Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-06

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from the table and said: ''Give US
your ears for II moment, here's fun
for you:
INV YoRK, Dec. 10Th. IS.
Coi GaaiE DEAR SIR This is to
mike yoa acquainted with the bear
er, DIR. r. L. Jinmngs. He is man
every way worthy OF your confidence
and esteem, as a private citizen, and
meritoriop Us, in an eminent degree, rs
II physician. Yours truly,
i. Nj. j."
"Well done! well done! Biggs, il
will be- a sure key TO the old man )
re pect and patronage" yes, tie
girl and the portion are mine. y
glorious | ourF 500, 600. only think
Of it!'' AS for the patronage,
don't think you deserve it, aud
know you don't deserve the respect
of either of Them THAT will 10
and Stop interrupted Bigss
"let us bethink ourselves Of what VIC
are doing. Had we not better throw
up the whole scheme; supPosing we
are eau ght in IL hat think you?"
"I'll run all the risk of being caught;
and while live | won't throw up The
scheme. You have bold head but
faint heart. Women or tie devil
have mad a fool of you" Biggs
noticed not the latter taunt, but con-
tinued. g Think of the injury We
shall be inflicting on that innoc ent
woman, and TINT aged father. Had
] not been so wrongfA by woman,
this plot had never found an origina-
tor in me. | once loved tn EN- with
all that fervent passi9 N and devoted
affection, to Which l then thought
their noble ahd almost df vine ma
lures, their personal lpyelinfss, their
delicate and sensitive tempqraments
Justly entitled them. But bat love,
alas! Wane, has been forever crushed,
annillilated, by the cru ell infHelity Of
one; and my heart, sav We TINT il fnt-
tiers with the little remnant Of life
vet left it, lies here in my breast no
better than So much lead Oh Flo
ri. why dds It thou 70 rever destroy
my happiness, by banishn me forev-
ersfrom thy presence? Why didst
thou make my cart bly, sunlight,
gloom, my manliness brutality, my
hopes the 9pes Of the doomed?-
All, why, why, Flora? ] might have
been respected and happy, and not
the despised outcast that ! hm. =
You're a fool, Biggs, why dc mt you
forget that woman, as she has you
.ong since. They are all set oil
creatures at best "For-
get her? sooner would the sun forget !
10 rise, or the stars to shine and
Wrinkle by night! / can no more
orget her than hy. Women may |
preach much as they please about
mems Inconsistency, but it is very
Door rule that won't work both ways;
md where one man prov es true, five
women prove false. | have seen
'iece of poetry 9bout that, which, if
emenbered by AL would be.of ser
ice to some; it is this,
Better trust all and be deceived,
And weep that trust and til at deceiving;
Than doubt one heart which if believed,
Had blest ones life with true believing.
"There is more truth than poetry
4 those few lines "Well, never
lind the poetry nor the women Ell {
her; if I.ain't very much mistaken
e have sonnet hing more important {
. attend to jul st now. 4 shall cali :
pom Col. GaNlt in the m rnipg aDd 5
resent him Wit my letter oil lntIo- {
uction; and while / think aboat it, v
II give YOU he blank diploma to c
Il; saying Viii Oh, he stepped up to |
is trunk and drew forth IoEl Of 5
opers. and in a few moments 70 ind t
re object Of his search which he
lnded to Biggs, saying: %Here tits t
I'D | may want to use it Tomorrow. {
: next day any how and want you "
so to work i'm mediately." Bisss $
'ok the paper and looking over it,, +
quired OF Wayne if he had The {
gnatures Of each Of the proloss4 rs. Il
which Wane replied that ho hhd.
i'd again commenced a search in lhe L
ottom Of his trunk and pretty soon d
'oduced bundle of letters. Seat. n
G himself he logan carefully to tx- /
nine them, and in few moments ri
ace the required signatures be- t,
re Biggs, who, al ter looking, at each n
r ? second again resumed his pen I
d with it continued his counter N
ting operations. After the lapse S
about two hours he had filled up ri
the blanks in the diploma in a W
vie we'll calculated to deceive the it
sual observer, and then attached