Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-03-11
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k~3HE TRiF LIE r. I,
sE ELLEN AsHrSN.
yesterday ttat you were engaged to
Hero, and to day Ihear that you are
,phy Greenss Which report is true r.
Thomas % his friend Harry Colbert,
Ais cigar from bis mouth, be suffered
cnri slowly 70 the ceiling, gazing
ts.s facc Of biz friend.
~ said Harry. throwing himself
4if ~ nm engaged to neither"-
- rery atieasive to Sophy, and those
~ Nailiore's set say you are devoted
again the speaker's eye was fixed
u Harry, who looked down poment-
truth is" he said, looking up, al
Aloye with both the ladies', und so
up my mind 10 marry either, lest |
The other. wish the good qualities
IS combined in one: then should soon
iss Vaiiiere is amiable, pretty and rich,
just what want: but she has no
d never be wife to make one proud
Sophy is poor, and without Eye!ine's
hough, perhaps. wiih prettier, Ger.
moro iasek >>pzual-lookine Rsce.--
6ns. 3it. sAa s1lecidedIy a rfs, of
lihss tas,t i>no might be- made a
na cseata, doni say which
VI hsss1 suppose either
)de enou7i," and here the speaker
s.rollart when am with Sophy
wits he ,lbu. when see Miss Valiere,
cc L.. ESrf,,r.r II c,t4-rt roe,,t ~, ,,,,,.
tlos "a had gone pretty far with Eve.
,>sfoe met Miss Greene but since then
4 <en more careful, and, | confess, am often
>d how 10 decide. If Eveiine had Sophy's
ect, or Sophy had Eveine's fortune, should
{0e eto-morrow but the fales have ordered it
5sise. and so-poor dog that | AMI must
4 3kvents, and trust, as Napoleon said, to my
{;&v.p .lIIfrf
1|d you ever commit yourself 10 Miss Val.
81 said his companion, after pause.
\ les exactly" answered Harry, slowly and
fully; 'sto be sure did, at one time, pay
pnsiderabie attention, but then, you know,
Y girl is used TO sEch things, and, if she has
/, never thinks yonserious unless you make
Ia words. Now, never did that exactly,
t<.sstiat I'm lucky, though do confess to sun
dental walks, nsd SLY attentions when
ks were away-you understand. Just
keep her thinking of me sufficiently TO
cess if should at any time, make up
o marry her. lbegin to think lately
ack out, and an not half so attentive
vas. for, the factis, since mat Saphy
have felt that Miss Valiere is no, cx-
irl to suit me as wife. ! wisl, so,ne-
spicy and intellectual, something not
med Of in the socie-y Of people of talent.
\ gods Ind given Eophy fortune; for
q Ait--Pn, too poor like most young ply
soTlS we'd porlionlesswiie."
.1Ity No 5lbert had frankly explained the diff.
q ''.a .s.t1ich he had nvlved himself; but he
go,i aT the whole truth for his attentions to
les -s;i2d been assiduolp and devoted, and of
& ,e...s T'ac.er as to eae no doubt on their
j. ,d.isAe serious nature Of his attentions
II ,esf different sets, in opposite sections of c
4 G.i each was ignoraui of his attentions 10
II cd. and thus, for several. months, he had
! BUS j his deception thdetected. He had
.sgrilne ,oed and won Evelne Valiers, though
IL .ihu lis love in word,, Before he met So.
sili if'from that hour his healt had been
sd, q he conflict in his breast had ragged
sait ,.affpg force daily. Interest, and per-
- (tte remaining conscience, urged him
!. 1eliae; while, If he haa consulted only
81 ! hewouId aaye welded Sophy.
..-4' his friend, after an Embarrassing ST.
co. iinutes, ''do you not think some-
J thas may have won tae affections of
\ never 'roposed to either" replied Harry,
.ir 8 st BIZ companion.
doss Indy never place her affections on q
man until he proposes in forml Is there no
ing as winning Indy by looks and tones,
Tough not explicit in one sense, are suscep-
Sut single definition ?" asked his friend,
3kinsly.
rperlhps sometimes girls do Ioso their
"A butts only when tLey know nothing
ia Va. Gentlemen will be attentive to the
taeA (sc-and So"
ssD,A sometimes heart will be broken BY
rcoquetry Of our sex," Indignantly in:
~ @ other. There Wa a na,lse. d..rinor