New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-10
THE TWO BEAUTIES of THE GAMBER-
WELL ASSEMBLIES, I77S


"Aunt Margaret is too dark to see that embroidery
any Logger. Tell me y story"
The speaker looked somewhat too old 70 proffer such
q request. Bot Isabella Redmayne Wentworth, at
A." sweet seventeen woman In many Vhines was III
others sill child.
papa is asleep-fast asleep" she continued, fol-
lowing the glance OF Mrs. Margaret Eordyce to the
gentleman tested in the @n'c chair BY the blazing
my dear, have told you all my stories again and
again.
% But YOU must have some more, or make one
Mira Margaret, who was not the girl real aunt but
loved her dearly, looked long into her face.
Auntie please be quick"
How like you are TO your grandmother, Elsie J,
4" Not half 80 handsome as that portrait up-stairs L
wish / were
calm syeetness. Isabella WentwOrths beauty was
dover that she already feared might epoil az good
heart aud az generous temper Herefordthre could
boast "' Favor is decetful and beauty Ia vain, but
the women that feareth the Lord shall be praised
Isabella was silent minute, but from her gaze into
the placjd soened face above her, did but draw one
inference that beauty might endure 70 the last years Oh
the longest hfe and but then be at lie sweetest. .
Well, ny love, bat your story, have Thought OF
enc.
When / was youBg-siXty years ago now-we
lived al Canberwell very different place then from
now, my dear" added the old lady with something Of
a sigh. 10 gay place, too, bat we were happy and
you1g enough 10 be gay. Well, my love, we had cur
montby assemblies aud many other pleasant mestlngs
now passed away or despised. Al uese assemblies
often met two of the greatest beauties whom you
coud have found within ten miles OF London then,
NOW think YOU might search England through, In
vain 10 eqaal one Of them. MY dear, cannot give
Won their real names 80 we will call them Augusta and
Lucy" las, =, am ono,hor p,
Isabella iDterpOstd 49, ILL.,. o,.L
NV love" said the old lady, much shocked, " they
were The dearest friends. Augusta was tall, hne
oirI of sevt nteen when first knew her. with hand
hat
beautiful nevertheless il her fine, upright hg9re
end stateJy carriage that the gentlemen 20 admired
The old lady paused and sighed " Lucy was only one
wear Younger and Little graceful thng win nen' nr
and fair ompexion her eyes, was told, were very
lovely blue and open. She loved Augusta with all her
heart. they were companion beauties, no rivals
al shonld not like that J!
"My dear, may you ever ma as ooar iIei. U; az
Luey did In Augusta Lucy was poor, Augusta non,
vst she loved and sought her. Well, month AFTER
month were tnese two giIs admired, and many nus
hand giyen to either" AID Mrs Margaret smlled, DuI
folks found they were mistsken the year came ropuu;
end thew were stil but Misses. Meantime, Lucy had
been with her alher-poor ,hiDg abe had no m9toer-
IN vist On uncle in--we will cay Berkshire lie Wss
the rector of little country parish the suVumn Wa
rainN; he had no wifa-n0 CHI dreni ana "hllst nor
nncs and father were ont shooting or hshlng, Lucy
vyas ef, alone with the housekeeper taboy Cat, ana
Robinson Crusoe.'
az sht nd have run home"
Mrs Margaret smiled and paused. -,
vi,
US ooing 10 sy the last happy days OF her life but
,bst would have been far from true, though once enc
tIon0bt no. Well near the end OF her VISIT tns family
ems hack 10 the ball; there was grand rel OIL ing ana
6cg for with them s came 9S son sI had di 5ssu
yon,9ded ai Saratoga Well Lucy's uncle went 10
pay respects to the Squire and h lady snd R SOT sdg
GOOD wife 10 biu-yss a good woman-to all be tntT
due but Proudvey proud Well the SQUIRE SouI % pos
reu, Tie call bor did Lucy see any Of The famil, tll
tho Sunday, when my lady and her son appeared "a
the large hall pew The Squire's LADY looked Ike a
SoniIes lsdy in those days,-none of your infy mus
Inns and bareges bat Lady Anne then aud ever was IN
the richest brocade, ono, my dear that would have
stood by itself, well displayed by her hoop. lucy
watched Der as she sailed mp the se and thought her
TIE fines. lady she rad ever SEEN ny dear, size vas
also the cfDeleet."
Ieabellh looked up.
Mrs Margaret smiled. "But che wss very hand
some woman for all that nv love- and used her fan,
aud ,urseyed the people with surpaseng grace and
gnity. Her wide krts filed the httle aisle ana 30
behind her walked the young Colonel He-weh my
dear, be wa the bestlookng man ever Jaw; aoe'ef