Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-04-03
MISCELLANY.


From Chambers journal. Jan Il.
The STORY OF AN ENGAGED YoUNG Person
1T seemed very long journey that we
poor parliamentary passengers were taking,
in this early November weather, all the way
from London to Liverpool. rhc stoppagcs
were frequent enough, but of such short
duration that we had scarcely time to get
ourselves warm at the crowded gate before
the tine incxorahle bell rung for us to start
again, and off we went with shrick into
the binding fog 1t was positively too dark
to read with any comfort even if one was
so Indifferent to the biting air ~ to lend one
OF his hands to hold the book up we put
both of them in our pockets instead, or
more usually sat upon them to keep them
warm. 1t was only when the guard came
from time to time to look at our tickets and
trod upon our feet, that we began to feel
we had them, SO dead they were with cold
Sir observed Il comical looking tailor to
this official, your seats are too narrow to be
sat upon after my cross legged fashion 50
please be careful for although my trot are
frozen they will not bear.
This produced laugh, and then arose
little talk, principally about how miserable
we were, and then as poor people us We
began to tell what our business was upon
at Liverpool; whereupon it seemed that
half the carriageiul at least were cmigran's
Ino" ''hu ms s"y anu every t'le, however
WIN nnu 'n'oie VI 'cS VI ,n'''rH' prc'nso IL
was re"' anu ""'l'''' 80 .''h' we quit' ''rs"'
T Tul "e.ri"ess anu co'n lor '''t'' '''I"'
nv; S,"'. t,'i' nau "''Swel'' 81 "''i IL
sPrlsn',y ut'!or proposed 'h"' one "' t'.'
party shouid 'tii US r'g"iar history "l ms
own i'e IL ne chose' nut not only oi ms pres
CIV o''oun,sI"'ces' nut oi "hat mad Ieo 10
'nem-"n'cn was IN 'uea we All received
We eAPe'''o9 'h' ''iIor MN
Sen ~ Ign. nu' ,e s"iu no we must
s,;a ~ 'p.' vi I'M ." p'"uu' ,"S Sohie Io'g
e'Ps, u. paper, ne Wro'e "orn on one ana
SHOOK thein altogether IN hat, ana sent It
arouhu. iher' was great deal OF gigSllng
among the la'ies' ana II great deal ot secret
.t.it'o, """"rS '''' ""'n' "r't ',r " lo"G
,a., h,,,", rI'I i"n'ep w, c .'' ''."' iov Nv
ot ths e,,rn.r seats mnnoun"ed that the VIC
I'm, lad hn,n seIact.d and That from ,mon,
tba ladies'
She was cort,inlv IN. nloincst of the Go-
male nssrnpers Uer nose turned u,. and
her month had scarcely auv turn at nj
her hair was red and so were thc rims of
bor ewes and her ewes themselves were tar
from being good ones hut thore was Il
certain piouancy and srrirhtiness about
her. too' ns though she had been "A French
Iady's maid rather than AN English one
She looked AS if she could put her hand and
her well rounded arm to ANYTHING. and had
h.en very good temncred and ollirinr
thronghnnt the iourn.v II was undcr,to,d
1T had been expres,cd. indeed already
rather triumphantly hv the Young lndy
herself-that she was an engaged vonng
person, going out TO Australia to be married:
that there was somebody waiting uuon the
other hemisnhere with Gutstretched hands.
warming tn recaive ber os his bride She
would be II capitnl wife for n settler with
ont douht nltbouoh ncrbans in ENGLAND we
should have called her rather settler for IL
wife. She seemed to know very we'll, indeed
what we were all likely to think about this
matter, but she didn't care
If I had been little hetter lookinr-shc
heaan bar storv with this--l mirht never
L,,Ind nv ,t Ioost NOT tbn man
ey to mnrrv h,m unnn. which is the same
hin, The unsuit,hleness of NV face 10
whnt may he allowed to call a very tolrrl.
ha f,rra has b.en literally the means of
hrstnwinp huppiness. ns hope. upon .Jo.
sanb md oC nuttino rIOO into INV uwl
ndrket And this was how it ali cam,
hut. INV l,te mistress who was very kin,
,o ma ana had intended. moor thin,-ro,
she told me so-to leave me comlortahl,
nroyided for. took me over with her. sevci
pe,rs auo to PARIS. She WAS "A widow mdv
fond of a'gay life and brilliant amusements
and TINT unce suited her SO well, that -h
made IT her home. and |, buta little 10th
remained there too. JOSEPH and had key
cnmIanv together before that time, but il
was NOT M foolish ns to wish me to giye II
nv expectations for the sake Of hurrie
marriage; he said that he would wait =;
tiently, dear fellow, although the great su
sea was to roll between US, aud there coul
be no chance of his getting IL letter mon
than once day. lie was Il mason : assi-
ant in London. and yery hardly worked,
seemed. for he himself was not able to r
plv nearly so often however, of course
was not n bird. so that | could be- in "
places at once. 80 made the best of it. Al
was as happy AZ a confidential lady's mai
under such circumstances, could hope to l.
huI haeu rron,r,n, !
mistr.ss who was "A very splendid dress,
for the opera; my only fellow servant "
on leave of absence for some days; aud ,
cent the porter in the courtyard, there "
nobody, when the carriage had driven
that night, in the whole house save myse
therefore, having nothing better-or
least nlcer-to do, and being IN my II
tress's bedroom among her beau
ful robes and ornaments, it was hardly
be expected that should resist such
opportunity of irving them ON The ru'
besides being charmiugly hung with Il
rors had n delicious tull-lcugtll SWING
glass. and before this amused myself
good long while. | bohed how MAIDEN
selle Elizabeth Martn-that Is my pres