Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-05-04

=" "o'o, sue enacted the part Of SEN
t'mental love-sick heroine with such
extravaganza, that wa. doubtful wbe
th-r to consider it a display of nature or
ART. mat, however, was a matter OF
small mement, seeing that was secure
| upon the main point. took care there.
Tore, not 10 be behind the lady IN nv de.
monstratiOns. But in the midst of nv
felicity. ] affected sudden recollection
aud clouded brow. which my mistress
Immediately perceiviug, anxiously in.
CURED the cause.
Alas my angel = cried I your father,
what will he say to man who has O
thing to offer but devoted heart, I
am beggar, my Selma
say not so. my precious she replied
Tor You are rich in talents and virtues,
and in the love of your own little Selma.
My father, indeed. who has not the rood
fortune to be man of enlarged mind
may not smile upon our union am of
age, and can do as please My father
can only withhold from us his dross;
winch he may think much of, but we
despisen
My dear Selma, reJoined l with un.
affected seriousness, do you really think
there is no probability of your fathers
being induced 10 consent to our mar
riage''
i lear not, she replied; The has
mercantile idea of raising himself by
connection with nobility, and would
have prostituted me to his ignoble ambi-
tlon; but l rejected with disdaia the
empty pated peer, to whom he would
have consigned me-
Are you then entirely in your fathers
power" inquired l. with increasing anx.
iety.
Have not already told you that
am of age. and therefore. by the law of
the land. at liberty to dispose Of myself
as think proper
You misunderstood, me, my sweetest
love. know that your person is at our
own disposal but it was your fortune TO
which l more Immediately alIuded-is
that entirely under your fathers con-
hol;'
every shilling of it. And now, will
tell you candidly, my father having OBJ
served eur devotion to each other, re-
minded me, only yesterday, of his unal-
terablc resolution never to give fartbing,
it l married contrary to his wishes. l
smiled, but deigaed not 70 answer. All,
thought |. little do you know me and
my Lionel, if you suppose, that any sor-
did consideration could influence either
of as.
was not little dismay ed a, this in
tellisence, and scarcely knew what to
say OF do. l had gone toe far to recede
with good grace, and felt some COM
psnctious at the idea Of Jilting woman
whose affections had sought and gained,
but to marry her without the consols. and
entail lasting misery and ridIcule upon
myself--this was thing impossible.
How was to compromise the mattera
determined to try myself what could
be done with the father and if he proved
impracticable, back out Of the concern as
well as / could. Meantime, ] endeav-
CURED gently to pierce Miss Gorgets
mind for an unhappy resultto her passion,
by representing to her that she was ig-
noraDt of the substantial inconvenience.
of poverty, and magnanimously declared
that | was not so selfish as to take her
from the enjoy ment of wealth and luxu.
ry, to share my precarious fortunes. No,
my Selma, i exclaimed my love is of
too exalted kind to permit you. for its
sake, to make sacrifice of your comfort
and prospects, to say nothing of disoblig-
ing your father. Should he relent,
shall fly back to your arms with redou-
bled ardor but il he remains deaf
Miss Gorget would hear no more. She
had paid SO much attention to my last
speech, that ] was led TO hope she was
not so far gone in love, as to be insensi-
bic to the voice Of reason but as was
finishing my flourish, her couDtenance
changed 10 an expression Of contem ptuous
malignity, and she delivered herself in
these terms:
"You need not trouble yourself to say
more, sir; have discovered your char
acter and designs, by applying test
which have never known to fail. |
will not attempt to deny that thought
better Of you than many who have APP
preached me with similar language.
was captivated by your talents, and APP
parent admiration Of myself But now |
despise you-yes, more than any OF your
predecessors, and shall never again put
confidence in man, hsartless, mercenary
man. Go, sir, and take this consolation
along with you. Learn that my father
thought he had other views for me, yet
finding that | could not be brought to
concur in them, gave me his promise
that he would agree to my marriage with
any gentleman who was the decided OBJ