The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-15
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
ruBLIsnER AND rRornIEroR.
A Father-ln-Law in Spite of Him
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II. II. ROBINSON.


The London correspondent OF the New
Orleans Delta, writes the following to that
paper:
"A good sell is relhtc,l of n wealthy
banker here, who is very good naturcd, but
inclined to he u triflc fast In his views of
liie'. lie had n fayorlt1 clerk. young man
or about twenty -oue. aud remarkably hand
some, modest and highly intellectual. For
these qualities he was liked by every one.
and the banker did hot escape the general
feeling Of good viii. lie was as poor ms his
sniafy, ana lihu no connections to push
him after fortunes, and so. like most Eng
lish clerks he would rise to one hundred and
twenty pounds year: 20 on for eight
years at ten pounds year, rise and marry
when hc gets TO two hundred pounds a
year, hencctorth TO vegctate aud find that
the additional ten-pounds-a-year rise only
kept pace with the additional babes In the
household. The banker on Sunday after
noon, when no one was expected. would
occasionally ask the young man 10 visit his
young family nc his suburban villa; as the
convuFatioH Of the young man was so
correct and so clever, II could not but be of
advantage TO bis children. This was u
mistake. evidently, but Il was good natur-
ed error, ulidwe can only wish, ali of us.
that there were more committed.
| have not mentioned that there was "A
beautiful young daughter of nineteen. but
that may always bennderstood in any Eng
lish family shat has known welded life
long enough. But there were of course. no
attentions on the part of the young man,
other than extremely delicate, reserved and
proper. THIS will most always be the ease
with English youth, as Americans well
know, Don't hem after this The youth.
IN spite of two or three days Invitation 10
the bankers seat, 20 breath fresh air and
clear his lungs of London smoke-was cvi-
IDENTIFY very ILL., and though hedcclared him
self wcllnd robust the banker shook his
head.
i cnnnot make out what is the matter
with my young clerk said the banker 10 a
conlrcrc who was IN his back Office with
him, after tie youth had just brought in
papers.
We'll, you are green, | should say, fora
man ofyour time of life and experience
said banker number two. Don'tyou know
what's the matlcrY he's in lover
In love bah, lie is modcsty and pro-
pricty ITSELF
i tell you IL is . fact, aud with a rich old
fellows daughter who would no more
think Of having him for sou-in-law than
you would
oh. the naughty old fool my clerk is rs
good us his daughter, and be hanged 10
him. Thank you for the hint
As soon as banker number two had dis
appeared, the clerk was called in.
SO, sir you are In love. ana piuing
away for the object of your Affection
thats the secret, isitY Why did YOU not
tell me before sry
The youth was silent
We'll, my boy. pity you; but ~ give
you word of advice. II the daughter Is
fair, she's worth running a risk for. Look
here; there are $500, aud two months
leave OF absence. Run away with the girl.
BAH don't look SO stupid, | did the same be
fore You. aud IL didn't hurt me-
The clerk fell on his marrow bones, and
was upon the point of making u clean
breast of u when the old man rose and left
to avoid scene. The young
man considered aud acted. aud the consc-
quence was that the next day week there
was no young daughter Mt the dinner table
OF the banker ut the country house. The
house was In CONSERVATION, aud Il search
made for her In all directions. A note
however, found on her drcssing-tabc. CON
ycying the customary prayer for forgive
ness, and one enclosed from tile Young
clerk, stating that believing the bankGr
had meant to give him hint with regard
to his daughter, and was not able to give
his public consent owing To appearances,
he had acted on his suggestion, aud that
ere his 'fatlcr-in-law' hnu received the let
ter he would he his sOn-in-law. This pill
was bitter one, and the joke n terrible
one against him, and city men are very
adverse 10 joke against them; so Il was
hushcd up, and has only got 10 the ears of
tile purvcyors of scandal aud 90 Your cor
respondent who records II as n trait of
London life.