Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-06-06
SARATOGA.


an opulent broker in Baltimore, reccht.
ly deceased.-Grief had wasted her
J health and weeping had washed away
her roses, and she was come to re.
cover her appetite and reanimate her
bushes. Miss Shipper, of course was
an heiress, and attracted great atten-
ton. The gentlemen called her beau
ty, and talked a great deal of her real
estate, bank stock and securities. Some
OF the ladies thought her complexion
too sallow, and some objected to the
style of her dress. Miss Highfiyer said
she had not air of woman of FASH
ion, while Captain Halliard pronounced
her suspicious sail, and declared his
4 belief that she was a privateer in dis
gaise. The fair stranger, however,
walked daily to The fountain, modestly
cast down her eyes when gazed at,
: and seemed unconscious of all but her
own horrors.
! About this time Major Fitzconnel
appeared upon the busy scene. He
I was tall handsome man, of easy adj
dress, and polished manners, who seem.
ed to regard all around him with an
air of very polite unconcern. He was
| announced as On officer of his Britain.
mic Majesty's service, and brother to
| Earl Somebody in England. 1t was
reported that he had large landed
possessions in the west. He did not
appear to seek society, bat was too
well bred to repeal any cvilities which
{, were offered to him. The gentlemen
were well pleased with his good sense,
| his knowledge Of the world, and the
stavity Of his manners--but as'he seem.
ed to avoid the ladies, they had little
opportunity of estimating his qualities.
Major Fitzconnel and Miss Shipper
| met by accident at the fountain. The
officer, who had just filled his glass at
her approach, presented it to the lady,
who, in slipping the transparent elc-
ment, dropped her handkerchief, The
gentleman very gallantly picked up the
cambria, and restored it to the fair
hand oil its owner-but the blushing
/ damsel abashed by the easy attentions
of an elegant stranger, in her confusi.
on lost her reticufe, which the soldier
gracefully replaced upon her wrist,
with most respectful bow. A court
esy on one side, and another bow on
the other terminated the civiites of
this meeting.-The gentleman pursued
his walk, and the lady returned to her
! chamber. That Miss Shipper felt duly
sensible of the honor of having elected
three graceful congees. from the bro
Their of an English Earl cannot be
doubted--nor can we suppose, without
injustice to that gentleman's taste, that
he saw with indifference the mantling
bushes, which those attentions had
drawn forth-certain it is, however,
that as they separated in opposite d.
rections, neither of them was seen to
cast 'one longing, lingering look be-
hind. As had not the privilege of
| intruding into either oftheir chambers,
cannot say what fairy forms might
| have fitted around the Majors pillow,
nor whether the fair one dreamed of
coronets, coats of arms, kettle drums,
and epaulettes. In short am not able
to inform the inquisitive reader, wheth.
er the parties thought of each other at
| all; but from the extreme difficulty oil
| again bringing two such diffident per-
sons in contact, am inclined to think
| the adventure would have ended here:
had not "chance, whichoft' decides the
fates of mighty monarchs" decided
theirs.
Miss Shippers health required her
attendance at the fountain on the fol-
lowing morning at an unusual hour;
and the Major, while others were sno-
ring, had sailed forth to enjoy the
invigorating freshness of the early
breeze. They met again by accident
at the propitious welE-and as the at
tendant, who is usually posted there to
fill the glasses of the invalids, had moi
yet taken his station, the Major had
; not only the happiness Of performing
that office, but of replenishing the ex.
! hausted vessel, until the lady had quaff
J ed the full measure prescribed by the
! medical dictator of this little comrnuni
' ty. am not able to say how otter
{ they pledged each other in the salubri
Gus beverage-but when the reader i.
! informed that the qaantum prescribed
to delicate female varies from foul
n to eight glasses, according to the ma
$ ture of the complaint, and that lady
K cannot decorously sip more than on
, mouthful without drawing breath,
e will be seen that ample time was of
II forded on this occasion for tete- -tcte
9 The ice being thus broken, and tn
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