Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-12-27

pliment to be talked to thus. In a
word, Derwentl managed to monopo.
lize her evening, and when the hour OF
retiring came, neither imagined it was
half so late.
"And so you were engrossed by the
beauty the whole evening"" said Henry,
as the friends sauntered to the billiard
room the following morning. "You
had other listeners, however, then Miss
Stanhope, and, let me whisper to you
confdentially, have made quite con-
quest in certain quarter. Miss Ar
mott herself, it seems, heard you de
scribe your presentation at St. James,
and was so charmed with your account
Of the queen, that she has asked to be
introduced to you; favor never be-
slowed on any gentleman before"
81 forgot all about Miss. Arnott, last
night" replied Derwent. ''How does
she look Is she a woman Of sense 7"
"As for how she looks" replied
Harry, "here she comes with Miss
Stanhope: you see her now, tall, lean
figure, with face that might be pretty
if it had bit Of expression. There,
that slouchy, awkard figure, is worth
just twenty thousand year; while the
one beside it, all grace, beauty, and
vivacity, has not a cent. Whether Miss
Arnott has common sense you must
decide for yourself, for l intend to in
troduce you on the moment"
Before Derwent had time to reply,
the introduction had taken place. and
Derwent been left dexter ously to Miss
Arnott, while his friend had contrived
to monopolize her companion.
Itwas a lovely morning for walking.
A shower the preceding evening had
laid the dust, the sun shone without
cloud, and a cool breeze, laden with
saline freshness from the sea, blew
pleasantly past. The ladies were exc
cutting long cherished determination
to visit the cliffs on foot and the two
young men solicited leave to accom-
pany them. In few minutes Derwent
had grown heartily tired ofhis compan-
ion. She was, he thought, the most
insipid creature he had ever met. Yet,
TO do Miss Arnott justice, she was
quite as interesting as most fashonably
educated young ladies' but then Der
went could not help contrasting her
with Miss Stanhope, whose playful
wit, strong sense, and rich stores Of
re aiding rendered the penniless com
panion as fascinating as the heiress
was dull. He was glad when, the cliffs
being reached, his tetc-a-tcte was brok-
en- up. He had secretly resolved to
be reuenged on Harry, and according.
ly Turing Miss Stanhope of to look at
the sea from nav point, he set out on
his return, contenting himself with
waving his hat for them to follow.
If Miss Stanhope detected his little
str atagem, she was not displeassd with
il and the walk back to the hote
comprised an hour Of the sweetest en-
joyment to Derwent. Though the
beauty Of Mis-, Stanhope had first at
tracted his attention, it was the qualit-
les Of her mind that now fascinated
him yet we will not deny that what
she said received additional interest by
falling from such lovely lips. In short,
from that morning Derwent became
the constant cavalier Of Miss StanlIope;
and this, notwithstanding the marked
efforts which Miss Arnott made to at
tract him TO herself. At last, the par
TALLY Of the heiress became so strong
that she frowned openly on her COM
panion whenever she saw Derwent and
Miss Stanhope togcther-fnally, the
latter from some cause avoided his at
tenlons, and left the field open to her
more fortunate rival.
Whether, however, this was the re-
suit Of Miss Arnotts direct intei fer
ence, or whether Miss Stanhope her
self began to think Derwent only tri-
fling with her, our hero had no means
of discovering. For three or four days
he bore the avoidance Of his mistress
with comparative patience. but when
he found that she persisted in it, and
was apparently not governed by any
whim, he became almost mad with
jealousy and despair. For the first
time in his life he was really in love-
lie no longer thought Of the compara-
tive moderation in which he would have
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