Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-04-06

mus, not know that | recollect his villain
face"
And al that very moment, who should
he nmet hui Binelryi The Two men'
passed each mhrr. Uncle M.rrdnhI
looked as ,nienily ma possible upon n"ih-
ing in particular, turning his eyrSnr'iher
10 right nor left. Bingley sS'le hrtVr
gauc-s Mt The sturdy bachrlor Ss hc
passed him, and, thinking hitttseli not re
mr,nbrred, stood sl,lh hooking after Mere
,lah, as if to maks sure that he was not
mistaken IN his nnn And as Meredith
gould noi resist the impulse to take l"ok
back also, rhrn eyes met. II was nwk'
ward, very. Old Alerediih's neck had
"c,ick" in II for week afterwards,
,ronr the snddernrss with which he avert
I'd his head, and he sturpprd away as in
dosir io,Isly as If he were running from Il
serpent. Tie could not conceal his dis
identity.
"lf he wnuld but give me ten minutes
conversation" sighed Bingley. Like
all the res, of tho world he would ammo,
me- with too much, II ch"se to apply thr
true open sesame to mems lips. Bm
viii not, IL the pauprr gets few words,
he generally gets direct ones, and tolcra-
biy honest" And the old man pursued
h,s way--a s'rnnger among those whom
he nightly Judged That he conld make
emulous friends ~ outward courtesy and
seeming, Il he rlDs-. No one had II
glance "f recognition FOR hin, Tor II any,
like Mcrrduh, remembered him, like
Mr,rdhh they chose Also TO deny their
ncQuaiatanc The lew who recolIecicd
him wc,c generally feeble old men like
himself. a younger generation made
the hustle lhr ugh which he pic kcd h.
noiseless and unoblrusIve course, and he
felt more isolated nrnong the thousands
~ eager passengers hurry ing to and fro,
than he did whcn alone with his Maker
IN hi. silent apartment lis couDienancc
bore the irners of n long remembered
grcf--grirf which had once been remorsc.
Iui over That pervad"d nm expression al
calm resignation, as II he tel, that he had
done nlI within human power To atone ior
pas, m -c"ndurt aud that his reprn-
LANCE had bccn accepted, aud he had
been forgiven. lie was consciuus iha,
his remaining days were short, aud he
was nDS,ouS Ia perform soDc still unac-
c"inp,ished duty. eli could have one
wnrd with HIM." Binul-y said again,
started ns his cracked voice Unexpected
" sounded IN their ears. 4 shade of
melancholy passed over their c"untr
nancrs a. they turned To look at one,
whose like Holmes has so tonchin2ly
described, ns "Ihe last leaf on the tree"
The p'rilier aud kinder "i these girls was
our friend Clara Clara, of whom, bv
The w,y, We have not given one word ni
d"-rripi"n Was ever skrtcher so I'm.
gallant Haste We then to supply the
OMISSION.
Clara's lips were not as C,wley bath
1t. md all the modern poets, after him,
irwin cherries on one stem" Nor was
her neck alnbasrr, for we have already
depo.ed TO her having turned her head.
aud tl->ib'lny is no, II TRAIT Of anv mnn'cl
uiua,n.u'-, save those horrid Chinese
m,ndarius which used Ia nod their points
nt sou ~ Dunn's Collection. Her teeth
we've not pearls, her eyes were not stars,
nor were her cheeks vernlIon aud white
velvet. She was II good, healthy beauty /;
ch""rIulness irrad,ated her expressive
FEATURES, and ensy propriety marked her
manners There, sir II vou cannot
inll IN love with such q woman, YOU NAV !.
go further and fare worse. We have
i"rgoIirn whether her eyes are black,
blue, or hazcl--and the reader must fol- \
low Mistress GLASS; kind general per
mission, and color $40 taste" AT any |
titled with Charley S,anwood /; and #
,our lady's eyes are at II hue ~ propiI- |.
ous, ynu need care not for colurinan' :
classltic alton of them.
|, srvening Clara is amusing Uncle
Meredith with u song, accompanied bv
herself upon The piano. He will insist
npnn "The Young Froggy," Lord
CIlin's Daughter" and that song about
- well ~ some happy land, the waters OF
winch conferred domestic supremacy
upon The husband or wife who should
first drink of them after marriage. The
bride IN this "rumauni" took phial
tram the magic well with her to church,
'shi, h she drank at her leisure, while her
husband ran back to the spring, astonish-
ed that his w lie did not contend with him
jn the race. Such were among the I
piano music which Meredith had heard
",s the davs when he went Philandering
"A long time ago." and he vii not be-
heve ,hal any modern music can approach
them. He had Just sand, for The thou
sandth i;me-"It's the way all women
would do, Pm positive" when Mr..
SHnwood was announced. There was
ao escape for the old gentleman now
tsr he was in his slippers, aud II wns two
is4l hours to any taiionaI approach to bed.
iIn.. To attempt 10 fit would be too.
marked an insult, aad Meredith dared
not so much disoblige Clara for he
l",rd his ward, and she aeeded no other
"gtainprie" than her winning ways, to
Il I'D his ccccnirici,Ies ~ awe IN The
ptssrnrr of visters, before whom indul- .
y nee ~ them would make her Suhappy. |
v" Young lady will probshIy require
I" br told how awkward one feels, when