Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-08-17

CURIOUS CooRTsHIP.-The following came 10 us
on beautiful sheet of pink paper, gilt edged, written
in fair female hand and very correctly speIt. II
therefore deserves attention.
New YoRK, Angus. 4th, 1888.
MR. EpIroa
Dear SRI think l have studied you carefully and
| think have discovered in yos, what to me is the
first of all human qualifications, an honest heart
After free declaration of nay favorable opinion OF
YOU claim the benefit of those good qualities allow
you to be possessed OF, in my own cause. apply to-
YOU SIR, for your assistance and determination in a
cream which, am afraid, my eternal peace
and happiness depend; and expect ldemandlt Of
you, TO be as serious, and sincere, as and be-
fore you proncunce your sentence TO weigh its
sequences. 1 have no objection toyour publishing
what lay before yeu; rather wlshit; many a wo-
man, for aught know may be in the same situation
with myself and while yen think you arc emily adj
vlsng me, you may, perhaps, be saving n thousand
About two months since gentleman, unknown Ill
then 10 any Of our family made acquaintance with
my father; since that time his visits have been fire.
qsent; his conversation, which has an unreserved-
ness in it, that do recollect have met with in
any body . elsa freedom0that knows noImiis but
those Of deceHcy, has rendered him fnvorite with
every that has CHANGED to fall with him at our
house; he has become acquainted with all our ac-
euantances; and by the particular respect with
which he speaks Of me, given to me by all Of them
for lover.
wish had ne better reason for telling you tina,
he is SO. He has venturcd to declare il TO me nay
he has urged il with earnesness that has made me
often suspect him Of deceit when he has told me he
had no design in II; thought OF nluring me by IT,
My fortune is considerably greater than he has
right TO expect, and my person have no reason 10
think him dissatisfied with, though my heart and
my understanding are what he hatiers me he pays
his alterations 10.
How can describe 10 you the anxiety of the first
fortnight Of this courtship7 1 will not be ashamed
to tell you, he g man who find every body co.
teens. dread every moment my fathers discover
ing his addresses; the consequences Of which
thought it easy to forete from his prudence and the
inequality Of our circumstances. With what trans.
port did afterwards feel ths generous parent prefer
merit to fortune, and by purposey overlooking his ad.
dresses TO me, favor them.
Imagined every obstacle was low removed. Fool!
wretch that wasi 1 hattered myself with expecting
every moment his demanding my hand, when did
not even pretend to conceal the having given my
| heart He saw the taet encouragement my father
gave him he too, too easy opportunities threw
| IN his way Of declaring himself and he made me
soubly sensible of his passion by rcsslucy suppress
| ing every more powerful emotion off.
week passed in this strange state OF anxiety, in
almost every moment of which he was at plead
ing his passion and declaring againstit could not
be calm observer of 90 perpexed scheme, in which
myself was principally concerned. at length de.
sired him to explain his mysterious conduct He
told me, and he immediately after repeated il to my
frank Of this declaration has preserved his &C.
quaintance in our family, where he is received, I
think with more esteem than ever. My relations
suppose he 10 already married. know he 10 not,
and I think his reason for declining proposal 90
mach TO his advantage TO- thst his heart 10 too much
engaged TO object that he knows to be unworthy
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