Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-09-26
feh not q little embarrassed. ] had,

hRps, Oistakeh the breakings toItb OF
liyoung and buoyant spirit, under ndicu-
lous circumstances, ior the encourage
ment of Volatile coQueiry aud for mo
men, ] was in doubt whether ! should
not apologize and pretend that she was
not the lady Tor whom my VISA was IN
tended. But then she was 50 beautiful!
! Angels aud ministers Nothing on
leanh could have sent ~. down stairs,
| unless had been kicked down "Mad-
nm," | began--but my blood was 10 a
Ituimol, and have never been able to-
tec"llect precisely what said. Some
thing II was, however, abJnl my late
father and her iamented husband, alb
sence aud the East Indies, liver com
4 plants, and life insurance with com
|, plant, condolences, pardon, perturba
lion, and preter-pluperitc lmperinence
The lady looked surprised, broke my
speech with two or three wril-bred elacu-
laiions, and astoushed me very much by
prote sling that she had never heard her
husband mention euhcr her father, my
father or his promising little heir appa-
/ trent, W Him Henry Thomas, ~ the
/ whole course OF the union. "Ah , mad
! am" SAID | "ihe omission is extreme
| ly natural am sure ! am not at all ol-
Il Tended with your late husband upon that
score. lie was an elderly, sickly s"rl
of Il maH. My father always told him
he could not last bul he never thought
he would have died So soon after mar
rage. He had not time, madam, to-
make his friends happy by Introducing
them TO you"
/ believe upon the whole, | must have
behaved remarkably well, for the widow
could not quite make up her mind wheih-
er to credit me or not, which, when We
consider the very slender materials had
to work upon, ~ saying great deal
\ A. last conlrived 10 make the convcr-
salion glide away to AuId Robin Grey
and the drawing of AppoIlo, which pro-
nuunced TO be chef d'0urre. "PcrmIt
me, however to suggest, that tae symme-
try Of the figure would not be destroyed
by little more of the Hercules IN the
shoulders, which would make his life
worth a much longer purchase. A little
more amplitude III the chest too, and Il
trlile stronger on the legs, as they say
at the Insurance Office" The widow
looked comcally at the reflections which
| brought to her mind; her rosy lips be-
gan TO disclose their treasures IN a half
smile; and this in turn expanded into a
laugh, like the laugh Of Euphrosyne
This was the very thing for me. | was
always rather dashed by beauty on the
stills; but put us upon fair ground, aud
never supposed that could be otherwise
| than charming. ran over all the anu
sing topics of the day, extended thou
sand admirable Jokes, repeated touching
! passages from n new poem which she
had not read, laughed, sentimenialized,
I ruddled the kitten, and forgot to 90 away
i I'LL had sojourned full two hours. Eu
! phrosyne quite lost sight Of my question:
! able introduction, aud chimed IN with a
Wit as brilliant as her beauty; nor did
! she put on n single grave look when ]
! volunteered TO call the next day ano
! read the remainder OF the poem.
n Ii is impossible TO conceive how care.
! fully walked home. My head and
heart were full of the widow and the
| wager, and my wife was more precious
! to ne than the Pigct Diamond. KEEP,
! my eyes seduousIy upon the pavement,
! to be sure the coal-holes were closed;
and | never once crossed the street with
on, looking both ways, to calculate the
dangers OF being run over. When | ar
rived, | was presented with n letter from
my attorney, giving me the choice al an
.ensigncy III regiment which was order
4 a. L., r
si0nary to New Zealand iwrote To hIp,
in answer, that It was perfectly inmate
rial to me whether ! was cut off by the
yellow fever or devourcd by csunlbaIs,
but that had business which would pre-
vent me from aVaIlIng myself Of either
/. alternative iOr two DunlhS, at least.
I The next morning found me again at
the door of Euphrosynr, who gave me
her lily hand, aud received me with the
smile OF an old acquaintance. Affairs
went on pretty much as they did on the
preceding day. The poem was long
hor singing exquisite, my anecdotc at
New Zealand irresistible, aud we again
forgot ourselves ull 1t was necessary, IN
common polI,rness, 20 ask me to dinner.
Her sober attire, which for some months
had been a piece OF mere gratuit0us re-
Fl spec,, was exchanged Tor low evening
!, dress, and nv soul, which was brlmming
before, was IN an agOnv To find room for
my increasing transports Her spirits
were sportiye as butterflies over thc
!, flowers OF her imagination with II grace
lha, was quite miraculous. She rldlculed
the rapidly OF onr cquaDiancc, ,eulog ne d
my modesty Il It was well u'gh burnt
10 cInder, and every now aud then
sbarpened her wit by a delicate recur-
renee to Apollo and the shoulders Of
Hercules.
\ The third and the fourth and the hth
day, with twice as many, were equally
productive Of excuses for calling, and
reasons for remaining, ,ll at last ] took
upon me 20 call aud remain without
troubling myseif about the one or the
other. | was received with progressive
cordially and, at last, with n mixture
/ of timldlv which assured me Of the anti
cipation of a catastrophe which was, a,
| once, 10 decide the question with the
insurance office, and determine the
| course Of my travels. One day ] found
the Peri sitting rather pensively at work,
and as usual, took my seat opposite to
her.
81 have been thinking,' said she d,
"that have been migGIIy imposed
Il upon"
/ Upv whom ~ injured