Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-09-19

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"Bah Don't maze mc SICK entirely
my little Lofty .e,.N back 10 the mar.
sery, and rebuild yo T. baby house /,
will be time enough Sr you to talk about
fine affections, and all that, some ten
years hence. So be a good gl.l aud
let me read the newspaper. "
Charlotte quit the room with grca,
inward satisfaction, although her air,
attitude and management Of her hand
kcrchicf, were such as would have al
iordcd good study i,r some Ophelia
Of the stage, whore che has to ex-
claim
~ woe is me
To see what have sccn, ste what see O."
Mr.. Queer unused over his ward S
language, and soon arrived at concu-
sion which was not far from the truth.
1t was confirmed, a day or two after
wards, by visit from Mr. Volney Bal
four, who cooily told the old gcrileman
tina. he was engaged u his ward, and
asked when it would be agreeable 10 the
old folks 10 see theta married. THIS
communication was net, on the part Of
Mr.. Queer, by Il most positive veto
upon the whole arrangement The
parties were entirely too young Char
lotte 5 education was mol vet completed,
and Volney was mere boy, who knew
nothing of the world. Such we're the
guardians objections.
Fortunate was il Cor Ballour that the
old gentleman has raised up these OBJ
stacles for Charlotte had long since
settled it is all axiom in her mind, that
the "course of true love never did run
smooth )" and deploruhiy disappointed
would she have been, if ybero had been
for ,he'u an ,poe.~4as( (r.ad-o rno3-i-
mony. How kind was \ then, of old
Mr.. Queer, 10 play the part Of n
barbarbous guardian, aud aflording
Charlotte an opportunity of running
away.
An eiopcmcnt ! There was trans
port in the very thought ! TO be brief,
no sooner did the young lady learn to
her satisfaction, that her guardian was
really cXe.ting his authority To arrest
all present hopes of an cngag gcmcnt with
BalioCr, than she readily and delighted
" listened to proposition from the lat
ter to olopc. A fortnight afterwards,
they returned man and wife from q visi,
10 Saratoga, and scnt word to Mr.. Queer
thatthry were in the city. The old
gentleman took no notice Of the mes
sage. lie was allrontcd, not without a
cause. He refused TO surrender cent
of the young Iady's property and as
she would not be legally entitled TO it
ill she reached the age Of eighteen,
there was no redress.
NoInoy had recently, through his
fathers death, come into possession OF
what the world called handsome prop
crty. lis mother soon afterwards had
the folly to marry man of fashion, aud
a iorunc-huntcr, named SncalIy, who
very unccromonlously laid his hands
upon her property, aud spent it in a
manner the most agreeable to his taste
Behold Nolncy and his youthful bride
the occupants Of an elegant mansion IN
one OF the plcasantcsl streets ol the city.
His apartments worc &.mptuou~ly fur
nishcd. !ils green house alone had
cost liulc fortune, aud his carriage,
with its little ljycricd ioot-boy "cut IL
ebony is one Of the nectcst turn.oCIs
that Manhattan has ever seen. .And
then his dinners and hls wines Al,
what cpicure who had the good for
tune to be present at any of those dn-
ners, and taste Of those vines, can
rccoIlcct their lavors without the pro-
loundcst aud tcudcrcsl emotions
Strange as it may seem, tie favored
couple were in nothing 50 favored ~ ~
their troops Of dear irlenaa |; was a
touching sight to see the parting OF
Charlotte aud some of her aliecllouutc
female satellite. How they would hiss
and hug the sweet thug, and beg hcr
to take care ol herself and sometimes
offer of thclr own accotd totUlc an AR.
ing with her in her curriago' What
hosts of aunts and cousins suddcnl,
made themselves known and heard.
What shouts Of tilmly young ladies'
married and unmarried, of certain age
all at once claimed Charlotte 5 acquain.
lance on tho ground Of having known
her saintcd mother A middle aged
spinster, known to the gay world a.