The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-05-07
bo such a turn out but / suppose the all fell,


to see any thing now, there is such crowd
can you breathe?'
so yes, l do it very well if could only
see any thing. Why, Ann, l thought you
s3d he was not here.'
1" Who?n
"Why he, our milioniare--our beau
-our travelled beau, whose fame have been
dinning in your ears so longs
swell he sn't--he could not have come
10 town without my knowing it. L have been
on The look for"
"There! there he is again--step this way,
and you'll see him-the bridegroom as l
liper'
"Who is the bridegroom"
.Why, Henry Ashley"
"To be sure he is, didn't | tell you that
was his name."
I" But you said he was clown and a beg
gar"
"Well he is.'
swell, he isn't, he is the very man who
has turned the heads of all the girls in B.,
this--.''
/" Where LUCY don't believe you see
the bridal party"
"Why, there Ann, just opposite us on the
other side of the Saloon, with Mary Wins
lows hand in his, and the priest, and the
ring. So you and may as we'll strike our
colors, for Henry Ashley is married man."
81 do not believe it is he, Mr.. Williams
of b., wrote Judge Winslow, that he knew
him well and that he was as poor as Job. l
saw the letter myself"
/" Impossible Ann. Mr.. Williams and
Ashley are sworn friends, and he knew well
that he was as rich as--there is Mr. Will
liams now saluting them. | did not know he
was in town."
"Tuly Lucy this strange affair. Let
me see, what did Mr.. Williams say in that
letter--it was something like this, that his
talents we're his chief fortune, and that he
thought he possessed energy enough to get
through the world in some way or other, and
as for the polish he thought Mary's hand
might supply that
Doubtless, he thought what he said.-
Ashley is acknowledged every where TO be
a man Of brilliant talents, but most people
prefer the wealth 10 the wit"
"There comes Dick Carothers, mast tell
him. He will be astonished He felt
dreadfnlly to think Mary would stoop so low.
He was introduced to Ashley here one day,
and he stared, and treated him as if he had
been bricklayer, don't you think ;-and
then after he was gone gave Mary real
lecture for associatng with such vulgar peo-
pie. Ii was when was visiting here, and
heard il all.n
"Good evening Mr.. Carothers. My cous-
in, Miss Lucy Carpenter from B. Would
you believe, Mr.. Caroihers, cousin Lucy
says, she is well acquainted with Mr.. Ash
ley, and he is as rich as Jew, don't you
think it is wicked to deceive people SOP
"Rich, you don't say" exclaimed Dick,
rolling up his eyes with utter astonishment.
" Yes, as rich as many be, and genteel,
and talented, and all that; isn't it SO odd"
"Odd! to be sure; well then, perhaps
you will 60 up, and pay your devors 10 the
new couple. | suppose you just came to
peep at the ceremony, and 60 away again,
but perhaps you heard he was rich before
you came, and that is the reason why you
are here"
Ann looked at Carothers to see if he
meant any thing more than he said, but his
face seemed perfect blank, and SO she in
nocently answered. "Oh no, knew nothing
of it till this moment, nor did cousin Lucy"
$50 you yielded to the king in beggar's
garb," whispered Miss Carpenter, as she
grasped the hand of the bride. spray did
you not catch glimpse Of the signet ring
before you capitulated?"
"You speak in parallels Ann, pray explain
YOURSELF"
81 mean that you have sprung mine of
gold, and kept it carefully covered lest it
should be plundered before you obtained
possession"
"Worse and worse, do not understand
you, what do you mean?"
"Mr. Ashley do explain to your wife that
you have known cousin Lucy aatrefois'
and SO she need not try TO deceive us any
longer; for | know who you are, and all
about you"
Has my wife attempted to deceive you
with regard to who am, and all about me?
am not aware that she knew any thing
about me, which she thought necessary TO
conceal"
"Why when told her so much about you,
and she looked SO ignorant, and innocent, as
if she had never dreamed that you were the
great man of whom | was speaking. Was
not that deceiving me?"
How fond you are of enigmas, Ann, do
fell us what you mean?" said Mary.
Why, mean that you have married the
richest man in all country, and pretended all
the WHILE
" To be sure, Mary has married the rich
est man in the country, and was impossible
for her to have done otherwise. He who