Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-08-02
MISCELLANY.
From the Boston Pearl.
BEAR AND FORBEAR.


ence was desired, and particularly as il was
insisted on, for this evening, nv absence is
quite as anXiOusly waited for. Ii is CUSTOM
airy On such occasions as this-or rather il
tcas customary in times paste read Ions
lecture; but 'brevity is w.t. and aside from
Inc lrksomeness OF long lecture both TO the
parties Immediately addressed and TO their
friends, there is the additional reason for
waving IL, that IL is unnecessary. All that
requires 10 be said Can be said in three words
bear and iorbear.''
Before the skirts Of the parsons coat were
iairly over the threshold, one OF those licen-
sea Jokers, grown old in sin, who ALWAYS in.
Test wedding parties, had Gemurely walk ed
into the very spot in front of the turtles lust
vacated by the splicer of their des,inies: and
assuming the tone, accent and gestures OF his
predecessor in place, he continued:
mot even my cloth can excuse want of
gaAantry AS there are two persons address,
ea-as those Two persons are male and fe-
male-eXcuse me-femals and male. IaGy
and genileman-and as there are two verbs
active In the magic sentence, bear and for
bear"-
Passive" cried some one.
"Decorum, my friends, decorum. One Of
the verbs at least is active; but active or
passive, there are two verbs--ohe Mrs. Ell.
not, Tor you, and one for your liege lord
Madam-for SO are married ladies' addressed
and you have been married good half hour
Madam, you must bear
burst OF laughter interrupted the quasi
paIson, and upset his dignity. All hands
leli TO romps--the ladies 10 hide their blush
es, and The gentlemen to express their de-
light at an outraseously fine joke. So pas.
sed the evening as wedding evenings are
wont 10 pass, and Mrs. Elliot remembered
nothing OF il the next day, except that she
was Mrs. Elliot instead of Jane Howard. and
that she believed-she did not know bpt she
suspected-that she was already Jealous of
her own dear, monopolized, undivided Hor-
ace Elliot
those who were never married have vel 10
learn that the first six montbs-nay the hon,
ey- moon itself, is the season for matrirnon IaI
difficulties. Ii is The April of married life
the season OF light and vexatious storms.
Happy are those whose difficulties cease
with this period.
Horace wondered why his bride seemed So
sad; and sadness is infectious, and anxiety
imparts serious aspect 10 tie counlenance,
he was sad too. He neglected the few ceur.
tesIes which devolve upon the gentleman
and who can wonder? Till then he had
been Tor years the inmate OF boarding house,
and 6oarders, as every body knows, have
n0!ning 10 DO but TO wait, like young robins,
I'LL TIER food is placed in their mouths a
boarding house is shocking bad seminary
for polieness. Horace, in Els dreamy alb.
siractions, lost sight even of his bride, forgot
The scene present, and allowed bis wife to
play with spoon, without as much as Civ.
lug her Look, TO say nothing OF the eggs be
forgot 10 tender her, and the cream aud SUI.
gar he had forgot to return after he had mod
ilied his own dish with these necessary arti.
Giles in breakfast inventory.
Jane was determined to put good face on
the matter, so she sat with head erect and all
unmoyed; her head we mean, and her eve
IDS, Tor her little heart heat and flu;tered
like Gagged bird, but her bosom heaye4 w lib
well but difficulty suppressed emotion. -
Presently her eyes began 10 fill-but Il! was
nothing but the wind-in Julyl As The
gathering flood accumulated, she fell, ner
yous trembling, and an inclination to weep.
Still il was nothing but looking al nothing.
But lest her foolish eyelids should be-
come so weak as to betray emotion where il
existed, she rose hastily and walked proudly
out OF the room, proudly till she passed into
The ball and then the wind proved too much
Tor her, and she wept indeed.
Game"
She was out of hearing though we dare say
she might have heard had she chosen.
III had married Ellen Downs, instead
Suddenly the key in which he spoke al
tered, and the last words ofthe sentence died
away on his lips. He glanced about him to
De assured that no one had overheard, and
then commenced self examination, as il he
doubted his own identity. He walked from
the table TO the glass; surveys himself from
head TO foot; permitted bis grim visage TO
relax into smile turned aside and examined