Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-04-13
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matte fashion.
'Ah,' said Miss Stanton, show delightful
1t is III hls mercenary world to meet with
such disineresied affection Until | re-
deceived your letter, was in doubt wheth-
er you sought my cousins hand or mine.'
Miss LansiDg's hand! How could you
for a moment suppose that cared for herr
Men, nowadays, are such fortune-hun-
tiers, and Cousin Kity's sixty thousand is
SO attractive, or at least would have been to
any other man than you, that it is no WON
der was in doubt
'Then your fortunes are equal
Equal do not understand you. Miss
Lansing is heiress to sixty Thousand dollars,
and owns beside, one of the lovelesl resi-
derlces on the banks of the Hudson while
poor Eml!y Stanton is dependent on her
uncle, with nothing but the face, YOU, my
dear sir, think pretty, for her fortune
Theodore AIonzo stood erect There
appears to be some slight mistake, Miss
Stanton have always thought your cousin
a very charming girl She remains with you
during the winter, Think
Here the conversation languished, and
Theodore Alonzo, pIea,Iing an engagement,
!endeavored to make good his retreat, when
Gordon Graham approached from an oppo-
site apartment. Quickly, and with nervous
trepidaiion, our hero descended the stairs,
for The sigh, OF Graham reminded him IN
pleasantly of swordcanes and pistols.
In the hall Pomp handed him his hat
there was bu, one glove in there was a
dilemma!
'Pomp, you rascal, where is my other
glove? They were both in my hat when ]
gave j, to YOU
Pomp chucklcd, but did not speak Theo-
dore AIonzo waxed fierce. He knit his
brows and looked daggers at the good-na-
tured negro, who stood grinning and acting
paniomme.
Y on stole it, you black rascal. Heavens
exclaimed The perplexed dandy, as he held
the odd glove between his finger and thumb;
'heavens ! the last of my AleXandresn
Xxi. massa, you bin gwine knock down
dis here child for noflin. You jus like
Pomp's old grandmother, what 90 look
here, look dar, look Everywhere for spec
'acles, an dey all de time on top her head.'
! 'Why did you not tell me that before =
While taking the glove from where it was
perched on his toupee, Theodore Alonzo
thought he heard footstep on the stairs. -
Open the door, tell YOU cried he, savage
! Iy. Pomp obeyed, and the next instant i,
was closed forever on Theodore AIonzo
Grimes.
The rain was pouring in torrents, and
poor Grimes had forgotten his umbrella, in
anxiety about his glove. He strobe to
Broadway, every omnibus was filed-every
driver shook his head-lhere was no help
for il-Theodore Alonzo mus, walk, and
follorn was his plight after threading his
way from Waverly Place to Warren-s,ree,
Some two weeks afterwards, while he was
thinking who he should next ask for the
loan of ,riie, to be paid with interest from
the proceeds of his land in Texas he took
up paper, and read this announcement
Married, this morning, in Grace Church,
Gordon Graham, Esq, to Emily San;on.-
At the same time and place, Henry Wharton.
to Ca,harne, daugh ter of the Hon. Herbert
Lansing.'
| Theodore sighed deeply as he thought of
the lost sixty thousand, and counted up the
many ten dollarses he had uselessly paid
! Thofburn for rare and beautiful flowers.