The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-05-06
From the American Union.
M.Ak kIING ACIE! X
OR
THE rERCASTIH.E ANGEL.

bS wAREEN ASHTON.

proud disAair.
lean see no impropric,y in your nssocia-
ting with him, Sophia lie is certainly
han some, intcllig, Mt Young men
'B,hay,s well enough, for ought | know,
/ Int only to think Of il, clerk in our draw
/ lng-ruom' For my pant, Iwond,r how faith
,r could ever think Of such a thing as ad.
mit,ing him into the family
Isurposc it is because he liked the looks
Of him
What viii Mr. Augustus FiIzhcrbcrt say
wh,n he fnis us asso,iatiuc with poor clerks
the trash of counting rooms
1t matters little to me what he thinks hc
is conc,itcd puppy and wondor that
you can endure his presence, replied Mary
snart'y.
But he IS the leader of The Tov, Mary
said Sophia, astonishcd at the plcbcap no
UDns of her sister.
'llc sa perfect fat for all that, anA iudn-
itcly inferior in all thnt constitutes man,
Of Mr. liarlowc, whom You ail,ct to dis
gs
The conversation was interrupted by The
entrance of Mr.. Danv,rs
How could you bring That horrible cl,rk
into the house, Iapa' said S"plia, as the
mrrchant prime" seated hims # by the tla-
zing CRATE.
'IIorrib'c cl,rk pray what is the matter
with him aShcd Mir. nanvcr~, ,vincing
some surprise at the plain speech Of lis
daughter
WHY, he isa clerk
But a respectable young mar
i was = CLERK, orcc, Sophia; | common
ccd by sweeping out q store and carrying
bundles about the city
How absurd you talk, papa
But Mr. llarlowc i, very ostm0tcahl"
ycune rHn; | am confident you will find
him u very agrc, able COMPANION.
4 shall have rothn. 10 say 10 him, r.
lid NoI hia, with = shru, Of 'ltr sNou'd"'-.
EDNar,, Sophia; there Is on Old proyuh,
you know, about entertaining angel. una
War O..
Sophia laughed heartily at the idea Of
Ioor cl,rk h,re an angel
But what ,oy, Mary asl,'d the mor-
,haui, turning to be g.uti.-hclu,d daUgL-
- Hike him very much we are already
fast hi,uls, r., li,dM.rv, and Slight blush
,,,m,d 10 crphasiz IN, rmaik.
dust like h,rpFpa, should moi wonder
# sh, got heels oy,I head IN love with your
mercantile angel.
'Shc must do she pl,as.s about that,
r.tmm,d Mr. nauvus smiling
'poah, Sophia VITO said word about
falling in love? Con, lody he civil to o
young c,ntl,Man without falling in loy,
with hius
Tho rn,ty "iry b'u,hci rs she sIo!,c,
in goon earn s'--so vaiIably b'ush,d Cat
h,r ith,r i. IAN To- tljuk the Affair WIS
som,tling more than -
'iut pay raIa, whun DOES your ncw part
u,r au,N, !: ,.,d SOPHIA. ia.i the accounts
hay, heard Of Lis wit, la.auIy. and per
soma attractions, are tue. ,ualI s.riar'y
st NY ,fp for him
1T, vii app ear ont Of th,ec days. rgpli.G
Nj Darv,rs.
= i'opc you will not Keep Iii. stupid "iHh
IN tn, hous, after hr comes
4 certainty shall lose caste il You DE-. i
is really ajalnnublc.'
Small oss my chi'3, If We are dependent
on aIcS and ruIi.s Of fashionable III, iur
our los,tun in >o,iCty the sooner We Io~' H.,
III, better for our own iEr ,pc't, s.id Nh
D.uvr- smiling good hummcd'N
Nov, Solii., you uoyc g,y.n Ia lesson
uOw lt MT giv, yuu on. The lido S you
worship IS morc us,lc.S t,u thos. # rLc
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4 wish Mr.. Augustus ItHhcrb,u could
h,ar YOU say SO, sad Sophia.
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IL, ',y win him
E lr d rick Ijnrowc wos as Mary hod said
handsome ir,rllicrn, ond ,rr,,n6c youna
m,n And sonbin' if sh, Tnuld have for.
"iy,n him for h,inr A clerk would have M.
Ir,ci,t,dhis so,irtv oui,r ns Lirhly as did
, her si.t,r
. " IN her fathers pcrmission. Mary accc,
. rd nm inv tation from Fr,duri,k. to a,t,no
Aiboni's last concnt.
i Ih,y had scarcely l,h the house brior'
NJ. Augustus Eilznllut was uSh,rtd into
the sitting room. Ih's g'nt'nan was al
exquisite OF VI, INST Nat'i' III ms pN
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