Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-07-12

i and that those Who start out as 4 gentle
men in the morning d q not returti home
j as snch,o replied I, for i felt that he was
trying to read ME. :. And, more6ver,,,t /
continued. "a if gives every man who cho-
ses 10 do So the liberty toscall and be-
come acquainted with lady, and thus
1 many disagt teeable. suspect. often inla.
rlous acquaintances. are made. y eN s'as
Maggie. do you know that the man
provoked me beyond endurance. be ab.
solutely sat there aud showed his teeth.
and smiled as if he compassionated my
petuleuce. snd,would excuse it, for I was
only 6 country girl, so twas not to
expected that 1 should know any better
After a few more desultory remarks. he
said. /" How do you like New 7 ork socie-
IT, Miss Lester ?"
:" 1t might be better Lhani it is. replied
/. still in MY sharp way. "if it was not
compose principally Of silly boys and girls.
instead OF intelligent men and wo.
men; and it seems to me that these young
gentlemen. who are made up mostly of
shirt collars and sleeves. and the young,
ladies, who are only automatons to adver-
tise Stewart and Beck, would both be
better off in the school.roona.a it,
Mr.. Blanchard gave a gay laugh. the
most natural thing which have heard
since came to New York, and said
that it was easily to be seen that
young America" was not iufavor with
me. nv ,zte2
l laughed from sympathy and replied
that" AS a school girl. boys in rounda-
bouts had been my particular aversion,
butthat Hound them no more agreeable in
premature coats I; why, said 1, with a good
deal of energy, suspect" they seem to
me to have sprung from babyhood into so-
ciety, as full grown as Minerva was when
she emerged from the, teeming brain Of
Jupiter. u" Ta st8 l27ts h9atts,
q The greatf fault Of our fashionable SO.
ciety," replied my companion, ais that
there is nothing in it. 1tis just like the
froth on the can Of porter to which some,
one likened English society, there is moth.
ing Of it when you come to taste IL. One
couIl forgive our fashionabes if there
was any hearliness even in their follies,
but they seem too satiated even to 6njoy
that"
YES" said I, 50 1 have not been to a
concert or party siuCe / came here, that
have not thoug htrof old 1Froissart's re-:
mark about the English. hundreds oil
years ago. I" Every one takes his pleasure
sadly as is their custom.'"
"Froiss8rt " r. and with this Mr.. Blan.
charl drew his chair nearer to the table
by which l was sitting, leaned his elbow
on it, and said. g5F
Il am so glad. Miss Lester, that you
have read the quaint old chronicler ;1l
have superbly illustrated copy which l
have just brought home, that you must
see. 7EE F@-
; And. will you believe it, Maggie ?that
man actually talked with me two hours to
my great delight then. but to my mor'ii-
cation subsequently, when after he was
gone. remembered that Louise had told
him WAS "a blue.n and knew that he
only did it to amuse ,hinself and draw
out " country girl.' l Bit my lips I'LL
the blood almost came, with sheer yexR.
tion.t lt5sze4g .yoslstl, l.4E = rora -yttf8sfeI
The calls continued till quite late in the
evening. and think that but cOmparaFJ
lively few Of the gentleman were entire
ly sober by ten o'clock, and knoV that
some Of them were most decidedly and
shamefully otherwise. u
But. my dear friend. l had a thousand
other things togtell You, only those New
Years calls have run away with me at
locomotive speed. Yours ever,
sal ADA LESTER.
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