Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-12-27
I'll fly to her at once"

staring tor! Pon my soul | believe
you've lost your wits. My youngest
daughter, sir-Jane Drysalter, a for.
tune for any man. All! now | see
you're coming TO reason now you're
as cool as a cucumber. Sit down, Wen
talk the matter over. The fact is Au-
gustus, have observed your attention
at church,"
al was not conscious, sir
"No-l know you weren't. But,
young men, &C., as | said before. |
witnessed your attentions, and that put
a plan in my head. | had long tho't
of doing something for you, and thinks
to myself, there are my two daugh.
ters-Emily has a lover, Mary is very
pretty and a catch another, but Jane
is ~unsaleable, not a pretty article, con-
f~oundedly plain to tell the truth yet
she can't die a spinster-there's Sum-
merry, a devilish good fellow, sticks to
his stool in the counting house as if his
pantaloons were made of q Burgundy
pitch plaster--he shall marry her and
become her partner and min for life.
Like the idea--hey =
"Sir, | am completely overpowe.
ed !"
well, well. sleep it off, and to-mor-
row morning I'll spare you from the
counting-room fortwenty minutes, and
you can make your advances. | war.
rant you wont sleep a wlnk-young
blood-young blood"
cpl be shot if | shall! !" muttered
the disconsolate clerk, as, having bid
his employer good night, he tramped
away to his distant lodgings. swell,
what can't be cured must be endured"
as Mr.. Drysalter says. "To think OF
losing that Saratoga sylph, and mar
rying her aptipode Oh | sha'nt
sleep a wink 10 night" Notwithstan.
ding his last ejaculation, the miserable
young man enjoyed a tranquil nights
repose.
CHAPTER III.
On the following morning, at ii A.
M. the glass handle of a bell pertaining
to a door in Sunbridge street, on which
the name of Drysalter was inscribed,
was vehemently pulled by a young gen
tleman in full visiting costume. The
bell was answered by a stupid foo:boy
who assured Mr.. Augustus Summary
that Miss Jane was at home, though a
gauche country girl from the head oil
the staircase announced that /" mistress
said she wasn't at home" Up stairs
however, and into the drawing room,
did Mr.. Summary march, where he
found ocular demonstration tina: the la
dy was visible. The head clerk was
not a man accustomed TO be daunted in
the presence of the fair sex, but on this
occasion he was deserted by his sell
possession. He twirled his hat awk-
wardly in his left hand, made the worst
possible bow, and sank with an i'll
grace into a chair. The lady, cold
and embarrassed, occupied a fautueil al
the opposite end of the apartment.
"Mlss Drysalter-hem?" common.
ced the lover.
"Mr. Summery--hem !' replied the
lady
"Your father has doubtless"
He has, Mr.. Summary"
"Proposed a firm"
"Of which | shall not be a partner,
| assure you, Mr.. Summery."
Madam"
"Our long acquaintance justifies an
explicit avowal. You do not like me
| do not like you. We only agree in
our mutual aversion. dare not make
a confdant OF my father, you dare not
offend him-we must temporiZe--ap-
pear intimate, tho we are only friends.
The reason | will explain to you at
length at some futuretime. Return to
the counting.room, and endeavor 10
look delighted. The task | perceive
will not be a hard one. Bon jour-"
Gam | in a Dream" said Mr.. Au-
gustus Summary, as he turned out of
Sunbridge street into the Bowery. AS
he uttered these words, hearing the
Gathering of horses feet, and looking
up, he saw a lady on horseback, at
tended by a fierce gentleman with whis-
kers. 1t was the sylph of Saratoga,
and her sanguinary brother. A wave
of the whip and the horses sprang out
of sight.
"Who is she 7" inquired Augustus
of a stranger, who paused, like him,
to look at the lady.
81 no speak Anglis," returned the
man with an ominous stare.
"Oh Pm the most unhappy man
in the world" cried the head clerk,
dropping into al eating-house-" wal.
ter, you may fry some oysters"
In the clearinghouse, the head clerk
found his friend, Jack Invoice, who
was in the lace line, and after they
had satisfied their appetites they salli.
ed into the streets together. Jack as
ked Augustus what made him look so
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