Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-03-26

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and Jenkins walked to the door. She followed
with hesitating steps, but finally seized him fran
tically by the hand, aud drawing him back, STAN
mered rather than spoke as follows:
'You-sir-you ask if you shall call again. 1t
will give me pleasure to have you do Sofia is
sir-l-have-something-to-say. You will e1'
cuse me-but l know you are generous and can
appreciate my position'-(a profound sigh, and
Della, staggering to the piano, placed her head in
her hands and wept)
Madam said Jenkins, Il trust / can appreci,
ate what you wish to say and if l con be of ser
vice to you in any way, you have only to show me
how She restrained her tears, and proceeded:
Il will be frank with you, sir-that is-(sighs
and tears)-I will try to tell you-will you forgive
me if it is wrougP
'Certainly-it cannot DO wrong Jenkins an
swered, considerably excited by the unexpected
scene. TELL me frankly assure you it will give
me pleasure to serve YOU
'Yes-but-oh dear (~another fit of weepingl-
butt is so-strangeP
What is it, Della p said jenkins, for the first
time calling her by her Christian name.
you will be as frank as l am, will you notf
'Yes.'
well, then-whether you come again or not de-
ponds upon yourself
Then l shall certainly GOMEZ
i fear not
Pray explain (Sighs and sears.)
BE CALM
We'll. then, / will try to be calm enough. /
%like-you -very-much,-and feel-towards-you
as-I never did towards another. THAT isl am
sure l shall, if you continue to come here-lops you.
II you do not feel SO towards me, l must ask you
not to come again.
The last speech was interlarded with an infinite
number of signs, and appearances of fainting and
no sooner was it concluded than she fell fainting
towards the bewildered jenkins. OF course there
was no alternative, and he caught her in bis arms,
and made various frantic attempts to restore her
and as he thus performed his kindly offices, in
camo the uncle, of o sudden followed by o young
man whom jenkins had not before seen.
Those who have read the adventures of the re.
nowned Mr.. Pickwick, will never forget the mem.
orable occasion on which his friends entered his
lodgings, and found Mrs. Bardell fainting and
screaming in his arms and they have only to re-
vert to that picture to have an exact portrait of the
case of Mr.. jenkins. The uncle summoned the SER
vow 6hip "hOt v jill uhuSOOuhtuDlC lCdoOby
was very near at hand she came rushing to the
spot, aud she, too, saw Della in the arms of the
petrifed Jenkins.
In due time their united efforts restored her, and
the uncle demanded of her an explanation. But
she could not or would not make any, and he, of
course, turned upon Jenkins. The adventurous
merchant told him that his niece was seized with
a fainting fit as be stood by the door about to de-
part, and that he, of course. caught her to prevent
her falling at the moment he came in. The uncle.
however, seemed dissatisfied and suspicious. Jen.
kins told him his niece would explain oil when suf.
fciently restored, and bade him good night.
1t CHANGED that Mr.. Jenkins had an intimate &C,
quaintance living at the hotel where he stopped
f and as he rushed out of the house in a condition
bordering on frenzy. he encountered this identical
friend. 1t was a ~moolight evening, and the lawyer
instantly recognized him as he descended to the
street. AS he did 30, he very deliberately walked
up the steps and examined the number, more care,
fully than Mr.. Farrell did 81 Bond street, on that
memorable occasion when he eat down to tie q
sboe'string, and returning to the walk, said TO
Jenkins:
What the ID has brought you herer
i don't know fate, / supposo-or being q cur.
sed fool = was the excited reply.
The lawyer took jenkins arm, and demanded
a confidential communication He, with some
hesitation, gave a history of the case from first to
last.
You gave a fictitious name and residence p in,
CURED the lawyer eagerly, when Jenkins had fin
ished.
Yes
And did you tell the fair snchantress where you
were stoppingr
No. l told her 1 was at the Metropolitan
Lucky lucky = said he.
why luckyr
e Let me tell you. I know a thing or two of tina
i. precious uncle and his ~yirtuous niece. Did sh
4 faint welll said he, laughing.
Yes
9 Admirably, I will wager. She sighed well
blushed we'll, weps well. tainted well p
Yes
. of course she did. She was once an actye,s,-
She might have been a good one-a famous one,
think-but that sbo had 80 many lovers and amours
s. She ran off with q southern actor, lived with him
year or so, went to a watering place, met the ma,
of the house there, ran away from the actor wit
Q him, and called him her uncle. He 10 as much he
uncle as | ammo more
'Wellr
!, We'll there are a great many things done j
u New York which don't square with the golden rul
lawyers know that. You know something of u
here, but you know little of the wicked ways of thi
wicked city. The house you have just left is a tral
and but for your prec aution in concealing you
name and hotel, you would have been caught. 70
would have been rs it is, probably, had l not foun
this out for they would search every hotel in th
city, but they would find you.
Your safety is in flight. You mus. retreat
n the morning, or my WORD for it you will be sue
g. for a breach ofsHromise of marriage in less tina
three days. That scene pas all arranged. The
will make out a case against you. In the fir
as place. there is the matrimonial office the keep,
Ell will swear to the facts of the acquaintance.
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