The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-03
DAILY LEADER.
OVER Il WATER

tleman Of shout twentY-four years OF age,
of such excessive amiabllity that 1t was
generally feared by his anxious ralstives
that on and alter the suspicious daF-as
vet unfxed-an which he was TO marry
Miss ArAbella Aims he would cease e be
his MISTER. Miss Alma WRs g ablue' of .
not particularly attractive type-rather .
strong Prussian than q delicate ultra-
marine; but then had not her rich uncle
announced his intention of allowing her
sixty pounds 8 year when she made 9
matrimonial alliance, and was not that bet
ter than othine7 Horace's father thought
so, bis sons income not being much over
q hundred and fifty s yesr in Somerset
House.
Young Poppyton admired Arsbells, but
was rather afraid of her. Her figure va
large, her voice loud; if ever she ssked
his advice on any point she usually laugh
ed al it when given. This was Of course
both irritating and uneomplimentary; be-
sides, her utter contempt for the theory OF
unbounded confidence, which is it held by
some should exist between those on the
brink of matrimony, did not sugur well
for their future happiness. Arsbella was
as reticent IS the dark haired gypsy wo-
man of q transporting melodrsms, who
! seldom appreciates the beauties OF candor
until late in the last act; and, as she was
fond of the stage, she was perhaps
prone TO Initiate her Thespisn heroines. 4
| shall be henpecked to 8 dead certainty
Horace often thought; but the good ma
tured fellow invariably sighed 8 sigh of
resignation whenever the diasgreeable
idea took possession Of him.
We are unable to give any information
IF The nature of the business that 0
Horace Poppyton one fine morning in
kugust to that district of the metropolis
described by the denizens OF the west
end as over the water but We saw him
pass reading the pavement OF q close, /
dingy-looking street situated between
Westminster Bridge road and old Lam
qeth palace. 1
The suns rays were warm, and, the
limbs of the Lambeth gamins rendered
inert and tropically languid thereby, they
sought repole on convenient, but dirty,
dooTsteps, and gave themselves up to an
al tTeseo SieStG. " sa Ola 1aIf'.
The street was almost deserted, when q
human butterfly suddenly made its appear
ance, Of so dazzling q hue as to bring H0r-
see Poppyton TO q ~stsndstill, cause the
cigar to drop from his mouth, and his hsncs
TO sIde, suddenly but not gracefully, into
his trousers pockets. his sdmiring gsza
took in q fashionable small black bonnet,
trimmed with roses; set of by q white
Jacket & black lace shawl, and green silk
skirt. The tout ensemble was TaYiahing.
The fsce-well, Horace could not st pres
eat see that sll impOItsnt part Of the fem
mine whole, for the young lady-ofc course
she was young-was inspecting the num-
be1s Of the houses and consequently pre-
vented Horace, who was on the opposite
eide of the way, from obtsining a view of
her facade. He, however, was determined
to crafty his curiosity.
"Who is it2 Why, by Jupiter, tits Ara
bella. In q new rig out, tool What the
| deuce can she b. doing in this locality /
don't half like it-shl she Eees me"
The above remarks Mr.. Horace Poppy
ton jerked out In q manner utterly defiant
of ali elocutionsry principles, although his
surprise was perhaps some excuse for his
inelegsnce. The LADY on the other side OF
the wsy had suddenly turned round and
p~resenteJ her full face to him, revealing to
the astonished gazer the significantly self
possessed features Of ArsbellR- isn.!
swell ArabellA, this is asurprisel who
would hsve ever thought of meeting you
| on this side of the water; business, hs "
said Horace, as he made himself known to
his intended. Il
ArabeIls eyed her lover from top to toe,
and then raised herself up TO her full
height.
%Mr. Poppyton," she replied-she never
addressed her lover more fAmilsrly"'-I
might decline to answer en- inquiry the
- LTD - -DEiah 10 univ awaallad hu
The impertinence you are guilty of in max
ing it. On consideration l do decline to
nswer YOU otherwise than by stating that
it is business brings me in the streets of
| Rome"
GThst is, the parish of Lambeth" re-
marked Horace; "shes been at The play
books again" he thought =
GIf in the poetic enthusiasm of my MS
ture / choose to speak of it IS BONE, l be-
Iieve 1 am at liberty to do so without ask
ing the permission Of MI. Horace Poppy
ton" retorted Miss Alma.
GCan Lambethssby any name you msy
please, It's sure TO smell as sweet" said
Horace.
"Good morning, Mr.. POppyton," said
Arabella. al am in no MOOD for the real
this morning-the ideal world claims me;
good morning Mr.. Pop-ah I must pop in
here"
So saving, Miss Alma made her exit
through the door of Whist appeared to bes
| fourth rate lodging house, leaving Horace
irritsted and bewiidered-
al wonder if there's madness in the
family-I must find out" thought Horace.
"a queer looking house that ain ost dis
reputable in appearance. Whom can she
know there2 III enquire the name of the
tenant. o, I see there's an ice and ginger
beer shop exactly opposite, and an elderly
lady behind the counter, who may prove
communicative. III go in and invest six
pence"
With an ice cream melting In his mouth,
Horace e~ndesvored to melt the tongue of
the proprietress into words. But be was
not skilled IN that sort of fnesse, and
could not get much out of her.
GNo, SIR said she, "much as 1 always
likes to oblige my customers, snd great as
is the satisfaction I always gives, yet when
it comes to over the way I'm dumb, for
you see when there's ten shiliDgs owing
for tazts, and they never enters the shop,
hal feelings gets into the 'srt, and onscsnt
snask impartial like of ones enemies, so I
never saw one word either for loy5 sgAinst,
though much I fear that we're I'm COM
pelied 70 speak out there d be venom on
nv tongue, which venom would not be far
from the truth"
"But l suppose they are respectable
Hang i'll s regiment of women, p
GSixpence for the glass and the same for
the plate" said the voice from behind the
counter" 5ai &
In his excitement Poppyton had drop
ped both ice and plate on the floor; and
certainly the sight that met his eyes was
anything but agreeable to his feelings IS q
lover. Out of the house which Arabella
but a few moments since had entered,
there issued q procession of sbouts dozen
girls, sill dressed with diugy smArtnesst
that betrayed the appreciation, If not the
possession, of fnerya They gave a little
nun IS they left the house, with an accom-
psnying litter. After these came q small
man in . s~nufgshort cut coat with a littl'
woman 70 match and last but It must b.
confessed decidedly the least in Horace
opinion, Miss Arsbells himself, looking Il
!. do her justice, anything but ashamed o
the company by which she was surrounded
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