Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-12-03

win the rich affections OF an humble heart
than the mock love of an ambitious girl.
So doff thy heightened visage, sweet Lucy
and clad thy face with smiles, for believe
me, | am no false prophecies.
aFor truth Anna, by thy wise look, one
would think you deeply read in the sybiI's
mystic leaves. But remember, / shall
give you no credit for your gift ofprophe-
cy.
"Until all these things are fulfilled. you
mean, said Anna. @But it is growing
late, and we must return, or the wind sis
ters' themselves viii pay usa visit. Irene
Hargraye is to have party tomorrow
evening, and / suppose she will b trying
to win our village knight, thought have
heard her repeatedly declare she would
never marry an American. But she is
not the one for Clement Lotiiandl"
"Mr. Horace Hargrave was a wealthy
merchant of New York who, when young,
had been wild and reckless, and commit
ted thousand follies, one of which was
wedding a girl totally deficient in every
| quality necessary in wife andmother.
And the fair Irene was suffered TO grow
up, her very counterpart, proud, simple
and vain. Claiming a remote descent
from an English lord. Irene was taught
to believe that purer blood flowed in her
veias than mantled the cheeks of Of Amer
lean girls. And she regarded alFbeneath
/ her rank, with haughtiness and contempt.
DESTINATIONS and extravagant, Mr.. Har-
grave had delighted the gay circles of New
York, with bis splendid parties and enter
tainments, and Irene had been courted,
and flattered, and spoiled. She had smil-
ed most condescendingly on the village
bellies of s., because, as she wrote to
an acquaintance in the city, it was prodi-
giously amusing to see how delighted they
were with her attentions. To Ellen Loft.
land she had been peculiarly gracious, be-
cause she had brother making tour in
Europe, which in her eyes very much Ell.
HANGED his excellence.
| Ofthat brothers heart she had resolved
to make conquest, not because she de.
sired his love, for she was not capable oil
such an emotion herself, and could moi
| therefore, appreciate the value of another's,
But she would not fain honor the name
ofClement Lof1land by enrolling it among
the list of her rejected suitors.
1t was Irene's birth day and she has
resolved 10 give a party. Some friends
from the city were with her, and card
were sent to a select number of the elite o
our village, among whom were Clemen
Loffland and Ellen Lof1and.
With smile that was intended to be
witch, Irene greeted Clement Loffland
and invited him to sit by her.
at is so long" said she, "since hav'
seen a person that | could converse with
that have almost had the horrors, and
told papa to-day that should surely di
of ennui if we did not return to New Yorl
soon. Country people are so annoying
: There is no one here except your siste
that can at all endure. She is a swee
girl, and intend to persuade her to retur
] with me to New York. She will be yer
much admired there. | should think MI
; Lofland, that these country people, woul
be positively past endurance, after mil
Cling with the nobility of Europe. All
they not !!
: "Why, have not found them at all ar
, noying. 1 like their openhearted MAJ
uers," replied Clement.
/. "Oh, every thing in the country is S
y vulgar, where people are not select in the
society, but rich and poor associate Il
! gether. Don't you think it has very de
e moralizing influence upon society 7"
e 81 do not consider wealth the test
|, worth. Nature has given to many
Il man mind far better than his birth, an
: | believe we generally find as pure mo
a ais among the poor as the rich And
d think if a person is well bred and respect
D, bic, he ought not on account of his poyer
d to be excluded from good society"
"Well, perhaps my views are diferer
rs from having always moved in the rein,
ut circles of New York, but confess | Ill
ct an aristocracy, and have heen teasing P
ID pa to remove to England. Our ance
tors were among the nobility of that cou
re try. We have portrait Of one of the
ut who was a countess, and | have been to
y that very strikingly resemble her. @
III | should delight to live in England, t
p scenery there is SO splendid. Is it not
1T at is very beautiful, but l think it dc
sh not excel American scenery" said Clel
10 ent.
ID "Oh, do not believe | should think s
ne The scenery here is so cOuntrgtied, ne
IN er could admire it. But in England, the
'r- arc castles and drawbridges, and able.
all should delight to ramble among the
Did you ever visit the field of Waterloo
ad 81 did," answered Clement.
lis ''Oh, should like to visit it. | alive
ar felt sorry that Bonaparte was conquer
We there. 1t seemed so cruel that he sho
be banished to st. Helena, though | hs
hit heard too, that his parentage was ratl
s; obscure. But do not credit the repc
y; But speaking of Waterloo reminds me
I'm an amusing incident IN my life. |
ny heard great deal about Bunker's II
he and gentleman told me it made him
Of patriotic to visit it. Aud last SUNNI
mi while on an excursion TO Boston, | pers
md ded papa to 60 with me to visit it,
yht Judge Of my surprise, when papa poin
to a common country hiH, and said
ght was Bunker's Hill. | positively laug
it. outright
our If the fair Irene contemplated the c
md quest of Clements heart, her hopes
of now began to dwindle and after exert
d her conversational powers another
owe hour in the attempt, without any appal
ing success, she concluded that Clement |
our land was the strangest being she had
hat 80 soon and left him tn seek kim