The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-29

thc hand. Have YOU been frightened
out OF your good city by the French
that You honor tue 80 early with n
friendly vi.i,r
Not a. all, Van Eiburg'' said ia,
i care nothing about the French and
as ! never m,dIlc with politics. i: is
quite immaIerial 10 ne who govern our
town. But am come TO make yon \
/ proposal ! have undertaken TO furu.
P i.h heCumni.sariat four hundred thous
and hcrrinc- Oh this day month. and
wish TO know il i, would be con,cn-
icnt for yen to procure them Tor me IN
three weeks
AT what price,
Ten gulidcr. per thousand
Ten cuilders, repeated the other,
mu.ingly y--yon shall have them
! Draw ont the contract, then, said
Woerden, and when IT i, signed shalt
be happy 10 pariahc Of your hospitality,
for my riGc la, given me an appetite
Then looking at Chloiil,lc, he conlin-
uel i have come to arrange another
matter, too, which wc can discuss after
dinner
1t was in vain that, during the eve
ming Wocrdcn tried every way to change
his friends resolution respecting his
daughters fortune After long dis
cu,sion. he was obliged To give up the
point, and the marriage was at length
fixed for the the following week.
Next day. as Wilhelm and his father
returned home, the futmer could not re
frain from expressing some curiosity
concerning the cause Of this sudden
change i'll his prospects.
w hat do you mean: inquired Will
helms father.
Have YOU not given up the point
about his daughter : fortune :,
i should have thought you knew me
better, replied Woerden, looking ,lyly
at Iii, son. But no ma,tcr--it is ,uili
cicnt that yon marry the girl that you
like.
Once more at home the merchant
shnt himself in his Office until the eve
ming, when he appeared with packet
of letters, which were Immediately y sen,
to the post.
! On the day appointed for the mar
riage, Wilhelm and his father arrived
at Brock, where they found large par.
/ ~ of friends and relations assembled
( 10 meet them. Van Elburg welcomed
them with cordiality; bu, there was an
/ expression of care and embarrassment
! on his face that at first made the bride
/ groom fear some fresh obstacle TO his
| happiness. The elder Woerden, how.
( ever in no way shared his sons anxiety;
Tor hc could gibc a tolerable good guess
mt the cause Of his hosts uncasincss.
'Mynhcer Van Elbutg.' he exclam-
ed, what can be the matter? Are you
unwell =
No, my dear friend, not i'll, but ii
the most unpleasant dilemma possible
/ vi n to speak TO you Immediately ii
private
is it anything respecting the mar
ria-c asked Wocrdcn, If you wish Ic
be off your word, it is still time.
No not for the world
In that case We will proceed to the
church at once You know Ike to dc
tAin., regularly; and a, come here tc
see my son married, we will finish tha
business first, and then shall be happy
to hear what you have 10 say,
There was no remedy; and it was no
until after the happy pair had be Ct
made man aud wife tlat Van ElLur.
could succeed in catching his frieIc
alone.
\ an bound to deliver YOU fouj
hundred thousand herrinss in four
teen days, said he, and not single
fish can be had at any price
Wocrlen could not restrain hi
laughter. Il dare say not he re
Piled. Il bought them up long ago.
In that case, of course. the con
tract is at an end z said Van Elbur:
looking doubtfully at his friend.
BY 10 mcans--or at least on ccr
tain conditions. We haze this da,
united our children, Van Elburs. am
shall leave them a handsome FORUM
when We die. But as regards th
present, matters are less fairly al
ranged. Ny son receives capita
business, while your daughter re
cclyes only few thousand ducats -,
: Now as did not like TO make IL
young people unhappy by refusin
nv consent 10 their marriage,
. thought YOU and I would settle II
= matter another way. You have t
= deliver four hundred thousand hci
; rings at ten guilacrs FER thousand
T. YOU can get them from DO one bu
T. NE and must have fifty gaildcl
Ter thousand, OF | do not part with
single tale, The difference is exact
.ix,ccu thousand guiiiers, which II
= tend to Fay to my sou as hls wife
q dowcry.
/ Van Elbur. looked rather fc9li'
,. during thi- explanation, but at %" en-
he gained hi. scii possession. and exc
n smiled a, he .aii ciapPins the 9th
4 on the shoulder. You have oei"i'if
+, me, Mynhccr Woerden, ard must pa
= the pcnaIiy; 50 say no more about
l. and nov lr, MS join our friends asaih'
At Eight days ailerwari Van EIbui
n ,..-t, i-,f.E,,p At Ann Ia