The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-04-26
4 5elrltc0 Talc.
From Knights Quarterly Magazine.
MY FsR FOLLY.
AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN.

In all the pride and condesccnsion of an in
mate of Grosvenor Square, looked upon Lady
Motley's "At Home" "Yes," | said, flinging
away the card with tragedy twist of the fin
gcrs-"yes; will be there. For one evening
| will encounter the tedium and the taste Of a
village ball For one evening will doom my
self to figures that are out of date, and fddlcs
that are out of tune; dowagcrs who make en-
broidcry by wholesale, and dmoiscllcs who make
co1quests by profession; for orc evening will
endure the inquiries about Almach's and St.
paurs, the tales of the weddings that have been
and the weddings that are to be, the round of
curtSies in the ballroom, and the round of beef
at the snpper.table; for one evening will not
complain of the everlasting hostess and the ev-
erlasting Boulingcr, of the double duty and tie
doul le bass, Of the great heircss, and the great
plain-pudding
Come one, come all,
Come dance in Sir Rogers g-eatha!l.'
md thus, by dint Of civil;ty, Incidence, quo
tation, and antithesis, bent up each corporal
agent to the terrible feat, and "wCuld have the
honor of waiting upon her ladyship'-in due
form.
| went: turned my uncle's onc-horsc chaisc
iho the long old avenue about an hour after
the time specified, and perceived by the lights
flashing from all the windows, and the crash of
chairs and carriages returning from the door,
that the room was most punctually full, and the
performers most pastorally impatient. The
first face encountered on my entrance was that
of nv old friend Villars was delighted to
meet him, and expressed my astonishmcnt at
finding him in situation for which his inclina-
ton, one would have supposed, was SO little
adapted.
"By Mcrcuryw he exclaimed, 81 am meta
morphosed, fairly metamorphoscd, my good
Evvvan; have been detained here three months
by fall rom Sir Peter, and have amused my
self most inde .s:aatyaby by hunming tunes and
reading newspapers, winding silk, and guessing
conundrums. have made myself the admra-
ton, the alteration, the very worship OF all the
cotcries in tie place: am reckCnc2 very clever
at cross purposes, and very apt at what's my
thought likep The 'squires have discovered !
can carve, and the matrons hold me indispcnsa.
BILE at loo. Come! am of little service to.
night, but my popularity may be OF use to you:
you don't know soul II thought so read it
in your face the moment you came in-nevcr
saw such a-there, Vyvyan, look there! |
will introduce you" And so saving, my com
panion half limped, half danced with me up to
Miss Amelia Mesnil, and presented ME in due
form.
When look back to any particular scene of
my existence, can never keep the stage clear
of sccond,atc characters. never think of Mr..
Keans Othello without an intrusive reflection
upon the subject of Mr.. Cooper's Cassie: | new
er call to mind gorgeous scattering forth of
roses from MIR Canning, without painful idea
of some contemporary eltusion Of poppies from
Mr.. Hume. And thus, beautiful Margaret, il is
in vain that endeavor to separate your tascina-
the group which was collected around
,,on VIZ" "I prrbaps tna, dominion, which at this mo-
ment feel almost revived, recurs more vlVldly
to NV imariuation when the forms and figures
Of ali by whom it was contested are associated
in it's renewal.
First comes Amelia the magnificent, the ac.
knowledged belle, of the county, very stiff and
very dumb in her unhcedcd and uncontested su-
prenacy; and next, the most black-b'owed OF
fox-huntcrs, Augusta, enumeratlng the names
of her fathers stud, and dancing as if she lml,
tated them; and then the most accomplished