Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-12-29

DdHfGTS, RUUd HufnOTeuiy.
Yon are absurd, papa"
- Now, Sophy, you have given me lesson,
let me give You one. The idol you worship ia
more senseless than those of the Fegee Islands.
Fashionable society il as hollow as brass pan
place no reliance upon it, The fops and fools
who follow in your train are as soulless as they
are brainless" = SIS ru IA
81 wish Mr.. Augustus Fitzherbert could
hear you say So" added Sophia.
Mr. Augustus Fitzherbert was Journey
man barber in New Orleans less than year
ago. had the honor of being shaved by him
last winter, when was there" q
Oh, horrid. papa why have you not ex-
posed him ?" -. .-. !
why should I, my child He is as good
fellow, as sensible O person, and, according to
your statement, ms fashionable man as Mr..
Finstock, whose great-grandfather was the Co.
vernon of the state" ..r,.... ...,. ... .-...
"Is it possible that Mr. Fitzherbert was a
baber ?" exclaimed Sophia, horrifed at the ap-
palling truth. .,.
s'' Nothing else, my child
g An impostor !" added Mary
just so--probably he is trying to obtain a
rich wife" ..f ...... -...,l. -s.T ..-. ..r.
1t is abominable, declare One hardly
knows nowadays who is respectable and who
is not" said Sophia
Therefore, my child, we ought not to speak
so disparagingly of persons i'm humble life as
you have done tonight" .......
Pooh, clerk p j..
AT this moment, Mr. Harlowe, the new clerk,
entered tho ROOM and, as Sophia would have
expressed, had the impudence to seat himself
by the side Of Mary Danvers, who appeared
not at all averse to this close proximity with
him. .....-. - r,.l
Frederick Harlowe was, as Mary had said,
handsome, intelligent and agreeable young
man. And Sophia, if she could have forgiven
him for Icing clerk, would have appreciated
his society quite as highly as did her sister
With her fathers permission, Mary accept
ed all invitation from Frederick to attend Al
boni's last concert
They had scarcely left the house before Mr..
Augustus was ushered into the sitting-room
This gentleman was an exquisite of the first
water. In his personal appearance be certain
ly was sufficiently well endowed to challenge
the admiration of the fair sex but unfortu-
nately, he was sadly lacking in that necessary
element in q man of sense--brain
Sophia could scarcely refrain from express
ing the contempt she felt for the iourneyman
barber in Multi" The leader of the - ton,"
in her estimation, was ruined man.
The dandy, as matter of courtesy, inquired
for Mary, and was informed that she had gone
to the concert with Mr. Harlowe
With Mr. Harlowe-a clerk-aw ?" said
the eX.journeyman barber, with sneer, as he
twirled up the long rat-tail of his moustache
A very worthy young man." replied Mr..
Danvers.
"No doubt of it saw, but a clerk-aw !"
Pray, were you never clerk, Mr. Fisher
bert =! was"
A clerk? no saw nevaw"
Did not meet you in New Orleans last
winter"
The dandy started like parched pea from
a hot pan
have faint recollection of having met
you in barber shop, there" continued the
merchant, tormentingy
Aw, very likely, saw. I patwonize the
bawbaws"
" And now think Of it, you wore o little
white apron, and, if | mistake not, had the
pleasure of being shaved by You in person."
Quite mistake, saw, assuaw you.'
Suddenly Mr.. Augustus Fitzherbert, whose
real name was John Smike, remembered an
imperative engagement, and FASTENED to take
his leave
He was seen to enter the cars for New York
on the following day, and nothing has been
heard of him since
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