Saturday morning visitor., 1848-09-16

! y CWpiOyeu, BIC was nut, therefore, Inucl
troubled 9th newly acquired ideas o
self-importance. The growing conse
quence of her husband bad some trouble
lat times, 10 carry such an appendage as ;
sensible wife with il. The two oldes
daughters, Amanda and Margaret, wer'
only f,tle way in their teens whel
fathers ideas Il regard 10 things Of per
sonal and family nature began to be some
what expansive. He became all at ono,
concerned about the best .ehools, and hat
them removed IRON seminary in whcl
they were most carefully instructed in al
the useful and ornamental branches Of q
young lady IS education, and sent 10 bet.
ter institution-th hat is, one at which w ere
congregaled the children of fashionable
people. Neither Amanda nor Margaret
liked the change; nor were they benefit
ed by il, Amanda, especially, soon began
TO acquire notions little different from
what she had been in the habit OF main
tanning, and 10 consider the fact of her fa-
tber's being rich as giving her conse-
quence. Margaret, who was younger,
was more like her mother, and, therefore,
less apt 10 have her head turned with
what she saw and heard in the new world
into which this change had Introduced her
but even She took an unnatural growth in
this sick ly atmo.phere-not SO much, how
ever, as TO produce very apparent NOR
al distortion. Even after she had compile
fed her education, she remained a very
sensible girl-vulgarly SO, in some re-
specis, according to the judgment OF her
more fashionable acquainlances.
About the time these young ladies' were
ready 10 come out, their father had finish
ed his splendid residence in Fifth Aven-
ne, and was ready 10 take his place among
the upper ten Thousand. He had built a
large mandatory away mp on the island,
so that the odor Of his soap works might
not ,aint the city atmosphere or remind
people that lie Was but soap and candle
maker after all. He had several times
thought OF giving up his extensive works
and engaging in some new business, but
something of the prudence Of old times
remained, and kept him back from COM
mitting this folly.
As soon as MIR. Crouk had taken pos
session OF his new home, at the Court End
oil the town, he issued invitations for
large party, and went to thousand dol
lars expense 10 have ii all upon the most
grand and fashionable scale. For old ac-
qualnIance sake, as well as 10 let them see
how large ana fashionable be had grown,
Mr. Crnuk invited sundry individuals not
ialrly entitled 10 associate with the upper
ten. On The night of the grand affair,
much 10 his modification, lie found HIM
sell with hnl few representatives Of the
ten thousand in his magnificent drawing
rooms, and full attendance 10 the man,
woman and daughter, of the plebeian herd,
" "howere invited more out OF compliment
than anything else. And what added 10
his chagrin, VAS the fact that only small
number oil those who had not come deign-
ed even 10 send their regrets and also
The fact thai two or three of the families,
after arriving and seeing the wives and
daughters of vulgar people there, with
drew without feeling called upon 10 offer
a word of apology.
But Mr.. Crouk, who felt himself as
good as the best, and better than many
hundreds Of thousands around him, was
not TO be killed off in this way. He was
one Of the upper ten and no mistake, and
they we're bound 10 acknowledge him
and so they did, in The end. Money and
style were The passports. and he soon
made his peers feel that his claims were
not 10 be lightly esteemed.
In this struggle Of Jeremiah Crouk for
q place in the ranks Of the exclusive few,
his wife aud daughters did not as warmly
second him as he could wish, although
there was no opposition. The moiher's
good sense impressed itself, as natural
consequence, upon the minds of Amanda
and Margaret, and her right views utter
ed on all fitting occasions, found an echo
in their minds. They saw deeper, even
as young girls, than the gliltering surface,
and understanding that trhe happiness was
rather quiet and unoblrusiye than brilliant
and imposing in its meip. With the full
liberty OF dressing IN the most costly and
styllsh manner, they rather suffered their
taste 10 be guided by that of their mother,
and were, on most occasions, attractive
rather from their. want of elaborate orna-
ment, than on account Of lis opposite
The consequence was, that even among
the upper len,' Amanda and Margaret
were general favorites. Their title 10 The |
place they held being undisputed. no one. |