Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-03-06

II MN, Ior L hau Imagined hInl b's>csscu
c every quality which marks the perfect ger
;leman," Florance answered this tim
! her voice was quite calm and decided
That same evening, Florance was eng,
ged TO meet few friends at ,he house 9
, Mrs. Morris, and Mr.. Eryans was of tn
. number. He had dressed with unusual care
and seemed determined 10 make himsel
agreeable to all. This was not Difficult
for him to do, for he possessed the powc
of pleasing in an unccmmcn degree: anc
Floroncc, seated AZ 4 sofa table, and pro
. f5sscdly oncrosscd with some beautiful en-
cravings, was reasoning with herself that
there mus; have bcen some mistale in the
person whom Emma had seen, as 10 one
having such rare en1owments could have
acted so rudely and unk:nliy to strang,
er. She was arar. from the rest Of the
company, although sufficiently near to hear
the conversation; and a5 he concluded a
5rIiiian: remark, Mr. Eryans took sea.
beside her. She silently turned over the
leaves Of the book, undecided how to act.
and unccnsciously looking at the picture
But, suddenly her attention was arrested
by figure in the engraving, bearing a
very striking resemblance to the friend Of
whom she Was thinking-Emma Trevor.
a quick thought struck her. Turning to
Nr. E.vans, and directing his attention to
the figure, she said,
THAT face is quite familiar to NE. I
have certainly seen it before"
so it is to me-" be replied. Then,
after pausing as if to account for the fami-
harity, he continued,
"Ah, yes, | remember now-it is the
exact likeness Of a young girl, who called
at my place Of business to-day"
Then, in an easy manner, he told over
the story which Florance had heard from
Emma in the morning-embellishing it,
and portrayins in full the blushing
modification Of the poor girl, as if he
thought that the recital would be
highly amusing to the company. The
statement Wa made in a voice sufli-
ciently loud to be heard by all in the room.
A few looked grave, and Florance over
heard one young lady near, murmur the
word "'afselia.y,' in q tone of contempt, to
gentleman standing by her side; but the
majority smiled, and seemed to regard the
whole as witty performance on the par.
Of Mr. Ervans.
Fiorauce .n,,,e nU .ei..-.L, -l-..-.-~-.
and went to another part Of the room.
" How strange she thought, "that he
should tell that story, almost az a matter
Of Boosting, and that so many could listen
to ii as they dil There is certainly no
excuse for such want of feeling"
And was there no excuse!
1t might be said, tha. they did not
know what it was to be placed in such
circumstances as Emma Trevor had been,
or did not imagine that one in her situa-
ton could be possessed Of refined sensibil-
ity, and accordingly could not understand
or sympathize with her; but Florance had
seen the deep modification, and real an
guish of heart, which the unfoeling words
OF a careless hearted man who knew moth
ing of the woe of poverty, had produced
and she thought that all should fee! like
her
"Will you allow me the pleasure Of
seeing you home, Miss Florance p said
Mr.. Ervans, with the air Of a privileged
person who speaks interrogativcly orform's
sake, with no expectation Of receiving a,
negative answer.
"No, thank YOU; my brother will be
here presently" she replied in tone in
plying that such an arrangement would
not have been very pleasant 70 her.
Jus: then, her brother WAS announced,
and she left the house with him. Her
beart was full OF contend'ag motions, ami
on the way home she related the whole
transaction, sue Of finding in her brother
a sympathizing listener.
He was highly ii.dignan',and denounced
Mr.. Ervans' conduct as rude and uneen-
tle,nanly. Emma should have made appli-
cation to his father or himself, he said, for
situation for Robert, as they readily
could find one quite as good as .sir. Ervans
could offer.
The next morning, note in a pcrftlmed
and richly ornamented envelope, was ham
ded to Florance, who opened it and read
any dear Florance: You Will excuse
my addressing you with this atfectionate
appellation but you are very dear to NE
far more dear than aught else upon
earth, so could rot do otherwise; espe.
cially as l have fattered myself that
was not Indifferent to you. l had meant
last night to have made you the otter OF
NV love-of a lifelong devotedness Il