Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-06-05
The door opened and hand was introdu.

| "FanDyW said the master Of that hand 10
q soft tone OF endeatnebt.
"IIere / am, love-" said M com pauiou.
"Alope-what! quite full I" said the hus-
band.
Yes, dear" said tho wife, "and so tired
my life."
In O moment thought he recognized the
voice of the husband l coed myself into
the corner. She would have gone out with.
out my being betrayed, if she had not drop
ped her glove. Why the deuce had she ta-
ken it of! a light was sent for and the mo-
ment it came beheld, in the object OF all
my indignation and the cause of oil her sor-
row-the oldest friend Of my life Charles
Franklin.
"Wby" exclaimed he, the moment he re-
cognized me, sis this you fellow traveller
with my wife, and not known to each other
this is curious p
"Franklin !" said l, in q sort of tremor.
ADO you know my husband, sir? ?" said the
lady--"how very strange!"
Yes" thought !, 81 wish it were impossi-
ble."
81 have not seen you these ten years." said
Franklin. Come home with us-you must
and-I-"
Indeed" said I'll"
"Oh, come, come" said Franklin "you can
have no engagement-you shall have no en-
gagement to supersede this. j rejoice in
having found you after so long separation"
and then Mr. Franklin introduced me to
his wife in due form, much TO the astonish-
ment of our llow.travelers at the other side
of the coach, who concluded by what they
had seen, as indeed they had shown by what
they had said, that we were, if not actually
man and wife, two Of the Oldest and most in-
innate friends.
We left the coach. My "trip from Brigh.
ton being periodical and frequent, l had lug
gage, and we proceeded, with the maid and
the bandboxes, to my friends house-of
course l shall be excused mentioning the To-
cality-but it was one Of the prettiest bijoux
| ever saw; good taste predomneted in eve
ry part Of the decorations, and soon discoy-
cred by certain drawings which were pendent
on the walls that my fair companion was an
artist, while the piano forte and harp bespoke
her las she had herself indeed, informed me
she was,) accomplished in other sciences.
After q suitable delay o. preparation, such
as taking off things, and REFRESHING, and oil
that, our dinner was served-nothing could
be nicer or neater.
Fanny, dearest" said Mr., Franklin, "let
me give you this wing know, my wife, you
like it,"
/ u
you" said Fanny.
"Come love, glass of wine with me-" said
Charles; "it is an old fashion, but We have
been apart some weeks, so our friend will ex-
cuse it,"
"To be sure he will, said Fanny, and they
drank to each other with looks admirably
suited to the action.
"How strange it is" said Franklin, "that
after so long separation we should meet in
this extraordinary manner, and that Fanny
should not have found you out, or that you
should not have discovered her."
"Why, my dear Charles" said Mrs. Frank.
lin, strangers do not talk to each other iu
stage coaches"
Very true, my angel" said Mr.. Franklin
"but some accident might have brought your
name to his ears, or his to yours"
While this was going on, in state OF per-
feet amazement.
About this period Fanny retired, and pro.
ceeded to the drawing room, cautoning US as
she departed, mot to be long" Charles flew
to the door, and opened it for his departing
fair-he accompanied her beyond its thres
hold, and thonght heard q sound some.
thing very like kiss as they parted.
"lIow strange it is," said he, resuming hi:
seat and pushing the wine toward me, thai
you should have thus accidently fallen in with
Fanny she is very pretty don't you thint
so?"
"More than pretty, surely" said l there
is on intelligence, an expressive manner abou
her to me quite captivating"
, "lf you were present when she is animated
, said her husband, you would see that playful
ness OF countenance, or rather the variety o
expression, to advantage her mind lights vi
her features wonderfully there is no want o
spirit about her, can assure YOU"
Il was quite surprised when / heard o
your eopement," said !.
"lIer mother" said Charles, "an old wo
man as proud as Lucifer, was mad after I
title for her, and some old broken down lor'
had been wheedled, or coaxcd, or cajoled o
fiattered into making her an offer, which sh
, would not except and then the old lady le'
her such life that she made up her mind t
the step that made her mine."
"And insured your happiness" said !.
, "Why, yes.' said Franklin, upon my wor'
taking oil things into the SCALE see no caus
, to repent the step. Between ourselves-o
, course | speak as an old friend-Fanny ha
not the best temper in the world, and Of lat
. has taken it into her head to be jealous. A
old acquaintance of mine, whom knew lon
before was married, has been over from
! France, and have been good deal abou
with her during her stay, and as die no
think her quite person to introduce to Ear
q ny, she took huff at my frequent absence fror
r home and began to play of a sort OF retalia
' ton, as she faucied it, with young leuter
ant of lancers of our acquaintance. cut th
, matter very short; proposed an excursio
/ to Brighton to visit my mother, to which sh
a acceded, and when had settled her out {
reach of her young hero, and under the eye
, my mamma, retarued to fulfill my engage
q ment in London. And now that this fair OF
!. stacle to her happiness has returned to tn
! continent, so have recalled my better half.
g "You seem, however, to understand eac
other pretty well,' said ].
8 "ro be sure, replied Charles, "the onl
j point is to keep her in good humor, for int
O nos her temper is the very devil-once kno
o how to manage that and oil goes well, and
a iatter myself have ascertained the mode
a doing that to o nicely"
:. Whether it was that Fanny was apprehel
e sive that under the genial infunce OF her hu
If bands wine, or upon the score OF old frien'
e ship, might let slip some part OF the day
n adventure know not, but We were very earl
o summoned to coffee, and confess l was
., no means displeased at the termination oil u
J. conversation which every moment expeete
anna alal..