The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-11-17

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assurances 10 ysur own powers ol pleas
ing. shrink from trying that power when
. nobls and generous heart mishl be saved
BY Il. You have been willing 10 venture
. great deal Tor the sake Of amusing your
cell. and winaiRg admiration. bal you dare
NOT say word for any high or noble
purpose. Do you not see how ysu con-
lirn what ! said Of the ssl6shnsss Of Jon
womsn!n
.Bulyou muslremember. EdHard. this
10 . matter Of great deliescy.
"Thsi word delieaey 70 . charming
eover-all, in oil these cases, Florence.
Now, here 10 6as, noble spirited young
man. away from his mosher and sister.
away from any family friend who might
care Tor him, tempted, beiroysd, slmos,
10 ruin, and few words from you. said
a. . woman knows ho~ 10 ssy them,
might be bis salvation. Bot you will look
eoolly on and see him 60 10 dislruclios,
because you have too much delicaey 10
make The effort. like The man that would
not help bis nsighbor ont Of me water be-
cause be bad never had the honor Of an
introduction"
"But, Edward. consider how peculiarly
fsstidious Elliot is-how jealous ofsny al.
tempt 10 restrain and guide him"
"And just for that reason il 10 thai nen
Of his acquaintance cannot do any thing
with him. But what are you women
made with 90 much tact and power OF
charming for. If iii s not 10 do these very
things that We men cannot dol ID 10 q
dellcste maIier-true; and has not Hea-
ven given YOU . fine touch and , nice
eye for just such delicate maIlersi Have
you no, seen, thousand times. that What
might be resented. as an impersineniinisr-
ference on The part Of man. comes 10
us % faiterins expression OF interest,
from the lips Of . womani"
swell. but cousin. THAT vsuld you
have me dol how would you have me do
III" said Florence, earnestly. a... ..
"You know that Fashion, who makes
90 many wrong turns. and 90 many absurd
ones, has ., las, made oae right enc, and
il 10 nov fashionable thing 10 siss shs
.smpsrsnes pledge. Ellio, himself would
be glad 70 do il. but be foolishly e0n.it.
sed himself against il 10 the outset. aad
now .feels bound 10 stand TO HE opinion.
He has. too, been rather rudely sssailed
by some OF The apostles Of the new state
OF things, Who did 40, understand the
peculiar points Of his character: ia short
| am afraid lhs, he will feel bound 10 70
10 destruction for the sake Of supporting
his own opinion. Nov, il | should un.
derl,ke with him. he nigh, offer 10 shoe,
ne; bull hardly think there 10 any thing Of
the sort TO be sppreliendsd in your ease.
JUSTIFY your own enchantmenss; yos have
bewitehsa wise men into doing silly
things. before now; try. now. il you can'i
bevi,ch foolish man into doing . wise
Thing"
Florence smiled archly. but instantly
grew more thoughtful.
swell, cousin" she said. "I will try.
Though | think you are rather liberal IN
your descriptions Of power, yet / can put
the matter TO the test Of experiment.
Florsnce Gilmore vas. at the time We
speak Of. in her twentieth year. Born
in one OF tue weslthiest families in -,
highly educsted and accomplished. idol
ICED by her parents and brothers, she had
entered society as one born 10 command.
With much nativs nobleness, and mag
nsnimily Of character. with warm and
impulsive feelings, and q capabilily Of
every thing high or great, she had hi,her
10 lived solely for her own amusement,
and looked en- the whole brilliant circle
by which she was surrounded with all i,s
various actors, az something got up for
her special diversion. The idea Of infu.
encing any one. for better or worseby any
thing she ever said or did. had never oc-
cured to her. The crowd Of admirers. Of
the other sex. who, as matter Of course,
were always sbou, her. she regarded IS
SO many sources Of diversion; bu. the idea
Of feeling any sympathy with them as
human beings, or Of making use Of her
power over them for their Improvement,
was one that had never entered her head.
Edward Ashton was an old bachelor
cousin Of FIorence's. who having earned
the title Of oddly, in general society.
availsd himself of il to exercise turn for
telling the truth TO the various young la
dies OF bis acquaintance. especially to bis
fair cousin Florence. We remark, by the
by. that these privileged sruth-lellsrs are
quite necessary Of life to young ladies',
in the full tide Of society; and we really
think il would be worth while for every
dozen of them 10 unite to keep person oil
this kind. on salary, for the whole year;
however, that is nothing to our present
purpose; We must return 10 our fair hero.
inc, whom we left, at the close Of the last
conversation. standing in deep revsris
by the window.
"I,'s more than half true," she said Il
herself. q" mere than half. Here am /
twenty years old, and never have though
of any thing, never have done any thing
except TO amuse and crafty myself; al
purpose-no obiect--nothing high--no