The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-08-11

fast table, and asked
Chow long is your uncle-in-law going TO
stay herea" :.
Il do not know, Billy probably all his life"
ooh he is Well tell you, ode of US two's
got TO leave ~
g Just as you please, Billy You know, Of
course, we can't turn out guest, TO Crafty
you"
Well, | give you warning-thats allW
and Billy bounced out in high dudgeon. But
presently he came back again.
Look here, ma am; | don't want to be on.
reasonable, but just consider what difference
it makes in my washing and ironing Look
here! every day your uncle in law puts on q
spic span clean suit, all out every day, clean
Jacket clean trousers clean shirt clean what
you-call-ems, and clean crayat and pocket
handkerchiefs, and clean socks. Now, count.
There's seven pieces every day, and seven days
in the week now, how much is seven sevens E
you're schollarde
Forty -ninew
/" Well, there's fofty.nins pieces of clothing,
to say nothing Of four sheets and two bolster
slips, and two pillow slips, and fourteen towels,
and table napkins, have extra washing and
ironing for him every week Now, I'm going
to count, and see how much it all mounts
to-ninety-two pieces Ninety-two pieces ex-
ira washing and ironing have to do, all along
of your pet uncle-in-law! now, you know !
can't stand that No reasonable oman would
want me to stand it ~ said Billy, appealingIy
No, of course not said Rose, thought
fully
$50 unreasonable in any uncle-inlaw to act
sov
You must excuse our visiter, Billy. He
has been used to the convenience Of large
plantation laundry
"Well, think he ought to staid there
eve will put out Mr.. Bolling's washing"
Sand put yourself to an extra 'spense, and
not have clothes half done No. cant pose
on you that way, neither. Well, III not give
warning yet awhile I'll see how long can
stand it," And Billy left the room, and took
more pains to please his gentle mistress that
day than he ever did before
There was no love lost on Mr. Bolling's side
either, and" lnsolent fellow ~ and Is he
an idiot?n and :" You all spoil that fellow OF
yours Mark!p fell often from his lips, and
sometimes in honest Billy's hearing. And one
day, while the family were ali gathered round
the dinner table, Mr.. Boiling said to his niece
and nephew" My dear children, | must re-
quest you to drop the name of Uncle Billy,
and substitute Uncle William, when you ad-
dress me. There are two of that name in this
house, and if you call me Uncle Billy, stran-
gers might confound me in some way with
Billy pumpkin in the kitchen there, which
would not be complimentary"
Resale afterwards thought that her facto-
tum must have heard these offensive remarks !;
for the next evening, as she entered the kitchen,
to order supper, he approached her respect
fully, and said
"Mrs. Sutherland ma'am, if you please,
maam, would be thankful If you'd be SO
good as to call me William, which is the name
given me by my sponsors in baptism, and not
Billy for fear people might get me jumbled
mp in their minds along o. that fat lazy man,
in white teeth and linen, which would lose Ine
my good character, and be very unpleasant to
my friends"
CHAP XVIII
Though with my high wrongs I am struck to the
quick, s~F--
Yet with my noblcr 'ganst my anger
Do / take part The better action is
In patience than in vengeance, Shakspcars
Mark Sutherland had been home eight days
before be broke to Rosalie the sad news Of his
uncle's betrayal Of his trust, and her own loss
of fortune. Rosaie heard it, with sorrow and
amazement. She replied by not one word, but
dropped her head upon her hands, and remain
ed silent SO long that her husband became anx
ious and alarmed In truth, it was a most bit
ter disappointment to the young wife-she had
looked forward to her coming of age and to her
coming into possession of her fortune, with so
much Impotence, with such bright anticipa-
ton, not for herself but for her husbands
sake. II would have placed them in so much
more favorable circumstances 1t would have
relaxed the tight, sham, Office work, from the
overtasked, weary lawyer, and left him more
leisure for the study Of the higher and more
attractive and more honorable branches of his
dry profession. 1t would have afforded him
means and leisure for engaging actively in po-
litical life, and never was the country more in
need Of honest men to the fore" 1t would
have enabled him to assist largely in the public
improvements Of the growing city. Nay, what
good might they not have done with the large
fortune that was losta Indeed, it was a sud-
den, stunning blow to Resale; and oh worse
than ALL was the thought of him whose guilty
hand had dealt that blow. She sat so long
overwhelmed, as it were, by the shock, that
her Observation-Disclosures forgive him-misunder-
stood her silence and stiffness, and misconstrued
her noble heart. He said
"Rosalie, my love- look up This loss Of
fortune, which you take 20 much to heart, is
not inevitable, recoverable Disclaim the sig.
nature, expose the forgery o.
She raised her head, and looked up at him,
with wonder in her mild, mournful eyes.
And what thenfo
aYour estate cannot then be touched by the
forged mortgage"
aAnd the man who confdingly loaned the
money on the mortgage?D
"Will lose forty thousand dollars
"And-and-Clemen Sutherland T"
"May 20 to the States prison for ten years"
She suddenly dropped her head upon her
hands. and shuddered through all her frame,
and remained silent for another while. And
then she raised up and threw herself in his
arms and clasped him around the neck, say
ing
it! Oh! am so sorry for you
any poor Rose, knew what your decision
would be ] told the wretched man 30. But,
my dearest, it is proper that should set the
matter before you in its true light Should
you fail to expose the forged mortgage, you
will not only lose the sum Of forty thousand
dollars, which was raised by the forged mort
gage on your plantation, but, by the foreclo-
sure OF the mortgage, and the peremptory sale
of tho plantation, the property will be sacrificed
at about fourth it, real value, and you will
lose oil, my poor Rosaliep
81 do suppose SO. Well, well; let all go
all, but peace of mind for, my dearest Mark,
could you or enjoy peace of mind-could we
take pleasure in our morning ramble, or our
evening 6reside---could we take comfort in
anything, dearest Mark, If deliberate d,ed of
ouvs h al eousicua a fallo,v c~a.tu~o ~ IA
gray-headcd man--to prison? Oh, never let
il be dreamed of Mark"
nThat Is a womsn's thought Men would
deem il stern duty to prosecute the crmi.
naln
aAnd do you so deem it,"
sI should 90 deem il, bat for the thought
that tk;a IA ths1 aid ma ma rak ofYanee ,,odo~