The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-05-02

iousu waking siiekt and seemed muci
iatisued, gas seen travelling down toward.
] The loo.
. The novelty of the sight attracted ever,
6 eye, but the unkno@n having arrived oppo
site the ino, deliberately uncssing pair d
speciaeies, and having surveyed Tho sign
. aliehiIyely for few moments, made for The
! house. The way WAS cleared for him, and
when he reached The middle of The bar room
ne inquired for Charles Sprour, the land
iord. Chatlcs came forward" Cousin
Charles" said he, /" am very glad to see
you;" reaching forth his hand u the same
time. Cousin Charles. how ever, appeared
wholly indisposed TO this iapillariiy-pilh
che Sho did no, lock like having loose
sxpence in his pocket, and replied, abrupt.
~ drawing back" " no are you! don't
know you !" "Not know ne T. Iepled
the old man-"l am Nicholas Sproui, your
fathers own brother, and am come down
that may see my dear relations in thus
I pleasant town before | de-" 81 guess"
SAID Chafles, smiling coniempiuously, {" it
would have been as we'll 10 have died at
home-but how are ~e TO know who YOU
are! Assertions do not gsss curren, here
when coming from men OF your apo arance.
There was general litter a, this cooquy
nmo9g the young gcnilencn, bu, one of The
old Sprouts, who sat in the corner, having
looked sharply all the while al the sirane
or, LEFT the room and calling to one Of the
boys, said" This is bad business for
some of you; as sure as the world il is
Nicholas Sprout and he4 be easier admit.
ftsdlsan gotten clear OF, my word for il
poor soul, he's come down for O mainle.
nance, no doubt, aud The disgrace Of our
iamtly comes with him, III be oil. howev
et see that you dou't send him 10 me"
saying which be took his way aud sooa dis.
appeared.
A general whisper was spread around,
aud operated like a shot among u flock Of
qlails. In fifteen minutes there acre but
three Sproui faces remaining. They told
him of The Wedding, and advised him as he
could not DO entertained, 10 the village, 10
60 down TO granny Scaruus by tie cross
roads, whore he could, for trht, stay uu
al the busy time was over.
The poor old man, however, wished 10
60 10 the Wedding they objected to the
distance and the bad road -.hls clolhos, his
mean appearance and sllll persisted IN bis
gong away, uu;il At last the tears rolled
down his lutrowed cheeks, and with full
heart he turned ind weat out Of the house.
Compassion and curiosity induced me 10
follow him, which did, fssslns The trio Of
young SIouss highly ucklef@ith the idea
OF having g6tleusclear Of ther troublesome
visitor. BIZ, was struck, when reached
The street, To find every door where's Spsslii
lived, shut tight, every soul gone from the
street. | stood and saw the old man 20 TO
three Of tao daers in surression ard 20
away. A last be Game back aud sal down
on the curb stone opposite to the tavern,
ami sqsi.pas. my<haafl was too full 10 go
Ia hisnssss be h0Hg.down his head and NJ.
ped away the tears william oId'hsnde Eclisl.
Z lie had not remained there latSyb sev. !
e., before gentleman On an elegant horse
rode up 10 ht.n, distn0unied and spi beside
bin, aud entered into coGvefRation. Thee
was something SO singular 10 this, that the
Sprouts, beginning to suspect that their rel.
alive might mol bs the poor ifiendless soul
they Supposed. one after another hall open
led their doors aIsd stbod upon ths sin, while
one or two vantufcd to stroll down lUthe inn,
where nov Che THREE young gentlemen Who
wsTn 1T IN The bar room, bad taken Their
seats and we're listening to Instrumentation
over the 9av. The respectful familiarity
wllh which the geni,emau treated the old /
man, went go far to confirm the SC suspicious,
that 4 good deal Of mat GJyering among The
Sprout amliy soon followed. The sufhise
was spread abEoud and ip half anhour ado.
zen or mote we're collected a, The inn, and
.ssseral senturedto so over to the stranger.
just al this crisisa splendd gig drove up
aud an elegant young man sFrans outcf 1t,
exclalmiue, "Ah, Father, whas's-fbe mat.
ter here = nothing, my son" VAS the re.
ply, "onIy our good relations, for the most
part, have forgotten us, and those who do
remetnewr US, are so busy than we must 20
down to the Cross Roads and put up Tor the
night" The secretreseas&d, il was anus
ing to see hos the faces fife mistaken rel.
u,ivcs OF the good man changed from white
10 red ans again: theysi6oked OF each 9th,
I On lost in amdzemcnt-stupidly enough, to-
b ssare. At length Charles ,en,urcd to
speak "hiy dear Uncle, it you will hon
or my house % much you shall have every
ACCOMMODATION Gao s,ford." e. No, for
would not put you TO any Inconvenience lQr
the world NO will 60 to the Cress Roads"
" Indeed, YOU shall not" said a dozen at
once, for all the Sprouts came nocking
around by this timex every one inviting
their dear relative home-pressing him,
enlrealing him, ALMOST pulling him BY force
insisting there was no accommodation at
the Cross Roads.
As this scene was going on,Nhe strange
gentleman whispered to Mrs. Sprou', thatl
old>Mr Sproul was worth hundred 'hous
and dollas, and ,ha, his relatives would
probably love round ,um by this unlucky
breach. The news spread like electric hre
throughout tho viilagd, and the wopen
came running out 10 see their rich relative