Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-12-23

Hornblower has hurried away 10 go and
tell all over town what she has seen and
heard at this unlucky visit Our dis
grace will now be made public, and the
whole city will say that we take boarders.
The whole city says it alrsndy'-re-
marked Mr.. Grumbold-'ior ! suppose
by the whole city you mean the few peo-
pie that happen to have heard OF lhr
Meemses. And they say nothing but
the truth
Il can never show my face in Philu-
delphia agann said Matilda.
Why noi?-Philadelphla is a large
place, and much doubt if your face Is
known in all parts Of it,
Il mean Chestnut street, said Ma
tlda
'Fiddlestick '--said MIR. Grumbold
'Wha, fools you are. Ain'i there many
genieeI women (quIte as good as you, ,and
a great deal beter) who gain an honora-
be and comfortable living by taking boar
ders fairly and openly, without attempt
ing to make "a secret Of il! The shame
is not in doing the thing but in being
ashamed Of it, and in telling lies 10 con
ceal it, as if taking boarders could ever
be done secretly
''We shall lose our places in society,
sighed Matilda.
Society Presumed Grumbold. q
wish could never hear that word again
| suppose you mean the set just grade
above the one you really belong to, and
because you are always reachIng uI
after it, you think you have clambered
into ii, and your hold is so slight that
you are afraid all the time OF beng tum-
bled down by awhiff OF wind. You had
better content yourself with walking
steadily along upon plain ground. You
will be much more respected, | can tel
you. In II country where every man has
to get his own living, is there any dis
grace attached TO his doing so why
then should women be ashamed to helI
themselves along by their own exerlons
rather than depend on the niggardly
bounty of relations There, your moth
or has stolen out OF the room, for she
hates TO hear wholesome truths, and you
had better follow her and have your cry
out. You do not know what you have
lost by your folly. | am looking out fol
wiie-you arc not very ugly girl
and may be, il had not been sickened
with your nerves and nonsense, and your
poor miserable pride, ond your society
talk, ard all your other lying and ioolery
! might after awhile have been brough
to marry you myself.
Should you, indeed ? exclaimed
Matilda, frightened up. 'Yes, yes
but you have no, played your cards well
Ard as to Meeta, tell your mother if she
keeps her bclaboring that piano, the sir
will never get husband while she lives.
In conclusion, we have only space t
to relate that the false pride Of Mrs
Meems and Matilda now made it irksome
to them TO remain in their native city,
such was their modification on finding
that the fact of their taking boarders had
been known from the very beginning -
Therefore, rs soon as MIR. GruInboid had
departed on his tour, they broke UP then
establishment, sold of their effects, and
removed to the other side of the Allie
ghany their gentlemen all taking iooms
in profe ssed boarding houses. Meela
was left for another twelve-month NJ
school from whence in short time she
ran away with the music master, and is
now assisting her husband in giving les
sons in New York.
Mrs. Mems, though ashamed to TAX,
boarders in philadel phia, was found al
the end Of the year keeping hotel in
one Of the western cities. Mr.. Grum-
bold, in the course Of his long tour, stop
ped at her house, and found her conior-
ming TO her new situation with quite II
good grace, and Matilda no longer tear.
ful, and talking no more OF society. Mr..
Grumbold's visit put the young lady into
excellent spirits, and she assured him
that she felt as if she had left all her
nerves in Philadelphia. When Mr. Grum-
bold departed from the hotel to continue
his travels, he carried away with him as
his bride the lovely Miss Matilda Mems;
telling her, however, that he knew her
to be fool, but that he could not ex-
pect sensible woman 10 marry him.
Our friend Edward Carteret finished
the study of law, was admitted at the
bar, and was united to Louisa Milman,
the young lady to whom he had been So
long engaged They settled in Phila-
dolphin, where he soon got into very
promising practice and often when he
saw any thing in his wife that savored oI
false shame, he reminded her of the
people tha, did not take boardcrs.'