The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-02-03
FROM THE NEW York MlRRo2.
The Revenge Of A Lady.

II was a bright, glad day in spring, and
Broadway was alive with gaie.y and bus
tie, A stranger, who had been crossing
that great thoroughfare at noon, some
where about the corner Of Murray street,
would have wondered what object il
could be on the other side of the way
that was disturbing the whole street; and,
without exactly drawing crowd, was al
tracing everybody's attention, and making
gentlemen seek any excuse for stopping
and looking back, and almost envy the
humber waylarers who were privileged
to be ungsnleel. A denizen of New
York, however, who had only HEARD OF
the commo,ion, would at once have
known that it must be Miss Kaye, step
ing from her carriage into the store of her
jewelers.. Her doe-colored carriage, OBJ
slructed by the crowd Of equipages which
stood in front of Tenny's, had drawn up
some doors of, and, in order 10 reach
the place, che, whose pearly shoe not Of
ten touched the pavement. for once was
compelled 10 switch the world with no
BILE" walking. The instant her blue and
white liverles were seen opening the door
and railing the steps down, a simullane-
Gus impression seemed to be produced
upon The crowd that was lettering along
the sidewalk; they drew back on all
sides, kind Of avenue was formed, and
she stepped forward, alone, with magni-
6cent, elastic tread, as if the earth yielded
beneath her feet stood and saw her
pass. Fortunatel y, al that very spot a
bore held me by the button. (Amiable
bore palted him when we parted; and
for the first time in my life, recognised
why benignant Providence had created
bores that hold people by the button -
gazed with delight almos, awed into
homage. A more exalted vision had
not beheld. Majesty, sollened into deli
cious beauty grandeur Of attitude and
feature, made lovely by pervading spirit
of sweetness and sympathy produced In
her an union that charmed you ere you
could admire. dare say it will seem an
odd thing to say, but there is nothing that
that has since reminded me SO much OF
the impression she then produced upon
the eyes as the bright fountain in the Park;
there was in her the same easy, | may
say reluctant, magnlfcence; the splendid
purity and soft sparkle; combined with
such an entire unrestraint and abandon.
menl of effort, that you feel as if in thai
form and motion the very essence of grace
were made palpable before your eyes;
and as if that variety of movement wa.
the wantonness Of a nature that strovc TO-
but could not, escape from its perpetual
doom of elegance. Startled back, in spite
Of myself, into the age of poetry and god
desses, thought straightway or the ap
partition of Venus to the Trojan by the
wooded margins of the Tyrian city, and
was beginning to fall into my old
tune. and my Latin; but ! felt soon
that, in truth. was below the mark, and
that there stood before me something Of
& truer dignity and impression than all
their goddesses together. mean de.
licate, pure, high-souled woman. ! con.
Tess, while she was at distance from me
and | had but glimpse of her, ! felt q
certain futter about my heart; but, as che
came near me, THAT faded away, and yicl.
ded to profound and distant reverence
cas-, down my eyes, and lifted them only
as she was vanishing through the dool
Of the shop.
Miss Kaye's parents were both dead
and she was the sole mistress Of one o
the largest fortunes in New York. Hel
first winter in company had been conclu
ded by the announcement of her engage
nent to Mr.. Hamburg; man of high
fashion, possessing undoubtedly superior
powers, great cultivation, and immense
resource Of manner. MES, who know