The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1852-11-20
THE sLAcKsmIrH,s DAuGHrER.
BIZ KATE GLINMORE.

al wish to exact promise off you, Fred
on this anniversary of my birth day; say, shall
it be givenw
"Most assuredly, Lucy, if it be anything
consistent, unless indeed it be that | shall
relinquish my cigars"
"No, Fred, that was not what was aiming
at, so rest easy. will not tease you on that
point to-day; but it is one of infinitely more
importance. So, say yes"
"TelI me first, what am to promise. II
is too much like taking leap in the dark, tc
say yes to an underlined proposition. My
sister knows l would not willingly refuse
her any request to-day"
"Well, then, it is simply this, that you pay
Susan Howard no further attentions"
SHOW so, Lucy! what has Susan Howard
done to offend you, or what can you bring
against her that will justify you in making
such request"
81 should not suppose that you would ask
that Is not her parentage enough!'
81 cannot see why. She is the daughter
of an honest, respectable blacksmith, who
has always supported bi, family honorably
and given his daughters an education that
will render them ornaments to the best So
ciety in our land"
"How absurdly you talk, Fred; where can
you have picket up such sentiments!
think society would be vastly obliged to you
were you to introduce blacksmith's daugh.
ter to grace its circles"
swell, it might be, Lucy; for notwishstan
ding your prejudices, let me assure you there
is not girl among the circle of your &C.
quintance, who, for the sterling qualities o.
-. IL all mill.
Howard"
Il know nothing of her sterling quail les
She doubtless does well enough for the sta.
ton in which she moves, and which she i:
assigned to fill, as the wife of some sturdy
mechanic, but you, as well as she, would find
she was quite out of her sphere in more re.
fined society,""
81 am sorry, Lucy, to hear you express such
sentiments What have we, the children o.
republican government, to do with such
nice distinctions! Worth is the criterion
by which we are to judge, not the acct
dent of fortune or family. This is one of the
chief beauties of our republican institution
that it grants to every man and woman the
power to become the architects of their OWL
fortune. To be something or nothing"
"All that sounds very well for your politi-
clans, and will doubtless have very COCO
effect in electionering purposes;. hut have
no ambition, because live under republican
government, to become very republican in
my feelings and associations. The distinc.
tons of society should be observed, else wha
would it become?'
$50 they should, Lucy, and so they evel
will. The distinction between vice and vir
tue, ignorance and intelligence, cannot be toe
nicely drawn, though | fear it would be to
the exclusion of many who now swell the
list OF our would-be aristecracy, while the adj
mission Of our worthy blacksmith and his in
telligent family, would more than compensate
for score of them.'
"How can you, Fred, persist in that which
you know is SO annoying to your familyi-
The very idea of having a girl like Susar
Howard associated with it. is too humblnl
to be endured.
81 regret exceedingly that your prejudicel
are SO strong, Lucy. as have decided upol
asking Mise Howard to be your sister; so yo,
see cannot, with consistency, give you the
required PROMISE"
"lf that is your decision, further argumen
is useless; but you know my feelings towards
her, and the welcome she will be likely to re-
ceve from me-"
slave you seen the member from c.
Fred!" asked Lucy Preston of her brother
the day after his arrival in Washington
where she had been spending a few wee
with her father, distinguished member o
Congress from one of the New England
States.
mo. Who is he! and what is he like!"
"Bis name is Howard, and l heard father
say this morning he was one of the mos
tale nted Members of the House. He is Ger
tainly one OF the most perfect gentlemen
ever met"
Howard! Oh. wonder il he has any
sisters!"
'Yes, several. One of them was here witt
him during the early part of the season, ans
Judging from the quantity and quality o.
praise lavished upon her, she must be para
gon. She will be here again soon, as she
is expected to grace Mis- party to-
morrow night"
81 must manage to get an introduction tc
her."
81 think | can effect that, as her brother
has promised to favor me with one. | am
really curious to see one who excites such
unqualified admiration"
Mrs. Is spacious drawing rooms
were already filled with the elite of the Capt.
tai, when Lucy Preston entered, accompa.
MED by the talented and accomplished Mr.
Howard.
Grave statesmen and politicians had lain
aside the care and dignity of state Office, tc
participate in those fashionable follies which
SO invitingly promise relaxation and amuse.
ment and well were those promises fulfilled
as the radiant faces OF beauty, and majestic
manhood proclaim, as they here surrender
themselves to the exhlirating sounds of music
and keep time and pace with its voluptuou;
swellngs, or they join themselves to thai
merry group, where wit and humor is the
presiding genius. While, perchance, some
more intellectual in their tastes find deepe,