Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-09-24
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ronOSs opinion, in thus hinIing q, the use
whereabouts of Mr.. Gadsby. II he did NJ
study, Il was no, Tor the want Of talents ,
aPtnsss ior he possessed fine mind, and Of
, ly needed some imPeiOs, to call forth thos
brilliant traits which were soncealed benea,
. an exterior 50 vain and trihing-for vain h
certainly was, and ,rining | think ! can prov
, beyond dispute. The fact IS, being gener'
iayOrite with the ladies, he was inclined 9
push his advantage liile too far; OF in 9th
CT words, Frank Gsdsby Vas seoque,-s NAL
eOqus,, Of the frs, nagniiude-insinus,inI
plausible, soti voiced, and, in the word, o
Spencer.
"Wheu needed he sould w.ep and pray.
AHd ~hsa he Is,snsd \. eOald k~a aud a.ttsr.
No- anil'as smop,hl, Eks to 'u~~er'. DAY.
Nov sloOming sadly % io cloak n, m.i,sr."
But although. like the hekle, -.
Won,,d with hgh, a $50 N'','' ''' "
80, ~nich came across hs Taih, he vi
managed To retain his heart in his own lordly
bosom. and frank GAdsby, the charmer, alon,
possessed that love sworn {, =" many.
Yet, a. ono cannot very well live without
money, especially ih,he atmosphere which sur
rOa9doi INV hero, and q, the law Pu, little
money in his purse, and the small annuity le0
. HIM by some deceased relative almost as lit.
. ne, Mr.. Gahsby resolved To make rich match
one Of these days; no hurry-Ihere was time
,nough-he had bot To puck and chcosc-any
lady would Be proud TO become Mrs. Frank
Gadsby-and until stern necessity forced II
upon him, he would wear no cOnjugal yoke
And, with this selflaudsisry decision, he con,
,inued his firta,ions,
I 4 conycr>s,iou which passed between MIR
Gad,by and hls friend Clarence Walton, viii
serve better than any thing ! can ,ouch ia
,ul,,,anua,c the charge Of inhing which
have preferred agains, him
Thi, same charge Walton had been reiier'
a,ing. bu, TO which, With Pcrfec, nOnehalence
Gad,by answered
q" \ iriaer-a ccque,' Come, that - toc
bad wsliou' To h. sure, psy the ladies
alterations such - ,hey e,Pcc, to receive from
the gentlemen | give flowers TO one, At Al
the feet Of a second, 90 of in raP,urcs 4, the
music ct third, press the fair hand Of fourth
wal1 with fiih, and play the gallan, 10 all
bat il /, only to please them ! do IL; and
then. ~. Walton, ii they will fall in love
with me, ccad. boW could ] help it, and
saving this, our euIcomb looked IN the glass
a. much as Ia sly, poor things, ,hcy 'urcl,
canno, help H.
There Was Caroline d, iur instance,
replied his friend why. A. we'll as kno"
your rowing PrOPsn,iue., | was induced tc
think Nou -criouS there ~
What. Cara. n smi,s--i ~, no
said some very tender ,hings To her, TO be sure,
and visited every day lor a mouth-~ro,c hcr
NOTES, and presented l'er daily with some
.cho.c- b,.guct bu, vas honorable a. soor
a. saN she was beginning to like mc toC
we'll. why, rc,reaicd. Did, upon INV hon
or, Here j. her last notc-rcsd It Walton
akiug ono from private d.aWcr, evidently
crowded with Inulu,udsnous collection o
faded boquc,,, knots Of ribbons, gloves, fans
biIc,duuI, and .ilken riuglc,s Of black bro~'
and golden hair.
No. excuse me, Frank, from Perusing
your love notes, said Walton bat 'hcr'
va, also Emma Gay
"Ah. poor Emma She va. be~l'rh
inr l,tlo creature 80 va, the answer.
wrote come verse. to her beautiful eyes. sn'
raI,d into them 80 lenderly ,hl, they iolde,
,hem.el,e, IN their drOoPIng lids to hide irou
me. She gave me lock Of her soh, browr
harr-I have ii somewhere ; bot faith, ha"
- many such tokens ,ha, II is difficult to hn'
the rirh, one. q, here MS"
q" And CoruelIa Hyde -
She va, splendid girl Sang like a
angel. walrIri like a -ylPh' les, | fllrte
with her half season. believe .he Jld v'
liule too fond Of me-sorry for 4, 4; upon m
.oul I mean, nothing" I"
"Bu, you can hardly Say your attentions
MIS-. Reed mean, nothing - slid Walton cot
unuing tn, category.
why, what could do' answered "ad'
|, 'by. "Confoand it, II she did no, send for IN
every third night To sing duets with her, an
every other morning to pass judgement uPO
, her paintings. could not be otherwise iha
. civil"
"Then, there was Julia iI'n'I, and he
\ friend Hauy HarwOOd,'
80. spare me, WALTON Julia was se'
,men,al beauty, doaling upon the mooH, AT
= stars. and charity children On my SOUL
d, no unpleasan, thing to stroll IN the oeau'
ful mooa.hgh, with a pretty, romantic g
I, leaning on your arm, and to gaze down I'M
her languishing eyes as they turn their orl
li,n, orbs TO the less brilliant, stars. 'e
YOU what, il is taking way, and came pref
near taking me for was nearly popping u
!, question to the sentimental, ncon-s,ruek' St
= caring Julia, than love 10 think OF now =
what | drew from her fair hand on our Ia
moonlight ramble," Showing dellea
slo,s) Asfor her friend Harriet, al'hous
no, 80 handsome as Julia, she IS shre~
Sep.,bl, girl-tald me, with all the sang-fro
imaginable ih,, was flirting little u
s,rongly-thlt .he could not think OF ha'l'
= me dangling after her for two reasons--cO
elusive ones. Fir., was, she did no, like IN
and, secondly, my professions were all felg