Wisconsin herald, and Grant County advertiser. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1844-1845, 1845-01-25

"But you are not engaged in any
lawsuit" persisted Frank.
:" No; but may be if i like, sup.
pose, cousin mind. We manufacture
our own misery, why not our own law 2"
"But confess | donot sec what that
has to do with his marrying his niece"
81 do, she replied; and wishing her
pcrpleXcl cousin good morning, she
MISUNDERSTANDING the nextmomcnt
to add-'now keep up your spirits,
Frank; do not anything desperate; do
not even take an over dose of cham
paignc. remember when your love
for me took a despairing turn-you,
boy like, eat IL of. Your mother de-
claird you spent a fortune in cakes and
cheese. l feared you might,in spirit
of manliness, endcavor to drink this
off. But do not, Frank, rely upon me
i will put every thing in train before
the sunsets" And again she vanished,
leaving Frank Morton half offended,
half amused, and most anxious of the
rcsut-comiortcd nevertheless because
he believed in the continuance and spir-
it of Mrs. Leslie.
There arc great many amiablc
gentle hearted men who get through
! life 10 their own credit and the comfort
of others, by the necessity for tho't or
excrtion; but if any occurs, amy obstacle
is discovered which cannot be at once
overcomc--in which something more
money or conncXion is requisite, where
tact is even moro necessary than talent
1t is in vain they turn TO their bank
er's book or seek prccedcnts for con-
duct in like extremity. They are ut
tcrly at sea, dashed from one billow to
another, helpless as infants, and very
apt to consider themselves placed un-
der circumstances ofstrait and difficult
ty in which no one was ever placed be-
fore. Poor Frank Morton was per
fcctly amiable and gentle hearted and
ought to have been raised above the
necessity for excrting his wits--!or Ger
tainly wife never would have exal-
ted him. lie once considered "Cous-
in Dora" the most lovely creature in
the world and only changed his opinion
to believe her the most astonishing; and
like those who never manufacture pro-
jcct or have what may be considered
a genuine idea of their own, was per-
pctually wondering show such old
things could come into cousin Dora's
head /" frequently INDUCED in revcrics
rs to how she came to be SO clever;
could not devise "what her brain was
made Of; wished he knew the world
but half so wcll;' and so forth; and
then remained content with wishing,
satisfied in his own mind that; do what
he would, he should never have the head
Of Dora Leslie. In truth, the widow
had run away with the ready wit and
invention of the whole family, and in
return was always willing TO exercise
it for their benefit and her own amusc-
mcnt; besides, she really loved Frank
as brother, and desired his happiness
with more carncstncss than she usually
bestowed upon any single object or
person. A woman is always intcres-
ted in the fate OF a ci-dcvant lover, par
ticularly if she understand human ma
turc sufficiently not 10 be dispIcascd at
a mans forgetting a first love in a sec
ond, a third, fourth, or even fifth.
She could not have fogivcn a mere CO.
quctte--but Frank, poor fellow, was
quite in carncs. with the sentiment as
long as it lasted, and this made her cs-
teen him far above the lovc-sccmiDg
men Of fashion who never feel, or il
they do, whose feeling is afectation.--
She thought that union with Anna
would make him happy, that money is
always an adyanta, in family, and
she most particularly desired TO set her
wit against what she called " English
LiRch law"
Mrs. Leslie drove up to Mr.. Linch's
office in her carriage, andhaying learn
ed that he was at home she took sun
dry letters and parchment or two Ii
cd with the professional red tape from
her servants hand and entered bis
sanctum.
Nothing could be more unpromising
than The opening Of the campaign IT
was evident that the old man expected
she came to press her cousins suit; and
upon every wrinkle Of his face was
written "denial." His mouth drawn
into hooting .' no." bis brow cantrc-
4oJ h;s C,ot sef 6r.,Iv unon tho ground