Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-05-28

/ 'lIolluc was leaving the opera; shC was
melancholy. She had brcn listening TO Gri-
SIS passionate melody Of grief and was al.
most blinded with the flashing Of the Ouch
os- or --'s diamonds.
Your ladyship-" said a young man
to her, with low obcisancc -" beg ten
thousand parlon' misiook YOU for Lady
a"
/ lie hurried on. Caroline felt a slight
! pressure Of the arm. She knew tia, her
companion was reading her thoughts-shc
blushcd at the consciousness.
"will you bc Lady II. :" asked the low
voice Of the companion at her elbow. Caro-.
line hc,iiatcd. She thought that Lady B,
sounded as we'll as Lady A.; and she knew
Iial the gentlemen who offered her the title
possessed some uncommonly splendid dia-
monds The woman who dclibcralcs, sc.
! Il was true that he, who could invest hcrwi,h
thcsc tine things was old enough To hc her
grandfather, and ugly enough for every pur-
posc of Agriculture but then, diamonds and
a title. She accepted them. She lost her
share Of Aunt Hates ihousands-no she
bought with them diamonds, a title, seven
thousand a year, and a husband. Certainly
Caroline made rood bargain. And what
got the gentlemen \ pretty and young
wife, and that va, an that be- wanted llu-
man nature again.
Our hcircsscs were sadly diminished
There were only len our old friends Eliza
Lcih aud Grorriua Elizabeth went on ma
Ling n1nncl- and yoving that she would new
cr marry, and what was morr, everybody be-
licycd her, for Elizabeth, though now rich
in other inhcriances, had missed the birth
u1in th1' hcrsiUrrs cmncntly sharcd-bcau.
Is; 20 her heart grew daily more and more
narrow as she found herself without objects
lo call its affections into play, until at length
u contracted an into sclf and the world call
cd her by All the ungncious names which
single bI,sscdncss IL distinguished by thus
igronu'ly. a. It alyay- does, mi,,akinr tho
effect tor the cause.
Gcorrina len lo take the field alone, labor.
,dinc,syauily IN her ,ocauon-plrasurc.-
81, h1d no end no ann, 600 hops iu view, bot
the simple Indulgence Of the passing hour.
the posing caprice, the passing passlon.-
Aunt Eair's legacy now su rnhlnccd in value,
seemed ,p pl,rc am frsuuuuuntahl, barrier IT,
,,r,, her own I., and ,hr usual 10, of vo-
m,p S,.br unidentified herself with the
m,.r .rp.,,p, H,uiups. which, a. an the grn-
,I,pr,. .,,,Il knew. or believed. tia, II must
.iop shor Of matrimonial purra,or, they
very freely iudulrcd hcr la. Now Gcurglna
had dear friend whom she prolcss,d ,o love
with an tu heart, notwithstanding that she
was yvwgsr p,rbars haud-"ra.r' and o'r-
tnlnly puorrr than herself, and more Than alI'
was on ths c'c oi marriage. M" We
cannot take lbortlc, with our friends with
whom rtu We take them So"coTrinA "iri-
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