Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-14

lei. We csrned on the conrscatipn IL,
come lime, ia the course OF " hicb ,hs d;,pl,y.
ID q great deal Of .martness and talent, snl
y 'ssi We were obliged very rsluctanuy TO
'eaVe nef' aud Proc-ed OIL our ioumry.-
We sltrrwafds ioun that she was the dsueh.
tef oi proprietor OF that neighborhooi.
VINO wss snownu under the name OF The Baron
Msclsrcu.
- have never been able" continued MIR.
Whitman, to get his beautiful mountain
nymPa out OF my head. and | wish YOU TO as.
Ce''slh Whetn-r she Is Married or single
Ana ne oesged Sir John Sinclair TO clear up
THIS point as soon a. possible. for much 81
hisiutufe happiness depended on the result Of
the inquiry. II not the mos, inporIsn, com
fnaaication TIA, ever took place behind the
speiSets chair this was probably the most
curious one.
Sif 'ohn lost no time ia making The desired
inquiry. He wrote to a most respectable
clergyman IN the neighborhood where Miss
Msclaren lived, the Rev. DR.. Stcwsrt, minister
OF Moulin; aad was informed in reply, that
abe was miulee to a medical gentleman in
the East Indies. Of the name OF Dick. up
on communicating thus to MIR. Windbsm.'
sa,s Sir John, "he seemed very much sgiia-
ted.
Tie was soon afterwards married 10 a daugh-
ter Ot a haiti pay object. | have no doubt.
however. that. had Miss MacIaren continued
single, he would have paid her his addresses.n
This IS an eIsmpie OF purely imaginative love.
But before we proceed with that subject,
The remainder oil Sir Johns story must be CIV
en-.
SINE years afterwards, he passed some DAYS
at Duleirs, IN Perthsbire. with the late Lord
I NetxFlla .nI a, a..
told him this anecdo,e OF MIR. Winlha,n. w.
on which Lord Melville said, "I am more in
terested ia that matter than you imagine
You must know that was riding down from
Blair 10 Dunkeld, in compsny with some
friends, and we called at Baron Msclaren's,
where a most beautiful young woman desired
TO spess with me. We went accordingly ia
the bank OF a river near her fathers house,
when she said.
Mr.. Ddndss, ! bear that you are a very
great man, and what 10 much better very
eood man.; will venture, therefore, to tell vou
a secret. There is a young man in this neigh.
borhood who has a strong attachment to me
and, to confess The truth, | have a . reat rreard
Tor him. His name is VIM Dick. he had
been bred to the medical profession; aud he
says that,i II he could get 10 be a surgeon il
the East Indies. he could soon make his for.
tune there. and would send ior me- TO marry
him. Now | apply to you. Mr.. Dundas. as a
great and good man. and in hopes that YOU car
do something for us, aud be assured that we
shall be ever grateful, il you will procure him
all appointment" MIR. Dundas was so much
struck with the impressive manner OF hel
address, that he took her b. the hand and said
"My goodgih, be assured that if an opportun.
nifty Offers, | shall no, forget your appliea
ton"
The promise was never forgotten. 1t was
not long before All East India director. will
whom he was dining, told him that he ha,
then at his disposal an appointment OF sur
geon III the East India Conpsny's service
AMI Offer red it to him for any one whom h,
would wish to serve in that line. Dunda,
Immediately related his adventure. much 4
the amusement OF the director. Mr.. Dick OBJ
tained the appointment, aud was soon abb,
10 send Tor his be:ro,hed. She had seyera
offers ia The course Of the voyage and aI,eI
her arrival, but she refused TO any one. He
husband attained to great eminrnce in BIZ
profession, made a hsndspme fortune, cam,
home, and purchased an estate in the neigh
boriooG where lie was born.