The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-09-25
'Gge 1ailg gonrnal.
MARRYING A CLERK;
OR, THE MERCANTILE DAUGHTER.
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! OF course the reader understands that Fred
erick Harlowe and Mary Danyers are deeply,
irretrieyeably in love with each other by thi s
time. The poor clerk has won his way to the
heart Of the fair girl, and she, poor thing, has
been captirated by the manly attractions the
noble soul Of him who offered incense before her
shrine.
As the world goes, it wotld be deemed a
very wicked thing fer poor clerk to fall IN
love with the daughter Of his aristocratic en-
lployer.. Some people would say it was un-
grateful in him, thus to spirit away the af1ec-
tons ofa confding girl, when his position and
prospects did not warrant his assuming to be
her husband.
These questions are still open to the casuist.
He may debate them to his entire satisfaction;
but Mr. Danvers, either because he was more
sensible than the majority of the aristocratic
merchants of the day, or for some other equal
lly potent reason, neglected to make any fuss
about the natter and suffered the clerk to
woo and win his daughter, without even re-
monstrating against the base wickedness of the
act
But Sophia was deeply grieved by her sis
ter's folly as she deemed it, and used all the
argument in the range of her shallow sophistry
to dissuadc her from the folly and madness of
wedding a clerk.
Mary was Obstinate. The only excuse
she offered in paIliation of the fragrant mis-
ldemeanor was that she loved him, and if she
loved a seavenger, she would cling to him
with the last breath she was permitted to
draw.
"a ring'' exclaimed Sophia, one day, when
matters appeared to have taken decided turn.
I"Well, well, suppose you are engaged"
''We are, Sophia. replied Mary, with a face
radient with happiness.
"And you intend to be married?'
Certainly we do-that is the end Of an en-
gagement"
My conscience! to think that the daughter
of merchant prince should become the wife
Iofa poor, insignificant clerk"
Nothing very alarming about it, Sophy--it
wouldn't be half so ridiculous as another daugh-
ter of merchant prince becoming the wife of
an ok 7jorsrneyman barherl believe Mr. FitZ-
herbert was your beau ideal of what fashion,
able husband ought to be-
"The impostorlY
81 am at least sure that Frederick is not an
impostor-a humbug, one who would not be
likely to assume the character of clerk
Perhaps not. But pray, sister, when do
you intend to become the wife Of this counting
FOoU cHefuD!|
"The day has not been fixed yet--in the
spring, probably"
"And may ask what you intend to do with
yourself? His salary is only thousand dollars
a year.
" We can get along very well on that sum"
" Yes, suppose so and live in some ten
footer in a dark alley p
AWe intend to live out of town, in nice
little cottage"
Yes nice little cottage p drawled So
phia, in derision. "Oh, sis, l will show you
how to live when | am married. None of
your nice little cottages for me. But I Won
der when the new partner is coming? ?"
Papa told me this morning that he had
deferred the arrangement till next spring, and
that the gentleman would attend to his business
at the South, as heretofore"
Z" How provoking! 1 have been reserving
my affections on purpose for him; / mean to
make a conquest ofhim in just one month";"
How foolish you talk Sophy one would
think you had entirely forgotten your maiden
delicacy."
Pooh mjesting, it's between us''-and
Sophia relapsed into reverie, which, we are
almost sure, related to the aforesaid new part
ner, who was not only nice young man, but
was to put fifty thousand dollars into the con-
Germ when he became a partner.