The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-03-18

/ Difficult, however, as he supposed it
would be, Duberly at length found gen.
tleman manager of his pecuniary affairs,
who never troubled him to make up his
. mind; with what results shall appear
anon.
/ Duberly could not resolve whether it
was the best policy to travel first in the
old world or in the new, and therefore did
neither; but as time is always heavy on
the hands of those who have much OF it at
disposal, and as it is difficult to lounge
eternally at home, or in the street, he
slowly established what the Scotch call a
howl for each portion of the day.
1 In the morning he dozed over the news
paper at reading room, between noon
and the dinner hour, he lolled on three
chairs at the Office of his friend Capias the
lawyer, by way of facilitating that individ-
uals business; the afternoon was divided
between whiting switches at home and
riding to some popular resort, where he
}cut his name upon the table. In the eve
ming, if he did not yawn at the theatre,
he visited some hospitable mansion, where
the elders were good natured and the
Juniors agreeable.
4 At the house of Mrs st. Simon Sap
sago, bouncing widow, with dashing
son, and pair of daughters, Mr.. Duber-
Ily Doubtington was invariably we'll
received; for although he could not make
lup his mind, he was in other respects so
l'eligible' that Mrs. St. Simon Sapsago
was always pleased to see him, and will
ling that he should either listen or talk
as much as he liked within her doors.
/ Miss Ethelinda ST. Simon Sapsago
was very pretty girl; and for some rea-
son or othercomported herself so gracious
ly to Duberly that, when troubled to form
! a conclusion, he usually asked her advice,
and to his great satisfaction. was sure to
i receive it in a comfortable, decisive way.
Miss EtheliBda, I'm trying to make
tup my mind about coats; but can't tell
whether I like bright buttons or not. =
i Nor do i know exactly which are the
incest colors. Il do wish there was only
i one sort of buttons, and only one kind Of
color; the way everything is now, is so
tiresome-one's perpetually bothered.
i So Ethelinda st. Simon Sapsago, with
her sweetest smiles, would give her views
j upon the subject, to Duberly's great de
i light. In fact, she was his councils con-
! Isistory;' or as the Indians have it, his
i ssense-b bearer very important item in
the sum total of ones domestic relations.
But though these consultations were
very frequent, still Duberly said nothing
to the purpose, Notwithstanding the fact
} that every one looked upon it as a settled
! thing and wanted to know when it was
), to, be-.
Duberly Doubtington however, never
dreamed of matrimony; or if he did, il
:, only foated like vugue mist across the
distant horizon ofhis speculative thoughts
He regarded it as matter of course that
at some period or other he should have
| wife and children just as we all expect
either to be bald, or to have grey hairs
$ and to die; but he shivered at the idea o
being called on to make up his mind oil
such a step. He had faint hopes that h
: would be married, as it were, impercepti
bly,; that it would, like old age steal upol
5 by degrees so that he might be used to i
g before he fonnd it out.
e The connubial state, however is no
}, one in which a Doubtington can slide b.
degrees; there is no such thing as bein.
imperceptibly married, fact of whicl
Mrs. and Miss St. Simon Sapsago wer
fully aware, and. therefore, resolved t.
o precipitate matters by awakening Duber
e ly's jealousy.
u Ethelinda became cold upon givin
T. her advice on the subject of new coat
o and other matters. Indeed, when aske
: by Duberly whether she did not think
" would be better to curtail his whisker
u somewhat during the summer months
u she went as far as toSsay that she didn
care what he did with them, and that sh
y never had observed whether he wore hug
5 coarse whiskers, or lawyer like apollo
II gies.
N Duberly was shocked at detection S
fragrant on the part of his sense -bearer
y Insult his whiskersl-he couldn't max
If up his mind what to think of it.
But still more shocked was he when /
e observed that she smiled upon M
"a Adolphus Fitzfam, who cultivated in
mense black curls, latitudinarian whisker
T. black moustaches, with an imperial [
= match Fitzfam, who made it the bus
ID ness of his life to ''do the appalling" an
'e out haired everybody except the bison
~ the geological Institute"
Duberly felt uncomfortable; he was nj
O. in love-at least he had never found
'k out, but he was troubled with gener
u uneasiness, an oppression, depressio
and want of appetite. Gastric derang
IT ment,' said the quack advertisements, al
Duberly took box of pills; "but OIL
" disease" said the newspapers, and D.
he berly swallowed another box Of pills, b,
Up without relief
~ Whenever Fitzfam approached, IL
y symptoms returned.
: = Il can't make up my mind about it