Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-05-15


was about to burst upon his head.
SNOW tell me, sir" continued Mr. Ever
leigh, s'where you have been, and where yot
spend your evenings-hey, Walter, tell me
that! You shan't run blindfolded into ruin
if can stop you-speak, sir Il asked yot
where you had been!"
81 have been visiting at Mrs. Nesmeth'.
this evening, uncle" answered Walter, duti
fully.
"AHd who the deuce is Mrs Nesmeth y
asked the bachelor, seizing the poker, ane
thrusting it into the CRATE.
"A-a particular friend of mine, whom
often call upon," said Walter.
"The deuce you do! Hey-what-and
why have you not told me this before, you
scamp? How old is she, say - cried Mr.
/ Everleigh.
81 should Judge her to be nearly forty,
uncle, although it is difficult to decide upon a
lady's age" answered Walter,
"Dificult to decide upon iddlestick =
Forty, is she--wh-e-w she has a daughter
then, l suppose, also particular friend Of
yours!"
''Yes, sir; most charming, amiable girl,
sir; only about seventeen" replied Walter.
With vigorous poke between the bars OF
the CRATE, Mr. Everleigh now fixed his gaze
upon the countenance of his nephew
"Well, why don't you speak, you young jack.
anapes!"
"What shall l say?" said Walter, smil-
ing.
"Say! Why, that you are in love with a
girl--that you mean to make fool of your
self-that you mean to marry her."
"Well, my dear uncle" replied Walter,
firmly, 'then do say that love Miss Mes
meth most tenderly-that our faith stands
plighted to one another. and that, please hea-
ven, shall marry her!''
"Ptease heaven, you shall marry her ~
repeated Mr.. Everleigh, in tone of cutting
contempt-"I say, please heaven, you shall
do no such thing A pretty fool you'd make
of YOURSELF eh! What business had you to
fall in love, should like to know, without my
consent! Your faith stands plighted, ,aloes it!
Oh, you puppy Well, I'll find way to
un-plight it, that's all Don't speak-go to
bed, sir-go to bed-m0rried-wh-e-w -
Then seizing lamp, the excited bachelor
bounced out of the room.
leigh for some moments paced the floor with
rapid tribes, giving full vent to the passion
which agitated him-now bestowing all sorts
of invective epithets upon his nephew, now
upon the arts of woman-kind. At length,
throwing himself into chair, he gradually
suffered his anger to abate-his features re-
laxed--a shade of melancholy stole over them,
and finally burying his face in his hands, he
remained for long time in deep, and, as it
would appear, painful thought. Then slow
ly rising, he opened small escritoire which
stood upon table, at the head of his bed, and
drew forth the miniature of a young girl, up
on which he gazed long and sorrowfully. A
hot tear rolled down his cheek, and fell upon
his hand. This aroused him, and, as if an
cry for allowing himself to be thus overcome,
he thrusts the picture back into its case,
turned the key of the desk, and hurriedly
brushing his hands across his eyes, exclaimed,
"Fool, fool that am! Well, God grant that
poor Walter may not be made the dupe
was!''
Several days passed, and no further allu-
sion was made to the subject so near the hearts
of both uncle and nephew. Walter, it is true,
would gladly have introduced this most In
teresting topic, and essayed at various times
to do SO; but Mr.. Everleigh, perfectly COM
pretending his object, and willing to punish
him, invariably walked off, leaving the lover
to his own not very pleasant reflections /: for
the thought of his uncle's displeasure, who
had ever been to him as a father, even the
love of his charming Emily could not entire
ly oyerbalance.
Now, the thruth must be owned, that Mr..
Everleigh was quite as unhappy at this state
of affairs as Walter; and when he noticed the
pale cheek and sunken eye, betokening a
sleepless night, and the detected, almost PEN
itent air of his nephew, he could hold out no
longer. Pity took the place of resentment,
and, much to the astonishment of Walter, he
was the first to introduce the forbidden sub
ject, and expressed his readiness to hear what
the 'silly boy" as he termed him, had to say
for himself.
Thus encouraged, Walter opened his heart
freely-Mr. Everleigh listening at first qui-
city and silently-then, as Walter proceed
ed, he gradually grew more restless-fdget-
ed upon his seat-kicked the fender--mut-
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