, 1840-02-22
GslcGEe0 AIigreIIaun.
From The Ladies Companion.
FEE CHEAT.
OR, TIE OLD NAN OCTHoNE.

OR, THE OLD NAN oCTDoNE.
aWell, Julia, suppose ! ask your fht'lcr
any how; his refusal cannot make things
much worse than they are 1T present. Sus-
p,nss, Julia, is the cause OF The most miSer-
able feelings"
"Ne must not bn too hasty. Robert; our
situation requires caution; by 4 iIit!' man
agement we may possibly succeed, gloomy
as the prospect appears ID he. My dpIt
saw any thing to Pa about i'll hai much
rather YOU would not. The best possible
vay TO accomplish our wishes Is not to ad-
vance too soon.'
a'roo soon-too soon, Jd,:l. Have we
not been waiting two years AID morc, and
have vou not been preaching the san" doc
trine Of stoo soon aIl tas wa.le! Too soon
indeeIr'
swell, now, don't be angry; throw fiat
fro n from your c~.untcu Inca and iook pleas
ant; we'll immediately set about some plan
by which to effect what yoI 50 much desire;
come, smile away your anger-the SKIES OF
love are sometimes clear
Rober. Ntoultcie hli loved Julia Hal
lowell, AMI she loved hin, about four years
ana 4 half. more or less; two years and more
had passed since they had agreed "come
wsaI. come re-" they would trul5c thro'
life together. Two long yearS.-no wonder
Robert had lost his plti:nce; the wonder Is
WHY Julia had not lost hers. Two years
would seem TO be an eternity to wait upon
the eve of bliss, and yet delay the h1P2y con-
summation. -,
Julia's fa,her was a wealthy shipper OF
the port Of Charleston, 5. c. Soma o. | m
habitants may remember the firm oi !ili-
lowell AMI IIadliagton. He was an upright
and honorable man, bat withal an Old school
aristocrat, whose ipSe Dirt was law supreme
wherever his power could be exercised.
Robert Mou!trie w.s 4 clerk in his coun-
TING room. ami his salary, which was his soc
dependence, though far above the pIttance
allowed 70, the services of young men stint
larly situated, and amply sufficient 10 war
rant him in assuming the expenses OF a lam
ilv. did not elevate him 10 that Importance IN
society which would Justify hin in Presam-
ing upon the hand AMI heart OF tie dauSh-
ter of a wealthy shipper.
The character of this young gentleman
was un!mpeachable. and he wlsas much
respected for his talents as he was for his
correct departments; but (bqt Is a wicked
world the curse of Gingaukin was on him
--he was poor. ,
Robert had been in the counting room oil
Nh. Ii. since he was fourteen years oil age;
he had grown up in ils family and by the
side of his lovely heiresS, whohad been prom
ised 10 a Ling Of wealth and show-tliat
thing was in the Indies, aInasSlng riches to
Law at he feet of his BEAUTIFUL BRIDE; and
his soul had on 1.-THE stlil Of dishonor, and
Julia had vowed he should never call her
wife. Mr.. IL. knew that Robert generally
attended his daughter to church, went and
came with her when she visited her friends,
and SO on-but he never dreamed that the
willy Cupid was welding his darts success
fuIIv in the bosoms Of both; and the arrows
of ;he LITTLE god were firmly fixed, and he
dealt out the siIhen cord until they were far
out upon the sea OF love, too Tar TO proceed
or return without each other.
ado tell mo, Robert, what Is the matter
with yout have been a witness to your
downcast looks and sorrowiul appearance,
until | have grown melancholy myself
What's the matter boy?'
This question was asked by MIR. Halo
we'll one day when he and Robert were 10
the c%ountinc.room alone; and if ever any In
dividual has passed through n like fiery tri-
al. he can have some idea OF Roberts feel
mos. when the man whose daughter he loved,
and was contriving the best plan to get from
him, addressed him in such kind and alice
Tomato language. 1t went too dreeP, howev-
err, into the secrets Of Roberts bosom Tor
him to return a quick reply. Mr.. IL. plain
~ saw that something was working on his
mind that made him unhappy, d he wished II
possible to remove the cause; he urged a
candid revelation of all that affected his feel
ings, and promised his assistance TO relieve