The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-02-23

""0 " kcs "ite. lraVelled 70 Europe, Dy
way Of attaining the desired polish of manner
and roved on the continent for about five
years. Having basked in the light Of royal
ty, at the Court Of St. James mingled with
thsf bolite French-irrirs- briiffrr-salops Of
n Es, I thought upon my return home. that
would be perfectly irresistible; and could.
Without doubt, get the prettiest woman in
CbristendOm for the asking. A casual
gAnce was never bestowed. that the lady was
nohadmiring me extravagantly. nor an inyi-
pn extended to dance, ride or walk, that
shs was not highly hOnOred.-"A Alas poor
Ybrick@
being as susceptible as in my youthful
days, | was soon entrapped by the bewitching
bSauty Of the fashionable Miss Fitzgerald
shower.bath could not give me greater
shock, than the mention of her name. even
now! She was a firt, gentleman, and treat
ed me badly-shOckingly. She went so far
as to accept py proposal. and to raise my
happiness TO tho climax, 10 crush il by one
fell blow Of deception. She said in a very
pathetic manner, Sam Richard. upon Sec
ond consideration I Think THAT ca6nor-dis-
pose Of myself for less than hundred thou
sand more than have; but l shall always
be a friend, and consider you as one of
my richest offers" Thus adding insul. to
injury-who wants woman's friendship at
such time? Hang the fair demons, 1 say .
determined to wage war against the sex, BY
fOquetting with every one that came near
me, firmly convinced that they we're all un-
doubtcdly victims to my charms; and | have
a private opinion, that the exception only
,Vanted me to address her the second time.
Tgas as heartless after that "fall," as Miss
Fitzgerald herself. and thought nothing now
could move me. / decided to marry for
money. and set about It with the same kind Of
interest that farmer would enter a stock
market I found one young lady that was
called rich examined the clerks records,
and discovered that she was great fortune.
But she was so unpepossessing in appear
ance, that I considered the matter long
while before could decide TO address her.
She was very huge in size, weighing fully
two hundred pounds. and looked in figure,
very like dressed hogshead. thought Of
the fortune though, and imagined that the
sorrows Of life would reduce her to a moder-
ate size, and consequently made up my mind
10 have her.
called on Miss Nancy Greenwood fre
quently, and attended her to the theatre aud
various parties. She received me very grn-
ciously, and evinced great pride and interest
in my conversation. / visited her 50 often
that the old folks began to look enquiringly
at me. l supposed that they could not think
me fortune-seeker, being in possession Of
large one myself; but, as it turned out, they
did, and acted accordingly. l went with
Miss Nancy to grand ball, given on some
great occasion, and thought that all would
have to do, would be to scat her in corner
as usual, and leave her to play the wall.
flower; but a greater trial than | had cen
dreamed Of, in my philosophy" was in
store for me. / had never seen Nanc. dance
or waltz, and admired her good sense in for
bearing but found out that her reason was
the very best,--she was never asked! BY
way of complimenting her, and showing
proper respect bowed, and invited her to
waltz, and thunder and guns. she accepted
Now that was in the difficulty, / had to
make the best Of It; put my arm round her
waist as far as possible, and we moved off to
the waltz time. pulled her round and
round to the best Of my ability, asking often
if she was not fatiguedb but no, she kept it
up, until her face became as red as her dress,
and feared she would be attacked with apo
plexy. Finally l persuaded her to be seat
ed we attracted universal attention, and L
was glad to escape as early in the perform
ance as possible. As did not expect to
waltz through life, that trial did not discon-
cert my plans; so l persevered in them, and
set time for the csurtship. 1t was love-
ly moonlight evening, that l asked Miss
Nancy to walk on the pier with me. I Ispou-
ted Byron and Shakespeare. until had i'm
pressed her with my learning, and then asked
her If she could not be induced to leave.
She replied Eyes. under some circumstan-
ces." asked her if she had ever loved?
Yes-but once" Might l ask who it was ;
thinking of course that was the object) IF
you will never tell" Certainly will not
"Well. it is Billy DObbins-and | am going
to marry him tomorrow night quietly
withdrew from that farce. and resolved never
to try The experiment again, but to lead the
rest Of my life in the state of single blessed
ness.