Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-08-05

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wife's sake, sake, save me from this ter.
rible mani
MY eye and so and so" said 1
''apo!ogizing to you at the same time,
Miss Emily, for the rul5 5arity, but this
is precious pickle. What can the
voice Of Biles avail you, lifted up
against the whole Winkwerd chorus and
the Straightforward echo in the distauce?-
am sure will insult Mr. Slasher in any
way you please, Or even have turn up
with him at MISUNDERSTANDING been in
trede, of course pistols are out of The
queslion-when and where he chooses;
but as for oposing J sour respected mother
and the rest Of your noble family in con
clave, l could not do it, even for your
sake. l burst not, and that's the truth.
What is Miss Emily's ohjection?' would
be their very natural. remark, and | am
sure l should not know how to
answer it. You appeared TO be very we'll
satisfied with him; and indeed. he is as
good as half a dozen others who.
Well my dear chili, don't intend to be
cruel and unkind, but since you don't
love any body else-''
"Ah, but [ do, dear Frederic, " she
sobbed-''I do; do so very much lcve
your friend, Mr.. Jack Came!lair.'
"What!'' said l, feeling scarcely less
astonished and horror struck than Mrs.
Winkwerd could have felt herself
'what! you daughter OF hundred kings,
you pampered little pet of your family,
are you prepared to lodge under white
umbrella, like the Great Mogal called
Babo, 10 slave at mixing nasty colors, to
sit as a model in all kinds of ridiculous
costumes, to be hung up in exhibitions
as "A Moorish Peasant Girl An East
ern Hour, or as Passion: Study?"
Do you know what an exceedingly disre
spectacle profession painting is? Are
you aware-to use no stronger express
sion-what an excessively scampish per-
son Jack"
eyes. Fred, sh> knows all that. and
more besides" said the rich low voice
of my handsome vagabond friend. 81
have heard something of what you have
said 10 my dear love, and l think there
is much truth in it, and am sure yoI
meant it we'll. My art is not, indeed,
very remuncrative one; but even in that
respect am better of than you imagine.
If | have my health, l shall do very
well as TO money matters, don't doubt;
at present, however, 1 co2fess 1 want
a little help. l have two companion
pictures. The Wooing,' which you know,
and the other, The Winning which
has still some details to be worked in;
you will lend me, Fred, l know, five
Hundred pounds upon these two: that will
suffice 10 last US in some quiet pretty |
place, less distant, if less fashionable,
han Honolulu; and for interest, Emmy
lear think of this journeyman painters
having already cut it SO short with this
descendant of royalty as 'Emmy!] pay
he usurer beforehand with a kiss. -
And as sure as sit here and write it,
ny cigar was thereupon tenderly re
moved from the corner of my mouth,
md tie plettisst pair of lips (save one)
n the world, applied them in its place
i've times before / could even think of
aging, "Don't," or For shamel''--
There, lhatIl do," said Jack, rather
mpatiently, and with the air of m an
Vho had conferred favor: ''now, that's
ettled."
We'll, the name of Biles upon check
or five hundred pounds was as good,
nd perhaps better, than that of any
;lasher or Straightforward of them all, and
S readily felt for the poor girl, and
new Jack to be a thoroughly good fel
'w at heart, l gave them my autograph
Dr. the amount without more words, up
n the condition that | should know
othing of t cir plans whatever. be they
hat they would; so that | might enjoy
nything which might suddenly occur
S much as anybody else. AMI afterwards
E able to lay my hanl upon my heart l
nd deny everything; for | had that
holesome terror of Mrs. Wink werd, S
lat would as soon have been a party &
a scheme Of some Italian greyhound
II carrying of the young of lioness, S
) 10 the abduction of the glory of the [
link werds by Jack CamelIair. Having I
us washed my hands, then, of the t
hole concern, finished my cigar, and t
untered back to where the atache. Il
'er his third bottle, was palronising n
liversal nature as perceived in her July
ory through the open diring groom t
e was just the sort OF man who, when Il
. has got his wine, begins to compli- b
ent the general arrangements of PrOvi S
nee, and "looking as 'twere in a b
ass" who "smooths his chin, and a
,eks his hair, and says the earth is a
autiful." He regarded Emily herself a
the light of an ornament fabricated :
: his pleasure, calculated to adorn the o
onolulu embassy, and do credit TO his il