The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-10-27

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would introduce as friend to my daugh-
ter Mary!'' ....F
A capital breakfast the next morning;
and not the less pleasant because pretty
Mary Peach presided at the board, assis-
ted in such social duties (as her mother
chad been dead for many years), by a
maiden aunt, who was neither skinny nor
shrewish.
pleasant weather." observed Sam
care you much of sportsman"
"Rather!' said Mr.. Simmonds. owe
had plenty of practice at the red d-legged
partridges in the Peninsula. You should
have seen how Lord Wellington peppered
them when he had nothing else to do!'
''Well," said Sam, unfortunately, l
had not the chance of seeing him. think
you said that you are not exactly tied to
time as to your being in London; and if
you only make up your mind not to start
until tomorrow, there's famous, Joe
Manton in the hall. I happen to own the
reserve across yonder valley, and | can
tell you that not gun has been fired there
this season.
Mr.. Simmonds remained for that day?
To be sure he did. Fancy young man
Of five-and twenty, who had been on for
eign service for three years, with heart
beating quick and strong within his bosom,
and Cat that time J notengaged in any par
ticular love affair!-fancy him suddenly
thrown into the society Of Mary Peach
really a well educated and pretty, if not
quite beautiful girl: pressed to make the
place his home as long as he pleased, and
the quarters surprisingly comfortable!- :
Fancy all this and wonder, if you can, at
Mr.. Simmonds quite forgetting that he
had ever disbursed zone pun fifteen" for
the outside fare to London. Then there
were such beautiful patches of scenery
all along that Glossop Road, which Mary
Peach recommended him to look at, and
to which she kindly accompanied him, as
he might not be able to find them out with
out her assistance; and she had so much
to ask, and he to tell her, about foreign
countries, and the perils he had been in;
and she made him tell her again how he
had his wound at Waterloo; and she had
such a pretty way of fseeming to listen with
her dark grey eyes, and-but l need not
90 on 1t was clear case!
ssThen there were sighs, the deeper for suppress
sion,
And stolen glances, sweeter for the theft. %
In short, it had come to pass, that Mr.
Simmonds had a palpitation of the heart
whenever Mary Peach spoke to him Oh
looked at him. sr9l
"Inlove with her?" you will say.p Yor
know how it will end: scene with the la
dy--a blush or two-half dozen tears
the whole to conclude with whispered
''Speak to my fatherp' gL
Not exactly so; for when our hero founo
that he was in love, he took the opportu
nifty of speaking to Sam Peach, before h
mentioned a word of the matter to the
lady.
You will think that lie was in pretty
passion, no doubt?
Wrong again. Sam told Mr.. Simmond
that he had been expecting something 0
the kind, having full use of his eyes anc
ears; that, under this expectation, he ha'
made inquiries as to Mr.. Simmonds AM
his prospects; that he was satisfied wit
what he had heard, and if Mr.. Simmond
could obtain the lady's consent, no maj
upon earth would be more acceptable as
SON in law.
Shortly after, Mr. Simmonds and Mar
Peach were united-sAe being too good
daughter to decline giving an acceptabl
son-in- law to her father. What forum
she had was never exactly known; bu
they drove off from the church in hanc
| some chariot and -four, which Sam Peac
had presented ito the happy couple" an
7 just as the bridegroom was about steI
ping into the vehicle, where sat the bride
/, all beauty and bland, Sam Peach deliv
y er himself as follows:
''Simmonds, you never asked me whi
l saw in you, when first we met, to take
4 fancy to you, and bring you home wit
t me. Know, then, that in the fve-and
thirty years have been at the head of th
: coaching in Sheffield, I have had hundred
!, Of military men in my Office, to be booke
!; for my places generals, colonels, major
and a crowd of captains-but you wei
: the only ensign that ever came across m
It For the singularity Of the thing, I thougl
/ that phenomenon worthy of a good di1
ii ner; and your own good qualities ha'
e done the rest. Good bye, now! Gc
i bless you! and let me hear from you al
Mary every day!"
~ Tom Moore says in his dair
= elm talking of cheap living, Jekyll me
" toned man who told him his eating &C
him almost nothing, for on Sunday, sa
= he, always dine with an old friend, VIII
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