The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-05-06
CHAPTER n.

beca heard Of him since
CHAPTER H.
OF course the reader understands that
Frederick llar,owc and Mary are deeply. il.
r,trit vab V in love with each other by this
time. The poor clerk won his way to the
heart of the poor girl, and she poor thing,
had been captivut, d by the manly attractions,
the noble soul Of him who offered incense b,
fore her shrine.
As the world goes it would be deemed a
very wicked thing for a poor clerk to fsll
in love with tic daughter Of his aristocratic
employer. Some people would say il was
ungraiciul in him thus to spirit away the af-
tJctions OF conii,ling girl, when his srost,on
and prospects did not warrant his assuming
to bc her husband
The qu sltons are still open to the Caeuist.
lie nay debate them to his entire sa,isla, .
ton. Bot Mr.. Danyers, either because lie
was mOrc sensible than the aistocratic mur-
chants VI the day, or Tor some Other potent
reason, II, elected to make any fuss about
tn, matter, and suffered the clerk to WOO and
win his daughter, without ever reno stra-
ting against the base wickCdncss Of the
at.
But Sophia was deeply gricvod by her
sisters iOuy, MS She do,m,d d il, and used all
thc Arguments in the range of her shallow
Sophistry to diS,uadr Ter from h,r folly and
IL adnCss Of Wedding Cl,ik.
Mary was obstinate. The only excuse
she oR,r,d IN paillation Of the fragrant mis-
dcm,unor was that il >hc loved s,avcug, !
she would cling to him with the last brtat
she Was permitted to draw.
"A ring" exclaimed Sophia, one day,
when matters app, ard to have taken a u,
cid,d turn. "M,N, | suppose you are ou.
gagged.
"We arc Sophia" replied Mary, with a
face radiant with happin,s SIS.
And You intend TO be- married.
"tutajny We do--that is the end Of an
cRgagem,ut'
"My conscience only - thiuk that the
daughter Of merchant prince should be-
come the wife Of a poor lnsigniii, ant cl,rk
Nothing yIy alarming about it Sophia,
IL wouldn't be half 50 ridiculous as another
daughter ol q m,r,hi n prince becoming the
wli, OF an ,XJouiucyman barber believe
Mr. Augustus tt'2herbcrt wa, your b,au.idc.
~ of What iasn.ona l. husband ought to
b. ="
"iho impostor ~
81 am at least sure that Frederick is not
an imlo~tor--a humhuc; one would not be
likely tn A,stNg tnc ci ara,tor of ci,rk.'
"iyrhaps not. But pray, sister when DO
You expect TO h,, ONE the y lu Of this count
iul room oh,uhi'
The dey has ut been fixed yut, in the
spring probably;
And may | ask what you il tend to dn
ni,h yourself His salary is only a thousand
dollars y,ar.'
'Wccan ,talong very well on that sum.
'lc7, ! SUPPOSE 20, and live in some en-
fOotcr IN dark ally
We intend 90 lip. cat Of te4rt4- in a r,iee
lti.c cottage
"I,sr "icc littl. cottagcr' draiylcd So.
phia in dcrsion %, sif, ! viii snow YOU
nuw To- live wh,n am married None OF
youI nice little cottages for me. Eut | won.
.ci WHEN the new partner IS comingH
Papa told me this morning that he had
Il, tIr,d In, srrung mint It'll spring and that
III, g,ut man would attend TO his business at
Co.," south 49, l., r,tDiorc'
Glow provoking! hav. beer rrs.rv,ns
affections on purpose lSr him, IN, an 10
max, ,unqu St Of him in just one month
How ioo,,-h You TAIN sophia; one would
t'.uk You had entirely forgotten your maid
,ny dcu,acy'
"iooh. am iosting, tsb,twccn t. and
sophia ry'aps d intoa Very which we are
most sure r,iat, d TO the aiorc said partner
who was not only nice young man, but
va, to put MY thousand dollars into tn, con,
Germ wh,n hc became partner.
.hc winter passed hy and the spring
cane. rrcdrick aud Mary were TO be mart
ri,G ia i,w days Mr. banvers, TO the IN
am,tc chagrin Of Sophia, and readily con
sent Il to III match. The proud sister
though in the nalu al goodness Of her heart
she would not have Mary's affections blasted
would laln have Ike opposition to save ar
p,aranct> The bridal day came, and aft
tnr crl,mcny had been performed, the happy
rarti, started for thcir new r,sidcu,c in tn,
-uhcrbs. sophia, wlo had acted as blid, ;
maid, was I" accompany them.
The carriage wound through an elm sha
d,d road and suddenly bro't to the view o
the delighted partya splendid country resi-
That Is ,bc co,,,rc' EXCLAIMED ,bc br;do
.c,,.,,,r ,,b,, Mo-, !, i,
,.,,a'," r'nl;,d Snnlin ~ mt,cr o,isL
m.r, far She had nrver t,k,n int, ,r,s
,ro,,gh in her s..,cr's ,lr,irs ,o vi..t L'r,ro
,,.. r,s,d,nrr
Tl,r corrianc .,or,,a b,Gr, ,ho door
y,i'L v". LnICliId,r b,h;nJ vim. .,arr,
ro,,iro and Mo n,,tv ,,ioh,cI
II, ,.,an,'ras n,,c ona,.i;so orl -,
80. ,.,i. ,L. ,,,,or;,,,,,s a,i.L' Il ,,nn
~ ,nc h,w;IJrJ S"nh;o =" '''''N 'F''
Van rorno, ,I,;nL hn" srr,r;scd wa
vh'nJ GTJ i, held !, y s,id Marv when sb,
,nI sanl;a w"ro .Inro Il, ,,,,I ,nor
irk, = dream Of foirv lnnd ,han rrolitv I'm
,dr;L /. so VOW ydJ oIou, ,h,.n ,b;rrs
4 think he was! Why. sis il will &C,
,ainly ru him, poor clerk on a thousan,
dollars salary
Wcli he knows best he saws the rent i
nothing
Nothing inteod; but it will eat up hi
POOR litlancc
Nbi, gave nm lesson on extravaganc
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