Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-04-06

: How do you know, uncle -
'Oh-why-indeed it would take n
: long time to tell. There are a thousand
=, reasons why think so. One is-but
then 1t 5 no matter. tell you I'm posi-
. tive"
But Uncle Meredith had hold almost
!, his only reason for disliking any person
, VIII" was the subject Of conversation
lhe two last words, pronounced with
extra emphasis, conveyed the principal
cause of his antipathy. He had taken
IA dislike, and he was "positive." Clara
knew that to press the matter further
would only make the case worse . she
desisfed, and the conver sation ceascd
Just IN The nick Of time-for i'm another
instant Mr.. Charles Stanwood. the iden-
teal "bad man." was announced
Clara had time TO check her smiles NJ
the awkwardness Of his apparirion NJ
s"ch an Inopportune moment, and posi-
tive Uncle Meredith took care to djson-
pear between Mr. Stanwood's approacb
ana his entrance. Brief morning call
commonPlaces between the lady and
gentleman may be imagined by the
reader, and then he shall follow u,
down town with Uncle Meredith.
uncle Meredith was a bachelor of
iorty-ive. He took n father's care oc
an orphan child, who called him uncle
"hh The best heart in tho world. and
every requisite to fill the place r,hat
useful man in society, n husband and A.,
'a'her, he had remained bachelor from
'he influence of the only (nult in his
obduracy, and unwiIlinc-
ness to ellnqaish an impression once
Warm-heared where he
formed an attachment, and as sudden in
'once'vng his likes as his disIikes be
passed through love passages in his
'"rly days, enough to earn for him. with
nose who did not know him, the cbor-
c'er ol male coqucne. Justice. how
Ner' compeIs us to say that Uncle
l'reo'h never, even in the heyday of
ou'll, commenced marked attentions IN
my one whom he had not fully deter
n'hed beforehand TO make wife
rom the hrst moment that he enter
aimed p'nchant he was positive. -
'"me OF his aitachmenrs-most Of them
ndecd-were snapped by the high xpirit
'he young ladies, who did not like his
nPcral way Of wooing, as if he delav-
u proposing only to suit his own copye-
Iehce, sure that when he did come I'm
'rtic"Iars, he had only 10 name the
~, and hear II asscnfcd TO. Once or
ice he was "ridiculously lifted" after
had gone so far rs TO order his we'd
ng SUIT, and Intimate 10 his friends N,
'c'se hour when the ceremony was
come OF. This cruel mode ofpunsh-
rather innocent presumption miybt
'c broken another mans heart, but
'redlth only said, 'the loss is ms ,pucb
rs as mine, and dismissed the lady
IN MS memory wiIh-''She will yet
u she nat married me- IN positive"
one ofthcm did. She married n ma,
not only squandcrcd her property,
broke her heart, by n course orbas,
duet, ending in dcsertion. Clara
inc offspring Of this unfortunate
Tiiage, and her mother showed her
recitation Of Meredith's character
bequeathlng TO him the care of her
rotectcd and pennilcss child. When
'Ie Meredith said to Clara, 81 never
mistaken IN my life," he referred
Icularly to this prediction in relation
er mother, but of course he wos ,oo
erous TO mPari to her that BIT orhis-
. She could not tell what made him
AT the sentence so earnestly aud
and the graver he be-
=, the more she smiled, ill often
she laughed outright. II was too
y and innocent a laugh to Offend.
bachelor would shake hi4 head i'm
ngy, and Clara, puzzled, would
i the outward manifestations other
J, IN dclercnce to her kind-henr,ed
lian.
le IS bad man, know. Birds Of
iher fly together, and why should
Jhailrs Stanwood bo go often se.,
that old wretch Bnglcy And
brought the man here, when every
thought him dead aud buried -
d'dni he die while he was po,.i
.ouldnt have done a better thin.