Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1838-11-08
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THE ROMANTIC YOUNG LADY

lady.
. There As at present existing. in a piai
, BRICK house, within twenty miles OF GU
haoItation, young lady whom we hav
! chrisiencd 'the romantic young lady.
ever since she came 10 an age OF discre
r ton. We have known her from he
Childhood, and can safely affirm that sh.
, did not take ihiS turn tall her tiiteentl
year. jus; after she had read Corinna
, which at that time was going The roun,
OF the reading society.
AT that period, she lived with her "A.
,her in the next village. We well re
member calling aeeideatly. and being ga
iornec by her that II was "a most angel
&c day, truth which certainly our owr
experience OF ;he cold aud vet IN walking
across would have inclined us 20 dispute
These were the first words " hich gave u,
hunt as 10 The real state Of the ,young
lady's mind; and We know not bn, that
We might have passed .hem over had i:
not been for certain other expressions on
her part, which served as a confrua,,o
of our melancholy suspicious. Thu,
when our attention was pointed at a small
sampler, lying on the table, covered over
with three alphabetS, in red blue and
black, with a miniature green pyramid a,
The top, she observed pathetically that NJ
was done by herselfin her infancy" after
which, turning 10 daisy IN a wine glass.
she asked us languishIugly. If We loved
ilowers, affirming IN the same breath that
she quite doated on them. and yer,lv
believed that II there were no flowers. she
should dic outright These exprcSsionS
caused us heightened meditation on the
young lady : case. as we walked home
over The fields. Nor, with all allowances
made, could wc avoid the melancholy
conclusion that she was gone romantic.
There j. no hope for her" said We TO
ourselves g. Had she only gone mac
there might have been some chance. -
AS usual, We were correct in our surmises.
Within two months after this. our roman
iic iiiend ran away with the hlir.dresser'
apprentice. who settled her in the ldenti.
cal PLAIN BRICK house honorably mention.
cd above.
From our observation upon this case
and Others OF a similar kind We feel no
hesitation IA laying before our readers lie
following characteristics by which they
shall know romantic young lady within
the hrst ten minutes OF introduction. la
The first place, you will observe that she
always drawls more or less, using gene
rally the drawl pathetic, occasionally d.
NersIhed with The draws sympathetic.
melancholic, and semi -melancholic. Then
she 10 always plying or wondering Her
pity knows no bounds. She piiies the
poor flowers IN winter" She pities her
friends shawl, If 1t get. wet. She piiics
poor Mr.. Brown. "hc has such taste
nothing but cabbage and potatoes in his
garden. lis singular that, with all this
fund Of compassion. she was never
known TO pity deserving object. Tha,
would be too much matter OF fact Her
compassion IS OF a more ETHEREAL texture
She never gave any thing 10 becgar, I'M
less he was an exceedingly picturesque
young man" Next 10 :he passion Of pity,
she Is blest with that of love. She love.
the moon. She loves each OF the stars
Individually. She loves the sea. and
when she is out IN small boat, loves a
storm OF all things. Her dislike>. 1t must
be confessed, are equally strong and capa.
clous. Thus she hates that dull woman
Mrs. Briggs. She cant bear that dry
book Rollins history. She de,ests high
roads
No,bIng with her IN the mean She
either dUtes CT abominates. II You dance
with her al a ball, she is sure 10 begin
rh''osorhislns III q small way about the
feelings. She - particularly partial to
wearing fresh flowers in her hair 4 din-
ner. You would be perfectly thunder
struck 10 hear from her own lips, " hat an
immense number of dear friends she has
both old and young, male and female
Her correspondence with young ladies 4.
something quite appalling. She was ne
Yer known. however, IN her life TO give
one actual piece Of information, except
m postscript. Her hand writing Is ex-
ceedngly lIlllpuiian, vet she always cross
IS in red ink, and sometimes recrosses
again in invisible green. She has read
all the love novels in Chis,endom. and i.
quite IN love with that dear Mr.. Bulwer.
Some prying persons say that she has 90,
the complete works OF Lord Byron; but
on tina, point no one Is perfectly CERTAIN.
II she has a younger brother fresh from
school he Is always ndiculing her for
wha, she saws trying 10 put her ~ a pas.
son IN which, however. he rarely sue
cecds There is one thing in which she
eAcels half her sex, for she hates scandal
and gossip
TO conclude, The naturalist may lay
down three principal eras ia the romantic
young lady life The first from fifteen
to nineteen while she - growing 10.
mantle; hesecond from binetren 10 tween
ly-one while she keeps romantic and the
third from twcniy.one g. tvcniy-nine
during which time she gradually subside,
into common sense.
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