Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1864-02-18
w. FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1864.


else; but l could not reach that wish.
ed-for spot without being seen by the
devoted couple--so I judged it best to
keep quiet.
"My dearest girl" began the doc
tor, " have long admired you above
all others, and you must have guess
ed the meaning of my attention |" r.
Clara was blushing, and toying
with the rings on her finger. The
doctor leaned toward her, his arm
half encircling her waist and just
then, to my infinite horror, | perceived
Shylock climbing the back of the low
er's chair with the utmost caution.
The doctor gave utterance to the
words "Will you be mine?" when
the monkeys long paw dexterously
removed the most cunningly made
scratch f" from the head of the alb
sorbed gentleman, leaving a spot, the
size of a teacup, bald, bare, and pol.
ished as the top of a marble table.
Clara screamed with horror. The
doctor put up his hand, and, discover
ing his loss, turned to wreak his ven-
geance on the guilty one--turned just
in time to see Shylock disappearing
through the window, his round head
adorned with the profuse hair! that
had been one of DR.. Huntom's chiefest
attractions,
As might have been expected, the
doctor left without an answer to his
question, and Clara accepted Will
Adams the very next day. s.r...,..
About this time, vacant farm next
to our own was purchased by gen
tleman from distant state--the Hon
Zebulm Chester. The Elms was, or
iginally, fine old place, and, under
the direction of his new proprietor, it
grew absolutely beautiful. The old
stone house was remodeled, and furn-
ished with the costliest modern furni-
ture the grounds were laid out with
elegance and taste, and, as the spring
opened, the Hon. Zebulm moved thith-
er. .L.e -..t sd .... aa~r III
Zebulm How I did laugh at that
name, aud at the gentleman too ! He
was so grave, and stately and self
possessed. But he was perfect
Observation-Disclosures, travelled, and
the gossips said--"a splendid
catch |" But then, his name Only
fancy wife, calling out to her hus-
band, "Dear Zebby I" ~"'1
From the very first, Shylock took a
strong liking to- this man. | hardly
knew why. He was not given to
form new attachments, but he persist
ed in visiting The Elms every day, on
the most familiar footing Almost in
variably he carried something, by
way OF propitiation--a large apple, a
piece of pie, a doughnut, or something
of that kind, which he would gravely
deposit in MFR. Chester's hand.
After awhile he took to new
species of offerings, and conveyed to
our amused neighbor my shoes, bon
nets, gloves, etc., with the greatest
liberality. ...
Mr.. Chester declared he had enough
Of my wardrobe to set him up as fine.
lady, any time he chose to make the
metamorphosis. a.. 4
At one period, l had Mr.. Chester's
bootjack, dressing gown, flute, shay
ing case, and meerschaum, all at once );
and he was in possession of my slip
pers, three pair of undersleeves,
Sontag, two bosom pins, and my best
embroidered night-cap. f.. ......
got SO that l fairly hated the man,
or thought | did, which amounted to
the same thing Our family took to
teasing me most mercilessly about
him, and, if anything will make wo-
man despise man, it is to be ac-
cused of having" designs "on him.
Papa insisted upon it that Mr.. Ches-
ter had engaged Shylock as diplomat,
to arrange the marriage settlement,
and that be was generous enough to
"endow me with his goods before
the performance of the ceremony.
One night, when they had carried
the thing beyond all bounds, some of
the young people of the vicinity being
present, was provoked to do some
thing daring. / just wanted to con-
vince them oil that, in spite of the
monkey express line between US, l did
not care fig for Mr.. Chester.
So l made sketch of the Hon. Zc-
bulm-I was only too clever with my
pencil-riding donkey, and under
meath was the inscription:
"a PAIR OF EN-"
There was no particular wit in the
caricaturc, but the likeness was un-
mistakable. 1have the drawing be-
fore me now, and must be pardoned
the egotism Of saying, that Mr.. Ches-
ter's psrsonel was perfect but the DON
keys ears, at this late day. strike me
as rather too long, and his frame a
little too angular for respectable
beast. .s laa5E &aas a@
We all laughed at it, of course, and
afterward threw it aside, and, for the
time. it passed entirely from my mind.
A day or two afterward was in the
| garden, which Joined Mr.. Chester's
when, suddenly, there shot past ms
the most grotesque object have ev
er seen. A second glance revealed
Shylock, invested in my new crino
line, minus all drapery, my lac.
fichu over his shoulders, my "lovt
of bonnet" perched on his head
aud my fifteen dollar parasol in one
paw and in the other-good gra
cious it was that very identical
scrap ofpaper on which l had sketch
ed " A Pair Of 'em |" And he was
going right in the direction of Mr.
Chester'sl aa ~ ADS faa
l called frantically to him to stop
but he only grinned, and wriggled ON
as affected as any Broadway belle
;. Shylock must have seen society some
where, or he never could have assum
ed that fashionable gait.
Mr.. Chester sat smoking on the pi
azza. Shylock saw him and quicken
ed his pace. My face grew dreadful
/ ly hot. I would have given my peal
/ set to have laid my hands on that to
rible scrap Of paper | started I
- run after tho ittla xuratch II Ha hnnu,