The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-03-19
b e II Il III A.
BY MRS. CAROLINE II. BUTLER.

Now remember, Bertha, wish you t.
look your loveliest this evening-there is
nothing like frstimpression- | am quite
determined that you shall subdue this con
sequential gentleman, who considers himsel
the peculiar patent of American aristocracy.'
And yet you say he is so very rich?'
"a millioneire!r'
And very talented2"
"A second Danielp'
"Also handsome?n
GAS Apollo!'
"And perfect aristocrat?"
Decidedly sop
"Then my dear Lara, how can you foI
one moment suppose that the Honorable
George Augustus Neville viii deign even TO
look upon your humble friend, poor little me
me, Bertha Vaugham--postiveIy nobody
but farmers daughter-wth not even a
parson, lawyer or a doctor in the family
One whose days have been passed amid pigs,
poultry and ploughshares! 0, Lara, Lara,
what inconsstencyw
"Nay, stranger things have happened,
Bertha, dear-now while you are fastening
that drapery, just cast one look in the glass
there, you need not blush so, like coun-
Hy girl as you are; now toll me candidly,
IL not that face to make the Honorable
Melville forget all but lore! Indeed shall
expect to see him on his knees to you before
the week is ended.
While this light badnage was passing,
Mrs. Hazard and her friend, Bertha Vaughan
were busily engaged arranging delightful
apartment in the wing of an old fashioned
country house. The front windows looked
out upon beautiful lawn, bordered by noble
trees of century's growth, with river
shimmerng through the leafy interstices-
beyond, stretched a lovely country of hill
and dale, now adorned with all the varied
beauty of May, and shut in as it were from
the world without by range of lofty noun
toins. Another window, reaching down to
the floor of small recess on the opposite
side of the apartment, opened into beauti-
ful prove of maples-th;s grove, cleared from
all underbrush, and carpeted with moss and
wild flowers, presented range Of leafy
colonades, shadowy and dim
To allure fra,I minds to careless ease.'
"There, Bertha, that will do,'' continued
Mrs Hazard, tossing over the flowers in a
little basket wh ich the former handed her
stay, one more narcissus, just to relieve
the bright glow of its neighbor tulip-there,
is it not beautiful" and placing a little vase
of hyacinths, narcissuses and tulips upon the
snowy toilet, she stepped back as if to admire
the effect.
eyes, you have arranged them with ex-
quisite taste, Lara" replied Bertha; now
if you will help me one moment to festoon
this custain, think we have DONE"
And just in time too-for look, look,
Bertha, yender comes the carriage winding
round the hill | must hasten to receive
them, for if am not upon the spot shall
be forced to listen to long homily from my
good husband-so remember Bertha, call
up smiles to your lip, and light to your eyes,
and with one glance attest the power of
beauty"
So saying, Mrs Hazard repaired to the
drawng-room, and Bertha, taking one more
survey Of the apartment to see that all was
in order, retired to her chamber.
Dear Beatha Vaughn! She was the love-
liest and merries maiden that ever triped
over the green sward Describe her | can
not As we'll might attempt to paint the
brilliant tints Of the tiny humming- bird, as
he gances like winged jewel, from flower
TO flower-or the showering opals of oceans
curling sunbright wave for it was expression
which lent her counenance thai. peculiar
charm! When her features were in repose
you would have passed her by certainly not
annoticed-bui with the impression that she
was merely very pretty grl-had you per-
chance seen her a moment later, a smile
parting her full red lips, disclosing the small
pearly teeth-had you met the glance of
those dark blue eyes
"Kndled above at the Heavenly Makers light"
and watched the play of soul Lighting up her
features, you would shave turned again and
again to look upon her, each time pro-
nouncing her still lovelier than the last!
"By the way, | had forgotten to tell you,
George, that just at present we are not alone
"a young lady, friend of my wife's, is
staying with us. However, hope you may
find her society rather an acquisition than
This was said by Mr.. Hazard TO the
young millionaire, as the carriage turned
into the little lane leading up to the house.
1t is of very little consequence to me,
Fred" replied the other indiferently, " Do
knew the lady?"
go no. She was a schoo-mate of Lara's
son two or three years since. You may s
perhaps remember that Lara once passed
few months at country boarding school,
more for the improvement of her health,
however, than her mind, and there she be- /
come acquainted with this Miss Vaughan, TO
whom she ever continued warmly attach ed" !;
80, a country girlm exclaimed Melville,