\"Insuchdeliciousfanciestimequicklyglidesby,andthewelcomehourarrivesforherentranceintotheElysianworld,ofwhichshehashadsuchbrightdreams.Howfairy-likedoeseverythingappeartoherenchantedvision!Eachnewsceneismorecharmingthanthelast.Butafterawhileshefindsthatbeneaththisgoodlyexterior,allisvanity,theflatterywhichoncecharmedhersoul,nowgratesharshlyuponherear;theball-roomhaslostitscharms;andwithwastedhealthandimbitteredheart,sheturnsawaywiththeconvictionthatearthlypleasurescannotsatisfythelongingsofthesoul!\"
Andsoforthandsoon.Therewasabuzzofgratificationfromtimetotimeduringthereading,accompaniedbywhisperedejaculationsof\"Howsweet!\"\"Howeloquent!\"\"Sotrue!\"etc.,andafterthethinghadclosedwithapeculiarlyafflictingsermontheapplausewasenthusiastic.
Thenaroseaslim,melancholygirl,whosefacehadthe\"interesting\"palenessthatcomesofpillsandindigestion,andreada\"poem.\"Twostanzasofitwilldo:
\"AMISSOURIMAIDEN\'SFAREWELLTOALABAMA
\"Alabama,good-bye!Ilovetheewell!