The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-13
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Esaut rSeousty sAas sns increased In wealth
, she did inc gears and like many other rich
people well advanced in life, had scores of af
feetfSba.e young relatives. Her cold grey
eysSsBere too khrewd not he see throusa their
eassreatten.tlsnnsb the thu. very seIfshness Of their
source. - 1e
Ono nephew however, did net belong to
this elass of schemerss On the contrary, the
old faay was very often the victim Of his
jokes apd be, would dispute With her just for
the1fnp of having hot argument, Yet, for
any real service, she would apply 10 him oft
~enefHhah2to anyone else. She had even lent
a sat sahfeient to stock d fine store, but still
this Frederick SO often, annoyed and yexed
hersthaWpsblicr sepinien was pretty equally
divided asltos whether he Rould be the favor
lite heir or be cut of without q shilling. So
91e evening upon tie meeting of the par
ISL sewing circle at the house of the clergy.
man, this nephew perpetrated a joke upon his
a1ht, (which she never forgot She, unlike
ladies, 4 considered these gather
ms d9sort of d fashionable nuisance, bu
usually. gas present for the sake of INDUCING
10 her sarcastic remarks. Her nephew was
theye ostsnsibly to wait upon his aunt, but
sle@fsir Incy, daughter of The worthy prac-
%titionef;, Or. Blood, particularly allured him
with her charms.
The evening pas. ed off pleasantly. and when
the party had broken up, a. Frederick was
tsking leave Of his friends, with his aunt up.
on ons. arm, and Lucy upon the othsr, the
olF,daE suddenly. remembered that she had
left her mnuf. =.
%, never mind, aunt said the young man,
Z Fili get Is and send it up to you in the
ns5raiBg.ffa
.Ra, I do mind, Fred Strong, for it is not
my way to leave things about in this manner
bpt1where can it be I certainly left it with
ny bonnet and cloak
Search was Immediately made and after q
While it was found stuffed into a deacon's
%, fe upon you, aust Ouch a hint, and
the deacon only a recent widower y exclaimed
the laughing nephew. ns5
Aunt Sally seized her muf, bu. tie hat ad-
herad most efcctually to it. BY an angry
wrepch it was liberated, and the unoffending-
haefew across the entry, projected by the in
cehsed maiden. When it had arrived at the
terA4ahifnus' of IFS short journey, it had assumed
a u6cst questionable shape, and its condition
niaht c~eJtainly have been termed 'shockingly.
I win pay you for this, young man..
Don't fouble yourself dear aunt So far. as
1 ameoncerned, you are entierly welcore.s =
You will perhaps tell me that you have had
no hardin this, matter 2sssz. sss7sf8 ,szasay5
.No,aIaw7ll telPyou no fafsehood about It;
but 1 intended il, as a joke on our stiff deacon,
as much OF; more than yourself - aEyh ,
sAtsbest it is but an III trick you have play
ed upon 5me,s.iaud now mark my words
you shall have reason to remember this
muF TO. the Iatest days of your existence
sAssyousplease, aunt. since YOU take it so.
seriously: but didn't think a silly Joke would
havethns offended Won ,agsel is9so3 % % L.
Tin ,nassedeo and,yonne Strong nrosneredi
fsmo6grStI In his sineesaH had amassed
suficie,,f n eans "a he enabled TO nav his amt
The sum 1sbee had lent him. ,but She declined
receisIao II. alleging that She prefsred to have
It remain;np on :Interest. In the meantime.
he bad,slso, bersuaded the eenfie Lucy to
share 81. fortunes. AZ for Aunt Sally. n sin.
ole msu.Alseenea ii possess her In the INIT
g. g-..l e.tote stacLs etc She had become
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