Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-07-02


morning; IL would delight me much to have
such plctnre' Every thng here has made
sucn an impression upon my mind that al
most iahcy coud do 1t myself !; every thing
mas gwen me such an exalted notion oil the
peau'ieH OF nature tnat | am completely en-
raptured with TINS secluded spot"
oeiore oamuel nad time TO reply Tom Dariy
lnsae MS appearance IN the dlrectlen OF the
paper mills. The admirers OF nature arose to
meet the pres'rver of samuels Life.
wen Tom y exclaimed they both at once,
holding out their hands to exchange saluta-
tions. Toms face beamed with Joy at such an
unexpected meeting. He grasped hand of
each and gave them hearty shake mutter-
ing in his rude way
"fou must excuse me for not coming to see
you the night promised-it was an impos-
sibiiity for me to do it; left town very I'M
expectedly and only got back late last night.
But intend paying you visit this evening,
which hope will make amends for my SEEM
ing neglect"
"Good good n' shouted the two lovers
you are excuaahle for what you are pleased
to term neglect, hut know that If good
turn had beeh at stake there would have been
no neglect ON the part OF Tom Darley"---
Answered Ida with flushed cheek.
Tom smiled and thanked her Tor the com
pliment. Ida proceeded;
" We have never had the opportunity to
return our thanks for the eminent service we
received at your hands, but trust, that one
OF these days, we will be able to do something
more than return our thanks"
Yes" said Samuel, "we are considerably
your debtor, hut p
Tom interrupted the young man before he
had time to finish the sentence by saying;
al think that old sarpint, Mrs. Bachelor,
will not bother the citizens of Wilmington
much more. | understand the proper auth
critics have taken into their heads to investi-
gate this thing of burning peoples property
without their consent, and If they summons
some witnessestha could name they've
have much trouble in finding her guilty
either!"
"Do you think she ever had any buildings
fired except my mothers housel" Exclaimed
Ida with palpitating bosom.
Yes, plenty of them. There's Mrs. DON
aldson's store in Market Street, they robbed
IL; they burned Pogne's Store after they rob
bed ii. There's Taylor's, and Wag's and War
ner's Stables they burned all of them and
had almost forgot old Partialityis Stable they
burned IL too. Besides there are plenty OF
houses that don't know for certain about,
that have been burned by this old pink OF
perfection 2
"Do you think that any of these cases
can be proven against herH''
GAN Of them and far more''
Ida became very much interested in the
conversation; and the eanestness, in her
tone, while eliciting certain information from
Tom, was sufficient to convince Samuel, who
was a listner to the discourse that she had not
given up all hope of satisfaction.
This man can be OF infinite use to me
thought Ida; he is acquainted with all the
intricacies of Wilmington; he knows all the
persons in the town and consequently will be
Oh hnhite aofntage 10 me- WIN ths we"
she sad
"Tom, am pretty well persuaded that you
are acquainted with every nook, corner and
crivice inthe town; knowing this faot would
wish to enlist you In an enterprise for me-
ionh siniieu anu iepnso'
"auaii' iN'ahh YOU ior 'he compliment !