The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-08-02
Observation-Disclosures
MARY Y"FENwlCK, OR THE ALlBI
DY 4 LAWYER.

some twenty years ago before sles
and railroads had annihila,ed distances al
going to London the everyday affair
$ now is from all parts Of the king dom,
awoke, on beautiful April morning, fro
a the uneasy slumbers Of mail-coach passel
ger, jus, in time 10 drink in, al eye, e,
and nose, the brilliant sparkle, refreshin
sound. and revviug odor Of nv naiiv
r waves, as they leap up TO kiss,as if ir font
ness, The rocky barrier, which our easter
coas, opposes TO the not always placid
Ocean. was ere long, to pass barrier 0
a diflererent description 'cow happily
nominal one between two sister nations or
IN plain English, 10 enter the town OF Ber
wick-on. n.Tweed,a few miles beyond whici
on the southern side Of the border, busines.
obliged me TO proceed.
AT the inE door where we stopped lt
change horses, 10 the capital Of no man,
and whose inhabitants assert their an
omaous independence by speaking diaeC
which they take care shall be neither
Scotch nor English-I also exchanged, fol
he brief remainder Of my journey, a taci
turn common place sort of fellow -passen
.er-from whose physiognomy | never
Ireamed OF auguring anything--for one of a
different description, from whose modest,
ye, speaking counlenance, and the evIden,
interest she excited IN the few who werr
aslir at that early hour, ii was impossible to
void suguriog great deal.
'rha .naoh 'iU"r "os -r---~1 OIL ...:.r
swimming eye. flushed check, aad slve
hair blowing about in the molning wind.
venerable looking man took leave with ever
more than parental tenderness of simpl'
lressed. yet genieel looking young woman
who relu ming his remuulous GOD bles'
md reward you! with an aImos. fIial fare
we'll, drew down over her face a thick black
veil, and stepped in opposite to me. never
feI, mole inclined, and al the same time
more or less, to open conversation. To
n rude on a female sorrow seemed unnsu
f able, TO treat il with mere calcus irdIfieT
ence impossible. That Of my new con.
panion appeared to be of gen'eeI' snbdued
sort, arising more from sympathy with
others than from personal causes, and ere
long, putting back her veil with The reviv.
ing cheerfuIness OF one whose heart il Iigh
eued of an unmeri,ed burden, she looked
raImIy out on the fresh aspect Of nasure,so
in unison with her own pure and innocent
coun'enance, and said, in the tone of on
breathing after the release from the pres
sur. Of painful feelings. How beautiful
every thing does look this fine spring
morning!
1T does indeed said |, struck with the
coniiirg naiuehe of the involuntary re-
remark, 'and | suppose you are the more
sensible Of II from being young iraveller!'
Her only answer was one OF those pleasant
smiles which admit Of variou, ,ransalions,
and which coupled with her air OF rural
|.impliruy, | chose to cOnstrce an assent,
Coupling the remark with the crcnm
stances Of her only luggage beiGg small
handbook, | set her down for farmer
daughter of the nei yhborhpod, and said, i
suppose, like myself, you are not going
Ifar!
i am going to London, sir. said she, in
tone of csImn of Self.possession, as il
such Journey had been TO her an every
day occurrence, and so indeed had been
not malaphorically, but literally The
lease. ..
'To London, repeated |, with more sur
prise than could well account for, 'Ier,
Won ever there befopr
oh yssr wac the reply, rendered mor'
Ipipquant by irs singular composure: :
came from seventy miles beyond day befOTu
Yesterday
Isvould be quite superfous to say ,ha
my curiosity was greatly excited BY thi
singular occurrence, and dare say N,
/; readers will sci me down for a very
stupid fellow I for Iawye: especially