Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-07-25

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belize as doctors can do .or thess; tIsey re al
in the dark saseshsr--ihe only d geryncs Is
that the palirnfs Srera in English. and the
doctors grofc III Latin
sYou are too skepficai, Sir,' ssid Johf
Meade.
sPooh. said Mr.. Goblet. sLtt Us change
til. subject. Iw.fns your advie,, petsr nno
John, on a matter that concerns Your inter
est. I'm going to make my will to-day and
! | don't know bow to act about your cousin.
Emma Briggs. Emma disgrsced as by mar
rying an Gilman.
sAn oiiman!, exclaimed John.
"a Vulgar, shocking oilmann said Mr.. Col.
! lett, "a wretch who not only sold oil, but
soap, candles, turpen inc black lead and
] birch hrooms. Il was dreadful blow to
/ the family. Her poor grandmother never
! got ever it, and maiden aunt turned Metho-
] dist in despair. Well! Briggs the GILMAN
/ died last week, it seems, and his widow has
written to me, asking for assistance. Now,
| ] thought Of leaving her q hundred a-year in
| my will. What do you think of it? I'm
lsafrai she don't deserve it. What right had
] she to marry against the advice Of herfriends!
| What have to do with her misfortuncs?'
| shy mind is quite made up said Peter
| Finch, sno notice ought to be taken OF her.
She made an obstinate and unworthy match
and let her abide the consequences!'
'Now for your opinion John, said Mr.. Col
lett.
'Upon my word, think l must say the
same,' said John Mead,, bracing himself up
| boldly for the part of the worldly man.
sWhat right had she to marry-as you
observed with great justice, Sir? Let her
abide the Consequences you very prop
Il II, ~,
the oilman's business? dare say it will
support her very WE'LL
sWhy, no. said Mr.. Collett; Briggs died n
bankrupt, and his widow and children are
destitute
THAT does not alter the question: said
Peter Finch. 'Let BrigSs's family do some
thing for her.
TO be surer said Mr.. Collett. Briggs
her. She mustn't expect any thing from us
must she, joint
Destitute, is she?' said John. with
children, too? Why, this is another case,
Sir. You surely ought TO notice her-to as
sist her. Confound it, Pm for letting her
have the hundred a-year.'
ooh, John. John? VIVA. break down!'
said Mr.. Collett. $50 you are trying to
follow Peter Finch through Stony Arabia,
and turned back at the second step! Here's
brave traveller for you, Peter! John,
John, keep to your Arabia Felix, and leave
sterner ways to different men. Good bye,
both Of you. l have no voice to talk any
more. l'll think over all you have said"
lie pressed their hands, and they left the
room. The old man was too weak to speak
the next day, and in three days after calmly
breathed his last.
AS soon rs the funeral was over the will
was read by confidential men of business,
wi o had always attended to MIR. Collects
affairs. The group that sat around him
preserved decorous appearance of disinter
estedness; and the usual preamble to the
will having been listened to with breathless
attention, the man of business read the fol-
lowing IN clear voice.
Il bequeatll to nv neice, Emma Briggs,
Notwithstanding that she shocked her family
BY marrying an Gilman, the sum of four
thousand pounds; being fully persuaded that
her lost dignity, if she could even find it
again, would do nothing to provide her with
food, or clothing, or Shelter
John Meade smiled and Peter Finch
ground his teethbut in quiet respectable
manner. ~ s3 .-sf
ing.
Shaving always held the opinion that
woman should be rendered a rational and
independent being-and having duly consid-
cred the fact that society practically denies
her right of earning her own living-I here
by bequeath to Mary Sutton, the only child
of my old friend Frederick Sutton, the sum
of ten thousand pounds, which will enable
her to marry or remain single, as she may pre-
fer
John Meade gave prodigious start upon
hearing this, and Peter Finch ground his
teeth again-but in a manner hardly respec-
table. Both, however, by a violent effort,
kept silent. ..- r.0..
The man of business went on with his read
ing.
q have paid some attention to the character
of my nephew John Meade, and having been
grievcd to ind him much possessed with a
feeling of philanthropy, and with general
preference for whatever is noble and true
over whatever is base and false. As these
tendencies are by no means such as can ad
vance nm in the world, bequea.h him the
sum of ten thousand pounds-hoping that
he will thus be kept out of the workhouse
and be enabled to paint his great historical
| P,N-o ""ASAA 90 .ySo} AA0 h"S ohiy Saihcu
about. .....rt
And as for my other nephew, Peter Finch, he
views all things in so sagacious and selfish 9
way, and is so certain to get on in life, thai
should not insult him by Offering an aid
which he does not require; and yet from hi:
afectionate uncle, and entirely as testi
mony of admiration for bis mental accute
ness, l venture to hope that he will accept q
bequest of five hundred pounds toward the
completion Of his extensive library of law
books y ............
How Peter Finch stormcd, and called name.
how John Meade broke into a delirium Of
Joy, how Mary Sutton cried first, and Their
laughed, and then cried and laughed togeh
err, all these matters | shall n attempt tt
describe. Mary Sutton is now Mrs. Johr
Meade; and her husband has actually begur
the great historical picture. Peter Finch ha.
taken to discounting bills, and bringing &C
tions on them; and drives around in BIZ
brougham already. ..5