Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-09-01
[WHOLE No. 647.

through summer street. One morning,
as he was strolling leisurely along by
the house, which, to him, constituted
the chief point of attraction, he was
overtaken by young man Of bis ac-
quaintance.
"You seem TO be quite taken with
the elegance of this mansion" said he ;
"are you gong to build one on the same
plan 7"
81 was looking ut those beautiful
plants" replied Percy, stamnering and
changing color.
"They are indeed beautiful. The
lady or the ladies OF the family must
have a fine taste for cpltvating flowers. y
Another gentleman. by the name of
Hanson, joined them in season To hear
the last remark.
you are admiring Miss Floyd's
flowers, ] find," said he.
"Floyd," repeated Percy, eagerly.
sis Floyd the name of the lady who
resides here :"
$50 have been informed"
"Havo you ever seen her I"
"No, but ! have seen her brother.'
"Well, what Of him How old Is he
how does he look -
GAS it is impossible to answer thrco
questions at once, | will take them ~
the order you put them. He is, | IN
derstand, n native Of one of the Nothern
States, which he left at youthful age.
fur New Orleans, where he entered i'll
to business, and in the course ofa twen-
ty-fvo years residence, anassed
splendid fortune, which he intends to
enjoy in our good city. He is, as near
as can Judge, about forty-tive, and IL
what may be called, i'm handsome,
remarkably good looking"
Sister to a man forty-fve," thought
Percy "She may possibly. though
not probably, be of the youthful age of
thirty, or thiry-ive, and l have been
keeping her slipper in rose-wood box.
and have, every night, contemplated 1t
with as much devotion as Pagan would
one of his little deities, besides which.
have managed to get several peeps
ut it during the daytime"
Just as he had finished this mental
solioquy, Mr.. Floyd, and lady ap-
peared at the door Of the mansion.-
lie gave her his arm, and they descend
ed the steps. AS she now woie 40
veil, Percy obtained full view Of her
face, which appeared as if IT had been
visited by the airs Of fifty instead of
fifteen summers, which he had fixed in
his own mind, as the probable age OF
one who could wear SO snall, symmetr'-
cal slipper.
81 forgot to mind her foot" he said,
rousing himself from this revery into
which he had fallen, at the sight Of The
antiquatcd damsel, on which he had
lavished so many thoughts in vain.
"You have deprived yourself ofno
great pleasure, Il imagine said Hanson,
laughing at the serious air of Percy.
Sin forgetting TO look at woman s foot,
who is fifty or sixty years old-but
promised to meet my friend Frazier at
eleven, and il lacks only five minutes Of
the hour"
The three now separated, and Percy
directing his steps to Washington street,
fell in with Mr..
"Since | last saw you, Percy" said
he, 81 have ascertained that the name
Of the lady in the carriage, which stop
ped a, my store the other day when you
were present, is Floyd, and that she is
the"
AT this moment, boy whom he had
sent TO the Post Office, met him, and
presenicd him with several letters
Gancing his eye at the posinark of
one Of them, "Ah," said he, "here ~
the very letter was wishing for. Had
it failed to come, it would have been
hundred dollars damage to me, and
forgetting the Floyds, he bowed TO Per
cy, aud FASTENED to his store, in order
10 pcrnsc the letter.
civil give you the beautiful slipper,
said Percy to his sister, when he return
ed home, "for have had sight Of
the owner, and she looks old enough To
be our grandmother, and is so ugly
Aunt Peg, the herb-woman, is beauty
TO her."
Thank you for your generosity
replied Harriet, laughing.
nI hav. heard vou teI "A urcat deal