New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-15

ton based on present prices. | drew out the
agreement in form, it was signed in the dupli-
! cate, q large sum was paid down as deposit, and
Mr.. Hurst and his friend withdrew.
"W Well" said I, taking . glass Of port from
bottle Dutt0n had Just ordered in, g here's for-
man, 1 can't understand what you can be think
ing about. Il
So You havn't read the newspapersw
go yes, | have! Victory! Glory! March
to Paris and all that sort Of thing. Very fine,
Idare say but rubbish, moonshine, I call it, if
purchased by the abandonment Of the useful,
comfortable, joyous life of a prosperous yeo-
man" t-ss,.4. 45s-5
" Is that all you have seen in the papersp'
s'Not much else. What, besides, have you
| found in them2' '~ ~
sssWheat, at ten or eleven pounds load
| less perhaps-other produce in proportion" A
81 see further. Sharp, than you bookmen do,
in some matters. Boney's done for that to me
is quite plain, and earlier than thought likely
although l, Of course, as well as every other
man with head instead Of a turuip onhis shout
ders, knew such q raw-head- and bloody bones
as that must sooner or later come to the dogs.
And as / also knew what agricultural prices
were before the war, / can calculate without
the aid Of vulgar fractions, which, by the-by, I
| never reached, what they'll be when its over.
In sso or three weeks people generally will get
a dim notion. Of all this; and sell, therefore,
whilst can, at top prices. y - 4
The shrewdness Of the calculation struck me-
at once lyon will take another farm when
one can be had on easier terms than now, Isup-
poses s#es
sYes, if can manage it, And LtrW man
age it. Between ourselves, after the Old mans
debts are paid, shall only have nine or ten
| hundred pounds to the good, even by selling at
| fha pra trornandnI1a ut w firno
| you see, pulled up: and rubbed the fog ont of
my eyes bit. And, hark ye, Master Sharp
| he added, as we rose and shook hands with each
other-ssI have now done playing with the
world-it's a place of work and business, and
I'll do my share Of it SO eftectually, that my
children, if have any, shall, if do not, reach
the class of landed gentry; and this you'll ind.
| more easily that neither they nor their father
will be encountered with much educational lum.
| ber Good-by.''
| did not again see my old school-fellow till
| the change be had predicted had thoroughly
come to- pass. Farms were everywhere to be
let, and general cry to parliament for aid
rang through the land. Dutton called at the
| Office upon business, accompanied by young
/ woman Of remarkable personal comeliness, but,
| as q very few sentences betrayed, little Or no
education in the conventional sense of the word.
| She was the daughter of farmer whom-it was
| no fault of hers-a change of the times had not
found in a better condition for weathering them.
Anne Mosely, in fact, was thoroughly indus
trious, clever farm economist. The instant
Dutton had secured an eligible farm, at his own
i price and conditions. he married her; and now,
on the third day after the wedding, he had
brought me draft Of the lease for examination
IS You are not afraid, then,'' remarked, sc of
taking q farm in these bad times:' p .+t
4 Not lat price. We mean to rough it,
Mr.. Sharp" he added gaily. Sand, let me tell
Il you, that those who will stoop to do that
mean, take their coats of, tuck uptheir sleeves,
and fling appearances to the wintls-may, and
. will. if they understand their business, and
have got their heads screwed on right, do better
here than in any of the uncleared countries
!, they talk so much about. You know what
told you down at Romford. Well, wen manage
J. that before our hair is gray, depend upon it
Dad as the times may be-went we. Nance Y
81 We'll try, Jem," was the smiling response
II They left the draft for examination. Il wa
a found to be correctly drawn Two or three day
: afterwards the deeds we're executed. and jaime
: Dutton was placed in possession. The farm,
e capital one, was in Essex. ..2 d.. ..s .
y His hopes were fully realized as to money
!, making, at all events. He and his wife ros
early, sat up late, ate the bread Of carefulness
d and altogether displayed such persevering en-
r ergy, that only about six or seven years ha,
q
: and prosperous family. They had one chile
: only-a daughter. The mother, Mrs. Dutton
: died when this child was about twelve years %
i age and Anne Dutton became more than eye1
: the apple Of her fathers eye, The business o
r the farm went steadily on in its accustomed
: track !; each succeeding year found James Dut
/ ton growing in wealth and Importance; and hi
a daughter in sparkling, catching eemeliness-al
t though certainly not in the refinement Of man
ner which gives quiekening life and grace tt
3 personal symmetry and beauty. james Duttor
$ remained firm in his theory Of the worthlessness
/ of education beyond what, in a narrow accepta'
ton of the term, was absolutely Sc necessary s
8 and Anne Dutton, although now heiress to very
t considerable wealth, knew only how to read
write, spell, cast accounts, and superintend the
+ home business Of the farm. saw good dea
of the buttons about this time, my brother-in.
: law, Elsworthy, and his wife having taken W
9 their abode within about half mile of Jane.
! buttons dwelling house !; and ventured once
or twice to demonstrate with the prosperous
7 farmer upon the positive danger, with reference
to his ambitious views, of not at least so far cul.
tivating the intellect and taste of so attractive
3 maiden as his daughter, that sympathy on hel
B part with the rude, unlettered clowns, with
, whom she necessarily came so much in contact
. should be impossible. He laughed my hints tt
$ scorn. .-.. s4a '4 80 -
ssIt sidleness-idleness alone,p' he said, sstha
: puts love fancies into girls heads. Novel read
s ing, jingling at a piano forte-merely Other
r names for idleness-these are the parents o
such folies Anne Dutton, as mistress of thi
!. establishment, has her time fully and useful,
~ occupied; and when the time comes, not fal
n distant now, to establish her in marriage, sh
will wed into family wot Of; and the Rom
j. ford prophecy, of which you remind me, will b.
1T realized, in great part at least"
He found, too late, hiserror. He hastily en-
is tered the office one morning, and although i
,r was only five or six weeks since had last seel
h him, the change in his then Aorid, pridefnl fea
il lures, was so striking and painful, as to caus
ir me to fairly leap upon my feet with surprise
Is ssGood heavens, Dutton!' Iexclaimed, sswha
is is the matter? What has happened !" ,...
sc Nothing has happened, Mr.. Shap," he re
g piled, 's but what you predicted, and which, ha'
j. i not been the most conceited dolt in existence
is 1 too, must have foreseen. You know that goo
Il lookin. idle, and, I fear rreclaimahle youn
% fellow, George Hamblin!"
:" / have seen him once OF, twice. Has he no
1t brought his father to the very verge of a work
lie house by low dissipation and extravaganees"
: 's Yes. Well, he is an accepted suitor 70
d1 Anne buttons hand. No wonder that yo
n start. She fancies herself hopelessly in loy
lie with him -. Nay, Sharp. hear me out.
have tried expostulation, threats, entreatie!
j. locking her up; but it's, useless. l shall XII
Y. the silly fool. if l persist and have at lengt
Sc consented to the marriage; for cannot see he
n, die" -
le / began demonstrating upon the folly'of yiel(
ing consent to so ruinous q marriage, on accouI
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