Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-06


known of the stock. Such for her appearance
necessarily more fascinating to admirers of the
dark style than to the learned authorities on
female beauty who decree fairness to be the
Chief excellence, forgetting the phlegm and
flesh which so often attend it. Her education
was that OF young lady, as were her accom-
pShments. | am afraid she coud not dis.
course on taste, Shakespeare, and the musical
glasses; but she had an accurate taste, had
read two plays in Bowdler and played the
piano. Ina word, she was one of the daughters
OF England.
This is not love story. 1t is Kabaie ohae
Lie6e You will excuse my quoting tongue
as familiar to the English generally as their
mother tongue; SO much so that Mr.. Buckle
quotes pages of Kant in the original, to the
despair OF Germans, who don't understand it.
Even prOiessed love-stories one only excepted,
are filled less with love than with the con.
sequences OF il. But in protested love.story
you are required to give at least one love-
scene, which don't mean to do. The young
ladies who like to know how love is made are
referred to another place. Why should they
object? am endeavoring to throw the gentle
spell of female influence over the tale as
publisher advised me to do ii | wrote a novel ;
and have given them in description Of the
young lady, without its being wanted. So
lie was sitting in the library and OCCASION
ally pacing up and down it, to concoct the rest
OF his plot. Like chess player, he had cal.
culated all the probabilities provided for every
consequence, except his adversary's move.
Most likely the young lady would refuse him
she did not deserve his son il she did not
The son, too, would be at first lukewarm in
pleading cause he could not have at heart,
and would only be awakened to warmth by
the refusal He would then, in hope for him.
self, urge his fathers claim, and be finally in
terrupted by her saying, playfully, "Why
don't you speak for yourself, John 2" as is
laid down for Il similar case in Tile CourisiuD
Of HdeS StdadiSh, whence the father had Dor.
rowed his scheme. The only objection to this
was his sons being named Tom, not John
but young lady of parts could easily sur
mount such as obstacle. This was far the
most likely course; for the others, it was
hardly worth While TO think of them. If she
accepted him, he could explain to bis SON
Ii she rejected him without accepting the son
at the same time, he could get his son to pro-
pose for himself. And the young lady had
only three courSes-lo accept him, to reject
him, or to take his son instead. All, Mr. Car
ter, you never heard certain statesman speak,
and you little know the strange power Of three
courses.
He was still indulging in these pleasing re-
Elections when awakened from his revery by a
loud hasty voice outside. "Oh, you needn't
announce me to Mr.. Carter, John, we are old
fliends-or not exactly old friends, but we're
going TO be soon. There you needn't open
the door; know all about it, OF l shall know
how all the doors open before long"
MIR. Garter sprang to his feet, and FASTENED
toward the door, which was flung open in his
face by DIR. Bbber with such force as to ne
cessitate spring backward of six feet on the
part of the host, TO make the hinges crack,
and to shoot the guest into the room as il he
had been one of Louis Napoleou's last warlike
inventions.
GLOW do you do, Carter? how do you do?
Well, hope; the Sc east winds fare they east
or southeast, by the way 1--we not seen the
barometer lately) not knocked you up, as they
used my poor Old friend Admiral Jiffcock.
lie always said they were fatal to his iconsti.
o os SO heH g gr sSa t 9r they PlfS 4
,yrnrletl ,cith oil hands This is your libra
ry, Ell Nice room, very-don't know it yet,
but | hope To, sometime. Reading anything
new lately? DO you get books from Nudes
OF from Nixnewe's here? | was just giving
my daughter treat out Of one OF the novels
OF The seasOn--which was it z"
"Kingsley's," suggested Mr. Carter.
"No, never read his, any of them-neither
Esmond nor Never TOO Late to Mend. l shall
think OF it presently, d IRE say. By the by,
that reminds me-your son came Just as was
in the middle Of a sentence very fine youth
that of yours-Je couS en- f1iS mes compiimentS--
dgrecz tdSSardnce de ma heute consideration, as
we used to say in France long since Eve been
there though-great changes, they say-Rue
de Rivoli, rfed cannOn-he's great man,
that emperor, and they re not fit for liberty
mere gabbers can't say a connected sentence
or think out subject. Well, but your son
came to see me to SPEAK to my daughter. I've
left him with her now"
"To speak to your daughter! Really it
was considerate of you to leave them together,
Doctor"
"Well, hope I am consderste, Carter
you'll excuse familiarity, but as ii is so, great
ly flattered by your proposal, Pm sure it was
for that | came on ut once; and left him there.
You're widower; but THAT'S no difference
of course, if you had killed your wife, one
wouldn't have liked il, but never heard you
did. And she can look after your son for you,
Boys like that ought to have some maternal
bringng-up as well as paternal; it humanizes
men more. l attribute all my advantages
that way to my mother living till was forty,
and keeping me virtually at home all the time
| was at school, as they say HannibaPs-"
Excuse my interrupting you, Doctor, Did
my son speak to your daughter before you left
them ?'
eyes, yes, of course. He conveyed your
offer of marriage"
Concluded to morrow.