Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-05-24

DaDly escaped icr nOtlce Wjlen SIle untOlded
the shawl. 1t was from Ann ElIery, and
ran thus:
:" forgot, my dear Juliet, to mention
the price of the shawl, which insisted on
lending you, if, like some have seen, the
ladies you are going to visit have the curl
oslty TO know the price of every article in
a persons wardrobe. Such shawls sell for
fifteen hundred dollars, though my father,
who has extensive dealings with an i'm
porter of such goods, had it for trifing
sum. After | went home, we held fam-
| ly consultation on the subject, and as mother
| and have shawls enough without it which
are equally handsome, we agreed that
could afford to make YOU present of this.
| My parents join with me in begging your
acceptance Of it. If you refuse, and the
secret of its being borrowed one should
/ transpire, | am afraid that YOU may be
/ compared to the bird in the fable which
decked itself in borrowed plumes. You
must not let your friends detain YOU longer
/ than the time specified in their note Of in
/ vitation. ANN ELLERY."
! What are YOU reading with so much
attention, Euphrasia ? said her mother.
| Nothing of consequence she replied,
and as she spoke she hastily thrust the
note into her pocket In minute after
ward, Philip Neville left the room, and
| Euphrasia then showed the note to her
mother and sister.
How lucky said Faustina, where did
you find ii p
1t was pinned to the shawl, and must
| have escaped her notice. If we are only
discreet, we can turn the affair TO our adj
| vantage.
Yes, | understand said Faustina. to
certain gentleman, who more than once
since he has been here, might as well have
said in so many words, that he was re-
markable for the deIicacy of his moral
sense, little things will appear great ones.
If it can only be made 10 appear to HIM
that our fine lady has prevaricated little
about the shawl. her influence oter him
will be at an end yet whether ii will be
the means Of your regaining yours or not
is another question
No matter. | am determined that she
shall not have him at any rate
Are we going TO be cheated out of our
walk asked Fausiina.
No indeed, replied Euphrasia. There
stands Phil, drawing figures in the gravel
walk, and he will. of course, offer to go
with us, even though Miss Juliet has
thought proper to assert her dignity by
Withdrawing her company, and going TO
the solitude of her own apartment
What are you doing, Phil ?! said she,
as she and her sister entered the gravel
walk.
Philip, who was so deeply engaged with
his own thoughts that he did not notice
their approach, started at the sound of Eu
phrasia's voice, and slightly colored as he
turned towards her.
ask your pardon for interruptng you
said she, as for aught that | know to the
contrary. YOU were busy with some magi-
cal diagram which would have thrown
some light upon the mysterious conduct
of Miss Carryll relative to the shawl
Why is her conduct mysterious ? he
asked
Because she denied that it was pres
ent. when l happen TO know, from infor-
nation. that can be depended on, that it is.
Now if | had received SO handsome a
present, nothing would have given me
more pleasure than TO acknowledge it,.
Perhaps it was from her beau said
Faustina, and she may have particular rea-
sons, Just now, for not wishing to be con-
sidcred as engaged, or she may possibly
be ambitious OF having two strings to her
bow
Il cannot think that Juliet is a coquette.
Then what can be her motive for de-
nying that the shawl was present Her
denial gives us right to put an ufayorabIc
construction upon the affair
Much more was said on the subject
with view to prejudice Philip against
Juliet, in which they partially succeeded,
though, at the same time, by disclosing
unamiable traits, which he had before un-
suspected, they created still stronger pre-
iudice against themselves.
The next day, as Juliet was walking by
herself, in a retired place, some distance
from the house, she met Philip. The
meeting, which she imagined to be acci
dental, had been pre-concerted by him, for |
he secretly hoped that she would be in- |
duced to make some explanation relative |
to the unpleasant affair of the shawl, !
which would exonerate her from the in
vidious implications of Faustina and Eu-
phrasia. He therefore requested permis- /.
sion to accompany her. She did not re-
fuse his request, for she valued his good
opinion so highly that she had determined
to make full explanation TO him of every
circumstance with regard 10 her borrowing
the shawl, the first opportunity. While |
thinking in what manner she could best
introduce the subject, Euphrasia suddenly
emerged from a side path. She cast upon
them superciious glance, and then quick
ly turned in an opposite direction. AT the
moment of her passing them she drew her