The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-03

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soshs .s aa ,sss,. Ills cs told
'hat he deemed me foo ior IA "a Il. ,sso,,nsd
amy 3. = nv sresance and with = pefeepeble
Ns .ay 81 as,as was considerfpg whether art
sn aer,,. Nth hiln wonld A. would not b. Nd
: .sap about but whispered - her that she
n,,ss trust me entirely, and she said no more.
,veily hnd wonderful lnith In my tnfnllibfiity
sasa,, Ii would have been 4 great comfort 70
sae 10 tell her ahont that venture " inine. iOr
off. And how ] watched that solitary plant t
III naw ehe teneR Rixna ofamenglment IN It's ap-
,easAnee, I tyemlsted, sna tbs more the leaves
lrooped, the more did my spirilS rise. | was
10 expects & rich legacy You see embarked not
mig ms cash. but Ill my fntnr's prospects IN
silis enc venture. Ii i lost the money, kne"
Il sao1id be sufe 10 lose Nelly also. fne sue
sessfui speculatcr y fsted a. snrewu s,n m.n
the uniucky one Is ssiginasized as 2 gambler
aud mailman. -,
!. nut INV An Kettles did not last long The
certainty Of a failure in the crop OF nops oe.
came kuoYn, and there was an outcry IN tne
market Nobody knew where all me hops
we're gone TO- The brewers. calculating on d.
lninished prices, had but few IN hand when
the blight came. aud now they eargsTiy sougns
10 increase their stock. You will guess now
aeld back, and then sent in my precious com.
modify In small quantities. and how my capi-
tai was qnadrupied by tho transaction
8 see it all now.n Interrupted Il You - -
..Stot, aud let mo finish. Don't be rude, ana
spoii my story: II Is nearly done. When had
.,arted with my last parcel OF hops, and iound
myself the l,ossessor of twelve instead oil three
thousand pounds, / marched boldly into old
SANKEY'S Office u want TO SPEAK 70 70. aooa'
The partnership you were good enough TO pro-
pose,'' said l.
$50 you think Of trusting your fOr'Rns in the
concern
merely answered: sNot exactly the amount
II first proposed quite enjoyed the misnn-
iersta nding, for / saw he thought only WISH, :,
stl to venture part of my cash. since ne to!u
me very coldiy had better retain me who s'
Is he should object to having anything 10 90
with suck very trifing matter
s. You arc nHder mistake, MIR. Stanley, i
answered. III wish to add a larger, not a small
sr amount to the capital OF the hrm. nave
nlne thousand pounds, the result OF my Hrst
mercantile venture, to add TO the three pos
sessed short time back and thea told him
all 1 wish You could have seen the old TEL
lows face. /. was not the money he cared for
after ALL but the fact ofmy having proved my
self wide awake. lie said-and he could not
imagine II greater ompliment-.Swinton,y You
deserve TO be my son-in-law.' l went home
with him that day, and after dinner, when
Nelly--she had no mother--was going to with
draw, lic said stake Swinton with you, and
tx the wedding day And so she did, like q
dear, dutiful daughter, she always was. Old
Stanley behaved very handsomely. This pretty
nome Of ours was his wedding present, and
cost more than all my fortune. need not say
now why it is called Hop Villa; and when tel
you that the old vine we lamented the death
Of to-day. is II seritab.e scion of the one which
laid the foundation of my happiness, you
will not wonder at orr regret at losing it,"
Just one question more before we join the
ladies' Swinton. Was this your only gambling
transactlonf'
Really and truly, yes. Remember, / ran
the risk of losing money to win home and a
bride: and having gained these, would en-.
danger them for money only. think youi"
"Trne; you need not enlarge upon it. Now
let go TO the mistress of Hop Villa"