Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-08-18

Pope's funds were used up, and the money
lenders refused a further supply.
81 have been a great fool !" thought
ShuflletDD Pope, "a he sat outside of the
coach on his way bach--"bu, that does
not prove that am not n genius" TINS
was The wsest remark ever made by Mr..
Sbuffleton Pope.
81 am gad TO see you back. nephew"
said his uncle. shaking him warmly by the
hand, land now hope You have had enough
of London. and viii turn farmer as propo.
sed vou should before"
Farmer, Uncle. but I've No farm I've
spent 1t all in London" replied Shuiilo'on
Pope, looking very foolish.
"Not quite so bad as that nephew re.
Piled the old man. "Tbe people came
down here 10 look at the farm aud found
| out what they were alter, so | arranged to
lend you the money out of my savings
Here are your mortgages and now you are
| a free man again"
"My dear uncle" said Shufile,on Pope
81 am very much obliged to you, and
certainly will turn farmer"
"As your fathers have always been be.
| fore; and nephew if you think Of taking
a wife to help you Louisa Is still at your
servlce--:he girl has fondness for YOU.
BY the-by, ! ought to tell you before you
see her, that she is not the handsome GIRL
ha; she was: she went away on visit and
took The smallpox which has Scared her
like vengeance but she is just as good a
girl as ever she was. 1t is a pity--but if
you had married her when first proposed
she would not have gone a junketlng and
would not have caught the disease"
"Nevertheless will marry her. and
thank you too" replied Shutfieton Pope.
81 ought to say that cannot give her
the money that intended. my good tel
low, for all my savings have been used up
into those mortgages but you know you
cannot spend your money and have it too"
~ will marry Louisa, live with you sir,
and work under you on the farm
"Why. then you will be happy man,
and tha''s better than being a genus
Shufflelon Pope was in earnest, He
saw Louisa, and although her face was
scanned and one OF her eyes had dropped
down in corner and had not strength
enough 10 get up again, still he adhered to
his resolution; and the poor girl, who had
always ycarned towards him when she
was handsome, was so grateful, so lmld
from the knowledge of her disadvantage,
and so intense III her admiration of hm.
hat he could not but feel pleased with her.
He put on high lows and lrudged over the
stiff clay of the farm with his uncle during
the day time aud at night he sat with
Louisa; and a she rever proposed candles
poor thing he did not particularly wish for
them TO look a. her face, he passed hours
away listening 10 the soft music of her
voice responding to her fond endearment-
and thought that he should be happy: and
so he would have been, had he not always
thought that he was genius.
A month passed away, when newspapers
arrived from London directed to Shutlle'on
Pope, Esquire, who wondered who could
have sent hem. The fact wa that among
the acqualnlances of our hero was a cen
tleman of the press, a sort of penny-a
liner, who after his work had been meas
ured, as they do a carpenters win foot
rule. and ne had received so much per
incf. found that he did not exactly build
up his fortune as fast as he could wish. and
that the table of Mr. Shufileton Pope was a
god send, which he very much missed
now that our hero had retired from the
world. Having a little interest in the
newspaper. he had contrlved to have IN
serted IN a review Of the magazine Of the
month when our heros article appeared
We understand that the verv clever
short tale IN --- Magazine, Is from the
pen of Mr. Shntflrton Pope of South Cooley,
"A very promising young writer" This
had endparpd him to our hero, who ALWAYS
welcomed him to his table when IN London,
and # NJ one else deplored the absence
Of Mr. Slufileton Pope this gentleman did,
To recall him, rouse him from his inglo-
rlous sloth, he had conrrIved 10 insert the
following paragraph, and now sent down
the paper in which it appeared. "This
Magazine is not SO good as it usually is
We miss one Of lis best writer's to whose
contributions we always turn when we cut
open the leaves. What has become OF
Mr. Shuille,on Pope The publisher must
be prepared to answer to the public II
he expects his magazine to continue it,
present extensive circulation. We again
ask, ,chat has become IF Mr. Skufleion
Pope"
This paragraph was as nectar TO our
hero; he read it over again, and then be
showed it to Louisa, who read it and
trembed, for she had sad forebodng in
her heart, and then he showed it TO hi,
uncle, who replied, well, tell them that
Shuflleton Pope has turned farmer and is
gong to be married." and afc, the first
hut,ering of his heart had subslded,
our hero thought the advice was not bad
and made up his mind to think no more OF
the matter.
But the affair did not rest here. Al,
though the reviews of magazines in news,
papers are much beneath the EDITORS at
tenlion, and turned over to the interiors of
the establishment, still their effect is
if 4 he, ,,,,l