Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-05-14

SIS itpossiblel" ~ g.
True, every word of it. am her
uncle, and ought to knows" -.
Uncle. | beg ten thousand par
dons for my rudeness. Had I sup.
posed that you werG eny way re-
lated to the young r. CONVEX
sation would have "a far differ.
ent direction. You, Vii pardon the
Fimpropriety, / hope" .=--. :.
Uncle BENJAMIN promised to do so.
although he knew that Mr.. Acker-
man was dealing in duplieity. and
|falsehood the whole time. Mr.. Ack-
erman and Uncle Benjamin shook
hands and parted. The latter walk
ed towards the beach to have smoke.
The former went 70 the BARRIERS shop
and ordered Mr.. Pomatnm to dress
his hair a Ia Ju1jen. Mr.. Aeker-
man put himself '.en~ his shapc'' at
the earliest possible moment. He
thensought an introduction to Miss
Ellis. He got it through. her uncle.
The Introduction ripened into firta>
ton. sthe Irritation into a courtship
and the e urtship into maria ge.-
The latter came off two weeks ago
last Monday. The next day thev
started on their honeymoon. They
then visited Boston, and remained
there till Thursday of last week =
They then started for Albany. They
arrived here on Friday morning hay
.ingspent the previous night atSpring-
field, where they laia over. On their
arrival in this city, they droveto Stan-
wix Hall, where they engaged "a suite
Of rooms az the rate of sixty DOH ans
per week. On Monlav Of this week
Mr.. Ackerman informed his wife that
owing TO The non arriva! of funds he
.woula have to trouble her for a small
loan. -, .-..' *@+ .-..."@."
''How much, dearest7" -:: y.
No grlat sum. INV duck-a couple
of hnndre4 Will DO atrresent." -
A couple of hundred! Why, my
dear, that is more money tfan have
seen for the last five wears"
/, 'IWhat becomes Of your interest
money. loye3" =
III What interest money, my soul!'
&sWhy HIat interest money You de
rive from those government securities
stGovernmentls I! e don't
know what YOU mean" 7a "
Don't know what I mean! Why
your Uncle Benjamin informed me
that you owned thirty thousand dol
lars worth.n -- :. :. - "s
IF lie did, he should be written to
and made to explain: 1t is a r;dlle
to me- - J.. T. ~ ~
Z Mr.. A. concluded with Mrs. A. and
admitted that Uncle Benjamin shonfA
be writer. to. He dropped him IA
letter that very hour. = On Wclnes-
day he received Uncle Benjamin;s an
swer. We annexit:
DEAR NEpnEw-In answer to YOURS
Of Monday last, | send this. fear
you have put construction on my
language mo- warranted by the facts.
II said that Miss Ellis family was one
Of the oldestin the State, and that
they had lots Of ''rocks." This is
literally 50. Miss Ellis parents live
on q fifty acre farm, nine-tenths Of
which are covered with boulders of
all possible magnitades. Ifby rocks
YOU imagined money, You have, | am
panied to say, deceived Yourself |
said that from tie top of a. flag staff.
I admit | used fits language, and the
statement is true. As l am near
tile, quality Of land can
see'from the top If "a flag staff is linn
.itedto half an ac-e.s. | am sorry If
Won understood me to mean more than
this. Ialso mentioned that my niece
held, some $50. 900 worth OF Govern
ment securities. This is true, every
word of it. The securities aforesaid
were issued BY the first Congress; and
are known as the f,'- famed continent
tai money. 1t sellsfn Boston at the
rate Of ten cents a peck. Should it
bring more than this in York State,
please drop me linn at your earliest
convenience. lWith1ove to self and
niece, / close with best wishes for
yourself and niece.
4 Yours, y s.. ", ELLIS. Z
The first thing thatSMr. Alderman
did when he received Uncle Benia.
minis letter, was to ter it open. The
next thing he did was 70 tear his hair
and stamp upon the fd,r. He asked
Mrs. Aekerlnan what i all meant. =
Mrs. A, replied that slrtdid not know
but supposed IL all camefrom the love
offun which Uncle BENJAMIN inner
|ited from bis grandfather Zebulon
Ellis, Of Portland. Having done this
he pronounced the whole marriage a
I..ctirsed swihdie," Mrs. a. fetorted,
and charged MI. Ackerin,n with be-
inc "a mefcenary adventlier. y Mr..
Alderman said he won,dpermit no
woman to questionihis heior Mrs.
| Alderman fetorted BY sayilg that he
ls,no,,ld ,,,,t II al, h;nnsnlf y ll This sO