The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-02-03
THE COUNT AND rHE COUSIN.

NinsianAN W AAWaNN -e
,,...s,ied down the steps "f the City
Hotel.
.,,.,, and nine. Charles said Horace:
,,.,lly Won must have left your memory
.,,os he beauues of Paris. II you can
:, ,eearnize your nearest % Kim
Ym iarges. IIorl.e. that when ] last
-, Adelaide she was lively ll'ilr hoy'
a, .rarce len wears old; the lapse 81 Sc
=, ,ears mske wondrous difference IN
,,aIy. xhaleysr il may do with gen.
lrmsa.'
NV. il you begin 10 discuss tines
.b,,se.. Charles. must confess y"u
,,rosl congratulate yourself upon having
s..,,sd touch nf his hnger. Who. in
~ branzed complexion aud hlrsuIe VI
.,s-s could discover any traces Of the
.s,n,h checked bov whom ] last saw
a, ,se deck Of q French packet ship.
s.ne seven years ago. But tell me.
nh, did you not write that you were
fnnrag homer
Reuse l did not know nv own
r,gd. Horace: | really was not certain
-. "a aaul mad been . week Al sea.
lac old pronunciation of my German
vac, having caused nv name 10 BE- plae
an TIE list ol passengers as Mr. Stan
I.y, It occurred 10 me that the mistake
, nIf enable me 10 return IscoGsITo,
,d though, would humor the Joke. il
bat 70 srs how many II my old friends
E,ald recognize me. | arrived late last
evening", and should now be . perfect
stranger in NV native CITY. had not &C.
eidentaly met you this morning; and
srn YOU. Horace. did not al first know
NJ
Know YOU. Charles, Who the deuce
sood even see YOU behind that immense
yoWth II brush wood upon your lIp and
cheek. d. YOU really mean 10 wear
th,se snnrInous whiskers and moussa.
ehssr
Certainly not longer Than suits my
present purpose. Horace. When | was
IN Germany, | learned 10 wear mousta.
che, ls the sane reason thar learned
% smoke the meerschaum -becaus eve
N haiy else did IL. In Paris ! reduced
then li,,le. but did ~. entirely Danish
then. because there also l found Them
The fi.hion. A lively llt,le French lady.
sp,.seneer in our ship. wagered a pair
Of Paris gloves thu, ! would not wear
then 4 week N America. ! accepted the
bel. aud fm one week you will see me
bearded like the pard.'
Nay. if you like them said Horace
aaghlns. you need no, seek for an ex-
euse for wearing them; they are quite The
fashIon. and ladies' now estimate a man.
mt a. they once did. by his altitude. but
} the length ri his whIskers.
have no desire To win ladies' favor
bv Eearng an unshased face, answered
Charles; but pray, Horace. tell me
something msre about our preuy cousin.
She is lovely IN character. Charles,
- she Is in person; bu. she has one great
fault. like the most Of our fashionable
bellies. she has q mania for every thing
foreign. Her manners. her dress. her ser.
wants. all come from abroad, and she has
declared 70 me repeatedly her resolution
never to marry an American
What is il that my fair country women
90 much admire in their foreign loyers!'
asked Charles.
Oh. they saw there 10 q polish and
elegance Of manner belonging TO foreign
ers shlch Americans never possess
Two Of Adelaides intimate friends have
recently married scions Of some antedIlu'
vim German family, and our lovely
eousin is ambitious Of forming an equally
splendid alliance
II she were 10 marty western farm
en-, SAID Charles with a smile, sh,
would reign over prlncipali,y quite al
large, and perhaps more aounshing thar
usually belongs 10 these 'cmIgrans no.
bles.'
Adelaide is noble hearted girl re-
piled Horace. aad | wish she could b.
cured OF her folly
IL she is really a sensible girl. Ho
race, and lha. is her only fault, ] shinl
she might be cured
Horace shook his head.
Come and dine with me, Horace; b,
careful to tell no one Of my arrival. AM
we'll discuss the matter over a bottle O
nne old Madeira, if you are not too fash
'onable To drink it,
The windows Of Mr.. Wslsingham'
souse poured food OF ligh, through th'
crimson silk curtains upon The wet an
0sTeary looking street. while the musu
heard a, intervals told to the gspinI
crowd collected abou, the door. that .h,
tch we're making merry. The decorst
70 rooms were brilliant with an array o
youth and beauty, but fairsss smonl