Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-07-03

hall 80 well as the one she was abou,
throwing aside. She suited herself from
the assortment shown her, and directed il I,
be sent home.
Mrs. Bates felt Justly oun aged al the con
duct of Mrs. TarIeton, hut she did not spea
oil what had taken place, except to one OF
two very intimate friends and TO her hus.
oand. The evening of the party at leng II
arrived. Mrs. TarIeton was there a lille
carrier than Mrs. Bates, in all the glory o
her ungenerous triumph. The beau,i:u
head-dress she wore attracted every eye, aud
IN the admiration won BY the display of heI
TASTE, she lost all the shame she had felt ia
anticipation OF meeting Mrs. Bates. to whom
her meanness and dishonesty would be a,
once apparent.
| AT length she saw this lady enter the par.
lors by the side Of her husband, aud noticed
with surprise that her head.dress was en-
tlrely different from The one she wore. The
truth flashed across her mind. Mrs. Pinto
had betrayed her secret, and Mrs. Bates
justly outraged by what had occurred, had
thrown aside her beautiful cap and selecte,
another.
Now Mrs. Bates was woman whom Mrs.
Iarleton would be sorry to offend seriously
undoubted, while her own was a Iiuie uues.
tionabie. The fact that Mrs. Bates had de.
clined wearing SO beautiful a head dress, be.
cause she had obtained one of The same pat
tern ny unfair means made her lear that
serious offence had been given, and dashed
hei spirits at once. She was not long left
IN doubt. Before ten minutes had elapsed,
she was thrown into immediate contact with
Rlfo xaha 81,
lie but cold bow.
Mrs. Tarlelon was both hurt and offended
at this, and Immediately after The party, com.
Wenred talking about II and miss .sIaI,ng the
Whole Transaction, so as not 10 appear SO
much TO blame as she really was. Mrs.
Bates, on The contrary, said little on the sub
Ject, except to few very inlimate friends,
and 10 those who made free TO ask her abou,
1t, To whom she said, after giving fairly the
cause of complaint against Mrs. Tarleton-sI
spoke TO her coldly, because wished our
more intimate acquaintance to cease. Her
conduct was unworthy Of lady, aud there
fore | cannot and will not CONSIDER her
among my friends. No apologies, if she
would even make them, could change the
wrong spirit from which she acred, or make
her any more worthy of my confidence, es.
TEEN or love-
But you will surely forgive her,' said
one.
The wrong done 10 me I am ready
enough to forgive, for il is but trif1ing mat.
ter; but the violation of confidence and de-
par'ure iron truly honest principle, OF
winch she has been gully, cannot forgive.
tor they are not sins against me, but agalns,
| Heavens first and best laws
| But this did moi satisfy some. Persons
calling themselves mutual friends sirove
hard TO reconcile what they were pleased to
call misundersta ndiag, in which both were
TO blame. But it awaited not. To their in
reference, Mrs. Bates usually replied-sIf 4
will be any satisfaction TO Mrs. Tareton Ia
he recognized by me, and treated kindly and
politely in company, will most cheeriuiIy
yield her all that; but cannot feel towards
h-r as heretofore, because have been de-
ceived in her, and find her 10 be governed
by principles that cannot approve. We
can never again be on terms of intlInacy.'
! But IL was impossible 10 make some un.
derstand the difference between acting from
principle and wounded pride. The version
given by Mrs. TarIeton was variously mod
he'd as IL passed from mouth to mouth, unit
il made Mrs. Bates almost as much to blame
/ - 'S'SS'' ""o as VIC SohiuesS COit'
tlnued until all intercourse at last ceased, II
WAS pretty generally conceded, except by q
very few, that both were about equally tt
blame.'
The reader can now make up his owl
mind on the subject from what has been re.
lated. For our own part, we do not tn int
Mrs. Bates al all 10 blame in at once with
drawing herself from intimate association
with such woman as Mrs. TarIeton showed
herself to be, and we consider that falls,
chsriiy which would seek 10 interfere will
or set aside the honest Indignation tha
should always he felt in similar cases of oper
betrayal of confidence and violation of hon,
est and honorable principles.
We have chosen a very simple and com
monplace incident upon which to 'hang Z
moral. But it is in the Ordinary pursuits OF
business and pleasure where the true char
acter is most prone TO exhibit itself, and W,
must 20 there il we would read the book o
| human If, ,riuhf