Litchfield enquirer., 1834-09-04

the gentler sex. But alas, poor Edward,
what did all this advantage him I so long
as he was afflicted with that ,unutterable,
iudescribable malady, commonly rendered
bashfulness-a worse nulliier than any ev-
err heard of in Carolina. Should you see
him in company, you would really suppose
him ashamed of his remarkably handsome
person and cultivated mind. When he be-
gan to speak, you felt tempted to throw o-
pen the window, and offer him smelling
bottle, he made such distressing affair OF
it and as to speaking to a lady the thing
was not to be thought Of p,
When Kate heard that, this srara avis
was coming to her fathers, she was unac-
countably interested to see him Of course
| because he was her cousinj and because
"a dozen other things too numerous to
| mention.
He came, and was for one or two days
an object of coinmiseration,. as we'll as adj
| miration to the whole family circle. After
awhile, however, he grew quite domestic ;
Of stealing in sideways-talked off whole
sentences without stopping-looked Miss
Isabelle full in the face without blushing-
even tried his skill at sketching patterns,
and winding silk-read poetry and played
| the flute with the ladies--romped and irol-
licked with the children, and in short, as
old John observed, was as pleasant as a
psalm book, from morning till night
Divers reports began to spread abroad
in the neighborhood, and great confusion
was heard in the camp of Isabelle's admi-
rers. 1t was stated with great precision,
how many times they had ridden-walked
talked together, and even all they had
said. In short, the whole neighborhood
was full Of =
sThat strange knowledge that doth come
We know not how-we know not where
AS for Kate, she always gave all admirers
to her sister, en- offcio; SO she thought
that Of all the men she had ever seen, she
should like cousin Edward best for BROTH
er,' and she did hope Isabelle would like
him as much as she did and for some rea-
son or other, her speculations we're remark
ably drawn 10 this point; and yet, for some
reason or other, she felt as ii she could not
ask any questions about it.
Al last, events appeared to draw towards
crisis. Edward became more and more
brown studious' every day, and he and Is
abelie had divers solitary walks and con-
fluctuations, from which they returned with
peculiar solemnity of codntenance.-
Moreover, the quick sighted little Kate no
ticed that when Edward was with herself
he seemed to talk as though he talked not,
while with Isabelle he was all animation and
interest THAT he was Consistently falling In
TO frances and reveries, and broke off the
thread Of conversation abruptly and, in
short, had every appearauesof person
who would be glad to say something. if he
only knew how.
&c., said Kate to herself, they nei,h-
er of them speak to me about til should
think they might; Belle ! should think
would, and Edward knows ! am q good
friend of his; / know he is thinking of it
all the time, he might as well tell me, and
he SHALL
The next morning Miss Kate was sitting
in the little back parlor. Isabelle was gone
out shopping, and Edward was-she did
not know where. Oh, no, here he is
coming book in hand into the self same
little room; 'now for it, said the merry
girl, mentally. IN make charge at him.
She looked up; Master Edward was sit
ting diagonally on the sofa, twiriing the
leaves Of his book in a very unscholarship
manner he looked out Of the window and
then walked to the sideboard and poured
out three tumblers Of water; then he drew
chair up to the work table and took up
first one ball Of cotton, looked it all over,
and laid it down again: then he picked up
the scissors and minced up two or three
little bits Of paper and then he began to
pull the needles out Of the needle book,
and put them back again.
DO you wish for some sewing, sir 2 said
the young lady, after having very comPos-
eddy superintendent these operations
How am, what2' said he, start
ing. and ufse.ting boz. stand, and all, upon
the floor.
Nov, cousin, TIL thank you to pick up
that cotton said Kate, as the confused col
legian stood staring at the Gotten balls roll
ling in divers directions. X takcs some
time to pick up all the things in lady's
work box; but at last peace was restored,
and with it came long pause.
well, cousin said Kate, in about ten
minutes, IL you can't speak..T can; you
have something to tell me. you know you
have.' ~
well. I knov have said the scholar,
in q tone Of hearty vexation.
sThere's no need Of being 80 fierce a
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