The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-11-21
Piichpipe as follows /:

reckon our church VIII boast of
grander bridal tomorrow than poor ST.
Agnes ever Witnessed, since the disappoint-
ed old maid, who built il. laid the founda-
ton stone. Somebody, who shall be nnme-
less, would like to pocket my fee ON the
occasion"
"NegLbor Dlswcl," returned Pilchpipe,
" don't teach the young ones their cntech-
ism every Sunday, without bearing in mind
The tenth commandment and, To tell you
bi, of my mind would not give thee
hnlf-a-crown for thy fees Tomorrow"
"Not half.a-crown for my fees, at the
wedding of my lords daughter, Indy Anne,
with grand Marquis That is nothing
but your spite, you cnviuus old screech owl
because the yeung Niscount don't get my
lady Anne"
"Why, so he would, you bsrbarous flin,
heart if the young lady, poor dear nigh,
be free to choose"
PITY she should, Master Pitchpipc, pity
she should, il So be she were unprudsn, e.
nough TO wish To marry such wild fire.
spark as he aud his father aud my lord
born foes too, as a man may say, when
their prandtathers kill each other in duel
under the fairies oak, on the heath yOn-
der"
"All can say to that, Master Digwell
is, that the young people have been better
Christians than the old ones ny, and read
their Bibles To better purposes; for there
we are commanded to love, and not 10 hate
onr enemies. Not but " hat my Lord Deep
dale would have given them his blessing, II
Lord Fitz-Aymer had not been such hard
hearted man, that he preferred his own re-
ycnse 10 the happiness of his only child,
and so forbade her to think Of Lord Beau
champ"
And in The right Of il, too, when he
can marry her to Marquis, which 1t seems,
is ernnder thing thon an Earl, and mex,
to Duke"
Well, for MY pnn," said Peter Pitch
pipe, e. should he ashamed to have any
hand in marrying snch an unsuitable couple
as the old wllhered Marquis and lovely la
dy Anne."
$50 as the Marquis's money chiuks well
in my bag, shall think him handsome e.
nough for any lady, let her be who she
may ;" returned Diswell, with sardonic
grin.
Fie upon you, you greedy old churl
YOU know very well that Lady Anne hates
him worse than death"
:, That may he his concern, but it is none
of mine for, look ye, ! never got fee
from bride in my life, if sue were ever
such a happy one So always keep my
eye upon the bridegroom"
AT Fitz- Ayn,er Custlc, the subject of my
Indy Auue's brid al formed matter Of still
more angry discussion than II had done be-
tween the rival sections aud report SAID,
that the young lady had wept, enircated,
and finally knelt at the feet Of the obdurate
Enrl, her father, in ~ vain attempt 10 pre-
ynil upon him Ia excuse her from these alb
horren, nuptiuls. Much more was said
upon the occasion than was i-Ue; for new
cr was young lady less lachrymose than
! Lady Anne. She was, in sooib, lass Of
spirit, aud had never tainted, nor been nf-
| flicted with n siugle hysterlc Gt, In all her
! life vet, awful were the swoonlngs aud
! Mysteries that were reported of her not to
speak of wringing Of hands and rending oi
y hair. besides tears too manifold TO record
But these were things Of course, aud the
natural consequences of her dislike to the
mature spouse her careful papa had pro'i-
ded for her. All sorts aud conditions oi
people, in the two parishes, were clamorous
and passionate, in their sympathy for her,
and Indignation against her father aud the
bridegroom elect. The village mind was
in n state of the highest excltsiion, respect
ing the nuptals If the much pltied Lady
, Anne, when the day appointed for The sol
/. cmnlzation arrived; aud as the morning
, was uncommonly fine, the church-yard o
St. Mary, Deepdale, was thronged with al
the indignant aud sgbt-loyipg InbnbIianl'
of the two parishes. The women forsoot
the houses, the men the fields; the hay
was left to turn itself, and the pots TO boil
I or cool, at their own discretion, by the 9th
er. No one could attend TO his own con-
Germs for thinking Of those Of my Lady
Anne, and every one was in the very height
of discussing them, when the bridal pro-
ccssion drove up; and they balf forgot
their commiseration for her in the exirava-
,ont delight and wonder with which they
surveyed The long train Of showy equ'pages
with so many grnndly drest folks wthln'
and still finer dressed servants without, WITH
white fnyors IN their gold ana siIvef "ceo
hats. There were abundance Of " "lauk-a
daises, look there !" from the women, and
" stars o. mine," from the men, and "tny
eye. - from the boys and girls, as each
carriage set down its noble freight and
drove off to make way for another, aud
another and another after that, till the good
people firmly believed that all the lords aud
ladies' in England, save and except old my
Lord Deepdalc, and young my L"rd Beau
champ, his sou, were come TO my Lady
Anne's wedding. Never had been seen IN
that churcb-yard such awsving OF ostrich
and marabout plumasc, and hu,ierios oil
white lace wells, rs was exhibited TIM, morn
ing by The six young and noble trademarks:
As FOR the bride herself, she was dressed
much like other brides Of her rank aud cx-
pectations, in an orthodox quantity OF white
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