Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-25
From the New York Mirror.
MOURNING OVER.
nay sEcON D ESSAY WITH MRS. PAssABlK
TRoTr.

The temeritS with which lowered
on the brink oI mntrimony when very |
young man, can only be appreciated by !
a iatulIous credulity. The number OF |
very Tat mothers of very plain families |
who can point me out their respectable /
offspring rs their once imminent papa, |
is ludicrously improbable. The truth is |
that had poSveI lul Imagination IN my
early youth, and no realizing sense
necklace, warm from the wearer-d
shoe with little round stain in the sole
anything flannel-a bitten rose bud
with the mark of tooth on iI-a rose,
q glove, thimble-either Of these was
agony, ecstacy! To anything with curls
and skirts, especially if encircled by a
sky blue sash, my heart was us prod
gal rs a CTOton hydrant.-Ah me.
But, OF all my snort eternal attach
menls, Fideka Balch (since Mrs. p
Trott,) was tue kindest and faircst.-
Failhles' of course she was, since my
name does not begin with T-but If
she did not continue TO love me-P.
Trou or no rroit-she was shocking
ly forswOrn, as can be proved by seve
raj stars, usually considered very aiten
tive listeners. | rather pitied poor rrou
for knew
~Her head was another'N"
and he was rich and forty odd. Bot they
seemed 10 live tremendously, and If a
vailed myself Of such little consultations
as fell IN my way, IL was the result Of
philosophy. never forgot the (aiihless
Fideiia.
This is the diSemboweIled narrative
dear reader-skipping from the maiden
hood of my heroine TO her wldowhood,
fifteen years-yet would have you sup
ply here and there a betwcenily. Ms
Gwn suferngs at seeing my adored FL
della 20 daily into another mans house
and shut the door after her, you can ca
silly conceive. Though not in the hab-
1t of rebelling against human institu-
lions, IL did seem 10 me that tho marriage
ceremony Ihad no business 10 give old
Trott quite 50 much for his money!
But the aggravating part Of il was TO
come ! Mrs p Trott grew preltier eve
Ty day and Of course three hundred and
sixty five noticeable degrees pretticr ev-
cry year. She seemed incapable Of or
not liable 10, wear and tar; and proba-
bly, old Trott was man in doors oc even
behaviour. And II should ba SAID too, i'm
explanation, that, as Miss Balch, Fidelia
was shade too fat for her model. She
embellIshed as her dimples grew shall
lower. Tr!he by trine, like the progress
of a statue, the superluIty fell away from
natures original Miss BaIch, las design
ed IN heaven and when old passabe
died (and no one knew what that p stood
for till IL was betrayed by the indiscreet
plate on his coffin) Mrs Trott, thirty
three years old. was at her maximum Of
beauty. Plump, taper, transpurenlly
fair with an arm like high conditioned
Venus, and neck set on like the swell
OF French horn, she was consumedly
good looking. When ] saw IN The pa
per, '"DIed, Mr.. p. Trttt," | went out,
and walked by the house with overpow
.ering emotions. Thanks 10 a great ma !
ny refusas, | had been faithful! could
bring heI the same heart, unused and
undamaged, which had ofTt red her be- |
fore. ! could generously overlook MIR.
Irott temporary occupation, (since he |
had left US his money! )-and when her
mourning should be over,-the very day
the very hour-her first love should
be ready for her, good as new!
have said nothing Of any evidence Of
continued attachment on the part Of Mrs
Trott-She was a discreet person, and
not likely to compromise Mr. p. Trott
till she knew The strength of his consli-
tuition. But there was one evidence of
lingering preference which | built upon
as a rock. | had not visited her durinr
fifteen years Trott liked me not-you
can guess why! But had a nephew,
five years old when Miss Balch was my
''Privately engaged" and as like me,
that boy, as could be copied by nature.
lie was our unsuspecting messenger of
love, going TO play in old Balch's garden
when was forbidden the house, uncon-
scious Of the biliI doux in the pocket Of
his pinaiore; and to this boy, after our
separation, seemed FidcIia 10 clink. lie
grew up to youth Of mind and manners
and still she cherished him. lie all but
lived At old Trott's petted and made
much ot-hSr constant Communion
Teading-walking,r iding indeed, when
home lrom college, her sole society,"
Are you surprised that, in all this, there
was tenderness oC reminiscence that
touched and assured mel All
"On revient Ioujours.
a ses premiers amours-
thought it delicate, aud best, 70 let
silence do its work during that wear of
mourning. / did not whisper even TO
my nephew Bob the secret ofmy happi.
ness. 1 left one card Of coincidence af.
ter old Trott's funeral and lived private