The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1845-10-16

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They loved. The aunt wrote to her brother.
old Gorden, soliciting his consent for Clarisse
TO marry, explaining affairs, sc. Gorden
answered stating that he should ever mega
tive his daughters wish TO marry any Yam
kee who it appeared was too lazy to work
and hence had resorted 10 pettifogging. He
also instructed Ciarisse TO come home i'm
medlately, under the protection OF an elderly
lady and gentleman, friends of his, then a.
bout TO return from the east. Clarisse was
neutrality-suspicious. the commands of
her father.
Love, as we all know, is like wine, a mock
er, and sometimes prostrates IFS victims. by
mysterious in.oxication. Something of this
kind befel Leslie. His noble upheavings of
desire, his earnest of ambition, were staid.
The excitement of business--of practical
.Iile--became charmiess. Aud within the
lapse of a twelve,month, we find him as first
presented TO the reader, disguised under an
assumed name, language, and demeanor, en-
tering upon a plan 10 win his ''lady love''by
the sweat Of his brow. Herein was centered
the ordeal testing the purity of his affection
and proving it as pure and clear and u%ntaint-
ed as the walerso Of a mountain spring. He was
willing TO labor for her like the patriarch on
record; 10 foil 10. endure the wiring and rack
of bone and sinew. Gradually did he win
his way into the old mans esteem. On good
deeds he laid the The base and building of a
new character. BY his steady application
and practical skin and ability 10 labor. be
substantiated a reputation for industry; and
from experience combined with book knowl-
edge, superiority in the pursuits o fagricul-
ture. In the latter, Gorden was particularly
indebted TO him he acknowledged his worth;
the plantation too expressed il Iegibly. Never
theless | do notknow what would have been
the result had not 4 circumstance occurred
pro pltious to. The lovers. 1t was this:
Gorden was very %unjuslly prosecuted by
a neighbor. Arriving at the court at the
the time summoned, Git was a JUSTICES trial)
he found every body there whom he wished
to see but his own lawyer. The Justice al
lowed him to delay the suit TO the farihest
limits the law admits %of--slill no lawyer.--
He would not be beat for a hundred dollars;
yet he knew he could not conduct The suit
successiuIly himself. TO a man like him,
independent to obstinacy, such a situation,
without alternative wss Notifying in the ex-
treme. As the Justice was declaring that
the case must proceed forthwith, Master
Dick Qnirk, alas Leslie, whispered to Cor
den:
cum, you'll let me Try your side--I've did
such things afore.'
Gordon opened his eyes wide and stared
al him.
'Idon'tthink you need hang of, for I'll pay
COSTS and damages and give you a years work
if don't beat.'
Gorden complied, partly from dispair, part
ly because he never knew Dick to fall in any
thing he undertook.
Five minutes elapsed, and Leslie was in
his element. He had rich sport thai after
noon. The cornering up ofsome half a
dozen suspicious Witnesses; the putting
TO fight of half as many ha~lfAedged law
yers, the establishment which the audience
evinced, as, throwing off his assumed style
of speaking, he merged into a chaste, clear
ana rapid stream of e%loquence. The plain
exposition Of facts and of the law woven in
one glorious irresistible argument, finally re-
sulting in a verdict favorable 10 his client,
were both the greatest amusement and profit
to Leslie.
Gorden who during the whole affair had
sat with his mouth so wide open that you
could have tossed a potatoe sufficiently large
for a beakfast down his throat without his
knowing it--said, when they were riding
home,
Dick, ifyou are a Yankee, don't care;
you are an all-io-fred good fellow
SO am said Leslie laughing: indeed
whether you take me in the field of labor,
the court room or in any other court of bust
ness you please,d do you know any man supe-
rioa 10 me here abouts?
mo / DON'T
'Now what do you think of my poVerty?'
asked Leslie.
81 think you will exchange itfor something
better as you did your blamed Taunton tone
to-day answered Gorden.
Do you consider poverty adisgrace? con-
tinued Leslie. a.
well now, soouldn't think Idid.'
well, SIR said Leslie stammering a little.
'inasmuch as you seem to harbOr no senti-
ment concerning me but what Eavors me, |
will be SO bold as TO inform you that there is
a mutual attachment existing between your
daughter and myself, and we solicit your con-
sent TO our marriage
Gorden opened his eyes and mouth again
wider than ever.
'She is yours, by jingo,' said the father af-
Ter a short pause. SAN | care about it is that
she will have take such a consumed ugly
name, Quirk-Quirk-Quirk; it sounds so
like a sick ~gobbler's s%oliloquy, but s'pose
we can petition to the Legislature and have ii
altercd.'