, 1841-06-26

this Mr.. Rowlev q man OF talent-no poet IS.
and finishing his sentence with a surpercili-
ous loot at the subject of his remark, the
ci-devant green-grocer, inflated with the con-
s%ciouSneSs OF his wealth, thrust his finger in
70 Ills waistcoat pockets, and marched off TO
join another group.
'Whv my dear Miss Fletcher, how dye
do! said the shrill voice of Mrs. BelviIle, at
this moment, as Mr.. Rouley lead his beautl-
fl partner TO a seat near the pretender 10
toa,-'how have YOU been this age? Why
how well YOU are looking. La, me, and so
you know Mr.. Tressavle. Now | do say
how quiet yuu have kept it,
1t was as Mrs. Belvilie said. Clara Flet-
cher had scarcely replied TO the vulgar ad-
dress Of her neigh5or by a distant though
polite inclination of her head, before she
caught The eyes of TresSayle fixed upon her
with a look OF mingled inquiry and delight,
and rs she bowed and stepped forward, a
slight blush passed over her beautiful cheek,
and Il scarcely rerceptible tremor of the
voice nigh, have been detected in replying
70 his salvation.
That nth. mother and daughter held 4
long consultation. The result of which was.
that Miss Fletcher might prove a formidable
rival. and that therefore no arts were to be
omitted to dctach the fashionable and wealthy
M. Tressayle from her suite.
Meanwhile, Tressayle reached his room,
and throwing himself ahstractedly into 4
large fdRiicl. sat for nearly an hour with his
face leaning on his hand. Al length he
started up. and pacing the room rapidly, ex-
claimed, as ii continuing 4 tram OF thoughts:
At is no use denying 1t. Clara Fletcher is
far more beautiful than ! ever dreamed she
could be. Yes. and once loved her-at
least | told her So. ! wonder if she would
refuse me now and lie paused before the
! glass. .Ps!iaw. il is idle 10 think so. True.
she i not more than half rs wealthy as this
inanimate little fool. Miss Belville; but then
there is the vulgar mother, and the coarse
father of the latter. Clara has none of these.
| never saw their vulgaritv SO plainly as
did tonight. All! | forget. there is tina, cold
ness ! slowed To Clara when her other uncle
disappointed every ones expectation in o.
uniting her in his will. I'm curscdly afraid
she's not forgotten it. But. then. how could
one know she would ever become an heireSsl
lis deucedlv unluckv. now | think of il. that
"Iucycr called on her in New York, after my
return from Europe. But. . faint heart never
won fair lady, AMI hes;dcs. if Clara ever low
ed me. rs | really think she once did, its not
SO difficult FOR Henry Trcssuyle 10 rekindle
that affection in her bosom; Besides. | am
reals making 4 heroic sacrifice in givinT up
a~f,rtUne twice rs lar-e for my old flame
From that Tine TresSrvIe was almost ever
1t the side If Tie hcaa,ifi! Clara Fletcher
| | , ri, ,f.i. lDr ~, ,,,tI, l,r .l,,.r.l 49, ia
HCr. 1~~omcnatcd with her. and did this, too.
without 4 rival; for hcr former %suiior. Mr..
~itowlcv, had been compelled 10 return TO
New York by business. and few cared TO en-
tec the lists a-ainsI so resiS,iess 4 beau as
TgcSsaylc. Every body declared that they
were already alilnccd lovers, except the
B-lvi.lcs, whose ~citargin could not be con-
ccaic1, and who sneercd even al the pro5a-
h;lity OF such 4 thing.
Trcssayle, however, was not 50 well salts.
lied with his progress as WAS the world at
large. His knowledge Of the sex told him
that the conduct Of Clara toward him, was
not exactly that Of one whose affection he
had anew engaged. She was too easy, TO"
composed. POSSESSED oftoo much quiet calm
ness at all times. no. 10 awaken uneasy Sus-
plcl'lS lllI lei ilcT lDre WAS SOl vet cameo.
Still, however. She did nothin" To show any
dIStasre for Tre>savle's society, and his own
vanity led him On in tie pursuit.
Nor was ms love any longer 4 mere mat
ter Of calculation TO Tressayle. Ii had be-
come 4 uccesSity-it had grown into Il pas
81 II. ii he ever loved Il woman, that wo-
man, was Clara Fletcher, and when it had be-
come knoAn that she WIS not Ter uncIe's
heiresS, il was not without a struggle that
T'rcssayic left her. Bat suprcmely selfish,
and with 4 fortune impaired by extravaganza,
he looked at it as IN impossihiIity that he
slI"uii marry except 10 an hcirrss. Now,
however. MI his old feelings towards Clara
were revived. and revived too in ten-foId
force. ller fortune WAS no longer an obSta-
Gle. Yes. TreSSayle lovei-lovcd for the
first Ii ne; loved with more than tie fervor
Of which such a man nigh. be thought capa-
be. He could endure his suspense no long,
cr, and, determining 10 propose at once for
Clara, he chose for his purpose. an afternoon
when they rode out ~unaccompanied together.
Words cannot describe the %eloquence with
which the Iorer,-ior Tressayle's talented,
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