Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-01-20

sparkled las. nigh, at the Opera-'hey looked
like hasilisk's'


like basilisk's.' as
This genlleman's eyes were Of very dull
green color, and looked more like cats thar
a baslIisk's: bul not seeing them as Others
saw ,hem.' be replied iha, he could not helE
1.-THE music always excited him So.
All The music, Mr.. Cressy, but perhaps
She was prevented from finishing her reply
by the announcement, Of gentleman, who had
jus, made his appearance in the doorway, and
who was no less parsonage than the elegant
Augustus Mob. ,sr
Tc say that Mr. Augustus Mob was snail
fish in this parry would be to speak " hat was
not true; on The other hand he was big hsI
in fac, the bIgges, in the ke''le. Any one
who had Witnessed the sensation produced by
his announcement, would have judged 30. The
coque,ie broke off in The middle of her satire
and running toward The door, conducted HIM to
the sea, nearest 10 her own, where ai'er an el'
egant bow, he seated hlmself-s full giownilon
During The continuance Of this welcome recep
lion, various panlomlmc gestures were exhibit
ed by different members Of the company
There was general uneasy, shifting of chairs
dark looks We're sho, towards the elegant.
and conclialory, and even friendly sances were
exchanged among The beauX, who, forgetting to
the moment their mutual jealnusies, concen'ta
Ted their united envy upon their common rival
If Cressy's eyes never sparkled before. they
certainly did on 'h,s occasion. and he night les
of Filztush was flung violently over The lei
knee, where i, continued to oscilla'e with al
occasional nervous twlching of The toes, ex
pressise of hardly reptessed desire on The par
of its owner TO Try The force Of those liiie lee
ou the favored elegani's,' handsome person
l. was all in vain, however. Mob was 'he sue
cessful lover, for he sal close 10 the graceiu
creature -iha, is, closer than any o,her-ane
chaued to her of balls and'opera.; and, conn
dent of his position, he did not cale tlg 10
the envy and jealousy which on all sides sur
rounded him.
And Kate showered all her attentions UpoI
Mob, and Mob ,riumphed over his rivals. 1s
Matlers progressed thus for several weeks
Mob sill paying marked attentions 10 the co
queue, whose chief dellgh, seemed to be, no
only to torment her hos, of other lovers, bu, occa
sionaly The elegant hlnself
Augustus, however, still continued first in ia
vor. and from the attentions which he receisct
a, the hands of Mrs. CrossIey, il was conJec
uled by The family friends lha, marriage will
her daughter was not far distant. The les
aspiring of Kale's lovers had loug since haule
their wind and only few. among whom wer
Fnzrush and Ctessy, slill continued 10 hang OF
despairingly 10 what was evidently iosloF
hope.
Mob openly boa.iel ,ha, he had run Them al
out of the field, and was heard trumphanly L
assert ,ha, he was breaking the heart OF III
deaw crea,aw, and that he would be unda'
the positive necessity of healing il a, the ny me
nial aIiaw. He was very young TO marry.
quite a chIid---but then 10 keep the deaw sylp
in suspense---Oh! it would be bawbawous-.
positively bawbawous tr~sa.-.l .,--a
Il is mol 10 be supposed iha. the cunning. III
talented Kate, was ignorant Of these boasts o
the part Of the elegant Mob. No-no Kat
knew every thug, and among other things sh
knew Mr.. Augustus Mob thoroughly and sh
resolved on taking mos, exquisite yengsanc
! on him.
Spring, delightful spring has returned, an
all nature looks as sweet as lie lips oil love
! ly woman. a tt14as aaia9a
The trees upon our side walks, and in OF
squares are once more covered with green an
shady foliage, and from the windows of hig
houses hang handsome cages from which ,hos
warbng prisoners-.-Ihe moe kbird, and the iro,
! pial, and the linet and canary bird. send torl
their ducet notes, filing the streets with musl
aud melody.
! Fashionable ladies' are beginning TO max
their appearance in The streets. unattended b
gentlemen as il is the shopping hour, and ge'
rleman would be only in the way, From n
door of an elegan, mansion in the upper part {
Chesnul street issues graceful aud beauhl,
girl, who is proceeding down The stree, iowar
the buster part of the city. She does no, loi,t
nor look in The shop as ladies' genera
| iy do al this hour, bu, walks nmbly along a
hough she came on some preconcelved er.an'
As she nears that par, Of Chesnut Stree, ~hic
is in the neighborhood Of the State House sh
lessons her gai., and walks more leisurely,-'
She is heard 10 sol!oqnize.-.la s.ss .g, 81
In truth II is as much as my courage, ma!
even my reputation is worth, 10 enIer the siudl
of my swee' painter thus alone; but what ca
| do, since The dear fellow has been banishe
| from our house by ,he aris'ocfalic notions oi M
molhel! Well. shall risk all for bin, As
would for me. know. How happy II vi
make him to hear my errand. Only think III;
Il y