St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-02
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EVA FLORENTINE
THE DUPED FATHER-IN-LAW.

BY c. g. CHASE
Oliver Florcntine was a rich man.
He owned broad acres of moving and
pasture land, and immense orchards,
containing every variety of fruit trees
in the country, together with the title
deeds of several large brick blocks i'll
the city. He prided himself not a
little on looking out for number
one :" but which consisted in niggard-
ly schemes with all who had the mis-
fortune to transact any business with
him. His face was as rigorous as a
Ducth nut-cracker. In his household
management, Oliver was perfect
skin-hint tradition said that he used
to soak the backlog in the cistcrn,
ana hse we're @ I'D hs Mth the EH wss Shf shs
water the lamp oil and he was aided
and abetted in all his avariclous
schemes by a vincgar-faced old house
keeper, who was an enemy to all good
cheer. and who stintcd from pure
love of-what? some would ask
mcanness.
But there was another being within
his residence. How shall | describe
her? Picture to the mind that gentle
eyed creature you observe that she
was rather tall, but so finely moulded
in her form, and her muscles SO very
nicely adapted to their appropriate
uses, that her movements are uncom'
monty graceful and easy. Her skin
is of the finest texture, diaphanous,
smooth, and of slight brunette com
plexcion, just enough to avoid dark
hue on one hand, or paleness on the
other. Her glossy ringlets are OF
midnight hue, and her eyes a deel
blue, which looked at a little distance
as though they were black, but near
an unbrage of rich blue is discovera
BILE. Sweet Eva, thou vert as dlssln
liar to thy papa as a canary bird Is
an eagle. Not being blessed with 40
to continue his name and inherit hi
fortune, he lavishcd all his tenderness
A. and care upon his daughter Eva ha
= no reason to complain of her father
righteousness, as far as she was col
cerned. He sent her to the be'
school, and gave her carte blanche
. the fashionable millners ; and una
saw that when she walked out on
sunny day, there was no more gay
= decked damsel to be seen in the v
lage. Now don't for a moment thin
in reader, that the fair Eva had no ID
of her heart. OF course, several We
fine Young men, with one-third coli'
one sixth patent leather, one fonr
walking-stick and the rest kid GLOW
- and hair, fell over head and ears
love with her, and there was a lare
' number of whiskers outside OF
meeting she attended than darken
xes the doorstep Of any other metrop'
5 tan church. Besides Oliver was
2 formal rival to his attractive daught
Didn't he fire a charge Of rock s
/, into the inexpressiblcs OF Dan
Smith, when he came serenading "
!, a guitar? Didn't he fog that ms
ING ificant Samuel Nutmeg for Leaving
obt Valentine at his door? Wasn't he
= of pable of unheard-of atrocities! 10
Dt,v not he squeeze bears grease out o
: IN pigs tail! The suitors Of the pre-
.ion Eva were all frightened of the tr
Iven by her ogre Of father, excep
Young fellow who responded to
- name of Daniel Albro. The old ger
man really liked Daniel he was
"a staid, SO calm, and SO full Of infor
ton. He was regular price curr
eS and no man was better acquaiI
with the price Of everything. y
Eva liked him it was very Difficult
ali" conjecture, for he was devoid OF
"A. small talk which generally chara'
short ICES our ladies, and averse to mt
work chies, disliked the opera, and co,
'ited' cred waltzing indelicatc. Perl
his good looks recompensed for
imperfections, or perhaps that ter
horror of dying in state OF sl'
e in blessedness induced her to COZ
ileva,, nance the only young man her II
nds Of was ever known to tolerate.
pubic One evening Albro screwed u
courage to the task Of addressing
e day. old man on the subject nearest
uss. heart.
on N D. "Mr. Florentine," said he, 81