Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-27
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every information of course, and advise me as
what to do I'll go to Grindles' at once and
| I'll just look into the counting house aud set
Styles mind at rest before come back. I
can bring my letters down here to answer
How far Styles mind was set at rest has
been already recOrded.l
To MesSrs Grindles' accordingly, at an un-
usual expence of cab-hire, Mr. Simpson proceed
ed. If be had any floating doubts in his mind
before as to the correctness of the announce
ment in the Times, the remarkably grave and
polite manner in which the junior Mr. GrindIe
! (whom he remembered hitherto as arapd and
somewhat supercillious young man) received
him on his entrance. would have gone far to
remove them. Have you heard any thing
! lately of my cousin, Mr. John p asked Mr.
! Simpson, with voice which be felt was ner-
vouS and and unsteady-that, however, was
becoming under the supposed circumstances.
Sit down, beg, my dear sir,-pray sit
down sorry to say we have, very sorry in
/ deed Have you seen this. my dear sir ?"--
producing copy of the Homet0ard MaiI. and
pointing TO paragraph containing the same
brief but important words as those which had
caught the eyes of Mr. Simpsons
"I saw it in the Times this morning, and
came to you to hear more about it. He was
was coming home, fancy, this mouth 2"
! He was" said Mr.. Grindle "he wrote
us last mail to say We might expect bin by the
Formosa, which brought the mails as | under
stand, yesterday he had taken his passage in
I her, he says in bis letter. Wewere just going
to telegraph down to Plymouth, to know if
she has landed her passengers, and whether
your poor cousin is among them. | should
! fear there can be no donbt of the correctness
of this sad news-most sad, indeed, and sud
| den but We shall have answer tonight, and
will at once let you know. You are aware, cf
course, 4" continued Mr. Grinde, delicately
that you are your cousins representative p
Il am aware of it, sir" said Mr. Simpson,
bowing awkwardly, assure YOU"
"Of course, my dear sir, of course these con-
siderations are premature. | trust, most SIN
cerely trust, that we may have some inte-
gence of our valued friend by the Formosa-
j You may depend upon our making the most
particular inquiries, and giving you the ear-
est Information. Expecting him in town We
were this very day, and now ! Well, Mr.,
Simpson. life is
But Mr. Grindle felt himself hardly equal
to the definition, and filled up his unfinished
sentence, by lifting up his eyei and hands -
But allow me to offer YOU"
Nothing in the world, thank you"-end so
they parted.
1t was not natural that Mr.. Simpson should
/ either feel or affect much sorrow for the death
| of cousin whom be had not seen for nearly
/ fifteen years. Yet sometimes, on his way home,
when he remembered the DAYS when they had
played together as boys, the worthy trades.
mans heart reproached for the feelings of pos
tive elation which he was conscious of since
the news of the morning. He had never tho't
much of the possibility of such 40 event as his
/ own accession TO the little Surrey estate. Mrs
Simpson, it is true had been fond at oil times
of deScanting, even before their acqnaintanceS
on her children's future expectations, not al
/ together TO her husbands satisfaction he had
no notion, as he said, of teaching the young
folks 10 set themselves up above their father
/ and mother, which the younger daughter, Au-
gusta. was rather inclined to do. And it was
not without some little misgiving that he con-
/ templated during his solitary ride home, some
of the possible effects of the change in their
1 position upon the female members OF his house
hold. Still, it is very pleasant to feel ones
/ self independent. The Simpsons were by no
/ means rich the son had succeeded the faith
/ er ia Iong-essabliShed but not very lucrative
| business and had neither the means nor the
energy to extend it He had had his anxieties
I and losses aad he was fond of ease and quiet
To drop Unexpectedly into a thousand a-year
was, he confessed to himself, piece of good
fortune almost bewildering If he and Mrs.
Simpson sent the young folks to bed early that
night (to Miss Augustus great dudgeon),
and sat over tbs FIRE themselves somewhat la
d ,h, al fbai F,t,,
poets, they are not to be set down as more
greedy and selfish than their ncighbors.
Again, at nine o'clock exactly the follow
! ing morning, did the bus which Mr.. Simpson
usually patronized go to town without him
and an aspiring young bankers clerk, who
| lived close by, usurped from that time forward
the well known eorner-seat, which hau belong
ed by preScriptve right, willingly recognized
/ by other passengers, to the highlyre$pecta-
| ble old city gent" from number four For Mr.
/ Simpson himself, at that hour, was busy read
my TO Mrs. S, for the second time, the follow
/ Ing important communication from MeSsrs.
/ Grindle -
DEAR SIR,-On receipt of telegraphic mes
sage yesterday evening, informing us that 10
Such passenger as Mr. John Simpson had ar
rived per steamer Formosa, we dispatched a
| clerk at once per night mail 10 make further
inquiries He has just returned, aud brings
", rd that Mr. John Simpson had engaged his
passage by that vessel, and that some of his
luggage is nov actually on board. He had
himself. as it appeared. left Tranquebar for
| Point de Gale some weeks previously and
the Ceylon papers, put on the Formosa just be-
fore sailing. contained the intelligence of his
death We shall write by this mail to our cor
respondents in both places, and obtain all par
ticuIars Meantime you may command our
best advice and aSsistance-Failhfully yours"
a.