Graham's magazine . \ - - ,\ ? | i I ? BTSARTAlN. ? , ... GRAHAMS MAGAZINE. PHILADELPHIA: AUGUST, 1842. No. 2. Vol. XXI. THE BUD AND BLOSSOM A REASON FOR BACHELORISM. BY MRS. SEBA SMITH. You have told me, Mr. Hunter, at least a dozentimes, you would reveal to me the secret of yourbachelorism; now we have no visiters, and noprospect of any; the quiet patter of the rain hastempted you to cigar and slippers; and that dimburning of the coal in the grate, the drowsy fire ofJune, just enough to dispel the damp, and not enoughto rouse one uneasy nerve, is of itself a pledge for along, t
Graham's magazine . \ - - ,\ ? | i I ? BTSARTAlN. ? , ... GRAHAMS MAGAZINE. PHILADELPHIA: AUGUST, 1842. No. 2. Vol. XXI. THE BUD AND BLOSSOM A REASON FOR BACHELORISM. BY MRS. SEBA SMITH. You have told me, Mr. Hunter, at least a dozentimes, you would reveal to me the secret of yourbachelorism; now we have no visiters, and noprospect of any; the quiet patter of the rain hastempted you to cigar and slippers; and that dimburning of the coal in the grate, the drowsy fire ofJune, just enough to dispel the damp, and not enoughto rouse one uneasy nerve, is of itself a pledge for along, tranquil evening. And yet—by no means, mydear sir, do nt toss aside your cigar, and as to sigh-ing, it is out of the question—you are too stout forsentiment, have a well-to-do air, a sort of tell-talegood-dinner aspect, that do nt accord well with thesentimental. Mr. Hunter drew from his bosom a small minia-ture, the portraits of two sisters, the one a girl ofseventeen, the other a child of seven or eight—abud and a blossom of female lov
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