Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-11-07

rs !" 'hV ih'ioi piHGFu u upon hcT neau
II seemed to throw new charms about he
lovely cotintenauce; for, although her com
plexion was dozzlingly fair, she wantet
color. The black velvet gave her face 1
look of intellectual beauty that fattcret
her.
"Marianna, what is Your opinion o
this z she said. speaking to her maid, bu
still regarding herself in the glass.
ut makes you look very noble, like n
Spanish DONNA" answered Mariana. u
don't quite like It so well as the first one
''11he bluel"
ayes, ma'am.
The French girl held up the blue hat in
its most effective points.
"What is the price Of the blue, Made.
moiselle y she demanded of the g~riscttc.
"J'birtg dollars Madame"
"And the drab7"
''Fwenty-eight. ma 'am," replied tho brt.
nette, displaying the hat upon tho tips oI
her fingers, in ambitious rivalry Of the co.
qactfish g%risctte.
"And what Is the price oftbiy black vol.
vet 7"
Forty dollars, madam" answered the
apprentice
Did not Say II was superb Cried Mrs.
Howard, turning round 10 her maid. IT il
most becoming. will take ii, you may tell
your MISTRESS
The bearer of the chosen bat looked
rottsd with All air Of triumph p o her two
rivals in millinery and making II low cour.
trsy Of thanks, retired with quite IN air.
The selection Of the hat by Mrs. Howard
had mnde her mistress leader of the beau
modde for tho season. The other maiiens
slowly restored the rejected bonncts to
their boxes and retired, the one with an
mir of sad regret, the other with n manner
Mt once pcttish aud disappointed.
Now, M]arianna," said the lovely lady,
rs she once more resumed her admiration
of the costly bauble, 4 think | shall nowbe
the envy Of every bodyr
tfou will, inbred, ma'am. never saw
you look so we'll in any thing. Mr.. How.
ard will be enrapturcdp
The brow ofthe lady was slightly over
cast.
| fear not. He will not like the price.
Do not mention what il cost for the world.
! will not, depend upon me, Mrs. How.
ardl'
1 dare not tell him how much I gave for
1t. But then Charles has nothing 10 do
with it, il il cost fiftpl'
4 don't know why he should, ma am
answered the maid, pertly.
mol He to be SURE is not 80 rich rs
people; but ho has a handsome in.
come; and as We have no children 10 Law
by for, il is no more than right that what
he has over his expenses should be laid but
COR me /
1t ought TO be all yours, mi 'am. But
g the door bell. He has come homel'
'Don . for the world tell the servants the
lost oFthe hat, grill 1t will get to Charles
NO, wont speak Of it, ma'am, you may
assured. But If | was a wife, /
shouldn't be afaid Of my
Hush Inpertinence.'
The maid retired pouting by one, door,
while Mr.. Charles Howard entered by
mother. He was about five.and-thirty,
ine-looking, with an expression of bene-
upon his manly face, combined
With decision. He was a lawyer in good
practice, had married a belle at the Viroi.
ia Springs, who brought him beauty, and
he fame that follows in its train, and arts.
blood, She wal not a fortune.
been ar orphan child Of a wealthy
Eirginian who had died nominally o%pulent,
tut whose estate turned out to be embar.
assed. Isabel Sumpter, therefore, had
My enough to give her one ofthe first edu.
the country afforded. She was
cry beautiful, gay and fashionable, and
she inherited nothing, she had
'een brought up by an uncle who INDUCED
Ter as if she were an heiress.
Charles Howard saw her in the height
her fame as a ~reigning belle At the
loved her, won her heart in return,
ued for her hand and obtained.-He be.
to one of the best Philadelphia fami.
les, and had been four years in the prac.
ice Of the law when he married. His
rofession and talents were his only estate.
10 brought his beautiful bride 20 the city,
a genteel house on Walnut street near
'ixth, and furnished it with elegant taste.
Mrs. Howard was too accomplished,
beautiful, and Old of life, to remain Il
nnoticed. She soon became a leader of
and Charles seeing her love for
ress and display, opened his purse to the
to indulge ner; for he idolized her,
nd was happy in gratifying every wish.
In this manner, five years passed. They
childless. Isabel was reigning the
lodel of fashion, the patroness Of mllliners
nd mAntua .makers. Her taste was o n
llted. Her decisions were a law.-What
he wore became the style for the season,
few had the means or boldness to
o so far as she did in expense.
We have said Charles Howard loved
is handsome wife. He was not, however,
; wholly blinded by love as to be ~incapa-
lie of estimating her character. He was
man ofsound n and practical iudg
rent. Her enormous expenditure of mo.
ey at length awakened him to reflection.
lis business was prosperous and his in
ome, aud each year increasing, but he
und that he did not grow rich-that he
id up nothing. He saw that unless his
lies extravaganza was checked, it would
ways be so. The first two or three wears
his marriage, the alteration she drew ne
ok delight in. The world admired, and
9 did homage to the worlds shrine. But
ears modified this idolatrous enthusiasm,
grave reflection took the place of flower.
ke admiration. lie loved her no less, /
lat he began to think seriously, but loved {
er more wisely. K
He had now scarcely entered the room,