Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-03-03

Mamma will you please 70 spread
little sugar on my bread,
And mamma dearest f you please,
10 cut a litIe Bit Of cheese,
Just very little bit;
sweet bread will eat so nice with Il.
Pm grown too large to he carried,
Tomorrow, Ma, may'nt be married
.come Helen" said Mrs Henderson to
her daughter, aged eleven, put up your beads
and ,rinkets and prepare for bed, its almost
eight o'clock
sIudeed ma, cannot afford to do any
sucb thing as to go to bed SO soon," replied
tbe Young lady-rm entirely too old to be
talked 10 in such childish language; and
besides. Mr. Kingston is TO be here at hall
mst eight, there's his card in the rack now"
Mrs Henderson was dumb with asionish-
men, for few moments after her womanish
daughter had done speaking, and prompted
BY curiosity, she examined the card rack and
sure enough the compliments OF Mr.
George Kingston" were there in old Eng
lish letters on beautiful embossed card
Mr. George Kingston had just turned into
his thirteenth year, he wore stock and
Aourshed silver headed cane. Mrs Hen
lersOn amused herself short time with the
little emblem of the chl,irens precosily,
when replacing it in the rack and seating
herself near Miss Helen, she resumed the
conversation by saying-"And so George
Kingston is to be here a, hall past eight, is
hel
"Yes ma, when be sent his card up this
morning the message accompanying il was
that he would be here at that hour"
And for what purpose ?"
why ma, to talk about every thing, as
other people do"
What sort OF every thing p
why the balls, and the Theatre, Han
ningtan's Dioromas, and the Ravels. and
"Poh child, hush, and hustle off to bed,
you're pretty mink to talk Of entertaining
teau with balls and nonsense, come off to
bed with you"
Mink ma, what do you mean by that p
DOyou remember that Eve been to board
ing schooP
"Yes child, | remember that you've been
10 boarding school, and remember that you
have been TO a dancing school, and there's
where you met with Mt George Kingston.
lsupposel"
"Yes ma. YOU know there's always few
moments leisure between the sets. and then
the ladies and gentlemen promenade. and
talk about the weather. and thousand pref
ty things"
And what sort Of pretty things do you
and George Kingston talk about 2"
George Kingston Ma its MIR Kingston.
he's as much right to be called MIR as any
body He rattaned Henry Cuthbert for
sighting me in the waltz, and | don't like to
near him spoken Of disrespectfully"
Highly tightly Miss Henderson, and SO
suppose we may expect courtship soonW
'CouHship indeed we are not SO foolish
as'o waste time in courship can tell you
madam and il you must know it, we have
Oeen engaged these two months"
;, ms was secret worth knowing, and
ais Henderson, as soon as she received The
imoFmai'on, prompted by curiosity, deter
,lned to wait until the arrival OF Mr. George
Alngslcn' to see how these youthful lovers
sOu'a demean themselves in her presence.
u que time the little hero was announced.
and alter few handsome Hourishes OF his
SlSertoPped cane he seated himself and be-
sanlo play the man.
u, How did you like the manner ia which
"iss Fustlan behaved, the other evening,
"lss Helen q asked the infant wooer.
m AZ The ball-O horrible, she's the most
y behaved young lady in the world. and she
aMr Kingston2"
.h, aeard II NTH Theatre last night you
sIOu'd have been there Miss Helen; the
KAY was excellent and Miss ST. Eustace
,""eu' You cannot conceive how interest
Ag she ooked.n
Tainted o my gracious II What
"aas her faint Mr. Kingston p
s,@ que was so affected at Virginia's being
~ sr oy her father, Miss Helen.n
n. % w | don't wonder at il; any thing at
sb., ,nea're looks so natural. and she's
ssaNaenhearted creature. Did YOU ever
hmaq' 90 quo "as ~ 'he iD'o'
B.lan" c was very much frightened Miss
ro ,e' y and tore the buttons. off Mr. Wise's
b singing TO him for support. She's TO
s Ts'''ed to Mr. Wise in the spring.
yona ~ DC married in the spring, and so
ihsss y t MI Kingston Why ma says shant
and LIS a fortune they say Miss Helen,
anks 'y Howels mother says he must
"" axe. while the IRONS hot.'
Mr. K Ie young lady was courted years ago,
aelaa"ls SION, and her lover died she's been
In dn,o,ly ever since, and some say she's
u 'Ss e, 1 wonder il it's true2'
4 Ravsls know indeed--the Ravels. the
nes, ~s., MISS Helen, they're going away
saye ~ aud we must see them before they