Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-04-17

But tell me plainly. did you mean that p
"lf mistoOk yomr meaning, sir, you have
no right to question mine"
'But Lord bless me . suppose should ask
you to be my wife? Answer NE that"
You never did ask me, sir"
Then, by the car Of old Neptune, / ask you
now Susan Garland, will you be my wife p
Jerry Pleman-I will ~
What - cried the captain, starting back
and gazing into her blushing, tear wet face
do you mean that You can love an old man
like me-that you can love me always
You are not old and as for loving you, i
have loved you for u long while and if you
take me for wife, I'll love and bless you to
| my dying hour
Then come here Come here, Susan Come
| right here; and if ever cease to love you, and
| cherish you, and be true to you, may-may-
that seaweed ghost come back 80
About ten minutes after this Uncle Jerry
made the following very sensible remark:
" Why, bless my soul we are acting like two
fools -;
The widow only smiled and said
Two very happy ones, amt we'
And Jerry said
Bless my sO"i-we are,
On the following day. Jack k0pppned to pass
near the widow house, and he dropped in. In
few moments he was the happiest fellow i'm
aginable.
But said Susan, earnestly, "don't mis-
understand me. 1 have loved your uncle
loved him we'll and truly. and I believe he
loved me, but dared not say so Had it not
been thus, could not have done this 1 would
have helped you all the same by simply and
fatty refusing you but could not have toyed
or triaed with him. lie is good man, Jack
good man."
:" So he is, replied Jack And then he went
home.
The youth found his uncle in the library,
with book In his hand - said book being bot
tom-endu lie sat down and peeped wicked
~ out of the corners of his eyes, while very
iil-manrered smile kept playing around the
corners of his mouth
What are you winking and blinking. and
squirting and grinning at, you young dog ?"
asked the old captain, with tremendous feroc-
ity.
Il was thinking of story once read, = re
turned Jack. quietly.
. story, eh What is it, you scapegrace ,"
- IL tell you, uncle, said the nephew with
the smile and the twinkle more wicked than
ever. " 1t was very funny thing-it is the
funniest thing | ever heard of man once
went to set a trap in which to catch very re-
spectacle and honorable young friend Of his
He had got the trap all nicely set as he SUD-
posed, when-what do you think !''
=" When what, you graceless rascal ?''
"Why, uncle, when the thing was all fixed
there was the funniest thing happened you ever
heard Of Instead of catching his respectable
high minded young friend, the old fellow got
nabbed himself. In fact-he got caughtiu lis
Orrn trap, Wasn't it,
Get out of my house. you young scamp
out with you, reprobate ~
But. uncle when l come back, mayn't I
bring Lizzie with me to see and participate in
your new and deep felicity?''
" If you ii be decent, you daring young viii
lain, you may bring the queen of slatterns her
self; but beware how you offend me cant
bear every;hing-and L won't. | won't put
up with it. 1'll-l'll-kick you out of doors,
yH ungrateful traitor ~
After this effervesence Uncle Jerry's soul
settled down to q clear placid calm and when
Lizzie Brown finally appeared before him, be
actually kissed her. and said she was lust the
girl for his rascally nephew
And in few weeks thereafter Uncle Jerry
had wedding party. He was married first,
and then sat down and saw Jack married
There, said the happy old fellow. after
the thing was all over, as he approached his
nephew and banded him paper, There is
something TO make up for the loss you have
sustained in letting NE rob you OF The best wo-
man in the world -
Jack opened the missiye, ana read it with
tears In bis eyes, for il was a certified check for
twenty-five thousand dollars, with little note
attached, saying that, if he behaved himself
might at some future time, have more.