East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-12-02
EAST SAGINAW MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY DECEMBER g. 1863

duced by their husbands influence in
the lower house; barons and rotainers;
old ladies and young; professors of all
the liberal arts; opulent men, and
penniless gentlemen.
Among this heterogeneous mass
were two friends, young men of for
tune. The one was called Mortimer,
and the other Bryant the first was
the son of rich Yorkshire landhold-
er, wild, good-natured, handsome,
scatter-brained fellow of about three
and twenty, whose leading trait was a
mad penchant for chemistry, which he
had acquired when boy, during his
education at one of tho principal
schools in tho neighborhood of Lon
don. The other was a mild, gentle
manlysyoung man, a few years older
than his companion less handsome
in his appearance, but evidently more
under the control of his reason.
AT the period of the introduction of
this pair to the reader, Bryant was
talking most cnergetitally TO his COM
panion, when the eye of the latter was
attracted by the figure Of Lady DEL
mont, the donor Of the fete, who ex-
hausted by tho heat and confusion,
half reclined on sofa, unnoticed and
neglected.
She appeared about fivo-and-twcn-
ty her eyes were black and spark
ling; her foot was small, and her ankle
beautiful her ebon-colored hair hung
in rich clusters of curls over her fore
head, and formed striking contrast
with its brilliant white; her nose was
Grecian, her mouth small, her teeth
polished and regular, and her lips
were naturally fragrant, pouting, and
red but when they were not, she
mumbled and bit them till they be-
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iinitely preferable to painted salve.
snow, you do not mean, with all
your hyper-caution," cried Mortimer,
as though replying to some expostula-
ton on the part of his friend, that
an evil can accrue from my being civil
to beautiful but forsaken woman p
and, so saying, Mortimer, advancing
up to Lady d d'Elmont, addressed her i'll
his most conciliating tone.
"lf you are not engaged, may
have the honor Of dancing the next
dance with you madam Z"
The baroness raised her eyes, and
admired the fine manly figure before
her.
"Sir,'I thank you, but! / do not
dance"
"You are fatigucd then, madam?'
"Yes, sir"
81 must confess that the room is
certainly most intensely warm. Will
you allow me TO procure yon an ice p
=, ,,l "Yqa are are right, 1 bencvo, maaam )
a pause, "thc Lady d'Elmont acts
very foolishly i'll thus over-iilling her
roomsW
Her ladyship looked at him for a
moment with surprise, and then re-
piled
eyes, sir"
"But il all results, madam, from the
love of notority; from, i'll fact, the
love of shining i'll the newspapers :"
eyes, sir"
".And for this paltry, rcprehensiblc
vanity, many charming check is de-
prived of its roses, and many lovely
creature oppressed y glanced at the
baroness with n most significant and
tender expression.
ayes, sir"
"But Lady d'Elmont, / understand
from good authority, is II weak - a
very weak woman indeed, madam"
Tho baroness arose, and walked
away.
"Do you know, sir, to whom you
have been speaking all this while p
cried listener to Mortimer, with
agony in his countcnance.
at was Lady d'Elmont."
Mortimer was paralysed for an in-
slant; but looking round and finding
that his friend was not witness to his
etoWderic, he speedily recovered him
self, and walked away, muttering, "lt
is her own fault ; public characters III
parties, like decanters on tables
should be labelled, to warn us whom
to pass and whom to taste; or ticketed
like pictures III an exhibition room, sc
that as one looks for the name of the
artist, to ascertain the merits of the
painting, one might have the advant.
age of seeing tho personal charms o.
the lady through the medium of hel
reputation"
In the mean time the barones:
walked away, apparently as calm and
unrufiicd as though no contyctemps hat
occurred; for what woman of fashioi
ever allows herself to be ill-humorct
with anybody but her husband ? Al
to tho baroness, whether she had ont
or no, was a subject of indecision ever
with her inmates for, if she had ono
her grandeur threw so vast shadow
around her, that he was lost in it.
But her ladyship was really not dis
concerted for though her reputation
as woman of understanding haC
been perhaps, little manglcd b,
Mortimcr's remarks, yet too man,
compliments had been applied to he
person not to render tho set-of per
fcctly satisfactory. For the barones
was entirely of the opinion of Straton
ice,
That princess with thousand charms,
When some malignant painter drcw,
As lying in n soldiers arms;
And yet this painter from the dame
Received reward, instead Of rigor,
Because, though he bccd her name,