Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-05-15

seriously angry, she throws her arms around
my neck, and VOWS she will be better girl,
and gives me no rest till I forgive and kiss
her. Then off she goes, and good resolu-
tions are all forgotten. I confess my weak,
ness; 7 have not the heart to thwart the
child"
The next portrait was that of the second
daughter, Emily by name. 1t was that Of
one of the handsomest brunettcs ever saw
Ia lofty commanding style of beauty, but
the features wore an unmistakable express
sion of masculine earrestness and decision.
I stood lost in admiration before the beauti-
full countcnance. The counsellor noted, with
evident satisfaction, the effect it produced
upon me.
"That is my Disfenbach," he said.
"Your Dieffenbach !" I repeated, won
dering what on earth the name of the re-
nowned surgeon had to do there
"The same,' replied Frager, smiling
"Emily is the cleverest surgeon in the whole
neighborhood. She is just now down at the
village, helping the doctor to amputate the
hand Of a gamekeeper who has had an acci'
dent with his gun"
ga fine profession" I r marked, not
knowing what to say and I turned, with
somewhat altered feelings, from the portrait
of the fair Esculapius. The third portrait
was not less charming than the other two
Rich masses of brown hair shaded coun-
tenance whose features were more delicate,
and its expression softer than in that of eth
er of the other sisters. "Let us hope" |
thought to myself, "that this one has no
such extraordinary and unwomanly tastes as
Nimrod and Diefenbach. She looks milder
and more feminine"
"That is my Oken," said Frager.
"What The naturalist ?"
"The same. This, my youngest daugh-
ter, was baptized by the name Of Ernestine,
but | always call her my Oxen. No profess
sor knows more of zoology, ornithology, ich-
thyology, entomology, and few other hard
named sciences. She is passionately fond
Of the study of nature, Notwithstanding the
occasional disagreeables connected with it. ="
"Disagreeables ?"
"Certainly. From her wanderings over
hill and dale, through thicket and forest,
the girl brings home so much vermin, that
7 have repeatedly been quite angry with her
Snakes and lizards, frogs and toads, are con-
tinually crawling, writhing, and jumping
about the house. She is particularly attach
pu ~ sFHTers; "'.s,b she ha. q snlendid
collection. you could procure her an A
merican tarantula, which is the object of her
most ardent desires, you would at once attain
high place in her esteem. You should
see Oken's boudoir," concluded the happy
father; "you would never think you were in
ladys apartment, but in a museum Of nat
ural history"
"My dear SIR" I exclaimed, now COM
pletely astonished, chow is it that your ami
able daughters have become addicted to such
extraordinary and unfeminine pursuits p
"The cause is soon told, my dear Mr..
Frank" replied Frager; "they had the mis-
fortune to lose their mother very young
My occupation rendered it impossible for
me to attend to their education, and thought
had done all that was necessary when en-
trusted the girls to tutor highly recommend
ed to me, but who brought them up like boys.
Their only companion was their brother Ber-
nard, since unhappily drowned when udy-
ing medicine at the university. From him the
sisters learned and inherited their various
passions-Louisa, her riding and shooting,
Emily her surgery, and Ernestine her natu-
raj history. I live in hopes that when they
are we'll married they will be weaned from
their strange fancies housekeeping will not
leave them much time for shooting and ope-
rating, or for collecting frogs and snakes.-
feel that l ought to have been stricter with
the girls, but the harm is done now, and I
can but hope in the future"
was far from displeased at the counsel
lor's revelation. The peculiarities of the
three beautiful sisters justified opposition to
my uncles wishes. He could not expect me
to take to wife a Nimrod, Diefenbach, or
an Oxen The thing was absurd. No a
mount of gold and beauty, could atone for
such unwomanly eccentricities. At the
same time, was curious to see the two youn'
ger sisters. They must be very beautiful
was less anxious for another meeting with
Miss Nimrod. The whistle of her bullets
still resounded in my ears. The female
Frieschutze was capable Of shooting the Gig
ar from my mouth, or the rose from my but.
ton-hole. am not fond of such practical
jokes.
We had hardly returned into the break.
fast room, when there was a barking of dogs
without, and Louisa dashed into the court
on a snow-white palfrey. Nothing could be
more graceful and charming than this slen'
der, daring amazon in her well-6tting habit.
She sprung lightly from the saddle, and hur'
red into the house. From the window the
counsellor watched her with ill-concealed
pride and satisfaction. The door few open,
Louisa darted in, and, without taking the
slightest notice of me, threw her arms round
her fathers neck.
TO BE CONTINUED.
4 BEAUTIFUL SIMILE.-A few days since
lovely little child Of four summers was
buried On leaving the house Of its pa
rents, the clergyman, Rev. NJ. Jay, plucked
! mn hr tho roots heantifnl little tsfnreet- me