Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-04-09

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gethsr g gratifying e z, Hesl6s ~ sl !.
usually Troublesome that mosalnE
her emphatic opinion that Il wcu!d "A W s
deal Of good" ..fi5ynIn d
"And Augusta must have Ecete a.
6niHh her, like Misa Hobbe, y aid t66 y
ia, mother |" exclaimed Augu Aae
considered herself hoch more 6nl ~
cley In every respect, than MlsS Hobl
Of that young lsdy's superiOra
~ there was something In the prog laIA1uAt
sOnndsd gFnu6, shhsaHEaEG6 @dDaD
to It. .s,i,nuyng
Mary silently Congratulated herelf that -
was too old TO be 6niahed j and chen, aagS M
| first time II struck her thsa lhelF i@pspgc&
circumstances might have some Glpck unoN
her own prospects. II was . very plaasaRt
idea; and she began to Indulge little deeamw
on her own account, Of al that money eaU.1cg
II need not be said that she kept them capSIilk
ly to herself or that they would scarcely hayt
harmoniEed with Mrs. SimpsonA 'l,s.,
Sam was sent to schOOl, end Mr.. Simpssaf
alter one or two further interviews with slll&
Messrs. Grindles, went down, By the aAsIaSes
those gentlemen. and In compaMy w1gh ~
junior Of the firm, 10 Barton End: not, asIsA
to take poaseSsion, Of couTse, bat from q yOeI
natural wish to renew ut once the ncQrslttt3
ance with the old place OF wlsichhO was OooW
to be the actual master, and 70 INFORM thVAsG
servants who had been LEFT IN chaege, ell
cousins death. and bis own succesetOiIs ,.A
Mr.. John Simpson had Inherited The IA
at his unclc's death, about Eve yeaTs ,haeb,
while hc himself was engaged Ia his 6nlisa
abroad, and It had bscn matter Of sugpeinA
that he had not at once returned 10 take
session. But Old aaccietions are stsesFfNe4
he found Eastern habits bad boCu16e
bic to him. His aernts duly. reI;ii stis
rents. He was SnaLled with he ineaNH6f
his consulShir, to live aluic6e HiknIlI y. u igS
position Of s0m0 little importance, wasN ~
was, and perhaps felt rather ahy ofretvEi'lfE
an illitcratc man. with foreign tastes and l3nN
to risk supctcilious welcome ffUm the UifkH
Squires. So he put of his coming homsAiS6
year to year, until his friends made .up IH1lf
minds that he would never come ae ~
then the ship that was to have brUughG, ,hlmg
brought instead the news Of his death.
The house had nsvOe boon dislushs1s 1seluco
the uncle's death; bis old do1nS0tlot 6MA
still In possession. and were never lasa a
with, except by IN oceaaioaal yitit Epf ~
or two from the Neaer1 GHndl6A 6k6 si&.
aged the estate Whether NJ. John a. N.
Joseph Simpson arrived 1t lSt ID VAkai b6s.
session, madu- -thcFet0EU -as iittiU ssSBt1k
any party ESegs gstVgeslySs. A4ould pcssi-
Ithad Been Ma SIupsOGv l~isA ists2om-
pAny her husband % akls- -pleassnt veRs0aIef
discovery, but that was step Fhich f. II
self by no means approved III: and u IL
Mcssrs. Grindles gave it also "a lhe1t OpIusSs
that such visit would be wtReF bseIa " is
lin fact, that II wonld hardly lc6k Welt-gkxk
lady, who wAs 3 staunch tndIntSin6r 81 1286.
rum IN oil its branches, gave WY a aae!lA,
Aud if her pTOpbeSl, IN 6hy dtNnS nbetthA
Of undue haste 10 step Into tAs NtktIb G1aT.
shoes she hnstsned Sanply 10 ttoIos llgsNH
ordering the dsspsst and most r exaarS,lvk
mourning for tho whale Portland WSsSasOeE
taollSnmen& r's sn.p.,e ~. ieel M hsB9s1 sid
II would no doubt have gvstileA tisasgI
iOgS Of the late Mr. JohniH The hiehsakAss
gree, and have almost veconcilsd hfmaAAhla
unfortunate representatives Hiha eoalaiAan
overlooked his sorEpwing, relative gisiaRihk
rections TO her pllliner to, haze i.iewnfTikinR
Of the very best, and just ae iG 4, Vaatedee
brother" and hare felt the thlcknesss N ~
'is; and .v;n measured M.s shs depth o. tes
gagged, her husband went down int S .ssSk
with the junior NJ. Grindle, 10 hia dc@tcaIEcs%,
You might have called M. 0ytKdIa 4 ERakv&,
yer and he would only have IGdkk1b az q q.
or even have taken it Ss 4 c6mblIi7I4R &fB
have questioned his driving would SisS a3rx
to make an enemy Of hlm tof IIbSe 80
was Bkittish, and the worthy eieinea 4,le&
iancied himself'in petllUfn OVep1AeuAe n1A
than once, aud inwaFdly resolved ~ aelana
clude q vehicle Of that 0aMiiatDIat a 49,
Of nccCssariea icr q ,cpnwas lRHkals lsssnl,fa.
tablishmcnt; but having the pFudenAn Atmnnp
fine his fears 70 himsslf AfIskine ~ tsr1.rk
upon thessuNleet heyUsd 0a-VHo -
OhSeFvatiOn lliAt tGSsu1Ab - s.. ~
they aFsivedut BaftUss NAdqtllem a4k
excelieut tefms with vath UthSH arllkh sFlsasT
1--WE must stay hero twooFthNaS akvznp1a
thelawyer. "lhaven't been able % SoWa
here for some time, and there are gool nnHR
things to bc looked into; OfcouSssz anR
like, while We arc here, to shOw yon eVW "
estate; besides I've asked O. friend g smo6s
me here ter days shooting; sspq-sIlz 0akR
couple Of good days here In the cnslr : y ~
year; your cousin, Mr.. John, yon, -. q -
len mo that priyilege-caH't AZ haa
in future, you know, OF couFse, con :.
Grindle, with what he meant Ior 4 ~ a.
erential smile, but accompaHisd MI r.
nudge which might have struck 6R4 2k
Mr. simpson as rather ARiIsiF. But 3. I,e
die knew his man, and had I'd jy1 a. ne
tho agency Gs well De the ek6OsSah y - 20
"Ohl I am SURF, hopsAI beE ~ I.fas
IF rn ever In that position, l ms9a aSIllR
you were good enough b % my - -
ness for me.--" = = r * n - 7ifITSi;I
"Time enough, my dear siR to e -
those things !; at pressAt, yOA .unie iR
act for Mr.. John Simpson" Ne. O. a'hA
perfectly satisfied himself on ehe szt
which he had been very properly anxI ~
now he pat tie QaeAtiON W b oIis "A -
cidedly; that poor Mr.. ElmbSOa g =
bUked, as if he himsele hsd sevy q =
brought it forward. 4 ,,s7l,inn9 ~ ~ !
"You don't shOOt, yonrssle spsrI .I.Ss.
sumed the lawyer, sa0or O. Ai, -
which he, kindly allowed ~ - -,
repentance and EecqsegI Ir,s saige - ~
NJ: Slmps9g might 1Ea s. +
~ dldly bat ~
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