The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-12-11

teman Is, as | suppose, SIR Thomas iiel.
lsh'
Yes SIR, the same; as | suppose you al.
ready know all about the affair
tlo~eve', though, people do say no will
certainly be accepted As he Is very tIch;
yet ! nus, say, have my doubts about it.
continued siieui aud after pause Ar
/ rsbel Proceeded
/ think II strange that my lady should
take 30 much Interest IN thus bIsness.
And does nv mother interest herself d.
buut It z eagerly asked.
! Cd sir, she says il will be most ex
ceeut match FOR Mlss Clsra--thal nothing
can be more fortunate and that she will
/ ride over to Haalhotn Slope TO morrow, II
.he is .elI enough, on purpose TO congrat.
Ulaie Mr., Annesey on 50 pleasing an event
I maze M reply TO Arrabefs ilsI obser.
yation, and seeing perhaps that | va, luJls.
posed Tor continuing the So Ieci, she tho's
proper 10 withdraw.
/ ] will not say how much THIS gossip af-
, ected me. knew that Sir Thomas Mel
( hsh vas IN --, had met wlth him, o.
I late, several times. | mad however, never
/ thought Of hlm IA connection Nlh Clara,
had seen the latter within few hours, and
had no reason whatever to suspect any alter
alton 10 her sentiments 10 regard 60 my self
yet became unqulet suspicious, miserable
The next morning my mother did not
appear al breakfast, the servant SAID she
VAS Ill. ! sent uP rpques, 10 Ire allowed
10 atieud her the reply VAS tina, sbe vas
TOO much lndlsposed TO see NE. Yet IN
+. passing BY her room shortly after | saw
through the half open door, the reflection
Of her figure 10 an opposite mirror She
+ was wut.ng.
I More squieted by the repor, of SIR Tho.
mass professions than was willing to a,
knowledge, could not rcsis, he inclination
j to learn IRON the lips OF Clara herself the
falsiy oil Rhs; | hoped aud believed, was
an idIo rumor. flw 10 her.
4 She ackno .itdged tia, SIR Thomas bad
actually spoken 70 her father on The sab
leci; but tina, OF beng referred to herself,
she had at once, and Cqhyacally, retls d
tho otter d his hand. That her father,
though sic believed him TO be much disap-
pointed at the issue OF the ufalr still left
her entirely mistress 81 her own ncllnatlons.
This accoun. was highly gratifying 70
ne aud satIshed with the sincerity Of
Clara's ELECTION, and lorgetful Of the obsta.
Giles @hich opposed themselves to my wish
&c, gaye free scope, for the moment TO
every anticipation Of iu'ure happiness.
did not see my mother Till evening
She looked pale, aud said she bad been Ill.
/ Her manner was kind, though she Ia ked
but hide. Just before separating for the
night, she requested me to be 10 readiness
10 attend her on an excursion she was about
making for tho beuef, Of her health. She
should be absent, she sad, only a few
days: ind ~oUi set out as soon as II vas
hgal in the molu.ng,' as the days acre be.
coming short, aud breakfast at -, nam
IN q small place that lay at few mtirs DIS.
lance. | veuturod to demonstrate on the
discomfort to herself. which would attend
seltlng forth SO early. She however, bad
decided, AID her intention had renamed
unchanged.
could not help r,1ecllng on this sudden
resolve, and suspectlng that II bofo some re.
latlon Ia its views, to the Inhabitants Of
Hawthorn Siopc, 4, 80 Iste an hour
could not expect to see Clara, even II | now
vent to her house. | left my room in
search Of Arrsbe. This woman had wound
herself into my confidence, 10 spite OF my
/ former dislike to her vas saved the
trouble Of gong lar. met her IN the cor
ridof, coming from my mothers apartment.
| paased, aud questioned her as to her
/ know ledge of the motives of my mother =
sudden journey She proiessed ignorance /;
( bu; believed Il to have no other OH ct than
! the Que stated, namely, The Improvement Of
her health.
'Atrabel, know you are in your lady's
confidence did she say nothing to You Of
Miss - Of the Aouesley 5 7
Not Que word, MIR. Richard; why should
she ?
To this made no reply, but turued slow.
y to my own room. Here | dNelt on the
mpIactlcabluy Of seeing Clara previous to
my setting out next morning; and leit con
viuced that | should not be able 10 meet with
her at so early an hour. could only, there.
fore write her brief fare" ell. This de.
,crmned to give in charge Of Arrabel, with
directions 10 forward II as soon as possible.
| DID so.
Our jaunt presented nothing remarkable
the weather vas fine, and | should have en-.
loved the views that offered of fine coun
try and rich and varied landscape, had my
m.nd been 10 unison with the offsets around /
me-that, however, was not the case. My .
mothers manner continued kind; once or F.
twice she adyerted to my former wish of go /
lug abroad; and spoke Of gentleman, who
she thought, would suit me as travelling I
companion. 10 this | made ht'e reply
the time was past, when to y,slt the Cont. I
ucul would have given me pleasure; now
felt that my fate respecting Clara must be I
decided, before | could dwell with suIIsIac- I
tion upon anything
Oar excursion which had been protrac.
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