Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-05-14

: Hak u us eSS4Cs - fAAACl4 rs mine.
replied tie daughter, with gre8l tranquil.
~ cannot speak 81 il without lis
con nt but viii ask bin when see
hina, q declare his name. z
This reverse only excited the curiosity
81 M Lebrun. He pressed bis daugh.
Ter more and more to name her lover. At
lass She said Give me only three days,
and ill then conceal nothing from
op
ie next day the young director 81 The
now insurance company to promote mar-
rage, came to pay q visit e bis partner.
Oh my dear fellow, said II. Lebrun,
when he saw him. . you VII never
Guess what y
That my daughter IS alieady inspired
by the tender passion"
Oh, said the director, ethat must be
the effect of the insurance.
wonderful effect it is, at all events.
Why, a month has not elapsed since the
Insurance took place. By Jove you are
fortunate, If we have only another such
piece of good fortune, the fame of the
i
company will be in every persons mouth. )"
They We're conyersing IN this manner
when Euphemia entered the room. She
blushed on seeing the stranger.
My daughter" said M. Lebrun, to
the young man" What do you think of
her Z"
".She is admirable! ] can venture TO
predict she will not PASS another wear
without"
Father said the young girl, regard
ing by turns the two speakers, prom
ised to inform you of the person whom
love, This is he %
"Good heavens I! Is it possible, cried
the astonished capitalist.
Accordinglyto our regulations, = said
the director very gravely, = was bound
TO seek every means not to allow the spe-
CITED time to pass without
True, true. But Euphemia, how did
you get acquainted with monsieur ~
s saw him in the country one day III
going out. He used to come afterwards
every day. He helped me cultivate my
flowers. We walked out in the park,
and, at last | found his visits too short,
thought tina. by coming to Paris should
see him more frequently, and for a longer
time"
lin showing my zeal for the interests of
the society,"" continued the speculafor, 81
considered
"Come my young friend, . said the sur
prised father, "you are clever fellow.
Stunned as ! have been, / must acknowl-
edge that the matter has something anu
sing in it"
81 protest to you, considered that !
faithfully performed my duty"
"No use in talking of it now. You
already have the eight hundred thousand
francs fortune"
.Quite correct" said the young man,
taking Euphemia by the hand, with the
air of amartyr to his duty. /" This is a
glorious beginning. We shall have such
custom from. this affair.-We must abso-
lutely gain millions !"
THE OLD MAIDS FIRST OFFER.
must tell you the hear. fending story
II have long wished to do so, and the
time is at length arrived. Here her
voice dropped into confidential Whisper
Poor dear Major Ogilvie, who is now dead
and gone--heigh no had been long
showing me marked attention ,-in fact,
paying his addresses, though he never
made his declarations when one morn.
ing, after having sung me a song of Fari.
nelii's-the music / believe was Gluck's !;
ali! you should have heard the Major, he
aoas such sweet singer. Well, the Doc
tor had gone out TO buy q new invented
fish sauce,-poor dear man! he does like
to have his fish well dressed-and / re-
member, be took Franchette, my little
beauty of a spaniel, with him. so that the
Major and were all alone in the break.
fast parlor, when looking beseechingly in
my face, he suddenly went down on one
knee before me-oh, there UdS gallantry
in those days and taking my hand,
which he tenderly pressed, made a pas
sionate avowal of his love. felt my
self blushing crimson, when, at this agi-
Eating moment, Just as was going to ut.
ter a palpitating confession of my par.
tialIty, my eyes began TO twinkle felt a
tingling in my nose, my mouth opened 10
spite of myself, and sneezed like an ex.
plosion of gunpowder right ia bis upturn-
ed and inlploring face Now. DO tell me,
Lady Susan, you know how tremendously
always sneeze, did you eUer of all the
| awkward occurrencesl
The Major started, as well he might,
i Int rafovared himself -el did -lle g5s7