The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-03-18

eney are rather stingy.'
ven said ], then there is nice looking old
hi ~ wno walks about with lame lady--I suppose
ns Wiie Who are theya I have taken quite !
lpy.' 'As' LOOK 20 very eheerfui ana nsp-
.nars,y merry glance from Grace was followed by a
are General and Mrs. Ticher. we call her Mr.
iwtcner ;inot that she can help being lame fnoor
~er ,sd odt sne looks as if her mouth and her leg
we're tied together; for every time sbe tn sta,r
she wriggles her lips and twitches her iacs ~ ~
funniest way. A'i iaee M INC
Oh they are odd people, assure Won Mr..
plenty Of @ IN their ip may be sure there
Rosemary said Lizzie-'what has that 70 ao
| with their oddnessl A' 'nas 10 90
Why, did you never hear replied Agnes Iap,b.
'g, tnat where the lady rules the rosemary aIyusvs
nourlshesf You may be sure before Won hs We hay
nye I'VE minutes with then that Mrs Twtcher rnles =,
Lne Fins as they call their cottage; he does 40
sneh an ne and gives up everything to her
| Ihen there are Mrs. and the Misses Hartland no
doubt you have fallen in love with them. too said
Mrs. Frazer 'o' S''.s
Yes indeed, answered Il am sure sb.r IN.
| them. Those gentle, prettylooking girls Iizzis
we spoke to by the gate this morning
Dyes, aunt said Lizzie, most attractive-lookiny
| girls' '-''oAiAs
They seem SO united and affectionate,.. ,e
Joined. -t,=z
They seem so, certainly, said Mrs Frazer; but
is not all gold that glitters If all tales are true
tuCy die not iluCu mOTeI0 Lnan poor Mrs. Cues
nell and her son, who, people fancy, because they
| are always oeether, and neither of them can ever
go anywhere without the other, perfect angels
ou those who are behind the tell different
| tale But, really, the Hartlands excellent peo-
pie on the whole, though one does hear few things
about them that are rather odd. But it is a wonder
to me how they bear with that invalid girl if she
were my daue hter, would soon make her ro,,se
| herself up little 9s-sel.- - !, -,
'Oyes, said Grace, who, soon saw was a verv
clever little mimic. There she lies on couch in
her bed room Gertrude, love, will you be SO kind
| as TO give me that booka Thank you dearest =
and then: Julia darling, will you give me little
water = and so on, first to one and then to the
otner' instead OF getting up and fetching what she
wants tor herself. have no patience with her p
| to walk
She could walk well enough if she would but
try, have no doubt replied Mrs. Frazer Indeed
| know her doctor wishes her to do so'
1T Is pretty and interesting to be an invalid re-
joined Grace as she threw herself in graceful at
htude on the couch it is opportunity of shelving
such apretty foot and hand as Alice Hartland's to
great advantage Now, DO not think me illnatured,
dear Mrs. Douglas added she but really do not
think she Is bit ILL There are half adozen such
young ladies here, all of whom fancy it interestiup
to have weak backs or delicate chests: it is quite
fashion, fN'o DA
Yes, indeed said her mother; what Graev saws
Is perfectly true and there is quite host OF such
girls and the doctors humor their tancies trust
shall never see either of my daughters give into
such whims'
My dear friend, replied l. Il hope it NAV please
God to spare you the grief of seeing one of your
children prostrated as poor Alice appears to be-
telt saddened. Where was | to hope to find anv
of the valuable people of whom had been told Z
But surely Doctor Lloyd who attends Alice Hart
| land, is man oftoo high principle to encourage
such deception as you describe he is as wise as he
is kind, said. er
Oh, you quite mistake there said Agnes for it
| is he who upholds her in all her nonsense Doc
| tor Lloyd objects to such thing, and Doctor Lloyd
strictly orbds the other is for ever the lips of
the whole party. You know it would not do for
doctors to be too clearsighted; what would become
of their fees 2
confess was little nettled az well as vexed at
al TINS mad conceived very high opinion of the
Hartlands, to whom | had some special, ,introduc-
tions and aso meant that Dr. Lloyd should be
| my sheet anchor, having heard as high report of
his general excellence of character of his SKILL
| suppose my countenance showed that such was
my feeling, tor Mrs Frazer if stimulated by the
desire of establishing her statement, added oh
it is well known that DR.. Lloyd loves money he is
all that ls kind and attentive to those who pay
WELL but his gratuitous patients sadly neglect
ed have high respect for him. but you will find
| that he Is not all he appears
And as to Mrs. Lloyd said Agnes she is as
proud and selfsatisfied as she can live, and even
| more fond OF money than he is
They do say SO, my dear, certainly, said Mre.
Frazer and certainly she has never any civility
| towards those who do not pay well; but however,
1t may not be so. We are not intimate with her,
|
| into bundle ofcombustible materials, and | was
obliged to wait patiently till the fuel was burnt out
till could divert the flame into safe di.
rection. But was in vain thatI tried to turn the
conversation into another channel, although my
efforts strongly seconded by my niece, to
whom the subject under discussion was displeas
| ing to myself strive we would, could not |
| succeed. My friend and her daughters pursued |
this skirmishing warfare slashing at and wounding
every character with which they came in contact,
and cutting down one by one all my hopes finding
any to love respect amidst the large circle of |
| human beings with which was surrounded.
| The evening was now far advanced, and gave |
| the signal of departure, which Lizzie was by no /
means sorry to hail. telt much disposed to say |
| on parting: BE mercifu to when are gone |
| as you can, for felt that we had no more reason
| to expect immunity than any OF those whose frail-
| ties and fobles we had heard freely comment
| ed on. was disappointed in my friends, tor saw
that the precept, Speak not evil one OF another,
| BRETHREN was not present to their minds was
disappointed also in my hopes for the future, be-
cause, although could not but believe that they
| had taken one-sided and uncharitabe view of the
| conduct ofthose OF whom they had spoken, yet the
arrows they had shot stuck fast; aud my ideas OF
each individual whose character had been discuss.
| ed were lowered, and an element OF distrust had
| been nstilled into my mind.
Time passed on, and the results OF this evil com
| muncation showed themselves. The poison work |
| ed had promised, on my first visit at the Hart |
lands that would occasionally 60 and sit with the
| sick Girl to whom little society enjoy
ment and they had kindly said that she wished for
! my acquaintance. But did not go. Day alter day
passed and felt dsinclined to seek the society of
/ one of whom had received the impression that |
she was both deceitlul and selfish, and feared TO
encourage the folly in which she was said to IN
dulge herself | returned Mrs Grey's visit; Dut |
when Miss Park began to tell me come little anec
dotes of past days, with which, 1t | had peen ul
prejudiced, / should have been really much amus,
ed j rather perverseiy withheld my interest; ana
instead OF throwing my mind into the suplects
| ,ybch tbav brouaht forward chilled them by ST. /
Ilence made myself rather repulsiyc and put on lor
time intimacy which afterwards DIS. '0une eb Ta I
saa NTH aII the rest oftfiose who had been wound
ed by the arrows Mrs. Frazer and her daughters
had shot and which had called forth by asking |
for hints about my neighbours. General and Mrs
Tcber maid me their first visit the day after had
receiyed those hints; and when the poor lady
t,,itrbed her mouth in unison with her loot could
not help thinking OF her Mrs. Twiteher; and as
few OF the pecuiarifies, perhaps iobles. of this
good couple peeped out, am ashamed TO say that
ihe effect of the Frazers satircal remarks was so
sfroug ON my mind, that allowed myself to be