THE UNFORTUNATE LOVEK. 4^9 



called Jemima " the Vinegar Lady"-a title which has ever since 

 been kept up on her. 



The reader will be prepared for the conclusion: Jemima never 

 looked on me m mercy after the awkward occurrence. It so cha- 

 gnned her, that, m four months after, she emigrated to Van Die- 

 man s Land, where I hope she is now happy. 



.< I;;vere useless to attempt any description of how I felt after beinff 

 cut by Jemima, as she and I were on the terms of marriao-e-of 

 which fact I now mform the reader for the first time. Time* how- 

 ever, gradually diminished my misery. Ere twelve months elapsed 

 1 was in love a second time. 



I mean to be as brief in my description of my second Dulcinea as 

 1 was in that of Jemima. Her name was Letitia— observe what fine 

 names both my inamoratos had. Letitia was as pretty and good as 

 Jemima; and that ,s saying a great deal. I have often thought none 

 but themselves could be their parallels. I first fell in love with Le- 

 titia at a tea-party ; but had no opportunity of letting her know the 

 thing for some weeks after, which weeks'l thought^so manyLes! 

 V\ hen I did get my mind opened to her, she assured me she had felt 

 towards me exactly ,n the same way. What a lucky oincidence ! 

 thought I I devoutly thanked the gods for being so propitious. She 

 asked me (o write some poetry for her album, assuring me she to. 

 without condescending to tell me how she had come by the know- 



i iFf.: } ''^ ?'^''* ff^"'"' ^"'^ ^" admirable taste that way. I can 

 call the gods to witness that I never wrote a line of poetry of mv 



^i^' '\v-\''^f • ««^^^^'-' there was no necessity for tellinl'LetUia 

 that. With the assistance of Moore I managed to write fo? my in! 

 amorato's album. " Now," says she, knowingly, as she read it '"l 

 knew what you could do." "^ ^ ' ' 



in dl^JT''"!!'' °"'' •"^•■••'^g^ day ^as fixed. I need not waste time 

 n describing how matters progressed to this consummation. Suflice 

 It to say that, when I got Letitia to " say the word." I was on the 

 very best terms with myself, more especially as I knew ThatT had 

 had several rivals to contend with. 



To be sure, even after she was pledged to me, one of these— Brae 

 mar was his name-continued hi^ visits; but then Letitialuld no 

 be so unc.v.1 as to order him out when he called. I had not the 

 njosdislant apprehension of any danger from the visits of Braemar 

 but I must own I sufl^ered a good deal of annoyance from the cri 

 cumstance as ill-natured people made a bad use of it. I was teased 

 out of my life with insinuations and allegations, that Letitia was onW 

 playing he coquette with me ; nay, that she was delibe?a7e^v and 

 sys ematical y fooling me, and that Braemar was the object Sr at 

 fections, and would eventually be her husband. ^ 



as serl^J''''" '""^^tf'^d "P ^^--ti'^de enough to bear all this in so far 

 as self was concerned; but there was ««oMer party interested • the 

 cliaracter of Letitia was reflected on, and thaf I Im no endu e 

 ro act as a warning to others, I one evening called out an u "iv 



Wrifv : d" "^ '""'^. r"^"^"y ''^^ '■" hislnsinuations as toM'e 

 sincerity and constancy of Letitia's affection for me. The challena-« 



K." N;^5. •" ' P"Wic^house. in presence of two other pe^r! 



