The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06
Tho Double Deception.

Lizzie was a bright blooming brunette,
just coquetish enough to be irresistible,
and possessing all graces, both of per-
son and mind She was always in good
spirits, having sunny, joyous tempera-
ment. Her singing was melody itself,
and in LA Polka" she was divine Her
nose | must acknowledge was slightly &C.
lestial in its tendency, but what of that?
1t only gave her saucier air, and made
her, if possible, more bcwitching than
ever. Lizzie could tell story inimita,
bly, her flashing black eyes, ever chang
ing in expression, and rosy, dimpled
mouth, added indcscribable charms to
her face, and contributed to make her
one of the most facinating creatures liv-
ing. In addition to all these attractions,
she possessed others of more solid na.
ture, and much more to the purpose in the
opinion of many of the sterner sex. who
look upon wealth as the alpha and ONE
ga of every thing desirable in this world.
Lizzie Leslie was left an orphan and
an heiress at an early age, with no broth
ers or sisters, and was now at the head
of large and elegant establishment in
one of our great cities, its sole mistress.
OF course she was much courted and ad-
mired. Crowds of tlatterers hovered a
round her, admirers without numbers,
and how she queened it over them She
would listen to none of their VOWS and
protestations. She was pronounced
heartless. But it was not SO, for she
strongly suspected that were she poor
and penniless, her crowd of fsuitors would
greatly diminish 1t was not the value
of the jewels itself, but its golden setting
that they so ardently longed to possess
The fashionable Miss Leslie grew tir-
ed of adulation and fattery, and longed
for something higher She longcd to be
praised for her intrinsic worth, and not
her glttering possessions. She wished
to 90 away where she was unknown, and
see people as they really were, and not
the false side which was the only one ev-
cr unfolded to her view. Being of a ro-
mantle turn, she determined, instead of
pursuing plan sketched out by some
of her fashionable friends--a fine device
of passing away the time, fitting between
various frequented resorts, Saratoga a
few weeks, Newport a while, the falls,
etc, she concluded to break off to some
secluded country village where she had
never been heard of, and thoroughly re-
fresh and invigorate herself by contact
with persons entirely uncontaminated by
the world, and for whom fashion and dis
play had no charms.
Not to be entirely alone, an humble
relative, Il most excellent woman, accom-
panied her as her aunt. They hired a
cottage in the peaceful, pleasant village
of Stanton, and Lizzie announced her
self as Miss Esther Henderson, a poor
girl who had come into their neighborhood
to gain livelihood by teaching, and
hoped the parents would commit their
children to her care, and she would do
her best to instruct them in the ru-
diments." Her captivating manners did
the business for her more efectually
than the longest and strongest advertise
ment, and in short time we sec Miss
Lizzie Leslie, the rich, the admired, who
never made an exertion in her life, duly
installed as the village school-mistress.
The children all loved her dearly, al
though she maintained excellent disci-
pline in tho school hours; no caller ever