The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-20

side was intending to make a tut or her, tor
the amusement of the by ISLANDERS, frightening
up at once, she began to take an interest in the
conversation and replied:
.Oh. YES, we have green things there but
| have seen greener ones already since came
TO the city.
No, dew tell said the unsuspicious dandy,
initiating Lucy's tone OF voice: how 5 wheat
neow?'
Well, wheat's poor, said Lucy. apparent
ly with much interest.
La, is it now, what pity! what's the
matter of it,
wear, and when thai is the case there is little
or no heal, and ii there is, it hasn't any thing
in it,
A few laughed heartily now, who had not
laughed before, and Herbert Ferguson, lay
ing down his book, fixed his eyes on the Yer
mont cousin as if he expected some amuse
ment.
The young fop fdgeted and turned red and
tapped his little boot with his cane, and laugh
ed silly laugh, as if he did not know just
what to make of the girl and then said;
Now l suppose You mean to grace the
theatre and opera with your presence don't
you?'
No, Lucy said, she though not
La now why not, but perhaps your ma
doesn't approve of your going to such places
MY parents did say they thought | had
better not have my mind distracted by such
amusements, especially while was al school
We'll it is bad for the mind found it So
and pa had to prohibit my going to such
places at all
Here came a perfect shrek of delig ht from
NJ. Fitz Henry admirers.
.Ahn answered Lucy, Il should have tho't
that you were perfectly safe from any danger
of that kind: did you attend menagerie?'
No my pa won't let me go there, either
he keeps very close.
Oh said Lucy, in patronizing tone, 1
shouldn't think Mot would hurt you. We
had very fine one through place this
fall, and was perfectly delighted with it.
NO. dew tell now what did you see?'
asked they dandy.
why l saw babboon dressed up like
man, regular top, you know, and really
said she, screwing up her eyes, and looking
at Mr.. Meredith t'tz Henry from head to
foot really, the likeness was SO perfect that l
should hardly have been able to tell which
was which: it was really perfect. cane, eye
glass and all; but l never imagined that one of
the first exhibitions | should see my arm
val in New York city would be that of
eDQeaNOrlng TO see now muCn he cOulu look
and act like babboon.'
The room now fairly rang with shouts and
screams of laughter: and soon as he could
be heard, Herbert Ferguson, who had enjoy
ed the whole thing nightly, called out,
Now. Fitz Henry, you had better beat
treat as soon as poss BILE, for you are only get
ting deeper into trouble And the dlScom-
fitted Young coxcomb who had Just begun to
MAJ hat no lQbt
muttered something about another engage
ment, and sneaked off, all that could be seen
in his face being of the deepesy crimson
From then the Vermont cousin was quite safe
from his attacks; indeed he seemed so thor
oughly uneasy in her presence, that if she
even came on the side of the room, which she
sometimes did on purpose to tease him, he al
WAYS found some excuse for changing his
seat.
Why. Lucy, YOU We're rather hard on that
poor young man tonight, said Mr.. Acton to
his niece after the company had retired, and
it must have come harder because he is accus-
toned to nothing but adulatIon from our wise
young ladies'
We'll, uncle. all | can say is, he brought it
upon himself; it is very unpleasant for me to
hurt the feelings of any one, and | was per
fecty civil to that young man, though it was
such a poor creature, till found that it was his
aim to hold me up to ridicule, as an unsophis-
ticated country girl. | thought it was only
fair to turn his own weapons against him.
Il think SO, too, Lucy, and l rather think it
is the last time any one here will attempt TO
quiz you.''
Helen Acton and Lucy Holmes began
school together the next term, at one of the
frs. schools in the city and it was not long be
fore those who had Lucy's education under
their care. became convinced that IN the Yer
mont young lady they had no ordinary mind
to deal with. She really came to acquire
while most Of the girls in the class
es with her. looked upon their school life as a
sort of ordeal through which it was necessary
to pass. before they could come out young
ladies; and spent their time in novel reading
trusting to chance or cheating for the man
ner in which they should acquit themselves
in the ctfss.
Lucy applied herself intensely, and soon
outstripped all in her classes, and was obliged
to 90 with her studies by herself At ev
cry examination she was the observed of all
observess-excelling in every branch Of study
and taking the first prizes in every department
her compositions, in particular. re
garded as master pieces, and in short, Lucy
was the pride OF the school.
During the two years of her life in New
York, her manners. too, had acquired polish
only given bv associ ton with people of re-
fnenent, and even Julia was proud TO intro
duce her cousin, Miss Holmes Lucy's ex-
ample and assistance were of great use to
| ieleu, who proved under her influence very
character from what she would have
been if left only TO the guidance of her gay
and fashionable sister Julia Though inferior
in intellect 70 Lucy. she was still superior to
the superficial young ladies' with whom she
associated; she really learned to love knowl
edge for is own sake, and prepared on leaving
school TO relish style of reading more i'm
proving than the light trashy works OF the day
which form the only reading of many OF our