Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-06

.l"n IN my HE, and as l see no woman here, |
iont know as it would be prope for me to
bid
d" II would be perfectly proper" we remark
"lf YOU will, sir, l shall be greatly obliged
to YOU
"liow high are YOU willing ] should go?"
Il don't know exactly how much it is
worth, but If IL sells for three on four dollars,
You may buy it,
Shall ! speak 20 the handcartman to leave
IL at your house '
No sir, | will call at noon and settle for it,
and have 1T taken away. am very much OBJ
hgcd to YOU Tor your kindness"
10 saying the young lady went away leaving
US To wonder who she was, and of what use
ilIe old piece of furniture could be TO her.
We it-took out the drawcrs-but
saw nothing remarkable about it. At eleven
o'clock when the auction commenced we were
pns,nt, and after waiting nearly an hour, the
~auctioneer remarked We will now sell the
bureau. What will YOU give. gentlemen ~
One man offered two dollars, another three,
and we bid a half dollar More. Four dollars
were bid-iour and a half and five dollars.
We were astonished ihat the old thing should
bring ~ high a price, What could we do
Sre n sold and disappoint the LADY, The
Thought struck us that il might have belonged
to some friend, and she wished TO purchase il
on That accornt. and rather than diSappoint
her, we resolved to bill again. Six dollars
were offered By another Co our utter astonish-
ment; bat when our htnd Is in. and we wish
ior am article, we seldom let another outbid us.
and 80 we oflcsd, until the old bureau was
run up to ten dollars, and we purchased il for
half a dollar more. Certainly we would not
have given -four dollars for il, tn Use ourself.
However, we bought IL and had it sent to our
Dom, telling the auctlonccr, If a lady should
call Tor ~ To inform Der where il might be
found. We examined IL again, and began to
negrctou oar purchase, feeling almost certain that
tie young woman woula not thank ms for what
We had done, but we never mourn over a had
bargain. Our philosophy will not permit us
"A little after dark a. we were sitting in our
s'nctmn, the young hdy came i'm with an
apology Tor intruding. and remarked, "You
have bought the bureau-so the auctioneer in
forms me-"
Yes, have boughtit, but at an cxtrava-
CANT price, ! assure YOU
VIVA did YOU giyer
"Tcn dollars and a hat
-" You astouish me. What can | dor
had no idea that it woult bring over three OF
tonight"
e" suppose il was foolih In me to give 50
much for it, but | presumed YOU wanted il
very much.'
- did, sir, and wsuld not value paving
"H,ible the amount fo the buruau, if were
apie, rother than not hive it
sol apprehendcd. Perhaps il may have
belonged to some irien of yours."
.,es, sir, that bureu was once my moth
uts, anal noticed a tear came in her eve.
Mhich she endesvored To conceal. hut She
- ueau now and ! wished TO keep il in re-
hncmbrance OF her."
thinking the lady night be poor, we told
WISHED: ana pay us for il when She found il
am greatly Obliged la YOU for your kind
mgssi put would rather that YOU should keep il
uh,il 1t is paid for"
a day or two and see o and bidding ~.
good evening she left us.
Iherc is something very mysterious about
.his woman, thought we. 1t NAV be thnt sbe
Is poor, and perhaps in very destitute circum-
stances. But she shows am excellent Lcar,
ana the warmcst attachment to n deceased
mother. Her education must have been COOL
ana she has evidently seen better days. AMI
we thought the next time she called upon ms
we "ouio ascertain something more of her
'oI anu clrcumstances-perhaps her
aihe-whlc we felt deeply anxious to learn.
LII a Gay or w the youiig woman called
upon us again, and with tears i'm her evcs 20
marked-''I don't know what Won y;ll ,binI,
OF me, but all the none | have i'm the world
Is hve d%ollers, this | nave brought YOU toward
'ie bureau you were so kind as to purchase for
us i'm silver. ' 0'io'e
l snail not take the o at present we
remarked. 81 can do without il. Won mo-
d X the bureau if you want it, and when Won
able at some future time you may nav for
She expressed a great deal of gratitude and
sdlu' II would rather you should take what |
nave ana nothing that we could say would
i"uuCe her TO take the money again.
y appear TO have seen some affection"
remarked, as we saw the tears i'm her eves
mot much, sir, | must confess Thar ! -
always been as poor as | am NJ nreson" r y
nave seen better days. When my parents
were living, never knew what it was TO want
'oi anything, now | cannot say So"
now long have your parents been deod1,
hpout SIX years since my father died. and
was iour years ago last SATURDAY.. when nv
mother was buried.'' III
AT mention of her mothers name tho toar.
anne last to her eyes; a tender cord was toucbcd
w saw II and made no more inquiries-then
ne took her leave.
yo,. was nearly. six weeks before we saw the
with ttbbssuy again. She then called upon ms
paid fUI tnIITJmainder of the money that we had
We protested against rec,.t,,
lhinklng 1T might have been jncouvcnieatip
her to pay it, but she insisted that we .bo,Ii
II, saying" am under great obliantions
10 you Tor your kindness. Halt moi ISnn V
YOU should have lost the bureau-tbc nnia
reno OF my mother; loi it was then impossible
naa ~ i"iIe tne amount you so generously
ness ~" "'lu
DO you wish TO take the bureau AWAY ,-
haye spoken toa cartman, who will call
lefe IN short time and have il removed ont
d your way; Tor suppose you will be dad To-
No at all. / am pleased tina, ,,o.
lFumeh'sl ct a little service to Won. AMI n -
r YOU need assistance, / rL-iI ~ oi' "
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