Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-07-08
MY BACHELOR uHcLEs STORY.


NY BACHELOR UNcLEs STORY.
s'Harry, uIy boy, you are not going in that
atFocious piece OF ielt -
clapped my hands rather nervously 10 my
hat.
/ "Why not. uncle Simon isn't 1t respecta-
/ bic enough 2,
/ Harry you are my favorte nephew. Sit
T down, and you shall bear how / lost nv wife
F that should have been through bad hat .
I ! p4ssively obeyed.
= Weston Thorn and were room mates in
oaE you days. and as perverse fate would
Lave II, We beth feIl desperately in love with
the same giri-Fanny Trevor. Talk of your
modern beanties-I never saw 4 prettier crea-
tnre than Fanny was: checks ike an apple
blossom, sir, aud even that fairly made you
sid with their coqBettiSh sparkle. She wore
heE auburn hair in bright plaids within net,
and I've liked her ever sinee.
.'SiHnon," !" ssid Weston Thorn, one night,
- N in love
so an l, Thorn, . I answered.
and I'm in love with Fanny Trevor"
.'Are you - said /. so am -
"Weston and looked at each other steadi-
ly for about FIVE minutes.
s.So,' said he ..wiIl you give her up a''
mo -
s.Nor will /. So here's to the health of
him who sins the brightest Jewel that ever
shone on human breast -
she tossed of glass of champagne as he
spoke. l pledged him and although forty
nd ba- \
sparkle OF that blight wine whenever 1 re-
member the hour.
.'Wel, our twin suits progressed with vary
ing success for weeks. Sometimes Fanny
u-ade Thorn desperate by dancing with me
sometimes she woke the spirit of Cain the
murderer in my heart by wearing Weston
TloTn's white roses IN her belt. At length,
one day, We went arm in arm TO ask ur. IRE
Yor's premission formally to address h IS dangh-
ter. Papa Trevor was a jolly old soul, and
Laughed qaite heartily al our smIcable RI
vairy.
$50 in. boys. and win, = be exclaimed.
''Flany may take her choice. Whichever il
is, she'll be pretty sure OF good husband p
.sW Weston." said / on our way home, al
shah invite Fanny to that picnic up the river
To- morrow. No place more favorable to the
ieclAIaIions OF love than umbrageous shadows
and green river shores -
"'Just my opinion. said Thorn, 81 shall
also write note Of invitation
g took special pains to keep sharp look
out on the next morning. Hurry as would.
however, Thorn walked out OF the house, kid
: gloyed and Panamahatted. just two minutes
and a half before could succeed in tying nay
carvat to suit myself l gave my
hair parting rake with the unyielding
5ristIes of tie brush, divei into the wardrobe
or my hat, and started full run for the street.
1 could always walk faster than Thorn, so /
relt little apprehension on the score of not
,vertaking him.
81 had dim idea that the young ladies ia
he hotel corridor looked rather commicaly !
II me as sprsng down stairs, aud the little /
boys in the streets grinned and commented |
as passed but was in too great hurry to /
pause for reflection. until full length mirror, /
standing by way of advertisement at the door |
,f looking glass and picture frame store, /
suddenly showed me TO my-self--a young gen /
Ienan got mp in the extreme OF fashion, all |
,ut the head, which might have belonged /
o Bowery lcafer
ssGood iatesl what a rillianous hat it /
would have made rowdy of Lord Palmerston 1
battered, seedy | thought | |.
lad committed thai hat TO the flames weeks /
4go Weston Thorn must have hshed it out
rom its obscurity. and put II in provoking con- /
10 my hand. All my own fault-of
course it was why had mt 1 the common
snse to know what | was putting on my headl |
.sI felt hurriediy in my pockets. There
vas only just change enough TO meet the ext
-encies OF the day. There Was no help Tor
t-back must troi.
aThe sun had mounted high enough to
make the homeward walk no pleasant thing
o take in hurry. OF course, my trembling
myers selected the wrong key at first, and II
.as some time before ecu Id turn the wards
o as to admit myself. However, in | walked
!; last, and opened the rsrdrobe with nervous