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a CHAPTER FRoM rHE kxPERiExcE or
An OLD MAID.


ny RRR1T L0vRR.
Ts true, rasPiiy-Pi,s tIs lis true.
SRAKsPAARs.
They may say what they please
sbout 6rSt love. bot / never did meet
with any thing 20 perfectly disagreea-
bic. Experience Is q dear school. but
fools viii learn in mother. Ny child
hood was passed among thousand
delights. Ihsd very good. kind. and
obligiag parents, aid &c soon a. l was
seventeen years &c age thought 10
myself that I had right 10 have To-
yer. waa very fond Of poetry.
used 20 read Byron By moonlight, and
dsys and weeks Of '.idlenesu" have |
spent in readlAg that poets hours. -
What q dalighlfaI thine. Jihopght. Il
must be 20 be Ia love And then Miss
lsndon had sung about 6rst love 50
preitily.
THAT pure deep falling If. oaly once NAY
Only oaeei wha, an anlioos pas.
sioc ! longed 70 Be in love "only
for once" ] thought that Il | were 70
be found out could excuse myself to
papa, and say. ''I'd never do so any
more" was downright mad 20 be in
lsve. and at last ] feIl into il. And
o. "whai fill was there, my eoun-
tFymen r.
I was Just turned seventeen, and
mamma declared that ought 70 come
out" Papa said he did nos see nkal
young girls wanted Of gaddiug about 10
balls aud assemblies, and whainos, and
that should do better IL were 60 sic IL
home and study the authors IL his H.
brary. But ! thought that had had
quite enough Of st0dy--thal my know-
ledge was sufficiently extensive. / bad
read all through Byron, and kaew
Moore's melodies by heart.
The ladies always have the best OF
The argument; and although papa did
bis best TO convince bis aHectionaie
pariaer q The impFoprieiy Of taking
me to balls, that good lady GUITAR.
gued him fhaviags belieye. As ssroaR
50 inclination fcf the assemble, as nv :
ssif.) and accordingly was to make
my debut &C q ball. Mamma was 20
De my champion. OF course. need
not say what lot ef.advice and adms-
milton was introduced inso one OF my
auricHlaF oFgsns, and which made is
escape e the corresponding crgan on
aho ether sides or 10 speak vulgaTly
which "went in al one ear end QUE ii
the osheF."
A prOeess which huodrsds of my
yoang peaders viii psFfaeliY under
stand, wahOas my iEonbling myself 10
expIaia e. Well, listened, o. pre-
teade6 30 listen, 20 eli that was said 10
me-, bat ny .houghss weFs sngroased
BY the balt. and thea, lhoaghl 70 my
sell. II TsAoald bat get loyes'
Tue nighf easae. aud I dressed With
unusssl carr. I thcoght I looked very
baaulifai. ] must make 4 ssnsahon,
said I e myssis. Is catered she car
rage.
I fosRos "a shout de BAN aow. I on
Iy know tat noboay asked ne v dance
IL The 6fst quadriils, This aecouns-
sd los ~ 10 rigcamsiasee u thzss be-
isg pisso ladies - She room than Kon-
tiemen, and tbua n De crowd ~ ca.
pesiog stirscas were unobscrved.-
ne sscosd aeadsilie wa danced. ADD
nobody bad faken ms cot. sboaehi
this very vsNaiious. A iengih, who
sh0ni4 appsUaeh ms bng one % the
ggsatssl men ia ihe eountfy, Mr. AZ
. fred Tivsrion- and bscheior lool-.
Noe, thoueht ], Il he shonid bnt fall
u love With me- how happy should /
bsi how ! sbOai8 b enyisd And
3rrieg ghs 6@nes 7 thouqhf of nolhiae
bot kis wealth visions ~ bliss saam
hasoss p1a. heard the laeqheys
shouiine. "hfrs. Tipsrion's carriage y
saw ny vitidoa caFtt~-''Mn. liver.
toa." ne name was quite familiar q
me By TIE end 81 the dance, whan q
my despair ba politely conducted me
90 seaf, and lhen raioiaed q lady
whom bs hsd bssn dsusiHg with n ihs
previous pagt q ihs evening, and saw
him no mere.
Wss Rol ghis proyokingi Jest as
had aade % ny mind % bs vioienuy
kn love, 90
Iusl before ths eom6aencsmshl d
he aeRt dance. q young Fshilcoaa.
Whom 4 BED nnt before saen. appg5ach.
81 ne. He Wss Fsmsgkably hand.
soms. = great dsel hauisgaisr has NJ.
EfvsFtoa; be uas faiI aod ihn. ~
haie. which Was bsaa6f9lig cuflea and
eilee, vas very dark. Ed sliogeiher ~
bed qaite . Fomsntie appearance. His
sla eieves were 60 very white, Bic 80.
~ very smail. tie damonds Cd hia
hgpacb 80 very bniliant lhsl . TEA IL
clned % sEclaim, - henppgoached. -
Dear what q see youne saaa ~
10 mv aFoas sstcnishasn1 tha vorar
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