The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-01-12
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that, he moved close to the draught from the
keyhole of the doors -
| ,s.Firstly," Jarber- began, after slipping his
tea, would my Sophon-''.a
"Begin again, Jarber," said I. 3--fi
ssWould you be much surprised, if this
House to Letshould turn out to be the property
of relation of your own 2"
81 should indeed be very much surprised"
s'Then it belongs to your frstcousin Il learn,
by the way, that he is i'll at this timeo George
Forley.''
''Then, that is bad beginning. I cannot
deny that George Forley stands in the relation
of first cousin to me; but hold no commune
cation with him George Foriey has bean a
hard, bitter, stony father to a child now dead.
George Forley was most implacab and unre-
lenting to one of his own daughters who made
a poor marriage George Forley brought all
the weight of his hand to bear as heavily
against that crushed thing as he brought it to
bear lightly, tayoringly, and advantageously
upon her sister, who made a rich marriage. I
hope that, with the measure George Forley
meted, it may not be measured out to him
again. I will give George. Forley no worse
wish Z" @5ssss ?
was strong upon the subject, and could
notskeep the tears out of my eyes, for that
young girls was cruel story, and I had drop
ped many tear over it before.
T.
f'is almost enough to account for there being a
Fate upon it, if Fate there is. Is there any
thing about George Forley in those sheets OF
paper p 4
ssNot word''.
--t-a1n gTau 70 hear It. Please to read on
/ -Trnttle, why don't you come nearer2 Why dc
yos sit mortifying yourself in those Arctic re-
gions Come nearer"
1'Thank you, ma am; am quite near enough
to Mr.. Jarber."
Jarber rounded his chair, to get his back
full to my opinionated friend and servant, and
beginning to read, tossed the words at him over
| his (Jabez Jarber's) own ear and shoulder.
He read what follows:
THE MANCHESTER MARRIAGE.
Mr.and Mrs. Openshaw came from Manches
ter to London, and took the House To Let
He had been, what is called in Lancashire a.
Salesman for large manufacturing firm, who
were extending their business, and opening a
warehouse in London, where Mr. Openshaw
was new to superintend the business. He
rather enjoyed the change ofresidence; having
a kind of curiosity about London, which he
! had never yet been able to crafty in his brief
visits to theSmetropolis. At the same time he
had an odd, shrewd, contempt for the inhabi-
tants; whom he had always pictured to him
/ self as fine, lazy people; caring nothing but
! for fashion and aristocracy, and lounging away
their days in Bond Street. and such places
running good English, and ready in their turn
to despise him as provincial. The hours
that the men of business kept in the city scan
dsiiaed. h I i'm too; accustomed as he was to the
early dinners of Manchester folk, aud the con
sequently far longer evenings. Still, he was
pleased to go to London; though he would not
for the world have confessed it, even to him.
SELF and ALWAYS spoke of the step to his friends
as one demanded of him by the interests of
his employers, and sweetened to him by con-
siderable increase of salary. His salary indeed
was so liberal that he might have been justified
in taking much larger House than this one
had he not thought himself bound to set an
example to Londoners of haw little a Man
chester man of business cares for show. In
side however, he furnished the House with an
unusual degree of comfort, and in the winter
time, he insisted on keeping up as large fires
as the CRATES would allow, in every room where
the temperature was the least chilly. More
over, his northern sense of hospitality was
such, that, if he were at home, he could hard
| ly suffer visitor to leave the house without
forcing meat and drink upon him. Every
servant in the house was well warmed well
fed, and kindly treated for their master scorn1
| ed all petty saving in aught that conduced to
comfort while he amused himself by follow
1 Jag out all his accustomed habits and individ-
ual ways in defiance of what any of his neigh
bors might think.
His wife was pretty, gentle woman, of
suitable age and character. He was forty-two,
she thrty-fve. He was loud and decided; she
soft and yielding. They had two children; or
rather, should say, she had two; for the
elder, girl of eleven, was Mrs. Openshaw's sY
child by Frank Wilson her first husband. Th{
younger was little boy, Edwin, who could
just prattle, and to whom his father delighted
- Al pfo1li
BILE Lancashire dialect, in order to keep up
what he called the true Saxon accent.
TO BE CONTINUED.