Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-07-18

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,rived to drop, as Il by accident, several I'M
misiakeable illusions to the former standing
Of her relatives. must acknowledge Get
trnde showed a little weakness Of character
in al this, bot she DID 1t ou, Of such pure love
and zeal for Ellen, that really Nc must for
give her.
Wishing TO promo,c, as much a. possible,
the eujoyment Of her cousin, Ellen no longer
withdrew from the ad'aBocs Of Miss Clifton.
and to the indignln, as,Ouishmcn, Of the clc-
CANT Miss Walters, the three new friends were
now almost constantly together. To give a
more striking manifestation Of her conIcmpi,
she coldly refused The Invitation To an evening
party at Judge Cl0on's, knowing lha, Ellen
ard Gertrude v,rr to BE- there, as she would
not, she said, cnun,cuancc the admission Of
such low girls In gcniccl sccie,y.
Poor Alicia-she VAS M, missed
Mr.. Knox and the Misses Physick now IN
turn, made parry ior the Ashleys-Othcrs OF
the arislocracy followed the example. But
Miss Alicia Walters wrapped herself more
closely IN her dignity and turned up still high
Ct the naturally lurncl.uP nose which Nature
had given her.
Thus matters sool. when onc morning
having Iusi finished her breakfast, although
the cluck had already struck the hour OF ninc
Alicia threw herself halfdrrssCd, into an easy
chair, hcr hair IN curl.PaPers, her feet slip.
,hod, and a novel fresh frvm the circulating
library IN her hand, between which and the
Idle gOssiP OF her maid, she divided her at.
tcn,ion.
Betty knew the weak sidc Of her young
lady.
"Oh goodness me, Miss Alicia never DID
Sc such boolfnl nd chccks as yo,rn-mi -
i, beats them Miss Paddle used 10 buy al the
'pC,hccarics, ~bcn ! lived down in York 80
DO they, Betty well, do bring me my
dressing glass and lie, me sce, 'draWled Alicia,
AM then, viewing herself eumPl1ccu,ly IN the
mirror, continued
Now, Betty, ! am going to tell YOU some
thius-somc,hing abou, my ehock' bu, YOU
must promise me you will never, never, never
tell any boly."
- tcll-O mi, Miss Alicia ru"lncs'
skies alive, would no, say word, no, for
-. - ,..a,LN rff
"Wcll, Betty" continued her mistress,
&c don't YOU ih,nk, when | was a, Miss liIcA.
ety's scminary-noW YOU wooi lcll-a beau
uul young gentleman wrote some ycrsrs about
nv cheeks"
"Oh nv gracious go exclaimed Betty, rOl!
90, up hcr eyes.
oYou see, Betty" said Alicia, growing
animated, &c this Young gentleman happened
To 6ud me cnc day weeping over a love ct a
murder IN a novel, and 80 the next dly-only
,hink-thc ncNi day, Betty, be sent NE some
verses to a Rosc lately WISHED IN a shower.
'O, Goodness me them was boo,liul, ]
Lnow-u sounds fOr al the world just Ike
them verses IN nv old slclllng-bcOs, The
Rose had been washed, lately washed "a O.
shower, vhlch-lci me scc--S,mctc,iy 'cou-
,c,cd' To somebody, forget" cried Betty
And now # you vill never lc.l-nc,cr, ]
will read them Ia you, said Alicia. "Brug
uc ny portfolio Wonder
la, MIS- Alicia, will you % ma real
lo,,-,crscs," exclaimed the delighted Wait
ing maid.
Alicia began 10 draw forth her treasure
from ,hC receptacle Of aH,i S,'u and locks
o, hair, when she vas iuicuul tel by Betty.
20 qu,ck, Ms Alicia-do lOok ou, Of The
window sec uhata bun,,iul youn, man ''
~ hcrcy,s rested on the individual point
I'd out, Alicia almost screamed, for, IA the
Icrsou Of lhg tall, elcsan, young man passing
the hcusc, she rocugu.ted no other than the
author Of those very affecting staHIas lo''A
Rose lately washed IN a Shower" the Same
divine collcsaa-hcr bcau.ideal (Iruly), of
many Confidential tgis-a.icscs with the village
girls'
Down dropped the Por, folio and It, ,alul-
bic conieuts-dowu droPpcd the mirror and
w. shi,ercI To pieces, aud up sPrans Alicia.
HI had come ,hcn-,his divine Poc,,-he had
comc to ask her pa: aud rushing Into her
mothers apartment she cricd, " q ma" then
sudjeuly rejecting that ma had never rank.
cd among her coO6dauis, she as PrcciPI,atcly
rrtrra,cd AID hastily making her toilet, she
bctcok herself To the dawing-TOom, intend
i6g 10 b. discovered by her lover, whose ari-
val she was momcn,anly expecting, IN a scn-
tin,enial attitude, reading the sorrows OF
weucr' Bu, houn few on, and no Ircmu.
lous riag a, The door announced the lover -
Sick 18th hopc deferred putting on her
bonnet and mantle, she a, length sailed forth
a distressed damsel, into the streets Of Ross.
vile.
Scarcely had she passed the limits Of her
fathers ctVosis, -l.s" sLs Isi.-ld m" object
Of her thoughts approaching.
With a prvtuly affected start OF surprisc
on her part, and one perfectly unaffected on
his, the mutual eNclama,iOns
Miss Walters, IS II possible -
"why. Mr.. Fay how surprised | am! -
This Is. indeed, quite an unexpected plea
sure, meeting YOU here, continued the young
gentleman. d" how have you been since you
left Miss Rlckeiy's establishment
The fir Alicia hcaved q sigh, - in scnii-
mental duty bound, thea asked
And how have you been, Mr. Fay