Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-07-22
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A CURE FOR EXTRAVAGANZA. >
BY OLIVER OPTIC.
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he seated himself in the comfortable bachelor
apartment OF his friend. p - .i2 allss s ~
No.. what makes you think SO ? replied
Charley Walker, smiling over the MOI eiseri-
Gus feelings that the question excited. s.,
why, you call upon the Youngs' quite of:
ten enough to mean something a1zsai 70 zs17s
Charles whis,led an air from the opera
1t was the favorite of one of the young ladies
to whom his friend alluded (which, to those
who have had no experience in matters of the
heart, may seem TO be remarkable coinci-
dence.
Which one is it. Charley eaxr
.Humph! You cannot have noted any
very pointed attentions, if'you have not found
out which of them is the unfortunate choice
of this poor bachelor 81 a'1 se7rfse 10 EaE
All the world knows that you cali there
once or twice a week; and l know no more
than others. Is it Jane9 s. z.pt aea8
'I.ay;..a, then, Of course Well. she issa
splendid girl, and | envy you your happiness.
Happiness! What the deuce do you mean
by that IL haven't married her yet, replied
Charles, finding his friend was getting ahead
il bis conclusions rather to fast.
An the same thing isZ
Not exactly
You mean to nlaTryFh her ofcourse ?
1 done know. Perhaps it IS only fir
tation.' ~ ,-
'Dou't DO that Charley. s as.-lg
4 love her Henry. i viii confess that, If
you viii not laugh at me-
rOa my soul l wont 10 any such thing a
matter OF this kind certainly deserves serious
consideration, and am not the man to make
fun of fellow es iaa~ 1
Thank you. Henry | wanted to talk over
tie matter with you. bat was a little afraid
you would laugh at nc, if [ attempted to be
serious over it. f
Il assure you | viii not. Marry if you can
sec your way clearly to do so--Lavinia is a
fine girl, beautiful. gooa-telnpc:ed, and has a
hundred good qualities to one bad one.'
The lover smiled the qualification he felt II
these pretty words concerning the one he
loved.
Il have no fault to fud with her She GER
tainly has good heart
SHE has; you might 60 farther and fare
worse. For my part. should be weak enough
to fall il love myself. if could support a
wife -0
But your salary is larger than mine"
Still it is too small to support a wife in
these times
My salary is only twelve while yours is
fifteen hundred dollars year. Why don't
you tell me l can't afford to marry"
That is for you to decide, for everything
depends upon the habits of her whom you
make your wife
This is my difficulty. When l consider
the way the Young girls have been brought
Up, | look with good deal of timidity upon
| the future I was thinking as you came IN,
that would not call there again for q month
! [ am afraid l have gone little too far al
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Think well before you decide. Young,
/ you know, has not much of fortune with
which to portion his daughters
| One half Of my salary would hardly pay
for the new silk dresses l have known LAWN
| ia TO have within the year
L dare say it would not, wonder her
father left her dress so much as she does
Mr.. Young is Que Of the best men 1 ever
knew He is true Christian. They say he
gives away immense sums of money every
year in charity.
He is in good business
True; but doubt if he has accumulated
anything. Mrs. Young, think, is of anoth
er stamp. She wants to be fashionable wo
man. and. fancy, her husband is rather op
posed to following the mode. He is peace
able man, however. and [ suppose he woul'
not have stormy house as long as no mora
point is at issue - s'q-Hc ta :
II have been told that she is the master Q
the house 7stas Z rssr-
No, not quite SO strong as that; though
think everything in the family would hav
been different if he had married another wo
u1an. You think, then, that L cannot affor,
to marry? Eao. -'--t aaa
You certainly cannot support her in he
present style of living ga