Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-09-14
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From the N. Y. Mirror.
N 0 U r MING OVER.


The temerity with which lowered on the
brink of matrimony when n very youno man.
could only be appreciated BY a ialnilons Gre
dultty. The number of very fat mothers of
very plain families who can point out me TO
their respectable offspring as their once immi
nent papa, is ludicrously improbable. The
truth Is that had powerful Imagination in
my early youth, and no 'realizing sense A
coEai necklace, warm from the wearer-a shoe
with lutte round stain in the sole-anvthino
hannei-a bitten rosebud with the mark of
tooth on ia rose, glove, thimble-either
oi these was agony, ecstacy! To ANYTHING
with curls and skirts, especially if encrcled by
sky-niue sash, my heart was as prodigal as
Croton hydralt-Ah me.
But, of all my short eternal attachments.
fideiia Balch (sInce Mrs p. TrotO was the
kindest and farcst Fa;thess of course she
was, since my name does not begin with a II
but if she did not continue to love me-p
1roit or no p. Trott-she was shockinolv
loresworn, as can be proved by several stars.
usually considered very attentive listeners. /
rather piied poor Trolt--for knew
''ller heart--it was another's."
and ne was rich and forty odd But thew
seemed to live very tremendously, and if /
availed myself of such little consultations as
Tell IN my way, it was the result of philosophy.
never forgot the iailhless Fidelia.
This is the dsemboweled narrative, dear
reader-skipping from the maidenhood of NV
heroine to her wldowhood, fifteen years-yet
would have you supply here and there be-
'Weehity. Wy own suiierlngs at seeing nv
adored Fldella go daily into another mans
house and shut the door after her, YOU can
easily CONCEIVE. Though not in the habit OF
rebeliing against human institutions. i, did
seem 10 me That The marriage ceremony had
no business to give old Trott quite so much
'or MS money But the aggravaling part of it
was to come Mrs. p. Trott grew prettier
every day, and of course three hundred and
siXty-hve noticeable degrees per wear. every
year. She seemed incapable of or not Liable
TO, wear and tear and probably old Trott
was man Ill doors Of even behaviour. And.
II should be said too, in explanation, that, as
Miss Balch, Fdcla was shade too fat for her
model.-She embelished as her Glmples grew
shallower. Tri1e by trne, like the pro9ress
OF statute, the superfuily fell away from ma
ture's original Miss Balch, las designed in
heaven,) and when old Passable died land no
one knew what that P. stood for till it was be-
trayed by the lndiscreet plate on his colin)
Mrs Trott, thirty-three years old, was at her
maximum of beauty. Plump, taper, transpar-
emily far, with an arm like high conditioned
Venus, and a neck set on like the swell of a
rench horn, she was consumedlv good look.
ing. when / saw in the paper, "Died, MIR.
L. j rott," went out, and walked past the
mouse with overpowering emotions Thanks
TO great many refusas, had been faithful
! could bring her the same heart, unused and
unchanged, which had offered her before.
could generously overlook Mr.. Trott's tenn
porary occupation, (since he had left us his
money t--and when her mourning should be
oveI,-ihe very day,-the very hour-her first
love should be ready for her, good as new!
have sad nothing Of any evidence of con-
tlnued attachment: on the part of Mrs. Trou.-
ohe was discreet person,aUd nollikelv TO COM
promise Mr.. ?. TrOtt Till she knew the strength
OF his constitution. But there was one evil
de .ce OF lingering preference which ! bull,
upon as rock. | had not visited her during
fifteen years. Trou liked me not--vou can
guess why! But had nephew. five wears
old when Miss Balch was ntv .spriva,elv en-
gagged" and as like me that boy as could he
copied by nature. lie was our unsusnectinc
messenger Of love, going 10 play in old Balch's
garden when | was forbidden the house. mn
conscious of the billet-doux in the pocket of
his Plialore; and to this BOY, after our separ-
alton, seemed Fidelia TO cling. lie grew up
TO youth of mind and manners, and still she
cherished him. lie all but lived al old Trott's,
petted and made much Other coustau, com.