The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-08-06
4 OUSTN KATE;
OH
TIL E LAST FILTRATION,
ny CAROLINE d. STANTON.

The sunlight Of bright spring morning
stTeamed into the chamber windows of a
fashionable mansion, in New York, and
startled the occupants of the room into
which it had made SO sudden and unccre-
snonious an entree, into the conviction that
1t was late i'll the day, and most unsca-
soaahle hour for breakfast; So, with long
yawn Arthur Melville lcisurcly tumLlcd out
of bed, and commenced his toilet. lie was
a fine looking fellow ar about six and twcn-
ty, with a fine clear cut face, an erect fig
nre, and high, white forehead, Which
gave promise Of :, moro than ordinary
measure Of intellectually.
lie is tying his cravat, however, with 4
strongly marked expression Of disgust re-
fecting itself in the mirror before him, and
it:Wonld puzzle n conjurer to divine what
had caused the olninous frown that wrin-
kled his brow.
eArthur Melville possessed youth, wealth
and talents, a dowry that fortune rarely be-
slows OIL her most favored SONS. All the
young men envied linn his fast horses, his
inexhaustiblc purse, and his talents for Set
ting the table in roar at convval sup
per, and all tho bellies parade,l their various
destinations at his approach, like SO many
fancy articles at 4 fair, each with the hope
that she might bo the mistress Of those
splendid grcys, and welded 10 the posses
sor of those Irresistible. melting black
eyes.
Nevertheless, the fortunate owner of all
these enviablc qualities looked ON this NOR
ming decidedly cross and stupid, and as the
disconnected sentences which ho muttcrs
half aloud, may give some clue to the cause
of his annoyance, we will listen
81 can't for the life Of me imagine" he
muttered, impatien,ly kicking aside pair
Of shining boots that confront him in his
search after slippers, "why who Heaven
knows have sense enough to be angry at
myself for yielding to temptation, can find
any pleasure in the empty delights Of
champagne supper, and the proG.nc, sour
riious jests Of the noodles who arc my as
sociates on such occasions. I am getting
cured Of all those notions that my chum,
Frank Hart used 10 call "radical," and
"Quixotical," and am fast dcgencrating in
to the New York rouc, almost leader Of
dissipated fellows with neither culture nor
refinement. intended TO attach myself to
the New York bar, and to have stood high
in my profession, but find my natural in
dolencc of disposition over mastering all
tlielligh resolves l had formed in MY youth.
Iwish had been born a country farmers
son, with no capital but lis head and hands,
: ]. might then feel the necessity for work,
and be spurrcd into exertiug tho powers
God has give me. After. all, I believe if
were comfortably married, with a wife with
whom could spend my evenings, really
believe that should have thcproper impe
tus to set me going. But who can I mar
ry!-here's the rub.
What could do with one Of those fur
beloved and hounccd machines in silks and
whalebopes, WHO sigh and simpcr and sim
per andisigh SO necessarily. If could find
q nice little country girl who would love me
: for my own sake, and would grace my fire
SIDE IN that enchanting, home-likc way, that
: Ike Masyel describes in his >" Rcverics," it
ssssould be The liappicst idea, but 7 mover
could find such one here. aBy Joye "
iiecontinucd, suddenly stfillng the table et
his elbow, ,sunlil' tho delicate Gbrcs. of tho
/. wood separated under the blow, 9Th follow
: up that idea. I've half mlnGto go and
> SEQ esLintop, WHO lives in the snuggest Of
= cohntry villages, and SEQ If can't find
..sotIe eartless Village. beauty who will love
! NE With ,all slier heart, and will make mo
happy byr becoming Mrs. Arthur Mel.
j, Iis mother. Of our hero, and tho
9 ssm;atresa aehelor establishment; was
!: s:someWhat at.start]ed at his abruptly aa1oupcs
sads sdepatturefo Tor a,snmmer's sojouri in tile
s:littisyn Of Greenfield, but she was too
:,1asl accustonlad TO. his ccceptric-moyes
aents qssel more tlia6 a lnondontafy SIR. SIR
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Our hero, tlep,~ afteeahe lapse Of
from tAe time his resolve
s. aaaiss sonseon onesd.in she fsdili1
fatbfi lin one- Of +thoss abeaaljfiit
s lagss q. tle SanEstof The sii1sa.
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