Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-03-15

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Wrappe your headup ID fanelle.
I hslow asYoQr eyes.
Iake Q qaart ofrum'd Rnelle.
i Wien ii bedle. as d dose.
VIVA Q plumber four d poe,
Welitaliow your uose
TIE BACHELORS BRIDE.
When | sad / would all 4 bachelor.
I IL otihi0k should I've LII we're mar
RCD. -
sHASsFsAnr.
'YVfiat treason to- the country to write Lon
don aud August On Tue sane 4heet Of paror,
J. sad Mr0 Clifford TO her son, 10 she conlnen
ced a letter.
4 baye bad some such thought myself, ant
teaLy must accept ono or other Of the invita-.
oas | lave for shooting
Shall ypu 90 to Sir Thomas CroftoG,s /
inquired the lady.
No for LADY Crofton will expect that If
~! ler husband's patridges in themornilg,
ehall infaliIoly make love 10 bis daught ers
III lie evening her Imagination is SO fer.
tje' ele heFef see5 . nan but she cnumer-
ates his acres, speculates on marriace settle
eiehts' ahd has Fislsns Of white satin, and all
he pretty ct cetsfas If matrim1nv.1
Lord Barford's ? there arc no danqbtera
there
True, but his vie Is deep, deep blue
bores you to the death with hjr literary at.
falnnents, or pon.attainmeutp.
think eha run down to Dacre's-T have
not been 10 Woodlands giice / stood coda.
hefto my little nauesake Frsnk, nearly five
years ago. ! shaiI feel at home there no
inssy parties, Pfjm and arcIed IS an old
bachelor
Mrs Clifford smiled.
Wei, II am a bachelor, and mean so TO
continue, ! anl, at least, nut d ~starcled oue.'
continued Ter son, interpreting tho smile.
ny should you be At all Frank you,
VINO have 50 many Of the requisites to make
a woman happyg
why, my dear mother, woman are go ar
lliclal--liFe for dispiay-sigh for an eslab-
Its1n}ebt-and not 10 be too hard On 1.-THE fair
est anu sweetest part Of creation, / ask so
lnpch ~ a Wiie-I require go many ofthe
nanielesa something's and nothings indispen-
sable to female asCIHatiOn-and, not to sneak
II lrieyerentiy, when | think Of the caprice.
The yanttysthe jealousy, that are the usual
characteristics ofthe sex, ] can but he thank
ful | am a doomed bachelor. Mo- cottin-
ued he, as II pursuing a train Of thought, i
have drawn an image on my mind SO fair, SO
pure, That leel nothing less than the ]rea!iza.
ion OF the idea will satisfy ne at the same
tine, know th1t ii 10 one that for me can
nave no existenee--it was the dream of INV
boyh9od, and it is past,
Flank Clifford was handsome, candid. orn
erous, the soul Of honor, with an income OF
Three u Hsapd 4 YeaI-thlrly six, and a bach
ta's' "' ',o' s,'i hia VISIONS and ,1.z~~halIv
S ao5ds, 4 esht55yyf a319 %ffE some dear, sy 4rnr7p74eisa-
friend, haunted his day dreams aid night VIZ.
ions.
Ii was a bright day when he travelled to
| Woodlands tie meadows were endHeiled
with a thousand gay blossoms the bnsy hum
| of mvriads OF insects filled the air wIththelr
soft, drowsey music, and Clifford felt how
soothing are sbch sights and sounds to mans
anquet spirit. And then how cordial was
the welcome that awaited him; how happy was
Dacre as he romped with his children OH the
lIawp; and how proud Of the gentle being who
shared his joy at the long promised visit Of
bis friend!
You have greatly improved this place, Da-
cre-i: is impossible to conceive a iairer
scene. How gracefully blended are these
flowers with that green bowery-lookiDg viii
derness IN the back ground It's like a fairy
land
Yes, said Ms. Dacre, and created by the
magical wand 81 Affection, aided BY the fairy
Goodwill
MARY made All these good flowers grow,
said the lovely girl i~nsfnuating her lutte hana
INTO her motheT's-Mary does every thing
that is nice
Your portfolio boasts 0 exquisite palnt
inpe,' said Clifford, as lie turned over tht
leaves; i did not know sou we're 80 hne al
artist
Dacre, but / may not claim The the merit
that beiungs u Mary.
At tins moment dinner was announced
and he could onIg wonder who Mary was
: In lis bedroom, solne bold spirited drawing
: attracted his attention, asd his eye quIcki
delscted tie name Of MARY III lie corner ; d
IN The room bespoke female taste aud con5id
~sration, and Dacre had aaid ali bad been 81
I, ranged BY Mary. Some OF Dacre's occupa
items were loo common. place for the some
whaf fsstidious Clifford, and he delighted !
:, solitary rambIes 10 one Of these he passed
] neat cottage the gay flowers in the it'll
Iqafden before it arrested his steps, and b
d baused to admire the deep crimson Stoke, an
b he beautiful double wai}t.ower often seen
such perfection in the cottage garden OIL
An aged woman invited him 10 reet ~ hi
O humbie dwelling.
0 .fake his seat, sir said che, pointing
O ore whose very lock bespoke coniort-aT
0 ease # suffer a great deal from ~rhstsn1tfs
: and Miss Mary from the Great House, He
z me this char.
clifford seated himself On it,
e 90! she is 4 nee lady, 80 FREQ and kind.
rhe brougbttne these wofafed stockinge he
seIf,' continued The garrulous dame putin
out a feet moi exactly q prototype Of lag
oni's.
Cii ford had 4 Byroric passion for The name
Mary, and it had come npon his ear % oft'
3 in his btief ~seiourn at Woodlands, that he b
" gan to feel quite a sensation when il vac nal
y cd, and no small curiosity to ace her who b
a right 10 the title.
But ii WAS The first Of September a
u guns, dogs and bitds, were formidable r!vi
nj 10 the unknown MARY. The eky vas clesr
tie air blsnd-the birds, those fairy form
and many colored things sung gaily-a
IN III. stream looked pure and bright, ~ il 'bro
- INTO dlnplas and laughed in the gu
M CIfo;d and Dacre we're out early, and, "
IN i auick eve and sure aim, returned laden
with the spoil. Dacre fingered behind
n rive some directions, and as Clifford cross
The lawn, he heard the gay laugh Of childr,
s. aud the tones Of the most musical voice N
lied with theirs. He paused TO lissen-t
sounds came nearer, and in a moment he y
IL The midst Of the group. 20! Mary is co
On bome-dear. sweet Maryland We are so h
py,' hurst from the lips Of the delightedyar
= ones.
- Clifford was slightly embarrassed, bu. .
ing Dacre, he said, viii you con"
uoduce me to this lady ; wh Id
al boasts some other name !" presr