Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1847-06-10
Eaves Dropping,
AND IT'S CONSEQUENCES,

he following humorous scene we extract
from work recently published by E. Everett
d Co, entitled freaks of Cupid by an Irish
Bachelor The Bashful lover, Gerald, although
in high favor with both father and daughter,
sliIl hesirates between hope and fear, until the
old Gentleman determines to take the matter
into his own hands when it is unexpectedly
seuled 10 The entire satisfaction of all parties |
On the evening in question, however, the old
gentleman, Mr.. Franks, was not in the best
temper in The world, for Notwithstanding that
after dinner he had hinled TO Gerald tha, he
wished to say something TO hun in private that
love stricken gentleman had thought proper TO
/ lake the earliest opportunity 10 make himself
scarce, for the purpose of pursuing Jesse 10 the
drawing room, where the de!iDquen, now was,
! and from whence deeended occasionally the
tone of harp, accompanied by TWO voices
blending together in such harmony as plainly
tod that their practice haC been considerable
Confound that internal stunning ex.
claimed Mr.. Franks, a, the same lime if any
one else on earth had presumed TO hin, thai
more delightful music had ever been heard by
mortal ears, he would have insulted the often
der on The spot confound that internal srum-
ming! man ght as well live in bedam !
Pah there il is again-lhat eternal-'l know
bank they ought TO know it pretty well by
his time, God knows we'll have the Min.
ute Gun al Sea- presently, and then some cur
sed Italian screech. | wish the inventor of
music had the pain ,ha; have in my big Toe
this minute and see how it would make him
sing! Wherever there's due, singing, there's
mschief-il never comes 10 good-there's viii
lainy al The bottom of il always. such turning
up of eyes, and squeezing out of sighs, and
every confounded nonsense of the kind must
mean mischief! +! But I'll pu, end to it'll
make them sing another inne-I'll invent a
gamul for Them. If don'r | wont that's all y
And Mr.. Franks looked dangerous.
! Then his thoughts on for while in an
/ other channel, and he began to wax wroih as
/ he conned over in his mind all the pros and
cons of the case which he was industtiously
manufacturing against poor Gerald.
sWhatr he mu''ered half mentally, couldn't
he come forward boldly, and say Mr. Franks,
| love your daugh,er-wiiI you give her TO me!
That would be behaving like man; but in
stead here he comes sneaklng day after day,
and then sneaking off again have no pa
tience with such fellow Why when | was
a Young man like him, dam me I'D popped
the question in five minutes; and if The answer
was No. poh, what am | thinking of! He
knows as we'll as do that j, would be no such
thing 1.-The don't propose for her before ter
DAYS are over his head, hang me if don't hun
him. like red shark about his business
There's an end ont.
And in this way did The old gentleman ven
his spleen, until by degrees he fell into sor
of half doze disturbed now and then by sud
den maledction against the sounds of music
which still continued al intervals to reach hi
ears
Al length neither the tones of The harp nor o
ihe voices were any longer TO be heard, AM
once more he started in his chair.
Humphr he mut,ered, there's some vil
Iainy going on now Whenever TWO youn
people are in room together, and no audbl
sounds beyond the door, there's sure 10 be mis-
chief in the wind For Two pins I'd steal
march, and fad out what they're at if il is nc
mischief, there's no harm done; il IL is, II
open their ewes a biz. But listeners neve
hear good of themselves, they say--no matter
Hang me if / don't do il know there's ii
lainy going on--and III asloulsh lhemr An
so saving, The impetuous old gentleman stoo
up, and noiselessly left the ROOM
The luckless pair. agains whom he wa
medua,ng such dark plots and aw fu yslta,on
sat beside each other 0n a sofa; The hand
the maiden repoSed quietly in thai el her lover
there was no blush of false modesiy on he
cheek no turning aside The eyes in ahec'e
delcacy mo struggle to free her fpgers tro
the pressure---she was stranger TO all sue
mockeries-..she had yielded up her heart TO hi
that sal beside her, aud henceforh there shou
be nough, but confidence between them
But, though she loved him, and knew In
his love was equal 10 her own, no avowal G
either side had ever taken place. he passlo
had grown upon them day by day, increasiI
in its strength as tine went on; they ieit IN
ii was so, aud that was sufficient for theIi ha
piness--.a million vows could not have addt
TO their security in The truthfulness oi each Oh
ers love. But ia spite of this there were iin'
when Jessie would have wished her lover
IN speak Of the affection which she knew he Il
a. ---tlmes when in deep desponding mood,
10 mourned The hard fate lha, rendered vain al
homeless all The dearest wishes of his heart
For voice in her bosom whispered TO her " b
those wishes were, aud if at such times he b
bu, openly declared them she would ha'