| "And all went happy as a marriage bell"
as Byron sings. But, if we believe
I,Mr. Dougherty, whilst he saw in the
"fair milliner" nothing more than al
angel Of charity--she thought he look
ed upon her as wife in perspective
as she certainly did look upon him al
her 'sintended husband" To com
plete the mischief, Mr.. d. was shortly
after seized himself, with Inflammation
of the eyes,
For who Of Mortal kiad,
Can steadfast gaze
On Bcauty's blaze,
And not, at last, 60 blind.
| tsM;ur MoD now took the liberty