The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-10-21
From heN Y. Mercury.
THE LUCKYREPLY.
SKEfrR.
4 SKENH
Ry WILLIAM LhN TRIBALL.

In all my h'N nv. =,
more singular man thanN athan Nls"eil,
fo,tv year, ago merchat, banker, and
a successful speculator In the city OF
Churches.
pampered in his iufary by his purse
proud parents aud tbei4arasites, he had
early acquired an inlent manner-a
manner always unpopulr'
During hi, m;noFitJt bad rendered
him an object of dislike mong his school
fellows, and almost w4 4iy- deprive" him
af,o,,brul associatss7,he want OF whom
consequence. bad toured bis temper.
and increased hi. hauht'ness,
When be attained manhood, and as
sumed the responsibilities OF Su>ineS'-a
t;n1 that made Hmm astcr OF the time
"a talents of other tn-thi, character
istic underwent but que molinca''0n'
uo meyer handle kords with those 10
H. ,iov and on Il occasions extract
ed the most obseq1u Us submission MS
,n,nr and violence neg no bounds when
he was crossed or dtradieted.
Rut there was ie great redecmiog
,,.;, in his charter, which must be
particularly mentifd, as upon 1t hinges
this very incident;
I allude to the lden happy influence
of the lucky repiy"hlch was. all things
considered the mt remarkable feature
of his singular col uct.
This IS a peculrity which belonged to
some Of the mo; distinguished men Of
former aces. ID many instances have
been recorded bthe biographer and his
torian, ;.
Not only the e and liberty of indi-
x;duals but theiro>perity and perman-
enee Of patiousave been affected by it
IN mot mex eted manner.
R.t no nersoever lived more suscep-
,;bls 70 its iufince than Mr.. Wiswell.
He has beeFequent!y known to dis
miss men frouis employ, for some real
q, sunnosed once, aud reiustate them
xabin an ho afterwards, because OF
chance reuarproba0ly uttered Ia an
ger, which tl'ed hiin al inc "Omen''
Marion. hpnly daughter, was seven.
team grace and good looking, and
deeply in 10
The objeof her attachment was a
vouny man. .ith nothing to recommend
bu, an unfinished character and fine
business TABS.
These out to have been sufficient, but
Mr. Wisyewas not so easily as his sem
eible daugr
Tbadde Mcguire was a clerk III the
b.ok andr. Wiswell was a stockhold-
q, In a.cuuiary sense, therefore, the
d;ffereuce,tween them was very con>ld-
cradle.
Bat Tbdeus, like his devoted lady
love. thout, as they we're united to each
other in fling, that his poverty ought
not to belde the ground of objection.
Mr.. Well thought otherwise, and
xben be covered the attachment, en-
;oiucd hisughter to base no intercourse
v;th her nniless lover, whom he dis
missed " angry reproaches.
Rut tbrdor of love is not often cool
I'd bv ouition, and it was not in this
instance.
In Mriswclls mansion there was a
Iittle bacsarlor. with single window
that look out upon the garden, and a
single dothat opene4 from the hall.
IL wa neat, little, out. of-the way
nl.ce tbuiet of which was seldom dis
turbed 81 by the loVer', VINO, on tnat
.ceouut. .,ei>red it for their stlen inter
views.
AbouieVeu Ne'oc& Que e'epiLG--a
h..u,;fuuidsum,e eyening-they sat
,Sosetbepefore thepon window, engaged
;u couysation:
" Ru Ro ,.pce Mr.. swell stood under
II ( the umbra of luxurient lilac
an upolserved listen
II ,huk,' said Mau, continuing The
.o,,sratiou. that 'persuade him tc
make US happy.
Il xish you gay Ned the youth,
ea.p liz has DO daugbtet care for but
..self she continued, 'ayheu be sees
,b,t nv happiness depeopo our un-
;on. sm sure be will cot
If be will, Marion reptbe youth
d am the very last person would ad-
wise an elOpemeut, wh'eh ''ey eys to be
deprecated