Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1837-03-21

Miss Fustian behaved the other eve
ming, Miss Helena? asked the infant wooer
AT the ball--O horrible, she's the mos
lill-behaved young lady in the world, anc
she's to be married in four weeks, did yor
know it, NJ, kngston9'
| q heard It in the theatre last night
you should have been there, Miss Helene
the play was excellent and Miss St. Eus
tace fainted--You cannot conceive how
Interesting she looked
Tainted! 0 my gracious! What made
her faint, Mr.. Kingsonp
She was so affected at Virginia's being
stabbed by her father, Miss Helen
well, don't wonder al it, any thing
at the theatre looks so natural, and she's
a chicken hearted creature. Did you ever
see one so frightened as she was at the
Diorama?
She was very much frightened Miss
Helen--and tore some of the buttons Of
Mr.. Wise's coat, in cllnging to him for sup
port She's to be married to Mr.. Wise
the spring.
TO be married in the spring, and SO
young Mr.. Kingston, why, ma says |
shant these four years.
She's fortune, they say, Miss Helen,
and Henry Howell's mother says he must
strike while the irons hot.'
'Thc young lady was courted years ago
Mr.. Kingston, and her first lover died
she's been melancholy ever since, and some
say she's in decline, wonder if it is
true?
q don't know, indeed-but the Ravels,
the Ravels, Miss Helen, they're going a.
way next, and we must see them before
they leayeus, when can you go?
Il can't tell, exactly, Mr.. Kingston, may
be Monday night, l'Il ask ma, and may be
she'll go along with us-it will be so fine
to have her go with US. Will you go ma?
wv hat are you talking about, child, ask
ed the mother, lifting her eyes from
book she was pretending to read, though
in truth she had been a listener to all that
had been said, and trial it was to her to
preserve her gravity during the very ami
mated and interesting discussion.
why said Mr. George Kingston, Il
have invited Miss Helen to go and see the
Ravels again, and she requests that you
will accompany US madam--will you be
so kindf
% yes, ma, do, it will be so fine, you on
one side of Mr.. Kingston, and ! on the
other, guess Miss Fustian and Miss St.
Eustace would feel very fiat, both their
mothers forbid their beaux coming to the
house any more, and they're obliged to
meet away from home-do ma, go with
US, will your
Mrs. Henderson had been exceedingly |
amused at their friendly chit chat and she
could scarcely suppress smile when she
that they had been engaged
these two MONTHS truly, thought she,
they will make lovely couple, he thirteen
and she eieoen, and they conversing with
as much interest and freedom as If hey |
were both twenty, she laid her book aside
for a moment, and soberIy exclaimed,
well, wonder what this world is COM
ing to?
The little lovers we're completely
thrown off the track Of their tete-a-tete,
for it was evident that the surprise OF Miss
Iielen's mother had arisen from their con-
and her movement had too
much meaning in it for them to be mlsta-
ken. Miss Helen looked at her mother
with a fearful frown, and Mr.. George
Kingston shrugged up his shoulders and
ooked towards his hat. Discretion on
MS part was doubtless the better part OF
Salor-
For he that loves and runs away,
May live to love another day.
And after he had hourshed his silver.
mounted cane, and pulled his watch from
lis pocket, and adjusted his shirt collar,
le arose to take his departure.
Miss Helen, after saying he need not
20 in hurry--lt was not late, and 50 on,
eized upon the only light in the room to
illuminate the dark hall through which
dr. George Kingston was nece ssarlIy
obliged to pass to reach the street door,
md away they walked, leaving Mrs, Hen
erson in total darkness, where she waited
i'll she was tired, for The return Of Miss
Helen with the light, and then followed
the door to ascertain what the loving
ouple were about, and they being 50
thoroughly absorbed in the ecstacy OF al
ectlon, did not discover that she was look
ng at them, until she had seen Mr.. King
ton kiss Helen several times-his arms
we're about her neck, and she was reclin-
ng very affectionateIy upon his shoulder,
'hen the eyes Of the young swain CHANGED .
D arise upwards, and encountered the !
axe OF the astonishod mother. 1t is need |
'ss to say that Mr.. Geore Kingston scam 9
cred off at u pretty considerable gail, y
nd Miss Helen returned, mortified, to the |
ttng room, where her mother having 1
cached before her, was waiting with a {