The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-03-27
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FINN tie (InciAEati Nivsr.
GERTRUDE BEVERLY.


is this my own reflection
Prlhoe tell me, Is this Toe first true mirror
have looked IL ANoN.
Gertrude Beverly, an orphan and an heir.
oss, had grown up with al The manifold
privileges ind mmuni.ies, TO wblch an heir.
css has pTescIiptve rights; "a charter
large as the winds, withal, TO enact what.
ever part she chose, Of folly or WISDOM
An Inyie!irn from HE Eiisuas, an amiab!e
and quiet family, in quiet village some two
days journey from her native city, and The
sudden caprice Of the moment, determined
her TO spend with them the two remaining
months o! her minority. Though very dis
lant, they we're her nearest surviving rea.
lives, and therefore had some Claim upon her
attention. 4 creature Of fashionable fan.
!ssles, gay, volatile, vain, aud conscious OF
power, dressed IN The extreme of iashi0na.
tile elegance, and seeming to regard life
rather as pageant than a mere every day
concern, she arrived at the neat and scclu
ded mansion. al shall not like her."
thought Mrs. Ellison as she ushered her
into her snug little parlor; bu; Mrs, Eli.
son was mistaken. " How terribly proud
she must be-" thought the sober though
kind hearted mstfoD, as she stood waiting
the uucloaking and unbonnetlng Of her
guess, but this idea also was Of bu, tran.
senl dominance. Miss Beverly's eyes
Mrs. Ellison could not exactly tell whether
they were blue or black --were lifted 10 her
face and how very beautiful, was the next
thought that saceeeded. Ii forced itself,
indeed into almost audible utlerHnce, as
the clustering locks Of golden brown we're
thrown back from her bright forehead like
a flood Of sunlight, and her coumenance,
beaming with open trust end sunny emo
uous, was turned fully towards her censor.
BuI she is shocking glddy, said the imPos.
ing shake Of the head ShtCh next followed,
as Gertrude, upon whom her new position
seemed to have imposed as little check as
the transfer from one tree TO another does
upon the glad notes Of the forest bird, ran
on from one theme Of .rilllng to another 10
rapid succession still her new friends
listened and Gertrude still ran 90 nnd by
degrees, they forgot TO remember, that Wis.
dom was go altogether more proper lhBn
folly. Her smile was so bright, II pervad.
ed every htlle corner OF the hear, her
merry laugh came over one like sound Of
springs, and her voice, soft rich, and full of
musical information, was q continuous tide OF
melody,
am afraid, my dear, you will be sadly
lost IN go vety retired place us this, said
Mrs. Ellison, as the day wore away but
the teacher of the female seminary here, an
amlable and highly accomplished girl, is at
this time our bosrder, and you will find in
her gifted and agreeable companion
Some demure old maid, suppose, thought
Miss Beverly and still worse, blue stock
ing. Good angels defend me fly Miss
Hartland, Mss Beverly, interrupted Mrs,
Ellison, as young woman apparently
scarcely eighteen, with pale, mid coun.
tenance OF singular beauty, al that moment
entered. | hope, my dear young ladies'
you will coon be trends. II not equally
unfortunate, you are both orphans, and IhIs
should be link of sympathy between you.
Is ,hst the young woman you spoke Of,
my dear Mrs. Ellison exclaimed Gertrude
the momen, that Miss narilaud leti the
room Why you told me---not exactly told
me but had an idea that she was so We
~ different she is so young, aud Sc ex'
lreneIy lovely, Gladly would cultivate
her friendship; but mehinks, ! should know
as little how to speak to her as 10 beauti.
iul engraving.
You will hod far deeper interest IN the
character Of Eliza llarland, than mere
beauty can afford. She has been reared
IN all the eegancies of wealth and high
fashion but the death Of her parents, while
il revealed the ruin that had been gradual.
ly settling upon their fortune, threw her al
the age OF fifteen upon the single support Of
a young brother, whose education was yet
unfinished, and who had scarcely given q