, 1842-04-30

vi TIE true oval shape, and or elmer
side OF it flowed down her luxurian
auburn ringlets. The features, with.
out being regular, formed a combina.
ton of surprising beauty. The deli
cately arched eyebrows; the finely
chIselled nose; the small round chin;
the rich lips whose luxuriance rivalled
that of the full blown rose; and the
smooth pearly cheek, through which
the vermeih blood might be seen
wandering in ten thousand tiny veins
transparent was the hue of the
skin-united to form a co%untenance
which would have been beautiful,
even without the constantly chang.
ing expression which gave animation
10 each feature. The appearance Of
this wondrously lovely being. just as
| awoke from the half dreamy sleep
| have described,ip which the visions
of the poet and she sound of the
WATERFALL had conffibuted TO fill my
mind with Eintastic images, made me
doubt. forhlnonent, whether the
heavenly Un4 heneiI or one of her
attendant nymphs had not emerged
on my dreafninx vision. But the
changing expressing Of her features
soon convincedme that she was no
larry visitant. 81 first a look of sur
prise darten over her fine counte-
nance, and she retreaied a step back
wards, while the blood manlled her
cheek, brow, and bosom. and even
tinged the ends Of her delicate fin.
gers. In an instant. however she re
gained her composure. Not so my
self. I've been equally startled, but
was longer in recovering my ease. A
silence of a minute thus occurred.
during which we stood awkwardly
regarding each other, but at length
the righteousness of the scene strik-
ing the fancy Of the fair aPparition,
she burst into a merry laugh, in which,
despite nv wounded vanity. ! was
forced 20 follow her. She had now
fully recovered from her momentary
embarrassment and advancing said,
"AIr. Stanhope | presume. for we
have been expecting you ior some
! bowed. IL see ! must intro
duce myself. The Lady Katharine,
daughter of the Earl of Fairlie."
This then was the Lady Katharine
of whom ! had heard so much
There was something in the gaiety
and originality of the address that
pleased me, while at the same time it
increased my embarrassment. ! bow
ed again and was about 10 reply, but
in bowling ! Inadvertently made 4
step backwards. and trod on Z pet
greyhound. which accompanied this
creature. The animal with a
cry sought shelter by its mistress
side, who, by this time, had sunk into
one of the seats.
"Poor Lama,' she said pet,ing him,
'you must be careful how you get in
The way of a bashful gallant again."
and then, turning to me. she said in Il
lone Of CAV ralIery. "Ah. Mr.. Stan
nope. you Oxford gentlemen. know
NJ as you are in history, Greek, and
are all alike awkward al Il
Dow-at least William is 81. and his
1articularficnd of whom have heard
80 much, and Of whom really hoped
otherwise. is no better"
There was much in this calling to
nv vanity, but it carried with some
deviation. had then been the sub
ect of conversation with tbs fair
and she had thought favorably
# me. This idea did much 10 re-
tore me to the use OF my tongue,
which otherwise would have been
zone forever. under the m~erciless
:aillery of the Lady Katharine. Be-
;ides / saw that | was losing ground
With NV fair companion, and that 1t
vas necessary to call some assurance
NV aid. | rallied therefore and
.ePIied:
..Let me not be condemned with
mt trial. Lady Katharine may yet
often her sentence-or at least IN
he court Of fashion over which she
5 queen, may have a chance of I'M
,rOvement."
There was Il tone of easy badlnage
n this. so different from what she
,ad been led to expect from my for.
ner embarrassment, that the lady
ooked up in unaffected surprise.
"Very well, declare-you i'm
,rove on acquaintance. Why you
ave almost earned for yourself The
avor of being my knight homewards
indeed. only that you have
AIMED my poor Lama. SO l must
wen leave you to Spencer, which l
zoe YOU have been reading, and de-
'ar, We viii! meet at dinner and |
l. .Lot time If Won have i'm.