Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-06
FAYETTEVILLE TENN THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1854.

vi SIX OF elShb miles 10 an equaIi
tlresome dinner-party, was but Il poo
I substitute for the gaieties which th
late season had given her taste fol
Frances was not without resources
She was fine musician, played an'
sang admirably; but she liked TO b
told that she did so. At Dunba
House, nobody cared for music, no
body listened to her, and her mos
recAe,'clecs toiiettes delighted nobody
but her maid. She was dax aB0g,
as the French say, and had mad,
some progress in the connection Of ;
scheme to get AWAY, when an im
provement took pla} her position
from the arrival Of young Vincent
Dunbar, the only sbn Of the family
He was a lieutenant in regiment O
infantry that had lately returned
from the colonies, aud had come, as il
duty bound, to waste ten days or .
fortnight Of his three months leaye
in the dull home Of his ancestors
AS be was an extremely handsome
fashionable looking youth, Frances
when she went down to dinner, felt
quite revived by the sight of him.
Here was something to dress for, and
something to sing to; and although
the young lieutenant's conversation
was not a whitaboye the usual stand
ard of the class, it appeared lively
and witty when compared with that
of his parents. His small colonial
experiences were more interesting
than Mrs. Dunbar's domestic ones;
and his account Of a tiger hunt more
exciting than his fathers history OF
the run he had had after a fox. Fran
ces was an equally welcome resource
to him Here was an opportunity,
quite unexpected, Of displaying his
most fashionable ties and most splen-
did waistcoats; here lwas a lissner
for his best stories, and one who did
not repay him in kind, as his father
did; and here were pair of bright
eyes, that always looked brighter at
his approach; and pair Of pretty
Inns. that pOutedAhen he talked Of
going away to full an engagement
he had made to meet some friends at
Brighton.
AS was to be expected, under cir
cumstances SO propitious, the young
man fell in loye--as much in love as
he could be with any body but HIM
sell; whilst his parents did not neg
Ilect to hint, that he could not dc
better than prosecute suit which
the young lady's evident partiality
justified. Pleased with tbeprospect
of their sons making so good a
match, they even ventured one day
a dull Jest on. the subject in the
presence Of Frances-a jest which,
Heavy as it was, aroused her to re-
Election. Flirting with man, and
angling for his admiration, is one
thing; loving and marrying him, is
another. For the first, Vincent Dun
bar answered exceedingly well; but
for the second, he was wholly unfit.
In spite of, her little weaknesses,
Frances had. too much sense not to
see that the young lieutenant was an
empty-headed coxcpmb, and not at
all the man with whom she hoped to
spend her years Of discretion-when
she arrived at them after an ample
enjoyment of the delights tha t youth,
beauty, and wealth are calculated to
procure their possessor Her eyes
were opened, in short; and the ordl-
nary effect Of this sort Of awaken
ing from an penehant-for attach
ment it could not be called--ensued;
the temporary liking changed into
aversion, and the attentions that had
hattered her before became hatef full.
In accordance with this new state of
her feelings. she resolved to alter her
behavior, in order to dissipate as
quickly as possible the erroneous I'M
Ipressions Of the family; while, at
the same time, she privately made
arrangements for cut ting short her
visit, and anticipating the period OF
her removal to the house of Mrs.
Gaskoin, betwixt whom and the
lIDunbars the intervals of heI friends
absence in Russia was to be divided
In spite Of her sfratagem, however
she did not escape what she appre'
lhended. Vincent's leave had near
Ily expired too; and when the mo
ment approached that was to sepa
rate them, he seized an opportunity
of making his proposals.
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