Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-05-27
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slbslHG, ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY
lnr KATE KRNSARDl
49, r.rsop who is never known TO tell the truth eA-
,.o, when thine with his whirigig' brings my hc'io"
,ound 10 fact in spite OF myself; which sumeilme5 haPpe"''
,,ch /, nv discontinue. For Instance. when sat down 10
write ,his article, intended il to be purely hctluous' out !"
:. g., sentence, a truth, and a sad one, stares me in
me face. This having happened / sha' ''he " 10 " E"'"-
= p,ov;dspce nm for once in my life. make a clean oreas'
II il Here is The confession, then, as true d " ! "" "
s,idj, never tell The truth except by accident, a"o :" :
more, there are q great many peol'e =" v"
like me in this respect.
o.v ,iivids mv faiipps, in this respect, into t~o classes
shhi,e ordinary and extraordinary; hbbing "raihafy "."'
,ioo in rhp eysrv day intercourse of life, and hoo'hs ~"
o,dioary on great occasions. That was an oron"h'S -"
instances, with which | greeted my lhno!iay .m' '""'
morning. when che came down stars an" sa'n'
think we want a fire this morning. MI 'ohhson' a"' .
,.,rsd "Oh' no ma'am. its perfectly eoHiof'aop' - '''
.a.o ~ extraordinary hb that | was euiity OF 'h's eve"
g.. ,hon rolj nv Amelia that should not sleep a VIM
:, ; se,t me home without a kiss. when l SHOOK hd"u7
u,i,b ,hst bore, Smith. IN his Longing into my once nus
"." and said. MY dear fellow, | am most happy TO see
YOU" set tina, down as q no ordinary anu - ~
,sh,, oecessity was there for my adding, "Ihe sight ol you
i, like a CLEAN Of s~unshineF
Among nv ordinary laIsehoods, 1 put my general CONVEX
L safDn WIN ldllGS, NHCihN'
.u !, ,bair lives Il the very time am thinking, THAT gif!
.,,h,oino m hreak : she must be full twenty -hVe;' or us
IAN i.,srsntiaIIy to all their pretty nonsense about Tran
ycsnden,al Philosophy or tho Latest rash'ohs; 't one
. ND BY liatening as well ne oy taxing ""''ee -
thai The more friendly | get win q WOMAN ~ w : no ~
her There was that sweet little Jane Symmes' WIN WHOM
/ had n Platonlc. Great Heavens "hht a SUCCESSION VI
6bs was nv whole intercourse win hef. me TAX oi 'e
GREAT deb, Of gratitude | owed her Tor the treasure Of her
friendship, The help she had been 10 me IN leading HE 10
know nryseIf-it was all CANNON on1 1t souhocu pfe'l'y'
Then The way used 10 listen TO hef' VINO sue Bang nc
last Rose OF Summer with Tiny rapt soul si''lhg IN my
eyes " was u lie, TO call it by its real name
Nv pIa.onic affection for poor Jane was the gate through
.h;.h rInnurd into love for Amelia, and into fbbing extra
ordinary. All that has been dreadful. Even !, i hardened
,i,,.ros nm. blush when think OF my barefuced asser
,iors tbs night offered myself. In the first place | went
through a series OF lies in dressing myeelf. | blackened my
yh,ss,rs viii. the most approved Tric0phe!us, plucked out
ora ar two truth telling white hairs that appeared On my
forehead, and tied on 4 SCI. green cravat to make me look
10 interestingly pale.
Ind been no tho night before ill 3 O'clock, al The billiard
fable which saved me the trouble Of trying 10 look haggard.
Arrived a, her house, my delicate approaches 10 the tender
subject were so many manBuvrcso of which II may be said
Thai they were on this side of tho truth; and It's my private
ouinion that her pre,ences of not understanding me might
he mi under the same category. u "hch l d IuHiy
launched and had got the steam up, | out Romcocd Romeo.
"a uloye upon that hand was nothing 10 me wanted I"
BIZ her %hairbru.h, that / might caress her auburn tresses; her
Tea spoon, thai might touch her lips. II she did not smile
upon me. life would henceiorlh be nothing TO me; I'd fling
il away in battle with the Turks" Or Join u Fire Company.
[ coniIn't answer for the effect Of her frown upon me, &C.,
&C. 10 all Of which there was ono grain of wheat and u
munstrous parcel Of chat. Since she has accepted me,
keep up the same game, and expect 10 do so I'LL Sc are mar
ricd. Alter that, my fbs may take some other form: oul
I'm pretty sure they'll continue.
Al. The foregoing fbs may comc under The head OF unsel'
ish deceiving-; al least they were 10 please other people, us
we'll us myself: but there is q class which go into cntlreiy
for my own Qualification and qualification. These az -?
witticlsms. They are generally plagiarisms or anacht0n-
isms; if lhey ue not stolen from somebody else, they are
stolen from my former self, and do not belong 10 me Tine
when they flourish most. Sometimes, | take them from my
bes, frierds, like the old maid who appropriated her sisters
admirer and said, might have been married; Peggy hao
nm Offer" Sometimes take them from books, from the
wits OF former times, us Walter Scott stole MIgnon IRON
Goethe. Where's the harm "Pereant. Yui, ante nos, nosTa
direrini." Then, again, u good thing comes into my he"u
after 60 10 bed AT night. Why should il be wasted
say it the next day al the dinner tnble, weaving round II a
Sc, Of welL-htIing circumstances, But, IN oil Tins, / mann
lain | am no worse Than my neighbours; or where am worse
| am infinitely more a~gvceab!'. Were il not for this en-
~broideriny of my anecdotes and setting IN mosaic 81 my
bon mots, mr. conversation would be as fiat and dull as that
of nv super excellent friend, MIR. Brown, OF whom il may
be said, "shom The Lord makes honest he makes marvel
lousy lll.conditioned."
But il is, when romance my travellers stories, however,
TINT give full swing TO my peculiarly, mot that It's 30 Pc
culiar ci,her,) and then Sir John Mandevlne, Baron Nun
chausen, or Ronaleyn Gordon Cumming are nothing 10
me. Is my growing imagination TO be checked In lis r'ght
BY a piriful regard TO truth Away with the narrowing
thought Then, | rcveI in fiction, unchecked by the petty
thrusts of conscience that trouble me at other times. DID
you ever hear me tell my story of the Australia Kangaroo
hunt, or The time when ! was presented at Court
Meantime, ii any body is shocked at this frank confession
of nv besetting sin, before he throws a Stone al me, lei him
out his hand on his heart, and swear that he never fattered
\ woman. improved a good story, or drew a long bow.