The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-05-14

she left boarding school, scarcely ever permitting
her to mingle in The amusements of our gay city
much less to walk abroad in the beautiful country;
(where was reared, and view nature in her
grandeur, with her fields and forests decked in
green,-her many tinted flowers and sparkling
streams-and listen to her melodious, woodland
songsters chanting their merry morning lays, &c.
'Eh!-'pon my honeur!-Vere you get SO
mosh fine ting in your heads-You read novel
too mosh. You will spoil my shilde-You will
keep de house more bettair eef you would empty
all dis trumpery out of de upper story To speak
sober, do not wish my daughtair to mix too
mosh vid de world and some young lady and
shentlemans vich ave all de extravagant, ex-
pensiff habit of dis city. 1t is yer had-ver OBJ
jection-a-ble'
But MIR. St. Clare, you should consider that
her health and spirits will necessarily suffer, it
you keep her mewed up like prisoner. Poor
young thing!-(aside) you precious, hard-hearted
old infdel!'
'Vell, veil, some day I will tink, maybe-no
time now-give me my claret,-one egg,-one
onion,--one toast bread. ] must make de hur-
ry, else l will be too late on Change; and
would lose more moneys as can make
Old Jacques st. Clare was a chunky, thick
set, slightly pock-dentcd, misery Frenchman,
with iron-grey hair, and iron-grey eyes-a good
deal deaf, Gas Lucy said,) and SO shockingly
near-sighted, that everything had to be brought
almost within an inch of his stubby, pug-nose,
ere he could discern its qualities.
His business was specializing IN stocks and ex-
changes, and shaving notes, SC. He was veal
thy, rery wealthy, and had not relative living
except his daughter; whom, contrary to his stin-
gy habits, he had educated and accomplished
at Boarding school, with degree of liberahty
quite at variance with present appearances
For in order that she might not be imbued
with extravagant ideas and wasteful habits in
her early life ere her virtuous principles had
taken sufficient root TO shield her from the i'm
positions and Entertainments of wicked world
in case of his death, in order to this, say, as
well as that he might not be beset with and she
besegcd by host of troublesome and profitless
young tops and fortune-huntew,-he had p-eten-
ded reverse of fortune, had rented a neat, plain
two-story house in the northern suburbs of the
city of N lew York,-and hired but one servant,
Lucy.
Lucy had been educated for higher station in
life, but she as well as sister, had been COM
PEELED from subsequent poverty, to seek a stua-
ton at service as a housekeeper; and thought
herself fortunate in getting into SO small and
quiet family; where owing to the absence of Ju-
las father all day on business in the city, and
sometimes abroad, she had been thrown so much
in contact with her, as 10 be necessary to, and
treated by her more as a companion than an IN
ferior-and having been so situated for the last
half year, had contracted a strong affection for
her, and was INDUCED with familiarity which
will now be better understood. Thus things
stood when we commemorative will trace them
anon.
JULIA ST.. CLARE, now between sixteen and
seventeen, was u most captivating girl The
n ore pity it would seem, that so rare gem
should be withheld from the light, should be bu-
ried from the admiration of society. With the
healthful vigor and elasticity of YOUTH although
devoted to hooks and her only parent she ma
turally pinned for associates of congenial ages,
tastes and sympathies. But her father, either
thinking it best for reasons already alleged, TO
impress her for time with humble views, TIE
better to carry out his favorite schemes of ag-
gradizement,- or, jealous of any competitor for
her affections, Cfor next to his money-hordes he
loved her more than any other object had broo-
ded over and INDUCED his cold and calculating
fances, till he was unconsciousy fast sinking to
the level ola miser.
Julia, though very pure, artless and
innocent girl, was, by association with
Lucy, who was tricky and playful, help
ed occasionally to an item of insight into
human nature. Little do those conceive
who are not parents, Of the difficulties in
volved in the proper and successful 60
vernment Of children. 1t is nice thing
| to know how and where to restrain their
frolicsome dispositions, without overtax-
ing and forfeiting their plastic affections
Ito know and decide what to demand,
what to yield-how to indulge, and
when TO deny-what and when to COM
mend, what and how to correct. Yet all
this and mole, is the work Of each success
sive day. What prayerlul vigilance is
needed And how liable are we in our
short-sightedness and self-sufliciency, to
overlook or misconceive something, and
thereby utterly or in part, defeat the very
darling project, the pet scheme, the cher
ished object in view! More particularly
perhaps, are these latter remarks applica-
bic where parents centre their affections
IN blind idolatry, upon an only child.
And yet the control Of a family of chill
dren would seem to require a greater
scope and variety OF talent.
1t so happened, (for there is no ac-
counting for everything,) that Lucy's sis
ter, OF whom mention was made, dwels
with an elderly and respectable lady, the
| mother Of two sons-one of whom, at an
early age went to sea, and was never heard
| of afterwards-th other had learned, and
for year past successfully pursued the
business, of geldbeater, in Chatam street.
So much SO, that every now and than he
found himself in possession of one or two
hundred dollars more funds than he had
immediate employment for. A friend who
was aware of this, and who had been
repeatedly applied to for the loan of mo-
ney, by St. Clare, (for he borrowed at six
pr. cent to shave good notes at twenty or
thirty pr. cent brought Jacques to the
factory of the young artisan and introdu-
ced the parties.
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