Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-07-09

was At the head of the cooking 4 should ot be able
10 hold up my head again. as long as had the Dfea'n
of life in me-
4..I amt going 10 hare any of your beating about
nadshuulders with lowell : said Aunt POLY, indig-
|nanty. !. am going 10 put on clean handkeI e
and clean apron. as should nave 'oiu you' YOU
had given me chance 10 speak. .56es5f.E. = .
Tha, alters the cases" said Keziah bat my respon-
sibility is dreadful great yon know. =,
aWell,. .oIiloquized Aunt Polly, as she went to
her room 10 exchange the articles OF apparel she bad
named .f anybody had told me, that snou'a I'VE ~,
10 see The day when the daughter of old Nina Jelli-
son, who in her best days always went slpshod. and
ont at the elbows, would undertake 10 give me les
son on neatness, should not believed it. Beat me
about the shoulders with a towel should Ike TO
catch her at it. Land of libarty, she exclaimed as
on opening the door TO return 70 me ne' ta,s
were assailed by the mutudinous noises arising from
the very spirited and energetic movements OF kezla
herself and of those subject TO her directions, which
were given in voice, that she evidently intended
should be heard land o. liberty, if there was
worse noise than this when the tower of Babel was
built, don't believe I've any rational idea of what
noise is Now, Miss Jellison, if you think shan't
Prison the cream am ready TO go 10 work
| Da, Aunt Polly. hope you amt offended with
me, just for speaking, but have been in the habit of
associatng with such dreadful nice oiks mat II makes
me unaecounable particular"
"Yes. know all about your bringing up" said
Aunt Polly. with significant toss OF her head
| After while. the commotion consequent on Miss
Keziahs first assumption of her manifold and respon-
sible duties began TO subsde; much, as was plainly
visible to her secret regret her selfconsequence be-
ing graduated by the noise and hustle she succeeded
in raising Confusion was her element. as much as
order was Aunt Pollys, and her mother was often
heard TO say -" Who our Keziah takes arter no
soul on ah can tell. for she is much in her
elephant, as when she's maxim great noise and
I to GOT in he mh taV
corner and take my comfort, and so does her father
| Though Keziah talked great deal, she performed
very little AS she brought her receiDt-book with
her. Mrs Gray and Betsey ascertained that in
stead of looking to her for directions, their better
way was 10 look in the book. They were so success
full, that ever afterward KeZiah was in the habit OF
saying, that of all the suppers she ever prepared
that for the party at Mr. Grays bore off the palm"
The day appointed for the party, though some of
the younger ones thought il "a long time in coming
arrived in due season. .-
Besey Gray, with her bright eyes and rosy cheeks
looked remarkablypretty in her appropriate and we'll
fitting dress, though it must be confessed that she
could not help secIety repining that the only article
of iewery in the house with which she could adorn
herself, except gold necklace, which Miss Fit2
Jones had pronounced decidedly old fashioned and
vulgar, ring belonging to Aunt Polly, set with
a garnet 4s s-s ....
The guests did not begin 10 assemble till rather late
for that meridian, II having been pronounced ungen
teel by Miss Deborina Fitz Jones to go at the early
hour which had long been sanctioned by CUSTOM
How her opinion on the subject, which had been ex
pressed to Mrs Lawson and her daughters, when nc
other person was present, could have been known al
over the place in less than twenty four hours, is
difficult to imagine Yet SO it was. AS few were
willing TO be thought ignorant of the usages of polite
society, by parsonage of so much consequence as
Miss Fiz Jones, a strict watch was kept at the
dwellings of the invited guests, each being determined
not to be the first TO set FORTH
Iii impossible 10 tell how long all this might have
lasted, had not the Eveleths and Miss Wilton, who
were the only ones not tormented with the fear o.
constituting the first arrival, and who had been de-
tanned by a call from some friends who were passing
through the place, been length discovered vending
their way toward the mansion OF Mr. Gray. Their
!, from many
ga Widowed niche of the high hall"
or, in plain prose, the garnet, descended more thar
one fair lass, who had been obliged TO select tina
elevated station in order to command view OF tina
particular part of the highway which led toward:
Mr. Grays. Scarcely five minutes elapsed, ere sim
ultaneousIy, if by preconcerted signal vehi
cles OF various descriptions .........
ssWent pouring forward with impetuous speed'
The Grays. during the long delay, had grown rest
less and fdgey They began 10 think, that after al
their pre- paraon, they were to have no party When
therefore, Tom came in and told them that the Eve
[ leths, and a lady he supposed TO be Miss Wilton
were coming, their spirits were much revived.
Retsey thought that Miss Wilton appeared very
WE'LL considering. Her dress was neat, and of rct
t material, though not to be compared with what sh
had seen Miss Fitz Jones wear
In less than five minutes after this first arrival
Betsey, who kept sharp eye to the window, saw
row of vehicles approaching, which in numbers ant
general appearance would have done honor to Crane
procession got up for the celebration OF some village
Jubilee There only drawback TO this cheer
ing sight Along the whole line of buggies, chaises
4 wagons, and saddle. horses, the buggy and span o
greys belonging to Mr.. Lawson, not to be seen
Betsey felt that without the presence OF Miss Deborin
Fitz jones' the party. like pillar without its capital
S would lack It's GROWING glory.
The young lady. in secret, cherished a similar idea
She knew at what she was valued, and as the bes
S method of keeping up this fictitious value, she wa
! bent on being thoroughly exclusive-f she condos
cended 10 be with The natiyes,' as she termed tn
farmers and their families, it sign that she wa
of them. AS one method of accomplishing this, sh
had determined that she and the Lawsons should b.
the last at the party She wished TO have the Gray
give her up in despair-+o wonder what could detal
her; and she even hoped that messenger might
$ sent to inquire if she were ILL.,
When, therefore, on gaining the summit of hill
the cavalcade was described winding along the vale
n at its base, in the direction of Mr.. Grays. she wa
e highly ndign Mt. The whole town, she believed
had entered into conspiracy to defeat her intention
and she resolved, by having recource TO strategy,
e defeat the whole town. She induced the Lawsons
r who were nearly vain and foolish as herself, t
rein up the horses behind trees, which grew
% the wayside, and there wait some twenty or thrt
y minutes, when, $ all at once" &c borrow her ow
brilliant illustration, I" she would bust upon the as
| sembled guests and dazzle them like sudden blaz
of gas light"
lonn for fha osta ;,oIl .~I