Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-05-16
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liner. "A strange coiaeidenee, however,
occnTod for she was handed into the
carriage by the very ssme genileman TO
whom she had lent the sogeg eignsOp the
former occasion, and who it aPpe AIRED was
returning to toWnsby The very, sane Train
as herself. Indeed he took bis seat %
before, exactly opposite TO her; but afler
smile Of recognition bad passed be-
tween them, Mary observed en- express
sion half mirlhfpl, half scoEnful, pass over
h;s face, a. the old NnFSe entered the
earTiage; butit was eVidenflY Doi 0cca-
stoned BY pAtrician distaste at the pros
pect Of plebian fellow traveller, for be
Paidlhe respect due to age, and assisted
her in with care and attention. Il was
somewhat remarkable that no attempt was
made to admit taDy,other passengers INTO
the vacant seaisof the carriage our tFay-
ellers occupied, What passed on the
journey has therefore never been clear
ly ascerlained, for old Nurse pleads guilty
to having fallen asleep, and the other par.
ties 10 this day, refuse TO give any acr
count Of their conversation, S sisqsaai
.Aboutamonth after this event, NATL.
da Lawford received long letter from
her cousin Mary. 1t treated Of divers
matters; and to Sards the end, Just on
corner of the paper, communicated the
fact th at she (tFie wFiter) was engaged
to be married, Of course TO the handsome.
est, cleyerest and most delightful per,
son in Europe. She added; however that
he was not rich; being yet Astruggling
upwards at the bar ,"and expressed in
touching language her own ihankfnlness
to Providence for that fortune which
would always relieve them from the,
pressure of povertys The postscript,
however, contsined the pith Of her leti or.
ItFan thus:-- 'lsmay as well tell yon at
once, what you must know sooner or la
teT--don't quiz me but Mf Raymond
/ is.the geutiemansWhO sentLne the beau
| tifnl bouquet, and white and silver purse.
He managed 10 procure an introduction
louncle William, who knew him very
we'll BY report, and has visited here con.
stanlly since Icame to London.p bsi
One surprise, however, was 10 mount on
another; for the next mornings post
brought short and almost incoherent
latter from Mary. From il enough was
! gathered to contradict gone of the as
seFtions contained in the former epistle,
for it stated that though Mr.. Raymond
! had been for some years struggling at
the BAR" he was no longer a poor man,
| bat sole heir--atter the payment OF d
few eccentric Iegacies. Ito the immense
wealth Of Sir Digby Randle, who II ap.
peatsd waS his mothers elder and half
brother. "Slanderous tongues had poi-
soned truth, aud they had been for
years separated; but on sick bed the
heart of the kind old man yearned for his
1 only relative, and when they met and the
! past was explained, the pentuP feelings
Of SIR Digby gushed forth, and he seem :
ed anxious only to live long enough to
make amends for past neglect BY grant
ing, almost foFestslIing, every wish of his
nephew. What induced him 10 leave
] Mary MaFston alegacy; or how Digby
h Raymond discovered the precise hour OF
her return to London, and how he con
trived that the remaining seats inthe
carri6ge should he unoccupied, we pre-
tend not to determine, but we know "love
or money! can perform wonders. Why
he pissed himself eff as still struggling
bafrister," is another affair; butsit was
Just The conduct that might have been Ok.
pecled from man who, having found
heart which poverty had failed to rende'
suspicious and selfish, and knowing III
priceless value, was inclined once more
TO test II BY the opposite ordeal. so' Z.