True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-12-08
ZRAGAN, Editor and Proprietor

ambition to have my daughter inhabit
log chateau, and share the honors Of SOW
reignty over a bog trotling, filthy, lazy,
lying set of Irish, with the meanest man
/ ever knew, and shall keep her shut up
until she is of my opinion. if IFS forever.
Leave off Iecturing, 60 to work, and take
my word for it, you'll come to your SEN
ses. JOHN SMITH"
This was the reply that the Major re-
ceived two days afterwards to his Pathet-
ic appeal.
"MRs PRY:-I am jealous and suspi
cious, proud and sensitive. Jane is love.
ly l believe; will slay any one who
possesses her would kill the President
if he offered her gift. She must, SHE
shall be mine. Her father is low ty-
rant she cannot be happy at home. l
shall scale her prison walls and carry her
away and through her friend Margaret
| shall discover her residence"
YDEAR MISS MARGARET Tell Jane
l come, fly to release her from The
clutches of lyrant, from the house of a
father who is not human, who is coarse
ghoul tha, would see all the holy, beauti-
full affections blasted lie has abused and
insuled me, let me know where YOU are
and | defy mortal man 10 keep my Jane
from me, prison bars and bolts shall fly
back when enter, Let me hear from
you Miss Margaret. this very day.
Yours with grateful esteem,
GAspAR CAvENUE."
A week passed. The Major had no
rest day or night, and may truly say
neither had Pry or myself In fact Pry
was getting sick Of the whole business
and said ".his good nature couldn't hold
out much longer" The Marquis stories
we're Lengthy, and he was writing his ne.
moirs-passages of which he insisted or
reading to Pry. I slyIy told yonng Ii
nus, that ! 8. thought he had carried the
Joke far enough but he made no re-
ply.
1t requires no small experience of the
world to know that man is telling YOU
lies, when you can conceive no especa
reason for him doing SO and when i
took all the Majors statements as mos
unquestionable facts, Pry pinched my
cheek and called me blessed little 6upe
yet | am mol sure whether it was not bes
10 be duped.
The Major had requested the post.mas
ter 10 notice who called for The letter.
addressed to Miss Jane Smith, thinking
it possible by that means, to discover he
residence.
Friday came. The Major was ou
when the penny post left for him the
letters.
The dinner hour passsd, the tea bel
rang; the waiter said the Major woul
not appear. At eight o'clock in the eve
ming as Pry and l sat play ing at back
CANNON, Pry burning incense to m
charms with lighted cigar, the Major
rap was heard. "Corfound him for a
internal boar" said Pry, as he shouted i
no pleasant tone, " come in"
Three open letters were in his hant
which without word be laid upon th
arm OF Pry's chair.
"SuFTEsT AND MOST CREDULous @
DupEs A1gOr Gaspar Cdvanue.-Blam
! not one of my sex, if to undcceive yo
with regard to your various qualification
: for love and alteration, have stopped
/ feign a passion which is foreign, ar
8 must ever be to my nature-no egotist r
? love.sick, whining, vain, silly, figure Of
a man, can call forth any other emotion
than those Of ridicule and contempt
: wherever you may 60, in whatever soc
s ETY. you may form part, your contemp
able airs your superciiousness, your bra
adocia will always bring you to mort
cation. A curse to yourself bore
others, you will always be the silly duI
> Of those upon whom you look down wi
=, contempt. If you have such love pass
IL ges, smother Them, drown them, strang
o them. But a man Of forty should be CT
@ lected and quiet, and put away child
}. things.
"Now farewell, softest, sweetest
! individuals, when next you 60 wooir
'e il will not be to JANE SMITH"
10 MOST BRILLIANT OF LECTURERS O.
y par CaUenue AS the friend of ia
it Smith, allow me 10 speak freely, and
,e hope sincerely and truthfully to you.
Quit love making and leCturing. A 6
of sweet sixteen cannot be caught
a. a. your fulsome flattery or yoursoft speet
III os. She prefers the fresh heart and
unhackueyed love of youth Of her o.
Or age. Could you expect TO elicit estee