Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-09-21
..Ever since he has been in this circuit, :

known you ior several years, ana. nav
always entertained high respect for you
and deem it my duty to apprise you OF
circumstance that may deeply affect
your character and the standing of youi
house" a- roo u
"My character and the standing of
my house? Why, what do you mean,
Mr.. F.? Who has dared to say anything
against my character or the standing oil
my house?"
g No one that 1 know off, answered
F., "but want to put you on your guard.
Mrs. L., have my doubts whether Judge
7. is the man You take him to be. To
come to the point, he is now travelling the
circuit in company with young woman
dressed in mans clothes, whom he is
passing off as lawyer. He calls her Mr..
H., and they will be here in very few
minutes"
els it possible ? Can it be. Mr.. F.
What Judge I. guilty of such conduct?
Why, l have always regarded him as one
of the most correct men know. 1t can
not be-"
"You will soon!see, madam, to your sa
ti,faction. 1 could not believe it my
self. when FIRST heard of the affair"
''Mr. F.,'' remarked the widow with
great earnestness OF manner, will Judge
L. have the presumption to enter my
house with such company ?"
Doubtless he WILL" answered F., "for
they have been travelling together for the
past three weeks. But short time ago,
l heard him remark to this young woman,
that he would take great pleasure in in
Producing her to YOU"
g He will-wih he will let him
know" exclaimed the widow, with viz
tuous indignation, "thatif he has no re-
gard for his own character. have some
for mine. They shall nos stay here"
L. had succeeded in working up the
old lady to the highest pitch. when the
Judge, in company with H., entered the
house.
Mrs L., observed the Judge, with
much cordiality of manner. E' am, in
deed, very glad to sec you looking so
well. How have you been this Fall .
Allow me to introduce to you my young
friend, Mr. H., who intends to practice in
our circuit"
The old lady drew herself up to her
full height, and with countenance ex-
pressing the utmost indignation, replied
Judge T., you are the last person from
whom should have expected such treat
ment. Iou might, at least, have spared
ME this insult in my own house."
Insult, Mrs. L. said the Judge, with
the greatest establishment. '' What is
The meaning OF all this am entirely
unconscious of having done anything to
injuIe your feelings"
You are, indeed, ;" replied our hostess
''Do you not regard it an insult to 4 ala-
dy, to introduce to her such worthless
creature as .hat thing standing beside
you % pointing to II.
Why, Mrs L." said Ihe Judge, "Mr
II. is one of the most respectable young
men in our country. You certainly must
have"
'BespeetaLic, indeed, )" interrupted our
land!ady in scornful and indignant
manner. ga worthless huzzy dressed
in mems clothes. and you, Judge T., to
be travelling in company with such a
creature. never would have believed
it, had not beheld it with mine own
eyes"
MY dear madam said II. stepping
forward, "you are mistakcu-some one
must have been imposing upon you.''
Don't dear madam me, you brazen
faced trollop," exclaimed the old lady
Glow dare you come into my house .
Out of my house this moment, you impu,
dent jade"
Surely. Mrs. L.. said the Judge en-
deayoring to stop this torrent of abuse,
there is strange mistake about this !;
assure you that you are entirely mista-
ken in your surmises. This young gen
tleman is well know to all the members
of the bar. Mr.. F., you are we'll acquain
ted with Mr. II. Where is Mr.. f %
The Judge looked around, but all had
disappeared save the actors in this ludi-
crous scene.
AS soon as we saw that matters were
coming to a crisis, we all left the room,
and going round the house placed our
selves in position where we could hear
all that was going on without any dan
ger of being discovered.
In the meantime, Mrs L. kept insisting
that the Judge and Fl. should leave the
house.
Not being able to find any one in the
extremity, and despairing of convincing
her of the mistake she was laboring un-
der, they mounted their horses and rode
on to the next hou Sc.
As soon as they departed, we returned
to the house, and complimented the old
lady the resolution and spirit she had
displayed on this occasion.
As she now had successfully repelled
this assault upon her dignity and the cha
racter other house, by driving out the in
vaders, she soon became restored to her
usual equanimity. She repeatedly de-
clared during the evening, that nothing
but her own eyes would have convinced
her, such was her esteem for the eharac'
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