The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-02-05
SELECTED TAtES.
From the Lady's Book.l
Our Jessie, or, The Exclusives.
BY MAS. EMMA c. EMBuRY.


By MRS. EMMA c. EaBuRY.
"Lizzy, who was that pretty girl | met on
the stairs this morning 7" said Frederick Carls-
ton, as he threw himself into well cushioned
chair beside his sister she was some init
mate friend. presume, for she went into your
apartment"
- suppose il was Sarah Morton. as she is
the only person l am in the habi, Of admitting
to nay dressing room was she very pretty :"
Beautiful"
How was she dressed 7"
"Wmh the utmost simplicity and neatness." !"
"lt must have been Sarah she dresses with
great taste. Did the lady you met wear black
4 velvet maniilla, with a white hat and willow
feather :" '.fa
l "Pshaw black velvet fddles,ick. Do you
call that simplicity! No, the lovely creature
mean wore a little straw bonnet and black
! silk apron; her dark hair was parted smoothly
upon her snowy forehead she had soh blue
eyes. and a mouth like an opening rosebud |;
now, can you tell me who she is J"
! "Oh," exclaimed Lizzy, il must have been
Z our Jessie"
Aud pray, who is our Jessie =" asked her
brother.
! "Only our seamstress; Fred a pretty little
I creature who looks scarcely sixteen"
II by Jupiter il that girl 10 a seamstress,
4 Fortune never made greater mistake--t cant
be-"
/ well. we can soon decide the matter Fred ;
Jessie is now at work in our little sewing room,
and as | am going up TO give her some direc-
ton you can accompany me-"
! Frederick Carleton obeyed his sisters sug-
gestiou. and sauntered into the room half
hoping his sister. was mistaken. But no /;
there sat the object of his sdn.iration--there
sat our Jessie surrounded by pieces and
patches, shaping and sewing with the utmost
diligence, and scarcely raising her eyes from
| her work. Seating himself al a little distance,
under pretence Of waiting his sisters leisure,
| Frederick busted himself in study ing the coun-
teuance Of the unconscious girl.
| +" Her features are not perfectly regular"
thought he; . but what soft eyes she has I;
what lovely mouth, and how beautifully her
fine forehead shines out between those bands Of
raven hair; her voice too, is soft and low. an
excellent thing in woman What pity such
a creature should be the slave Of fashionable
tyraots." fa ".s '@..G -. :
Tell me-" said he to his eldest sister Mrs.
De Grey, as he returned TO the dining room,
"tell me who 10 our Jsssis!"
Her story is soon told" said Mrs. DE Grey.
laughing. land for your sake, my susceptible
brother I am sorry she is not heroine Of ro-
mance.-Jessie Muray's father was a prister
who, meeting with severe accidental I'M Jury,
was confined to his bed for several years be-
fore his drath. during which time his wife sup
ported the family by seamstress work and dress
making. Mr.. Murray was always a reading
man, and after he was disabled, he diverted his
weary hours by books and the education of bis
children. | have been told ibat he studied
Latin and Greek, in order that be might teach
his son, and thus fit him. il possible, for college,
while he carefully instructed Jessie in all the
branches he deemed essential TO . good educs
ton. After her fathers death, which occurred
not long since. when Jessie was about Gig hieen
years Of age, she determined 10 fulfil his wishes
respecting her young brother. and secure for
him a college educatiou. She therefore adopt
ed her presest employment; she 10 a neat
sesmstress and an excellent dress maker. Her
services are highly estimated, and she works
| for few customers who engage her, as We
do, for several months together. Her brother
entered college last fall. and she is at all tho
expense Of his education.
| Frederick Carleton. with some ecccntriciiy.
possessed many excellent qualities. His father
had bestowed on him all the advantages Of a
liberal EDUCATION, and after completing his
studies he had speot several years in Europe,
A true American in feeling, he had lived long
enough among foreign follies to dsspise them
most heartily, and especially did he sbhor any
attempt to establish an exclusive system 10 So
ciety.
! His notions much displessed his fastidious
sisters. and they took great pains TO convince
him OF his folly. But il vas in vain they tried
| TO initiate hun into the mysteries OF modern
| fashion: he would neither conceal half his face
beneath an oyergrowth Of moustachs and beard.
nor would he iuiits,. the long cared asses Of
South America in the longitude Of his suberb
raven rocks. He even refused to carry the in
dispeu,abIe cane, alleging that since such
sudden lsmeness had fallen upon the spindle
shanked men Of fashion, il was the duty Of
those who could still boast some soldty Of uo
derstsnding to depend on themselves for sup
port. The ladies' pronounced him very hand
some, but shockingly Questionable while
the gentlemen. who found that his rent roll
was not likely TO be diminished either at the
billiard table or the race course. discussed his
character as they picked thor teeth on the
steps Of the Broadway hotels. and wondered
how he contrived to spend his money.
The simple story Of Jessie Murray had deep
" affected Carleton, and the remembrance OF
her sweet eoustenanee did not tend to de-
crease his interes.-Ho- much Of self uingles
10 the bes, feelings Of humanity! Had Jessie
been a frsekled, red-hsired. snub-nosed girl,
Fred you'd probably have soon forgoueo her
sisterly devotion. bot she vas too pretty to van
ish quickly from his mind. Some how or
other. il happened almost every morniug that
he fouod II necessary TO see his sisters at sn
early hour. ~hsn he vas sure Of findisz them
IN the sewing room. His presence became at
ieugih quite uBbeeded by Jessie AZ ~elis by
bis sisters, aud while he amused himself IN
rompiug With his little nephew. or qoizzing this
changes Of fashion which usually occupied his
sister, thoughts, he had constant opportunities
Of studying the character Of +" our Jessie ~
lie noticed her quiet good sense. her fine taste,
her cheerful manners, her uosfbeeted humility.
the patience -ith which she bore the espriess of
his sisters, sbd be repeated to himself gain aod
again. " Wbs, pity she should be obliged to
lead such Iife."
One -ioter evening. Is be vss hurryisg to 40
ynpotnfrpsrf. ne tuef fss.e uho With her