The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-06-06

lave il low. il you are sure il Giisbe be-
coming"
Why Wa Fanny 50 anrious her dress
SHOULD be fashionable and becoming. 4
dan'i believe YOU know. and so will
tell you, reader. few days previous 10,
The ronmeneemeT Of NV story, d..
Heath had informed US girls that hand.
some. wsakhy. talented and agreeable ri-
~ bean, % whom he stood in the relalion
Of cousin, was coming dawn 10 spend
Christmas IN our lii.ic village. and wonld
he NJ the Ghnsim1s ball. :. So girls"
conrluird The doctor. Il advise ynn 10
lnnk ynur best and act yonr preliIest. for
Ilazeilnn sass he wants a wife. aud
means 10 see i he cant fall in lore down
here"
DIR. Heath. dill you say he was good
ilaoking!" asked lille Annie Selwyne.
with ngnish smile on her pretty bps.
:. (sund looking. Annie why lis pro-
fanaiion 10 apply such term % him lie
is perfect Aduniss anil expect will ear
~ or your hearts. wepnor village beaux
will be quite forgolleD. Il we are not 81.
ready" Aud paor DR.. Heath. planced
almost impercepubiy. a, Fanny Monlga.
merry Slight as was the glanre. Fanny
saw II. ami went most indusiriOusly 20
work flirting with young Green. on whom
she had before hardly deigned 10 cast
elsnre. Df. Heath watched her for
Few moments wish rather a bitter smile.
and then turning 10 Ellen Mason. he de.
voted himself 10 her during lie remainder
Of the evening. Fanny watched him OFT
Of the e,mITer az the eye. and inwardly re.
solved that If Frank llazellon shonId
prove II lilo her taste, DIR. Heath sinald
rcpeM Introducing him. 10 his diving day.
ssn now YOU understand why Fanny was
So anxious to appear 10 advantage.
The dre.s was fnished. and Fanny
was ~ ecstaries At The sntnrhncss Of The
sci and ihe graceful outline of the waist
hn, slight blush man;led her cheek and
brow as she obserse,! how very low The
neck was rni.
You are sure. Miss Brown" said she.
/" that this is no lower than the utlers yOu
meniinncd cuIling'"
.Oh no, Miss Montgomery. and moi
near so low as my fashion plates have
Them. I'm sure if I had your neck ne.
yer would wear dress a thread higher
than thlt"
Al This moment Mrs. Montgomery and
Panny's cousin l.izzy Warren entered the
foOm.
How do you do. Lizzy," said Fan.
ny. show do YOU like my new ,ress!"
:" The material is very pretty" answer.
cd hei cousin, !. bat"
but what! l.izzy.,
"Lizzy probably thinks, as do. that
il leaves your neck too much exposed for
either beauty or modesty," remarked Mrs.
Montgomery.
.Npw mother, why will you keep say.
ing that You don't think so do you
Lizzyw
why, Fanny, since Won drive me 10
il, must say that should hardly like 10
wear il so low" I
| "Why, Lizzy, ii, all the fashion. and
Miss Brown says that all The girls have
them So"
a. know it," answered I.izzy with a
quiet smile, but make il rule never 10
do what do not approve Of, merely be-
cause other people do. Miss Brown can
tell you that she tried very hard 10 per.
suade me 10 have mine made in The same
manner !; hut | believe, Miss Brown, yuu .
finally concluded lha, yonr rhetoric was
only thrown away on me.
Why yes, Miss Warren" answered
The dress-makcr, !" found you more SET
about having your own way than should
have judged from your face"
"When know my way is the night Il
one, am generally pretty determined W.
on il. But really, Fanny, don't you think
that tlless little too Iowa. i
mo not biz" answered Fanny rath
er warmly. for she was determined 10 de-
fcnd her dress 10 The death, as The saying
is. l.izzy said no more, aud Fanny wore
the dress.
Christmas night had come, and we
were all assembled, in the hall in which
our village balls were usually celebrated. I
DIR. Heath aud his friend Haze,on had
moi yet made their appearance, aud many
bright ganccs were directed impatienlly VI
towards the door.
Decidedly the two prettiest girls in the
room were Fanny, Montgomery and Liz
" Warren. although their appearance
was very different. Fanny in full con-
seriousness of her low necked dress and
her mother and cousins disapproval Of il,
had an unusually naughty curl 10 her beau
tiful mouth, aud her head was perhaps u
little more thrown back than usual, while
her cheeks glowed and her eyes sparklcd
from feeling which if annaiyzcd might
have proved 10 have been partly The con-
seriousness oil having had her own way
partly knowledge that she was very /,
handsome, and-lurking in the depths Of
her heart-an uneasy feeling that she had
not done well in disregarding the advice of i
a kind mother. Lizzy Warren, on the
contrary, modest, quiet, and retiring, re.