Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-08-31
VOL. XII.-No. 5S4.


characters ofthose who held tbe,n bu, tho
'oudest IN Justification OF her sisters con-
duct was Caroline. She who USUALLY spok.
10 The sof,est Of soft voices, was now loud
ana vehement in her defence. How wise
" and dlsintcrestedy bad Jemima chosen,
what were guineas 10 the hand compared
10 generosity Ia the heart! How brightly
could love tighten the cottage hearlh-how
sweet'y could it Irvine flowers round the
windows-how delicious to hear The song
OF the nightingale among the branches and
'he orlars-no, Move mean among wild
roses and wreahs Of woodbine &c. &c.
Who' after such an exertlon Of sisieriy
eioquence IN the cause of sisterly love,
could doubt Of Carolinc's Jisintere-tedncss.
although few tor>aken thousands should
revert TO her-of course quite contrary to
her own 'nchnatIons.
Caroline was leaving the opera she was
melancholy. She had been listening TO
Gr'sIs passionate melody of grief, and ives
almost blinded with the flashing Of The
Dnlchess oi----'s diamonds.
Your ladyship-" said Young man to
her with low obeisance, IL beg ten
thousand pardons; ! Mlstook you for Lady
A.
He hurried on. Caroline felt slight
pressure OF the arm. she knew that her
companion was reading her lhoughts-she
FLUSHED at The Consciousness.
'Will You be Lady B p asked the low
voice of her compa ion at her elbow.
Caroline hesllated, She thought that
Lady B. sounded as well as Lady A. and
she knew hat The gentleman who offered
her the title possessed some uncommony
splendid diamonds. The woman who de-
llterates, &c. &c I, is true that he vino
, could invest her With these fine things was
old enough to be her grandfather, and ugly
enough tor every purpose of agriculture
but then, diamonds and a title ?-She &C.
cep'ed them. She lost her share of Aunt
Rates thousands--no she bought with
hem diamonds, title, seven thousand
year, and husband Certainly Caroline
made good bargain. Aud what got the
gentleman? A pretty young wife, and that
was all that he wanted. Human nature
again.
, Our heiresses were sadly dminished.-
e There were only left our old FRIENDS Eliza
beth and Georgsna. Elizabeth went on
making flannels and vowiag tha, she would
, never marry. and what was more, every.
body believed her; for Elizabeth, though
now rich in other inheriianccs. had missed
The brthright that her sisters eminentlv
shared-boau'y so her heart grew daily
more and more narrow as she found herself
without objects to call its affections into
play, until at length 1t contracted all into
s self and the world called her by all the
ungracious names which single blessednesS
is distinguished by; thus ignoran'ly, as IT,
. always does, mlslaking the effect for the
cause.
Georgiana, left to take the field alone
y labored necessarily in her ocatlon-peaS,
ure. She had no end, no aim, ma hope II
a view, but the simple indulgence Of the pas
!. sing hour, the passing caprice, the passing
G passion. Aunt Rates, legacy, now 20 en-
HANGED in value, seemed 10 place an nsur-
= mouHtable barrier between her own lot and
@ The usual lot of women. So she indemn
= fed herself with the most innocent FITTINGS,
= which, as all the gentlemen well knew. or
p believed, that it must stop short OF matri.
y mona purga'ory, they very freely INDUCED
e her IN. Now Georsara had dear friend
whom she protested To love with all her
heart, outstanding that she was young
U err, perhaps hardsomer, and certainly poorer
i than herself, and more than all, was on the
eve of marriage Now If we cannot take
b liberties with our friends, with whom eau
Is we take them? So GeorgaDa tilrled more
numerically with her friends intended han
Of she had ever 1lrted before-so much so,
that he began to experience the sensations
, of WALKING, and his fair one to look and 10
A feel most unccmmonly sentlmentally mlser.
r, able.
10 It so happened that the more wretched
the bride elect seemed to be the more ella
G.. ted appeared The spirits Of the brdesma I'd
lie elect: in this inverse ratio things went eu
-, for some time At length the fair and gen
lie girl, for both she was, reused herse
! from her dlsmayed grief and tried, by a.
b. the innocent wIles and the endearmenls o
On little klndnesses, TO win her waverna
v, treasure back again, Could Georgian.
suffer this ?-couId she be thus lriumphe,
q, over' No; she dressed out her face in II,
i. richest beauty, and her lip with its bright
nd est smiles, and as her friends eye grew
DINNER. aud her step heavier, and her IN
d., sadder, he, the Migrate, turned more ana
more frequently from the sadness of ia,
=, one to the joyoCsness of the other, umil Ia,
y unhesitalinsy asked of Gcorgiana Tho
r If price Of his utter reachery. Georgian
q. hesllaled--lt was great prce to pay; be
no threatened to return 10 his allegiance, ant
I'd she paid 1t II 'oas The price Of po,cer.
Is Are these things possible, O very pos
De sble! Nine hundred and ninety nine ou
d, of the thousand among us are ruled b,
lis passion aud not BY principle. We are bu
ne weighing these passions asalns, each other
ed A last glimpse at the cottage of our frs
" friend--and then farewell
by Cecilia was at that cottage window; sh,
n, was counting The minutes Hyde had no
come. Break an hours promise in love