Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-18

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To meet tho obligation.
A FIRST RATE LOVE STORY.
Annie had arrived at the mature age OF
| (do not start, reader, twenty seven, and
yet in state of single blessedness. Some.
how or other she had not fallen in love
yet. " Had she no offers ?'' What sim
pie question! Did you ever know half a
million of dollars to go begging? Offers?
Yes, scores of them. It may be accoun-
ted as one Of your oddities, perhaps. But
whenever the subject happened to be
touched upon by her father. Annie would
say that she wanted some one who could
love her for herself and she must have as
surance of this ? and how could she in
her present position? Thus matters stood,
when Annie was led to form and execute
what will appear very resolution but
she was a resolute girl. We must now
go back six years:
One dark, rainy morning in November.
as our old friend was looking composedly
at tho cheerful fire in the CRATE Of his
counting room really indulSing in some Sc
rious reflections on the past and the fu.
sented himself and inquired for Mr.. Bre-
man. The old gentleman uttered not a
word but merely bowed. There was
that in his looks which said. " am he. ."
The stranger might have, been some
thirty years Of aye. He was dressed in
black, mourning weed was on his hat,
and there WAS something in his appear
ance which seemed to indicate that his
friend whose loss he dcplored had recent
| ly departed. The letter Of introduction
which he presented to Mr.. B was
quickly yet carefully perused. and it was
somewhat unique, we shalIStake the lib
erty of submitting it to the inspection OF
the reader:
G., II mo-, -.
FRIEND PAUL This will introduce
to thee friend Charles Copeland. lie has
come to thy city in pursuit of business.
have known him from youth up. Thou
mayst depend upon him for aught that he
can do. and shall lean not on broken
rod. If thou canst do anything for him
thou mayst peradventure benefit thyseIf,
and cause to rejoice,
Thy former and present friend,
MICAH LOOMS"
=" It is not every one who can get old
Micah Loomis's endorsement upon his
character" said Paul Bremen to himself
as he folded up the letter Of the well
known associate of his former days.
" Old Micah is good for n quarter of =
million. or anything else. 1t will do
want him-getting oId-business increas.
ing-must have help-now as we'll US any
other time
The old gentleman looked all this as he
stood gazing in perfect silence on the man
before him. AT length he opened his
lips.
:" Mr.. Copeland, you know all about
books ?'
g have had some years experience. >
" Any objections to place here q
pretty close-thousand year.
+" None in the world"
When can you begin -
"Now /"
A real smile shone upon the old man s
face. 1t fingered there like the rays o.
the setting sun among the clouds Of even
ing. lighting up those seemingly hard
| dark features. .
A stool was pushed to the new conner
books were opened. matters were explain.
ed, directions were given, the pen was
dipped iu the ink. and in short, before ar
hour had passed away, the old man and the
young manhad known each other for years
In reference to our new friend, it viii
be sufficient to remark that he had beer
literally educated, as the phrase goes
and that he had not neglected the cul
tivation OF his mind and heart. He had
found time to cherish a general acquain
tance with the most note. worthy author,
of the day, both literary and religious
and with many of past times. After I
few years of success in the pursuits t
whichihe had devoted himself. misfortune
cane thick and fast upon him. He fount
himself left with scarcely any property
and alone in the world. save his two love
ly sisters. asEg
AS year after year passed away h
grew steadily in the confidence of his EN-
ployer. who felt. though he said it not
that in him he possessed a treasure.
| Very little, indeed. was said by eithe
of them. not connected with the routin,
of business, and there had been no inter
course whatever between them, save i,
the counting-room. Thus six years wen
by, towards the close of which period ole
1 Mr.. Brennan was found looking with muci
| frequency and earnestness before him.