Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-01-01

tered tho drawing room, his wife hang
ing on his arm. To his surprise he be-
held Waterton romping with three chil-
dren, whose likeness TO him at once pro-
nounced a very near relationship. lie
greeted his guests heartily, and said Mrs
Waterton would be down Immediately
"Why," exclaimed the major, "youl
never told me you were married"
"No," said the host "delicacy for
bade that"
"Delcacy I"
eyes; and when you know uhom ]
have married, you will understand my re-
serve-but here comes a better eXplana-
ton than words can give"
The door opened, and Mrs. Wateiton
entered. She welcomed her guests with
great cordially, Burton started he
lrembled with amazement ; aud his first
impulse was to exclaim, "Nliss Panson !"
'"Yes," nterposed Waterton, "Aliss
Panson a dozen years ago, but Mrs.
w alerton now. Why, your friend and
| have been married these ten y years ~
Il "NIiss Panson married !" repeated
Mrs. Burton with uhfeigred pleasure, as
the last suspicion Of a rival was thus ban-
ishcd from her breast. "Oh, my dear
madam, how very delighted am to
know you )" and she seized both her
new friends hands and shook them hear
|. tilv.
1 This, then, was the love stricken, bro
ken-hearted ddmsel whom Burton had
conjured up in his Imagination This
was the wreck his broken faith had pic
tured Instead Of pale, grici-bul den
ed lady, he beheld Il inatronly, but still
pretty woman, full Of life, gaiety and
! happiness "The fact is, my love-"
whispered Mrs. Burton to her husband
as they went down to dinner, "you are
not the desperate lady-kiler you think
/ yourself !" The major was at first con
spicuously chop-faIIen and some remote
aIlusons to the Princes Street Gardens,
in which Mrs. Waterton took the lead
gave him so much uneasiness, that they
/ were after time not repeated. A Z lass
or two Of champagne, however, nerved
Il the soldier for downright assault on his
!. former engagement with his friends wife;
and when the ladies' had retired, he and
his hos, entered laughngly into the sub.
1 iect Of their respective marriages. Each
Of course (as all husbands do after din
ner, spoke raptures of his wife. "Be-
sides all my love-" said Burton, "l owe
my MiIlicent deep debt Of gratitude.
Possessed of large fortune, she pre-
lerred sharing it with me-, (then II subal-
tern, to marrying one ofthe richest men
II in Calcutta"
!, "For my part" returned the other,
/ "untii Maria's father died, which he did
three years since, the only fortune ] got
with my wife was herself, and part Of a
hail-sovereign, which"
"Nay, nay, spaic me on that point ~
exclaimed Burton, rising to join the la
dies in the drawing-room.
Young reader, the lesson to be deri-
we'd from this little sketch is beware
how YOU ,rus, solely TO tho ardent and in
.consldcrale feelings Of youth vows ut
tered under Heir influence are invaria-
bly, "rash' ou.s, which venerable may
I'M tells Va Wo ought never to MAKE ]
!. Aclaated by blind impulse OF violent
i emotions, we are sure 10 deceive our
seIves-lmagirng that We are perfectly
4 sincere, when we are merely impeilcd
| by IA giddy and untoward passion, moth
ing abated by the well-meant interier-
ence OF relatives and friends. The con-
sequence of such conduct is, that the in
tegrity of the promises then made is as
unstable as the feelings that prompt them
Had Edward and Maria really loved as
they though, they did on parting, they
would never have broken their "FAITH."I
| A FOG IN LoNpoN. There was re-
markab!e fog in London on the night of
Nov. 81, Of which the London Times
gives the following account
During the early part of yesterday the
fog which .ovcrspread the metropolis
and its ncig ghborhood was not very dense
II at least Londoucr would not so con-