Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-11-11

10 his bed, and my young lord beng thus,
suddenly thrown out oi business, and i'm
TO dismaliy calm, roo,ny, clean, uuin-
teresi'ng old house, With no amnseneni
bnt 10 tend slck friend, and nu reading
but Scots Family Bible and The Alma,
nae, Thought himself in vcry deplorable
circumstances, until be canght glimpse
OF The elegant form snd face OF Mary,
which suddenly reused his apathy. New
when one Is treading carpetrd floors,
lounging on damask sofas, aud smelling
cologne water, pretty gml is very much
matter OF course, unless her beauty be
ofa peculiarly rare and striking charac-
ter. But where there are no curtains,
no pictures, no carpets, and nothing more
luxurious thnn very high backed, per-
Pencicular rocking chair, n pretty girl be-
comes an angel forthwith, and such was
the case at present The young earl
really thought all things considered that
he world do our fair Yankee the honor
20 institute o flirtaticn with her So at
least said his manner, when he made his
3 first advances. He was rcpulsed, how
ever. with cool and determined indillc-
renee, which seemed 10 him quite unac-
Couptable. We could have told the
young gentleman the reason. 1t was not
Tint Mary had not u woman's love Of ad-
miraiion, when honestly and sincerely
offered, but there .ns something in the
gallamy Of Bereslord altogether too Ia
King lor-granted and condescend -
She could perceive from his travelling
equipments, his general air and manner;
that he had aliehied among them from
quite another orb Of society than any Of
which she had ever conceived, and there
was a something indefinite even in his
politeness, that told her that he looked
down both on her and her parents as be-
ing OF vastly inferior order, ,-nnd the
thought reused all the woman's pride
within her. No pancess Of the blood
could have been more stately, seli-pos-
sessed aud politely determined to keep
one at distance than our village beauty.
The Earl of Bereslord was mere man
OF fashion, with no more than barely
comfortable degree Of reflection and feel
ing. Entirely incapable OF estimating
the zeal worth OF Mary's character, aud
valuing her merely by the rules Of con
ventionai life, he was still struck, by the
quiet determination Of her manner, into
something Iihe respect. Our gentleman,
however, had been thorough bly, accustom-
ed to have his own way, and as is usual
with such persons, the thing he could
not attain assumed in his eyes n sovcr
cisn value. He, moreover, pigued him
self par!i cularly on his success with wo-
men, and was not disposed TO yield his
laurels in an OBSCURE country village
Consequently, the more Mary receded,
the more eagerly he advanced the less
she seemed disposed TO value bis at,ep-
tions, the more obsequious they became,
I'LL al length my young lord grew 80 ex-
cited, that he determined on the mag
nani,rous expedient Of declaring his
name and rank and making love in regu-
lar form, rather than lose the game.
Vincent !-'said Beresford to his
friend, one evening, after walking up
and down the room several times adj Jus
ting his collar and brushing up his whis.
kers, like a man that is getting ready TO
say something.
'WelI, Beresford, out with it, said
Vincent.
Vincent have come to very &C.
rioIs determination.
Il should think you might have said
Vincent, laughing. 'Ne have been in
serious circumstances lately
'Nay, but without Joking
'Well, whhou, joking, them
q have determined to be married.
'For the two hundred and forticth time
replied Vincent.
'Vinceni, do be serious
Serious have | not been dolefully
serious, ever since came head first into
this philosophic retreat p However,
VIII, proceed to particulars, for any
news is better iha0 no news
'WelI, ,pben, Vincent, | Am determined
TO marry this lovely little hostess OF ours
Not old Mrs Parsons, l presume,
said Vincent, laughing, there would be
little eclat in an elopement with her
Beresloid grew angry, but as Vincent
still continued to laugh, was at last oh
Iiged TO join, though with very poor
grace.
Now, Vincent he resumed, 'you
may spare both your wit and your Wis
dom, for my determination is unaltera-
Bile :-yon know, of course, mean the
lovely Mary
'Pshaw y said Vincent, growing Sc
rious in his turn. 'Now, Bereslord, is
not this jus. like your Because you are
here, in stupid place, aud in want of
amusement, must you set yourselfto ruin
the peace Of an honest, arless country
girl its too bad,-I'm ashamed OF!
YOU
ASHAMED too bad what do you
mean?-Did s not tell you that am 60
ing TO marry her ?
'And do not know you will do no
such thing . replied Vincent,-'did you
ever see a handsome woman, Of honora-
bic principles, that you have not had a
six weeks vow Of marrying
But, Vincent
But, Beresford,' interrupted Vincent,
do you not know well enough, that all
your VOWS and promises will wear only
till you get TO Quebec-and after the
first ball then comes the old story,-una-
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