Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-06-26
CUPID TURNED CABMAN
4 LESSON FOR LOVERS.

LESSON FOR LOVERS.
A friend of ours (whom We shall call Har
ry Singleton) won wife once after an ex'
traordinary fashion; and we intend this time
to betray the secret for the benefit of poster.
ity.
As usual, Harry was young, ight-hear,
ted, generous creature; but then he was not
oyer-blessed with fortunes remembrances. -
He had prepossessing face, however-was
graceful, spirited, and possessed an insinua.
ting gentlemanly manner that won its way
generally to all hearts. Of course, there.
fore, he was the idol of the ladies.
There was one special exception, among
the male sex, to Harry's universal acquisi-
ton Of good feeling. Miss Mary Mortimer
had father whose dislike for Harry was in
tense. 1t is unnecessary to add that Mary
herself INDUCED in no such preposterous an,
tipathy. In fact it was tolerable evident
that she leaned considerably the other way
circumstance that did not add much to Mr..
Mortimer's regard for our friend.
Mr.. Mortimer was man of the world
He had acquired a fortune by his own in,
dustry. Mary was his only child. He loved
her tenderly, and was anxious to see her
settled happily in life; but he held in utter
detestation the 'human butterflies" as he
called them, who futtered around her, and
whom he believed had no object but to enjoy
her possible wealth.
His particular dislike for Harry arose en-
tirely from the latter's want of Handsome
capital. Mr. Mortimer laid it down as a
maxim that man without money in the
world was man without brains. He had
no faith in intellect, and less in good luck.
The amount of gentleman's property de-
monstrated, in his eyes, his genius. He was
determined that Mary should have, in this
case, brilliant husband.
Harry soon discovered the awkward posi-,
tion he held in Mr.. Mortimer's affections
but he consoled himself as long as he could,
with the contemplation of the very different
one he held in those of Mary. To be sure,
Mr.. NJ. peremptorily forbade him to enter
the doors-and he never attempted it after
wards. But Mary had world of dashing
visiting acquaintanccs, and it was not diff
cult for Harry and herself to arrange an ac-
cidental call, at the same time upon the same
Individual
Possibly Mr.. Mortimer suspected some
thing of that sort, so he determined to hurry
matters to a crisis Mary refused all suit
ors, and the reason was tolerably obvious
He was not cruel enough to undertake to
force her inclinations; but he pressed her
very hard to bestow her hand upon friend
of his whose rent-roll was unimpeachable,
and, failing in this, he concluded to try
"change of air" as remedy for her COM
plant of heart.
But where to send her ? Would not Har-
ry be apt to follow her, discover her retreat,
and perhaps induce her to wed him in spite
Of all parental opposition There was ter
ror in the thought! But an idea struck him.
He could send her into the country. That
would place her beyond the reach of Harry,
perhaps wean her from his attachment, and
leave him time to determine on what it was
best ultimately to do, to forward his own
views as to her future.
So the country was determined upon, and
as he had a maiden sister of handsome means
living few miles out Of Albany, he was not
long in selecting Mary's poiut of destination.
TO do it quietly and without aFording Har-
ry chance to follow, he concluded to de-
part without delay, and to take the night
boat for the purpose. But love laughs at
diplomatic papas quite as often as it does at
locksmiths, and Mary found ready means to
convey to our friend the intelligence Of hel
anticipated flight, adding such consoling re,
hections in postscript to her note, as usual,
as the cxigency and her affection seemed tc
demand
When Mr. Mortimer at 2. N. drove
down to the boat, therefore, our hero was
safely ensconced on board, and had good
opportunity to watch the movements of hi:
amiable dulcinca and her morose protector
Harry had taken the precaution to borrow
the entire suit of an humble acquaintance
and by the aid Of capacious false whiskcrs, {
huge monkey jacket and sou'westcr hat
was disguised beyond all recognition.
1t was about = A. NJ. when the boat arri
we'd at Albany, and Harry was the first tc
leap ashore He had no definite plan of ac
tion before him, but he was resolved to dc
something which, if Mary Was willing, would
put an end at once to her suspense as vel
as his own. He carefully watched Mr.. Nor
timer, therefore, as the latter conveyed hi:
daughter gently to terra Ji'ma. He was il
close proximity when he saw cab engaged
and Mary placed inside the vehicle. The
moment the cabman followed Mr.. NJ. or
board to secure Mary's luggage, Harry made
up his mind what to do
What did he do? Why, he rapidly CLOSED
the cab door, turned the handle so as to tas
ten Mary in, mounted the box, seized the
whip and reins, and drove off,
Mary was at Grst much alarmed. Where
was her father was the natural inquiry she
put to herself, Her next impulse was tc
stop the cab. 1t was some minutes, howev
er, before she could get down the window
behind the driver; and when she did sue
ceed, it was soue more before she could
make her voice heard above the sound Of tht
wheels.