The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-04-12

he had had in the business. Now, the
delay made the solicitor question wheth.
er it were not better to take the matter
of payment into his own hands.
IL tell you what it is. Huson," said
the other, as the two worthless sat togc,h.
er in earnest consultation in the latter's
Office, II don't like all this delay The
young fellow was mad after tho girl
what has put him OFF,
II cannot make out l am sick Of
their love making"
You have not been letting out, have
you?"
"I!" exclaimed Huson. "Why, l
never was so guarded in my speech in my
life. 1t grows quite unpleasant to be SO
afraid of giving bit Of ones thoughts
vent"
The candor Of rogucs with one another,
tie disguise thrown off, all w;ckcdness
has ever seemed to US a curious thing to
see and study. could it be unseen by them
observed.
"Tll tell you what have thought Of,
Huson. Who was that young man |
met at your house? He seemed very
sweet on Lily"
"Oh, why John Does eldest sou, a
complete noodle"
"Just the fellow VIC want. Bring
him home with you from the city; en-
courage him. We will play of one
against the other"
"LilIy won't look at him; she can't
bear him"
All the better for the purpose VIC
have in view. Ask him home; show
him favor and attention, aud leave the
rest to me
no is that dolt find every even
ing now at Huson'sy' exclaimed Gray
Russell one day. as he hastily entered
Murchisson's Office "I'm sick of his
spoony face. Who is he ?"
"A great friend of Huson's, he tells
me. There's no accounting for taste,
but he seems quite taken up with the
fellow
But Lilly dosn't like him. I'm not
afraid Of he: ever doing so but his pres
encc is restraint upon every one but
Huson."
:, You say truly answered Murchis.
son, In reply to the first part Of the
others speech, ''she does not like John
Doc, but her father does, aud girls often
consider that parent has the right to
direct them in those matters"
"lou don't say that Lily Huson would
be forced to marry such a creature as
that? - cried the horror stricken lover.
81 didn't say forced, NY dear Russell
Let US be explicit about terms said the
scrupulcus Murchisson Il meant that
good daughters are very obedient, aud
fathers warml y expressed wish becomes
a law with many of them. Lily is a most
excellent, loving, and dutiful cbild'
"The deuce ~ exclaimed Gray, not
in horror Of the girls excellence, but at
the idea of what it might lead to.
You young fellows are q puzzle to
me-" said Murchisson, careless =, at the
same time looking over some legal doc
uAents, as frather bored by: and indif.
ferent to the whole affair. "Why not
take and marry her out of the way at
once"
Murchisson, I'll be ,ndid with you
| don't like Huson. I've heard one or
two rather startling opinions drop from
him Of late, that has made me anxious to
study his daughter little more. Much
as love her, | would not place girl in
what was my mothers home, who had
the slightest laxity of principle in any
way, even in thought"
II knew lluson had put his foot in
it; confound him: :" thought Murchis-
son.
"Quite right, quite right, RUSSELL"
he added aloud. ~ honor your scnti-
ment You cannot be too guarded. -
Then to himself, ~ must see after the
remedy for this blundcr. We shall have
to put the screws on John Doe
And from that moment poor Gray
could not get within half mile of Lily
Huson, but that "confounded snob, j ohm
Doe, was always at hcr elbow"
Il tell you what it is, Husop," said
Nurchisson to his dear friend one even
ing, "your want Of caution has ruined
all. see nothing else for it but to make
victim of Lilly, lock her up to coerce
her into marriage with Doe'-and he
winked knovingly-"that will bring
Gray Russell to book if anything will
by jingo, l thought of that myself"
answered the father. "But where?-
How"
"Leavc that to me. But, before we
proceed to the like extreme case, we'll
give Russell one more chance. On Wed.
ncsday you drive her in Gibbons mail
phaton to the Derby; I'll make him
lend it to me, he's not going himself
Doe will be there, and Russell, too; We
must manage for Doc. as If by accident,
to drive Lily home. If that doesn't
make the other propose nothing else
will
A cleyeror scheme than the two con.
coc,cd could not have bcea imagiacd,
! because they had difficult cards to play
with, but plans of this kind are SO finely
set like mouse traps, that the turning
of hair will start them of John Doe
had an idea that he never looked 80 we'll
as when mounted on tall horse. People
say when mau sits i'll that he looks like
a tailor on horseback; tailor would
nave been nothing to John Dee. He
had exactly the appearance OF q monkey
! in the ring at Astley's running race on
poodle. Tie least jerk made him seize
his horse by the name, or grasp the
pommel in front.