The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-10-21
Yes said Marion. 'but suppose--'

other that led to happiness.
Aud in that event l shall not falter!
returned the maiden.
You are q brave girl Marion
{ 'BatI apprehend different RESULT
she replied.
e 1 have very grave doubts, my love.
Father is passionate, she returned but
not unreasonable
( That is decidedly rich,' muttered Mr..
Wiswell through his shut teeth, but too
low to be overheard.
at first he may object, continued Ma
riop, but finally he will CONSENT
Not at first or 6nally, muttercd the
parent, as before
4 feel my poverty will prove an insu-
perable objection said Thaddeus.
L know that my father would prefer
nahob for son in- law, replied Marion
'but prefer a gentleman for a husband.
: so then, muttered the listener again,
my daughter thinks De Camb is not a
gentleman. Pretty We'll, that! pretty
well?
i desire happiness more than luxury,
continued the maiden, 'and if [ cannot
have both, will eudeayor to secure the
former
Bah muttered Mr.. Wiswell.
L have sometimes feared, said Thad-
deus that the deprivatious to which eVe-
~ poor mans wife is subjected, might
occasion regret or disappointment
If you knew the depth of my love-
replied the warm-hearted girl, you would
dismiss such idle fears!
Il have never doubted it, my dear
Aud yet, from the zenith of affiueuce to
the nadir of poverty, is dangerous jour
ney, full of pitfalls aud precipices. and
very few accomplish the descent without
broken hearts and shattered constitutions
oh, Thaddeus. have done with your
apprehensions. | am full of hope and
confidence. We are rich in each others
love.
And besides our love- replied the
young mau, hopefully, 4 have two thou
sand dollars, with which to commence
business.
Mr.. Wiswell heard DO more.
Gliding away unobserved, be FASTENED
toward the little back parlor, crimson with
passion.
Two thousand dollars he nuttered
grinding his teeth. "A pretty business
such a man would establish! Aud yet
my daughter is to be supported off its
profits
This thought fairly maddened him.
Let him say as much to me,' he con-
tinued; aud II give him two thousand
blows to help him carry out bis good in-
tcn.ions.'
By this time be had reached the little
back parlor, which be entered, with his
bauboo staff raised above bis head in a
manner at once menacing and dangerous.
Yet, sudden as was bis appearance,
Thaddeus was not ubprepared, or in the
least disconnected.
Mr.. Wiswell, be said, antici ipating the
outburst of passion, Il have a very great
favor to ask of you--that you will give
me your daughter in marriage!'
There was an audacity iu the request
that completely astonished the banker,
and greatly increased his Indignation.
Suddenly his hand clutched the stick
with tighter grasp, and raised it sever
al inches overhead.
His crimson face became purple, and
the froth of his mouth escaped through
his parted lips.
In savage voice. resembling the howl
Of the march wind, more than human ut
tersnce, he .hrieked in the young man s
face
What would you do with my daughterl
And he followed the words with a
scowl of bis heavy brows, darker than the
summer cloud and stamp of bis
foot, that rubbed throughout the man.
sion.
Tbaddeus, though palo and spprehen'
sive, stood up before the infuriated par
ent, with his left arm outstretcbed over
the crouching form of the frightened
tn alden: and he replied, in tone full ol
feeling
Il would love her, sir, with all my
heart?
The meli6uence of this tenderness, SC
unlike anything expected, touched the
proud heart of the aristocrat, and the dc.
mon of bis rage instantly .orsook his pres
ence.
The fingers relaxed their hold, and the
stick fell clattcring TO the floor.
The lowering brows went up like clouds
of fog, when the sun illuminates the east
The scream of the March wind Subsi.
ded ioto human tone.
'As the Lord lives, you shall have her!
Immediately be added, grinding his
teeth, as if to show how great his angel
might bave been
Bot, if you had mentioned business Oh
dellars; oh! if you bad, would have
beaten you to a jelly!'
Then turning to his daug ghter, be con
tinued-
Get up, Marion; he is worthy OF you
and will make you good husband
Mr.. Wiswell picked up his cane, and
left the lovers, but be left bis blessing
..,,th thafu