Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-06-24

: Lee came putting down, like steam en-
gine, or some other unpleasant piece c
] mechanism.
"By Jove, sir, what the ID do yo1
: mean? you outrageous villainp'
''Be careful, old gentlemanlf sale
Jack 'if you were not the father of Mis-
Nellie. here, would hardly take sucl
words from you T.
The old gentleman got a little more
, purple-in fact, rather blackfsh-a
jabbcd incoherently.
Il forbid you sir, said he, "flpfn exc
having anything to do with my dauah
ter Neil come here; on aaalSt o.
h the iilll1 "a s
fss'f shall see you to morrow, whis-
pered Jack to his goddess.
81 hope sol have a word with you,
she replied.
Jack was now thoroughly miserable
He knew not what to do. lie was quite
put to his trumps. A "scene," is al
ways unpleasant at fashionable water
ing place, q know, for I have tried it, }
yet he did really want to see Nellie once
more, to decide his fate.
''Will you believe me, dear reader?-
he almost wanted to marry the girl
You add [, know that people in real
life, are much more intimate than in
stories. For instance if L were to say
that Jack had occasionally visited Nellie
in her own rooms, and had no thought of
impropriety, it would be, of course
very shocking to you. Yet you and 1
have both gone quite as far as that in
real life without thinking anything
whatever of it.
1t is an immense pity that story wri-
ters-myself among the number-do
not dare to describe things as they real
ly are.
G find that I have nearly let the cat
out of the bag, here, and actually have
given You reader the impression that
Jack was really admitted to Nellies
parlor--her own private room in ho-
tel! Never mindn'
Here 1 am dressing 1 wish I hadn't
done it.
Well, after this unfortunate advep-.
ture Nellie was not at meals-her faith
er alone was there, looking big enough
for both-she never appears on the pi-
azza after dinner-her morning walks
knew her not and Jack was fain to
drown himself in the lake.
As water is very wet, soggy, moist,
unpleasant element, however, he took
to brandy smashes. Instead.
At length he could stand it no long.
err He must see Nelly that very night
or be numbered among the dead
drunk
With this intent. he sought her par
lor. She was locked in, but Fortunate
ly for Jack. his key (No. 53) fitted her
door, and he entered. An hour has
passed in blissful happiness, although
the coy damscl would give her lover no
positive assurance of affection. She
seemed continually on the point of a
bandoning herself to the passion which
(apparentlyconsu her heart, yet her
outward department was most rigidly,
frigidly proper.
Such is woman.
Again the purple faced father intrud
ded, and this time, being angered be-
yond rcmem brance of all social courte-
sy, he insulted poor Jack villainously,
and absolutely threatened him with per-
soma. violence, if he spoke to, or looked
at, his sweet Nellie again!
Sic iwf ad AS:ra!
leave this room sir!' said the bru-
tai father, ''never let me see your face
again, you outrageous, rascally, abomi
nable, Internal, audacious scoundrcl.
Leave, sir, this instant''
cold mani said Jack, growing pale
with suppressed anger, your white
hairs protect you, and allow you to in
suit ne with impunity. [ love your
daughter honorably, and ifyou were not
her father, [ would knock you into the
middle of next week-so help me heav-
cn!''
With which "neat and appropriate
speech he quietly left the apartment.
As Nelly had been positively choked
off from confession of love, by her pa
rents untimely entrance, Jack was in a
perfect fever to see her once more, in
order to hear from her own lovely lips
the q .ntle admission that she loved him
and him alone.
Accordingly, he fingered about the
hotel; in the parlor, in the bar room,
and on the piazza, till he made sure
that old Lee had gone up stairs.
Then he made his way, softly, nois.
lesly and with great palpitation of the
heart to the room where Neliles rooms
were situated.
There, in front of her door, comfort
ably arrayed in dressing gown and slip
per sat her ratcrnal relative, enjoying
an easy chair, IA cigar, and a ncwspa-
perl
Jack stole away as he had come, with
out discovering himself, but internally
he vowed sublime vengeance.
The next night, as the clock struck
twelve, he again appeared. There sat
old Lee, as before, in grim state-a hu
man Cerberus, jealousy guarding the
entrance to heaven.
jack cautiously approached the old
man from behind. Drawing huge
napkin from his pocket, he emptied a
bottle of chloroform up it, and coming
close to the paternal dragon, applied
it closely to his face, scizing him force
IDLY by the throat with the other hand
to prevent any disturbance.
The old gentleman gave convul-
sivc wriggle, when he found himself
thus caught, but before he had time to
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