The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-07-04

but her face was flushed aud her manner
more excited than usual--Maria laughed
out, and Mr.. Fielding rubbed his hands.
Well, that uncle Of yours i al odd
fel!ow," said Mrs. Fielding, he seems ,e.
~ rough at FIRST, Lut after ~hlIe lie be.
comes quite pleasant"
What do ycu hipk Of his kissing tau
"a :" sad Mr.. Fielding.
Laura blushed deeply as Dslamere look
ed III her; he scarcely knew what they were
talking about, for he had not the mos, dis.
tan, idea that his uncle laJ been there.
so you did not know Of his coming
sad Mrs Fielding, !" be never tod US That.
We thought it strange tina, you did not
come with him, but he said that your ideas
were too groveling tur him, that lie had
dlsiuhenicd YOU and should drlSe you out
Of his mind altogether"
Delsmere was vexed and mortified. and
Aunt Lefty sa d that nothing better could
be expected from man Of hts cast.
+" Bur he became more amia5lc ai,er tea,
for he made no Objection to paflnke Of II,
and really seemed 10 etjoy H. OF course,
We spoke Of YOU as we felt, ard my husband
said that neither he nor YOU cared one cent
how he disposed Of his property. We sali
ne bad enough FOR comlott and haPpincs .,
aud lha, was al We desired"
"Ard what d.d he say 81 M Laura n
said De,smefe. kissing Tic L!u,hIrg piri'.
iair forehead.
q Say. wbv he SID o.ibio, q, frs, mud
then. list az he VAS going. he scnt % to
her md sad. YOU are a pfeuy rnl epor On.
and deserve a richer husband ,ban nv FOO.
I.a rrn'cw. H. then kissed her several
times, aud then Mar,a. IN her ua, said.
you mus: ks. ne to. 50 be- kissed Ma
ria, aud then sinking h4nd. all around n,
lett us. ID 10. he tel YOU that he had
Jecu here 2
Nola word. he never limited a! IL. /
am sure however. that he Is prres,d with
mv Laura. Don't ,ou tbiak 50. Auat
Lei, n
~ have not doub. az l.. and he VIII no
more di.lnheFlt you tl.an would n had
his money.
Mr.. Fielding could not imsr,re WHO tie
py-rhase, of A9ne.a, There wore
several ceurlomcn at Mt. Dir. s,rry pro.
babIy II vas one Of them. bat they should
hear IN tie morning.
De!ame5e wasertly over 70 the hotel FOR
his 1pcle-the glt eort,cmau Bnd MIR. Dll
lad hr. u 10 SINCE daylight, aud had been
over tie GROUND. of Anuet.dale. The, haL
ius, returned. lie vent home with DcI,
mere, and af,er breakfastlup. SAID good bte,
IN cold careless scr, Of mauntfnnl De-.
p,r,ed. There VA. no use of sprcu',tlny
IN hl. manner or aeuon. he "a. always
on rnj,ma to Mrs. Rtatt. and his L,hl.
yinqf anN only added 10 ,hs ruzz,r. As
Le did not hint nj bayIrr tcer To NJ.
Field,no's, they thought n better rot r. re-
Ter 10 IL. bui they auJurel .aganlly for II.
for they did no, ,huk he woalI 20 So tar ~,
10 Kiss lady unless he was particularly
glra.rd With her.
lJe left the town md proceeded home
ward. gentleman arcomoapied him abo
vas supposed to he the purchaser ur An
nersd.ie. Ile he'd u,ftlrulir reason. Tor
.ishn, his name to be kcp, sscre, for
the present, aud Mr. Brucf'on saw no rel-
sou WHY he should not be INDUCED. Some
osrson, said that It VAS Mr.. Leighton, the
father OF ;he soung man Who had been pr.
vale tutor to Miss Howard, and 10 foot, tbs
surnise seemed well founded. iof q gentle.
man recently from New York, said be
knew tina, the elder Mr. leighton had been
.here some months. | III. proved true,
thcn the presumption was, that Mr.. How.
sfd and her daughter would rclurn, for It
was fair to conclgde tho. the love ad4t
would rnd IN natrage.
Meantime DeIunere attended 10 his du
ties, aud Aunt Lefty sas as ardent and e.
hcDenl rs ever. Mr.. Gray was there eve
~ day, and soon was looked upon as one
e the r,lo family. Peter TUNED out to be
very cle7ef; he soou got 10 know ns much
abo1, the drugs IN the Illlle shop as Mr..
Cray DID and IN fact, the shop vas an cx.
celenl place Of recess for the elder boys
at Delsmere's school. hlI sorts Of cheml.
cal experiments we're going On, and Mr..
diffusion Of knoaledge in the short term Of
Dgnmerc's teaching than ~ ten years DO