Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-20
THE FLIRT.

the lawn before the front of the house.
And you are quite prude, Emily, was the
reply. 'Now what you call flirting call in
nocent amusement, and no more
Nov, Lucy, listen to me-you really love
William Sinclair, and you know he loves you
why should you wish TO give him uneasness
and that too tor young men that you do not in
the least care for
'Oh, no, it is not for their sakes, it is merely
for my own amusement and to break him off
from that jealous disposition of his, that makes
him more like an old moralist than a young
man. like to tease him little, and you
know can always make him amends by lit
tie kindness whenever like
well, well, Lucy, ! find it is of no use to talk
to you, for you will have your own way take
care, however, that you do not 60 too far, and
remember that such young men as William are
not to be met with every day
Emily and Lucy Metord lived in neigh
borhood that had long been remarked for its So
cability and friendly gaiety every family
seemed anxious to promote the general amuse
iDbHl, anu dillOup DtlicT tHlilDS, IL Huu UeeU
long established custom that a ball was given
at each house during the winter, aud each ia
mily endeavored to make theirs the most agree
able. The young people looked forward with
delight to the approach of the season for these
festivities, and none more eagerly than the two
fair sisters, particularly the youngest Who,
indeed, had more reason to look forward with
pleasure to every gay scene than Lucy Meltord!
The young, the beautiful, the lighthearted Lu.
cy; she to whom admiration was certain as her
appearance-to whom the prospects of ba
brought glee unmixed and made her young
heart dance in its own unclouded gaiety. Add
ed to the general excitement of such a scene,
she now had an additional stimulus-for VIII.
liam Sinclair, the finest young man in the
place, one too universally admired, was declared
her lover, to the envy of all other girls. This
would be the first time she had been with him
in public, for he had not been long in the neigh
borhood, and she longeG to shew him the adm-
ration she was sure of exciting. Her sisters
demonstrations only seemed to add to her de-
termination, for she wished to shew Emily that
she could vex William Sinclair, and make him
jealous, and then make him onder of her than
ever.
Lucy was but seventeen, that season of hope
and happiness when the mind sees nothing but
pleasure before it, and new to the world, with
all its cares and all its disappontments, it on
ly feels that it is happy itself, and concludes
that all around are the same. This was the
evening before the first bail for the season, !.
was earlier too than they commenced in gen.
eral, for it was yet but Autumn. The beauti-
tul hydrangeas were in full bloom, with their
luXuriant fowers-the sky was Of that deep
calm blue peculiar only to Autumn, and if the
trees had lost the fresh green of their summer
verdure, it was more than compensated by the
rich mellow tints of yellow and brown that
everywhere met the eye; scarcely breeze a.
gitated the crisp leaves that lay in TIE winding
paths as they sauntered slowly along the black
bird too, that constant companion of our Autumn
nal landscap pc, was twittering among the low
shrubs that surround them. Lucy Meltord felt
the beauty of the scene that surrounded her,
= her young heart beat high with happiness and
joy-secure in the affections Of the man she
, preferred to all others, and anticipating triumph
from her own little plans for to-morrow evening
what had she to do with care or trouble Her
light step was more elastic from the lightness
, of her spirits, and when the deepning shades OF
evening compelled the two fair companions to
retire. her last words, as she entered the house,