Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-11-19
JOE PRINTING.
THE UNEXPECTED GRANDSON.
Executed with neatness and dispatch at this Q

The master of the Board Lea Farm is not a
Sample OF his o. der-ihe old subs'an ial yeOmanry
of England and upright, indetag gable, fair sail
ing. and plain spoken farmer well pIIpciyled and
strong wIlled with certain study stubornenss oil
opinion aud tendency To hasly prejudice. peculiar
to al imperleclly educated mind. Almost Far
nese Herou es ia bu and Stature, with buff and
ruddy couutenance, expansive forhead, grey eyes
a voice that may be heard above the roaring OF
toletabe tempest. aud with gale and Carriage
that befii the portly owner of, we know not how
many broad acres-Pnihp Langley, as he walks
abroa with half a d'zeu grey hounds a, mis- heel
or ambes through our winding lanes upon his
favorte grey cob. appears 10 ieahz- in toto ones
ideal notious OF an "Engish yeoman 0old."
Philips fair ally IN The empire OF his house hold
land IN all respects the opposite OF hnsef-is
one of the pleasanteSl marOus OF our acquaintance
Sigh. aud small 10 stature, with much Of her ear
~ beauty lingering her featuI es soft persua-
sive voice, "a quiet unobtrusIve meekness OF man.
ner. wide aud comprehensive range of sympa.
s.hes and hand open to "meing charity" as
her hear. Then 100, she hath consummate skill
in cookery--makeh detachable pastry-is deep
ia The mysteries of the diiry-nanuiacure mead :,
and without rival III The preparation Of jeliles
and preserves.
There Is besides reduced copy of friends
the Farnese HerculeseS, IN the person of Philip
Langley the younger, tall and handsome fellow
some four live aud twenty years OF age, of a
nature more plastic than his fathers and nherltIng
in common ~itn hls sister Katherine, a bright eyed
merry-hearted girl of seventeen summers-much
of her m,ther's sweetness vi disposition aud equa-
bility of temper.
Two years ag, this youthful bachelor the very
last whom rumo- should have pucEed upon as
likely TO Iiaz ,rd such step whom indeed the most
imaginative gossips had never fastened The mpu-
taton of an atiachment--lrrev0cabiy committed
his heart and happiness to the keeping of pretty
Mary Hazedlane, The eldest daughter of the kee-
per OH the A-esta;e, by au adrouy planned
and secret wedding. If there was l,ue world
Iy policy in the match, tar ne in
dlyiduay concerned, it proved at least, that Phil
ip's judgement OF female beauty was perfectly un-
expectlonabls. Mary Hazeldue, wuh her large
gtering black eyes and oriental couneDance,
(there was gypsy cross ia her numb pedigree
her small and deltcately chseled features, and the
thorough Grecian outline of he head, was Certain
Iy pre-eminent'y lovely girl, whose Chief perhaps
whose only fault was, poverty.
Al an event so startling, the whole village was
of course aghast with woudernent. Curious and
amusing was it to observe how, st:aightway every
gossip, young aud old, simultaneously recalled to
mind with what incessancy young Philip Lang.
ley had been to vile away whole summer
days angling in the litiie trout stream which flows
hard by the keepers cottage, strolling down the
bordering lane with gun aud dog, yet shooting
nothing, and returning always with tasteful nose
CAV in his button hole, the floral componenls of
which bore most suspicious simitude to the
beautiful flowers which fourished SO luxurantly
an the keepers garden but so suppose that he
would ever fling himself away upon an upsart
mink that" and the speakers Indignation and
contempt grew much to strong for ulIerance, and
a superlatively dsdainful toss of the head concu>
ded the sentence. To Katharine Langley, the
acquisition of a sister was source of intense de-
light, while upon the placid maIrou, her mother,
deyoIved the task Of modifying the anger of her
husband, who stormed. ard like the army IN FIan-
ders, s.swore terribly" The farmers pride was
wounded, his own private views and projects had
been completely foiled, and hence, this stolen
wedding was productive of a wide and serious
bre oh between the father and son. All the efforts
of the latter towards efTecting a reconciliation,
backed by the meditation of his mother and sister
were utterly abortve and after fortnight's resi-
deoce in the keepers cottage the newy-married
couple removed 10 a farm in an adjoining coun-
~, on which relative had procured for Philip
the situation of baff, and our farmer, "still nur-
sing his wrath TO keep 1t warm" heard little more
Of has offending son.