The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . me. We wrote our namesand the hour of calling on one of the pillars ofthe piazza, and retraced our steps home. If wehad had cards with us, it would have been in ac-cordance with true etiquette to have placed themunder the door. On reaching my room, I wrote a long letter to S entreating her to come and join us here. After tea I merely took two or threeturns on the walk, and then came up to seal myletter for the mail, and make ready for the ball;which, by the bye, was the gayest and brig
The White Sulphur springs; the traditions, history, and social life of the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs . me. We wrote our namesand the hour of calling on one of the pillars ofthe piazza, and retraced our steps home. If wehad had cards with us, it would have been in ac-cordance with true etiquette to have placed themunder the door. On reaching my room, I wrote a long letter to S entreating her to come and join us here. After tea I merely took two or threeturns on the walk, and then came up to seal myletter for the mail, and make ready for the ball;which, by the bye, was the gayest and brightestwe have had. Murray played with spirit, andwe encouraged him by dancing until half-past ten—it was eleven before we had talked the dayover, and as it is now some time after, I very cheer-fully say good night. Thursday, . I had just fallen asleep last night when I wasawakened by the sound of music. I listened. Itcame nearer and nearer, and I discovered it wasthe band serenading. At length they stopped be-neath our window for half an hour, and then againpassed on, stopping occasionally on their way,. Journal of a Lady—Year l8jy 133 until the sounds were completely lost in the dis-tance. Serenades are of nightly occurrence three nights since, I listened to some of thesweetest music I had ever heard, from a guitar, aflute and three voices. Apropos to serenades, I was much amused to-day by an anecdote related to me by a lady whohad an active part in the scene. It seems thatshe and her cousin, a young lady of much ro-mance and spirit, were here last summer, and thefirst among those who were most courted andadmired. Two gentlemen, friends of theirs, wereto leave the springs next morning, and from someintimation given during the day, the ladies un-derstood that they were to receive that evening afarewell serenade. My cousin, continued she, determined to re-ward them and proposed forming wreaths of flow-ers to be lowered to them at the conclusion oftheir song. After
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