The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-10-14

| 'oh. no. she replied am mers bseinurr
and Mrs. Sosneviie. easy and charming as 70
her style, would be TOO obuuse for me. bur Eva
Is 90 Kind as to explain il TO me as read as
tronomy is on- Of Eva's favorite pursuits Il
| The Captain was SILENT and my father looked
rather displeased at Psnelops. thinking. ! sup
pose, that shs had overshot her mark, and
that the military visiter had no psnchans for .
blues ne sths'sfors sndsavevsd 70 rspair fhA ss-
ror by Saying.
'Afer all, Eva's taste is 50 simple that there
is nothing in which she SO much dslieh,s ss a
natural story OF every day Iif~; she greatly pre-
fsrs Miss Mar,ineau's Deerbseok TO her poli,i
cal tracts
And Eva has high opinion Of Mrs Ellis
Woman Of England said my mother she
thinks that the authoress so thoroughly under.
stands al that is amisble and excellent in the
female character
And Eva takes a deep interest 10 the Fac
tory Boy said Penelope she enters with so
much deep interest 10 the cause Of the oppress
ed
And Eva is extremely fond Of the poems OF
Mrs. Hemans, said Arabella: she never values
tho finest poetical talent. unless the principles
and sentiments are equally admirable
Cruel Captain Ormond he did no, reply a
"ofl 10 all these observations, by which he
might give us reason to guess a, his own favor
tic style OF reading. although so accommodating
were his auditors, that il he had professed =
partialiiy for nursery traditions, they would one
and all have Instantly assured him that no de.
scripiion OF literature gave me such deish, as
The Yellow Dwarf and .Puss in Boots
My portfolio Of drawings was thea produced
with much more success. | certainly drew
very well, and Captaia Ormond. it appeared
himself ske,chcd from nature he asked me
some questions on the subject, and Was e,.
pressing myself with great nuency, and soma
enthusiasm when ] was suddeoly checked by
m audible aside of Penslope's on the exceed
lng beaniy Of the language I made use Of,
was siicctually sileneed, and Captaii Ormond. I
am convinced, thought that had learned Ger.
tain set OF phrases by ro,e, and ths. had nov
come to tie end Of my lesson.
"R h' Fss nsS %sw dsS Sss bs : T's iSs
morning to pass the day with family a, few
miles distance. Arabells, counterfeiting sistsrly
inpaiience, ran out {" meet him hut her real
motive was to warn him of the eligible match
that was in the drawing room. In a few min.
utes she reaprss.ed leaning upon bis arm in
affected sullcnpess.
have not met with very g,aiefyi return
FOR my eagerness to welcome John she said !:
his ssluiaion was.--. why does not Eva come
TO meet me = IreaIly think she added. i" ,hs,
must be most ansblc creature everybody
prefers Eva to me, and yet I cannot persuade
myself to feel at al msliciousIy disposed to
wards her.
My brother, sher his Introduction TO the
new conner, advanced towards me, imprinted
Kiss on my cheek instead Of taking my hand IN
his usual rough manner, and inquired most at
I.c,iona,eiy sfier Sigh, indisposi,ion Of which
had complained the preceding evening. and
which, in the common course Of events. would
have completely faded from his mind he ,aen
'c'S''" "O'o"ee' Pu'Po''ps w So"o "oW
Miss Shelburne, requesting the loan Of my las,
landscape from nature TO copy, and hoping ihs,
! would not forget 10 write some lines for her
Album. When Captain Ormoud retired TO his
room that night, am sure !, was with ssnsa
ton Of having been completely annoyed and be.
Sc, by very designing family. The events Of
the day had been just AS unpleasant 70 me ss to
himself, aud lay awake restless and uneasy
for about two hours, and at length fell sslees.
comforting myself with the persuasion that =
week. as Or. Johnson says Of ao hour may be
Tedious. but cannot be long t-a-e
To be Continued