defcribed Itfelf. \ The Captain having been all the morning,
in L o n d o n , after dinner alked his fon if he -had been at
fame place, he had, before he went ,to town, directed him tq
Call at, with a particular meffagesi The fa<5t was, the: two
young friends had been amuiing themfelves with throwing
the fpear, and the bufinefs had been totally forgotten .—Captain
WmsON:, was hurt at the negledt, and told: his Ibn it
was ver^ i^fe'and carelefs; this being Ipoken in an impas
tient tone of.voice, which L ee Boo Conceiving was a mark
of anger in the father, flipt unobferved out of the parloui;..
The matter was inftantly forgotten, and Ibmethihg r§lfe
falked of, when L ee Boo being miffed, Harry W i l s o n
was fent to look after him, who finding him in a back room
quite dejected, defired him to. return to the family ;,;Le:e
Boo took his young friend by the hand, and on entering the
parlour went up to the father, and laying hold ofhis, band
joined it with that of his fon, and preffing them- together,
dropped over both thofe tears of fenfibility, which his affed-
tionateheart could not on the occafion fupprefs, -
> Captain W il so n and the young Prince dining with me
early after his. arrival, I was alking how he wasyaffeCted by
painting; on mentioning the fubjeCt, Dr. C a r m i gH M A
Smyth, whom I had requelled to meet this..hranger,
wilhed me to bring a miniature of myfelf, that we
might all thereby obferve if it ftruck him; he took it
in his hand, and inftantly darting his eyes toward me,
called
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„called-out, Mÿfen K e a t e - t-^erfmrc^erygpods— The Gapfain
then alking him, if ohé hnd erftood what- 'it fignified ? he*re-
plied, L ee Boo- undêrfian&wMl-ÿ^Spat Miffefc K e a t e die-—this.
Miffètr-JLe ArsJive.— A - -treatife - on the -utility and intent, of
portrait-painting could not have better defined the.art than
this little-fentençé.
. Mrs. W il so n defiring L ee Boo, who was on.the oppofite
fide of-the tablp, to fend- her fome.,cherries* jperçeiying .that
he w ay goin g to take them-up with his fingers,joeofely nb-
ti^edit: to. bina-, -he inftantly reforted.to.a fpoopk but,ffehfibfn
that he had difcovered a -little unpolitenefs^ bis.coqnteninçe
was in a moment fuffufed w ith a blulh, .that yifibly forced
itfelf through his dark complexion.
A lady,‘who was of the party, being incommoded -by the
violent heat o f the day, was nearly ^fainting, and, obliged to
leaŸeTthe room ; this amiable youth" feémed much diftr-effed
at the accident, and feeing her appear* agâin wbbffWewere
fummoned'to. tea, hrs^inquiriesj'ràna plrucffîâf attention to
her, as llrongly marked his tendernefs,..^s<:it did his goodbreeding;
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He^ was fond.of riding iiua cQ&ch beyond,any other conveyance,
becaufe, he faid, peopre^could, be-carried where they
wanted to go, and at the famè tîme fit and côùÿerfe together.-
He feemed particularly pleafedl^t, g o in g to church,-and,
though he could not comprehend the- fervice*.,yet h e perfectly
underftoôd the intent, o f it, and -always behaved there
with remarkable propriety and.attention-
IIS
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Captain.