The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1848-09-30

back. there and indure their attentions, bu,
hank fortune, they won, bother me long
| shall 90 into decline, know shall, as
well as want TO know it. My troubles ~
soon be over,-l shall die and expire,-my
children's we'll off, my daughters married
90 man with money,-undoubtedly they'll
put up MONUMENT TO my memory,-l've
got the description all ready for'i-ii says,
Here sleeps Prisi!ly P Bedott,
Late relic of Hezekier,
How melancholy was her lot. q =,
How 81 on she did expire!
g. She didn'tcomnlit self suicide, . 8 ~
'Twa a tribbIlation killedhe
o, what pity she hadn't a. died
Afore she saw the elder - g Ne
And 0, elder, you'll VISIT my grave, WONT
o and shed few or three tears over If
'rwould be consolation few me to think
you would.'
In case should ever have occasion t.
Journey thro' that section of country, and
could, consistently with my Arrangements
make it convenient to tarry for short time
at Wiggletown, assure you, it would afford
me much pleasure to visit your grave agreea-
bly, 10 your request
%, elder, how onfeelia'n
'UnieeIing! Did I not understand you
correctly when | understood you TO reques,
me to visit your grave
Yes, but dOn'l see how you can be so
earn, when am iarkin' about dyin'.
q assure you, Mrs. Bedo,i, had not the
slightest intention of maniiesllng want oil
ceiling in my remark. ] should regard your
demise as most deplOrabe event, and il
would afford me small degree of saiisfac-
ton to prevent so melancholy caias r'pbe,
were il in my power
We'll, guess I'll 60 hum. II Sail,
should know you was here ,alkin' with me
she'd make an awful FUSS
'Indeed, see no reason to fear that my
domestic should in any Of my proceedings.
%, lawful sakes! how numb you be. ell
der! Ididn'i illude TO Sal Blake-I meauI
Sal Hugle, she'l you're engaged to-
Engaged to Miss Hugle! you alarm me,
Mrs. Be-
Now don't undertake TO deny il, elder;
everybody says it's fact
!. well, then, il only remains for me 10 as
sed that everybody is laboring under an en-
tire and unmiiigaied mistake
you don't say so, elder well, I declare
dew feel relieved. 1 couldn't indure the
dee Of stayin' here TO see that match go off
She is SO unworihy.-so different from whal
your companion had ought 10 be-and 50 la.
|zy-and m ,kes such awful poiry; and then
she haint woriha cent in The world. Bal
don't want to say a word against her; Tor il
you ain, ingaged now, mabby you will be-
., elder! promise me, dew promise me, how
you wont marry that cri,ter. Twould be a
consolation iew me when Pun lar away on
my dying bed TO know'--(she weeps with re
newed energy,) -, elder, I'm afraid tn
la gwine TO hev The highsierics. I'm suljck
10 spasmaIic affections when I'm excited anC
Iovercome.
You alarm mc, MIS-. Bcdou! Twill has.
ten TO the house, and bring the sal volatile,
which may restore you
'For the lands sake, elder, don't GO afieI
Sal; she can't dew nothing for me. Ii d
only make talk, for she'll tell il all around
the village. Jest take that are newspaper
that sticks out o. yer pocket, and fan me
with it leeIle. There feel quite resus,I-
Gated. Pm obleeg ed few ye; 1 gus IS Cal
manage to git hum now (She rises y
Farewell, elder Suffles! adoo! we part tt
meet no more"
'Ah, Mrs. Bedou! do not speak in iha
moutniul strain; you distress me beyond init
igalion'-(he takes her hand --'pray reseal
yourself, nd allow me to prolong the con.
versallon Tor shon perlon. AS 1 before
observed, your language d,stresses me be.
yOnd all mitigation
Dew you actily feel distressed at the idee
of pariin' with with me-?
Most individually, Mrs. Bedou.'
well, iheu, what's the use o partin al all
o, wha, hev Isad! what hev sidn
'Ahem- ahaw! allow me 10 inquire-are
you in easy circumstances, Mrs. BedOil?
well, not ntireiy, yet; though Ifeel con-
siderable easier n what did an hour ago.
'AheH imagine that you do not fully
,pprehend my meaning. lam clergyman
la laborer in the vineyard of the Lprd--
as such you will readily understand that 4
cannot be supposed to abound in the filthy
ucre of The world; my remuneration ssmali
t--hence--'
%, elder, how can you s'pose I'd hesitate
on account OF your being poor. Don't ibiuk
OMIT only increases my opinion Of you !;
money ANTI objck TO me-
Il naturally inter from your Indifference
respecting The amount OF my worldly posses
sessions that you yourself have -
DO not be Uneasy, elder dear--do not il
Jude few it again; depend on ii you are jesr
as deario me. every bit and grain, as YOU
would be ifyou owned all the mines of In.