Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Dublin University Magazine for February.
THE Bankers DAUGHTER.
BY J. p. Il. .JAMEs,Es

very e'ily oiu mouse III Tile Guy anu II the
latter looked the image of business and riches,
the former looked the picture of luxury and dis
play. He himself was a mild man, whose osten-
tation was Of quiet, but not the less Of active
kind. His movements were always calm and
tranquil, and his clothes plain but the former
Holditch was his coachmaker in those days; Uda's
first cousin was his cook his servants walked up
stairs to announce a visitor to the time of the
Dead March in Saul and opened both valves OF
the folding doors at once, with grace that could
only be acquired by long practice. Every thing
seemed to move in his house by rule and nothing
was ever seen to go wrong. All the lackeys
wore POWDER and the women servants had their
caps prescribed to them. His wife was the
daughter Of a country-gentleman of very old race,
IA woman of good manners and warm heart.
Though there were two carriages always at her
special command, she sometimes walked on her
feet, even in London, and would not suffer an
account of her parties to find its way INTO the
"Morning POST The banker and his wife had
but one child, daughter, and very pretty and
very sweet girl she ever my eyes saw.
She not very tall though very beautifully
formed, and exquisitely graceful, She was the
least affected person that ever was seen for,
accustomed from her earliest days to perfect ease
in every respect, denied nothing that was virtu-
Gus and right, taught by her mother to estimate
high qualties,---to much habituated to wealth
to regard it as an Object and too frequently
brought in contact with rank to estimate it above
its value, she had nothing to coyet. and nothing
to assume. Her face was sweet and thoughtful,
though the thoughts were evidently cheerful
ones ard her voice was full Of melody and Gentle
ness. Her name was Alice Herbert, and she
vas soon the admired of all admirers. People
looked for her at the opera and the park declared
her beautiful, adorable, divine she became the
wonder, the rage, the fashion; and every body
added, when they spoke about her, that she would
have half million at the least, Now, Mr. Her
bert himself was not at all anxious that his
daughter should marry any of the men that first
presented themselves, because none them were
above the rank Of baron nor was Mrs. Herbert
anxious either, because, she did not wish TO part
with her daughter; nor was Alice herself do
i!oL hbo" Ntil why oHC lioG5Hb tiitit Il
part of the men who surrounded her were tops,
and as many more were libertines, and the rest
were fools, and Alice did not feel more inclined
to choose out of those three classes than her IA
Their did ont Of the three inferior grades of our
nobility There was, indeed young man in the
Guards, distantly connected with her mother s
family, who was neither fop, libertine, nor fool,
/ Il gentleman, an accomplished man, and man
of good feeling, who was often at Mr.. Herbert $
house; but father, mother, and daughter, all
thought HIM out of the question: the father,
| because he was not a duke the mother, because
he was soldier the daughter, because he had
never given her the slightest reason to believe
that he either admired or loved her. As he had
some two thousand year, he might have been q
good match for clergyman daughter, but coulc
not pretend to Miss Herbert. Alice certainly
liked him better than any man she had ever seen
and once she found his eyes fixed upon her from
the other side of a ball -room, with an expression
that made her forget what her partner was saying
to her. The color came up into her cheek, too
and that seemed to give Henry Ashton courage
to come up and ask her to dance. She danced
with him on the following night, too and Mr.
Herbert, who remarked the fact, Judged that il
would be but right to give Henry Ashton a hint
Two days after, as Alice s father was Just about
to go ont, the young guardsman himself was
ushered into his library, and the banker prepared
to give his hint, and give it plainly, too, He was
saved the trouble, however for Ashton's frs
speech was, Il have come to bid you farewell, Mr.
Herbert. We are ordered to Canada to put dowr
the evil spirit there. l set out in an hour to take
leave of my mother, in Staffordshire, and ther
embark with all speed
Mr.. Herbert economised his hint and wished
his young friend all success. by the way he
added, Mrs. Herbert may like to write few
lines by you to her brother at Montreal Yor
know he is her only brother: he made sat
business of it, what with building and planting
and farming and such things So | got him al
appointment in Canada Just that he might re
treive. She would like to write, know You
will find her mp stairs. l must go out myself
Good fortune attend YOU
Good fortune did attend him, for he fount
Alice Herbert alone in the very first room he
: entered There was table before her, and she
was leaning over it, as if very busy but wher