The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-09-13

her, instead Of seeking to cultivate he
acquaintance.
This did not escape the observation
of his sister, and one day, when she
mentioned to him, what appeared tc
her, his Singular unsuscepti bility, anc
requested him to assign a reason, he
told her that he had none. In this, he
would not have said truly, had he
watched himself more closely and with
greater discrimination. He then would
have seen that those purer and more ex-
alted sentiments, which he had accus-
toned himself to welcome and cherish,
far from being excited and drawn forth,
were subdued and thrown back upon
himself by the influence of her pres
ence
IF the Indifference with which Sedley
regarded the beautiful Claribel, did not
escape the observation of Mrs. Onslow,
it could not be supposed to be disregar
ded by the lady herself SIZE was ratb
er pleased at this than otherwise, and
said to herself, 1t will, in the end,
make my triumph more complete So
certainly did she count on the power OF
those spells, she knew so well how to
weave, that she felt sure, that sooner OF
later, she would bring him to her feet
Though, as yet, she had no reason to be
proud oIsher success, she did not des
pair. She had resources yet, know,
only to an accomplished coquette, whicI
she intended to put into requisition
whenever they promised to be effective
In some ten or fifteen minutes afte
Sedley's return, the pale looking girl,
who was in the habit of passing every
morning at nine, again passed by. Thi
had never happened before, and Scdey
had concluded, as was truly the case,
that she was in the habit of going home
by some other way. lie thought that,
now, she looked sadder than usual, and
that there was less lightncss and elastic
ity in her step
Mrs Onslow, who also saw her, said
to her brother
There she goes again
who = inquired Claribel, at the
same time rising and going to window
That's the question: replied Mrs.
Onslow She has, | understand, tho
| did not myself notice her, been in the
habit of passing here for long time,
cvcy morning, at nine o'clock. The
circumstance was mentioned to me to-
day, and Sedlcy and | have been trying
to think what could make her so pune
tual to the hour
She may walk out for the benefit of
the morning air, or possibly to give her.
self airs, in her elegant promenade
dress, for you know our sex is apt to be
a little vain
AS she said this she stole a glance at
Sedlcy, and saw that he looked grave.
Yet, after ALL said she, casting
down her large, liquid blue eyes, so that
they were nearly veiled by their jetty
lashes, yet, after all, though | may
sometimes speak lightly of such things,
| can imagine how very sad it must be
for girl, like her, to be obliged to ap-
pear abroad in such old and faded gar
ments. Don't you think so, Mr.. Eu-
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There certainly can be nothing pleas
ant in it, he replied, yet, if I mistake
not, the young lady who has just passed
has something of deeper moment to
make her appearance sad, than being
obliged to wear faded calico dress
The involuntary smile, hardly pcrcep-
tible, and quickly reprcssed, which
curled the coral lips of Claribel, render
cd more expressive by being accompan-
led by a slight arching of the eyebrows,
at Sedlcy's referring to the poor, forlorn
looking girl, as the young lady show
cd that the solecism, as she considered
it, struck her as being too ludicrous to
permit her to maintain her gravity
Scdley became silent and oughtful,
and when Claribel took leave, it was
with consciousness, that she had not
made the progress in his good graces
which she had expected
The next day but one, half an hour
before sunset, Mrs Onslow, Ellen, her
eldest daughter, and Sediey Eustace,