Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-05-02
"What do you mean % asked the.for.

"What do you meant" asked the for
mer as soon as.he could speak.
But the girl was tooamuch agitated {,
reply. She trembled and began to cry
and shook her head ominouslys
Come along, Doctor, we'll soon Sc,
what this means" said Grantham, lead
ing the way out of the room. " First LEI
us see whether the boy is there
And the two old fogies, quite excited
FASTENED to Aunt Betsy's window. There
was George as before not a muscle had
moved. s =
What the deuce did the girl mean 9''
said Grantham.
Before the words were uttered, an ex-
clamation from DR.. Timms drew his at.
tention once more to the window. What
they saw there might we'll astonnd them.
They saw distinctly man leap into the
room, apparently by the window. seize
George by the throat. and with one pow
erful jerk, lift him out of the chair. and
throw him to the other end Of the room.
Murder !" roared DR.. Hmms."
My poor boy !" groaned Grantham.
Surely two old gentlemen, OF their size
aud age, never ran so fast as did they to
the scene of the outrage. Gasping for
breath, the father burst open the door Of
his sons room, and both rushed in pre-
pared for the worst.
"Phansy their feelink's," as jeans
says. when they saw George standing in
his shirt sleeves, in the middle of the
room, as cool as diplomatist-and on
the bed, horror of horrors skeleton a
Ia Beauchne. recently imported from Paris,
ldraped in Georges dressing gown.
What is this farce, sir ?'' roared Mr..
Grantham.
"Hush hush ~ said old Timms,
I" we're sold and the less said the better.
Let me advise you as an old friend and
medical man, to be careful of your sons
health he evidently reads too hard"
Long and bitter was the lecture George
had to endure at the hands Of Miss Betsy
next morning and far worse TO bear were
the few words of reproach from his kind
old father. +" You have lost" said he,
an opportunity on which 1 have been
counting for years. 1t was the hope of
my old age"
And when. few days afterward, old
Timms called on his friend Grantham, and
told him that he had talked the matter
over with his wife. and that she and he
were both OF opinion that he had better
take partner, and that they knew of no
one with whom he would sooner associate
than " your boy George" Grantharn
was fairly petr6ed with astonishment.-
Stranger things than this came to pass.
For the old doctor complained-in very
CHEEKY tone-that he had no sooner taken
partner, SO as to go out with his wife,
than that lady abjured society, and insist.
ed on spending every evening reading
and talking to-" an old fogy like me."-
And Mrs. Timms, with whom George be-
came suddenly intimate; came over one
morning, and notified Mr.. Grantham that
her husbands practice would be ruined
if George remained a bachelor, adding
that she had found him a wife-Lucy
Prime.
"What a dressmaker ~ screeched
Aunt Betsy.
But when Mrs. Timms gave out that
she would cease to know any lady who
forgot to call on the future Mrs. George
Grantham, and when George assured his
father that it was useless to talk of his
marrying any one else, all obstacles van
ished, and the marriage was duly cele.
brated-the old Doctor giving away the
bride. Even Aunt Betsy was reconciled
to the match. by the assurance that at
least one of Miss PRIMES ancestors had
come over with Captain John Smith.