I have always regarded her as the flower of our town." "The young man had good taste, it seems," Mrs.Montgomery remarked.
"Better than the young lady showed in taking him for a husband," said I.
"Ah?
Then your opinion of him is not so favorable." "He was not worthy of her, if I possess any skill in reading character.
But there was one worthy of her, and deeply attached to her at the same time." "This young Wallingford, of whom we were speaking ?" "The same." "But she didn't fancy him ?" "She did fancy him.

But--" "Was not able to resist the attractions of a New York merchant, when put in opposition to those of a humble country lawyer ?" "The truth lies about there.

She took the showy effigy of a man, in place of the real man." "A sad mistake.

But it is made every day," said Mrs.Montgomery, "and will continue to be made.

Alas for the blindness and folly that lead so many into paths that terminate in barren deserts, or wildernesses where the soul is lost! And so our young friend has been crossed in love." "The experience is deeper than usual," said I.Then I related, with some particularity, the facts in the case, already known to the reader.
Both the mother and daughter listened with deep attention.