The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-02-14

day, from eighteen years to eight-a and forty
TO the prodgious increase of their bank stock
, gout, rheumatism, and wardrobe Of. cast
off follies, so rs 10 realize a small indepen-
dence and a great consciousness OF theil
own importance-are beings sorely to be
pitied. 49, gt.
! When the Marchicness of Randsley re-
ceived into her astonished hands the resig-
nation of a certain Mrs, Cooper, who for
lwo-and-twenty years, had held in custody
her diamonds, point-lace. cosmetics, secrets
and chambermaids, her Ladyship was SO
pre-assured of the after-repentance of hel
+ Abigail, that she insisted on giving three
!. days, like the king to a farorite minister,
for the reconsideration of her projects. But
Cooper's l.ind was made up, as well as
the amount of 3 per. cents. which, eighteen
years before on her union with my Lord
the Marquis's clerk Of The kitchen, she had
fixed upon as the sumnum 6onum of her
happiness, For she was now a widow, the
mother of two children, the interference OF
whose births with her duties, the Mar
chioness had kindly overlooked and,
though her son, John Cooper, educated at i,
country grammer-school in the neighbor-
hood Of his paiernal grandfather's farm,
could dispense with her cares, her daughter,
Harriet, who had now attained the age of
J seventeen, appealed forcibly to her mater
nal solictudes. Harriet was my Lady 5
god-daughter--Harriet had been brought
up, almost from her infancy, at ''genleer'
boarding school at Turnhain Green and
between the solicitations of The girl aud
the prickings of her own ambition, Mrs.
Cooper found it impossible longer to dehar
herself the independent enjoy ment Of her
income of four hundred and fifty pounds
year. She always called il four hundred
aud fifty; but, though standing under her
name at the bank, ESQ per annum had
been settled by he, husband on his son,
aud was paid to old John Cooper, for the
separate use of the lad
1t was already arranged, in the Cooper
family, that John, whose genius was sup
posed to have mathematical turn, should
be brought up, surveyor; but with Hsr-
riet The family had nothing to do. Harriet
was her mothers daughter aud her moth
bridling with her own self consequences,
iure was five years old, that ii should be
. brought up "a lady" Now, that which
constituted lady in the idea of the stewards
room at the Castle. constituted, of course,
fine lady in the idea of Cooper's farm,
Harriet, according TO her mober's notion,
was enjoying "lhe best Of eddication," in
learning music, dancing, and French aud
Lady Randsley-who occasionally smooth
ed down her watIng woInan's fits Of ILL
humor, which her own caprices had called
mp, by iuquiring after her god-daughter--
concluding, when she heard of all these
accomplishments, that Harriet Cooper was
preparing to become n governess, usually
remarked in reply" Plays the piano like
an angel-eh, Cooper beginning Italian
too !-qmte right: good education will
be as good as a fortune to her ~ The
holidays which Harriet was allowed to
spend with her mother at the Castle, brought
higher Communications. Harrie,'s draw
ings and exercises were duly exhibited TO
my Lsdy's young ladies', Lady Harriet and
Lady Marianne who, being themselves
emancipated from the schoo-room, found
it no grea, stretch of good nature to remark
that IIarriet's horrible .daubs and flourish
ings were really wonderful, considering.
Mrs. Cooper never rightly understood what
was meant by CONSIDERING" She felt
rather sffronted, indeed, when, every
Christmas, my Lady guinea up
on her god daughter, "to buy herself o
housewife;" the guinea or the housewife
being very little in accordance with the
wailing- -womap's notions Of her own impor-
tance or Harriet's accomplishments. But
this was smoo,hed over by Lady Haniel's
observation, when by chance they met in
ole of the corridors of the Castle, that Har-
riet was growing very pretty girl or La-
dy Marianne's inquiry of well, Mrs.
Cooper--is not Harriet coming down this
Christmas ] hope she is getting on well
with ber music +"
All this tended to place a young woman
whom nature had lavisbly endowed, in a,
very false position. Harriet Cooper was a
delicate, pleasing looking girl, who greatly
enjoyed coming down to Randsley, for the
run of the park and gardens; aad who
looked upon the young ladies who honered
her with their concentrations, in the light
of wingless angels. Nevertheless, the
thought ofquitting lessons aud black boards,
and settling ut once in home Of her own,
under her moiher's protection, was infinite
ly more agreeable; and when poor Har-
rIet installed herself in the paradise in Al
bany Street, Regent's Park, Of which the
drawing room curtains were blue and yell
low, and The carpets yellow aud blue, she
thought herself the bappiest, and her moth
er the creates, of the human kind. A
piano, chosen rather by the eye than esr,
formed part of the furniture and Harriet's
series Of views OF the Lakes Of Cumber-
land adofaed the waIls-s,ill yellow and
blue, 10 match with the suite the woods,
with the sntumosI iinee, and Ullswsrer.
With MS deep blue waters, having exhausted