The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-08-30

WESTERLY, r. l., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1855.


tumn. business had called him t.
Boston, where our interview occurred
He had more than once expressed de.
sire that his brothers property should
remain in the family, and pressed me to
unite my fate to that of his beautiful
niece.
This was out of the question. "A
made up match was my abomination.
Certainly | bad no other reason for my
violent prejudice against the marriage.
l considered it sacred obligation to fall
in love before | took "A wife, and the
idea of being pledged to Rosalie before
had seen her myself was so absurd
that L had no patience to think of it.
And then | had a principle for my guild
ance in affairs of the heart, which abso-
lutely forbade me to think of such q
thing as a marriage for convenience.
The autumn came and | paid my
proposed visit to Uncle Ned's plantation
in South Carolina.
! was disappointed in my cousin Ro-
sale. She was a tolerably good looking
damsel, but in my opinion, very far
from being like the beautiful creature
she had been pictured to me.
Isn't she handsome, Bob ? said my
uncle. Did you ever sec such lips
suca az 9oid JS' hair, such eyes, such
graceful form Isn't she handsome
ell, you dog p And the old fellow give
me a punch in the ribs and roared witt
laughter till he nearly split his sides.
l couldn't for the life of me see what
he was laughing at,
Isn't she beautiful, you rogue p he
continued.
Passible,' l replied very coldly.
Passible F! You puppy! What, do
you mean to say Rosalie is not hand
some?'
Tolerably,' I answered, twisting off
the leaf of a palmetto, which grew by
the side of the bench on which we were
seated, just to show how Indifferent |
was.
Bob said he, looking more soberly,
had an idea you were man of taste;
but | see you are as likely to fall in love
with one of my black wenches as with
the prcttest girl in South Carolina
WHO'S that, Uncle Ned? =
This remark was called forth on the
sudden appearance on the gravel walk
of the lovelicst creature I ever beheld,
and that, considering have firted with
the bellies Of Paris, Naples and Rome,
is saying great deal. Twas coniound-
ed by the sudden apparition, and SPRING
inc from my seat as an electric shock
had reused the slumberng blood in my
veins, l stood bolt upright before her.
Shades of Venus did any one ever
see such divine expression.
L could neither speak nor move, so
completely was I paralyzed by the glo
rlous beauty of the nymph.
l didn't know there was any one
here stammered she, with such de-
lectable blush on her check, that | near
y went mad with enthusiasm.
Before | could recall my senses the
beauty bounded away as lightly as a
fawn.
w hat the devil ails you, Bob p
W hat are you staring at ? said Uncle
Ned.
Who is she = asked |, clasping my
hands In the rapturous excitement Of
the moment.
That Why, that's little Sylphie
Howard-one of Rosalie's friends, who
is spending few weeks with her, he
replied, indifFercntly.
Beautiful y said |.
She Passible.'
She is divine =
Tolerably good looking, but she is
nothing compared with my Rosalie.'
l was about to say something saucy,
but l thought since Uncle Ned really
believed what he said, ] would not hurt
his feelings by denying it.
At dinner | met both ladies and was
formally introduced to little Sylpbie
Howard / was provoked with my un-
Gle when he assigned me a seat next to
Rosalie. | could hardly be civil to her,
with such pair Of beautiful eyes before