Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-13
MISCELLANY.
DiY ON KILLIXEY HILL.
From the sixpenny Magazine

Nv excellent father had left me IN
possession of tOlerable capitTl, and a
thriving business in which to invest IT.;
Is had reared me TO his own pursuits,
and had no wish to 90 beyond them.
was prudent, too, rs well as industrious,
ana so it came to pass, that when / had
rs,hed my thirty-second year, found
4 Dlrsalf the honest owner of somewhat
s more than fifty thousand pounds, which,
ven in this age OF miliionaires, is not to
be despised.
had never seen the lady, old or young,
Ishould have liked to call by the endear-
inc name of s'spoJ!se" 1t Is true that /
sighed sometimes over my solitary state,
sydenvied Tom Rivers and Jack Seedrift,
when danced mt their houses, and heard
tn cider children playing at the piano,
Iud the baby" squalling out its approval
IN faisattO: might have continued, too,
II u grumble and repine, without having
II the depths and shadows of my own heart
sounded. had not met with Lily Silver
tpn at a flower show in the morning, and
IN the evening of the same day
danced with her at the house of Bob
Greenshaw, whose imprOmptu invitation
% mop and supper" was the means of
bringing Us into more intimate aSsOcia-
tlln.s
from that day and night was q chang
Il man. [ did not require I4ily's photo
rlph, for In less than month she was
always before me IN some way or other,
and ut every hour of the day. When /
shaved in the morning, she stood beside
tie glass. and ltigIratively tn speak, di-
icted my razor; when sat at my break
last, in my minds eve" she poured
ont the tea, and sweetened it by her ever
banning glance; In my office she bewil-
l-red my invoices, and more than once
induced me to commence my answers to
commercial correspondents with MY
laarest Lily" and when 1 went home
again, or diGed with friends, still the
favor of her smile was on the mutton,
aHI the OdOr of her breath gave to the
poTl its best bouquet
Granthan. said to myself at last,
this viii never do; you cannot go ON in
his sUper-ridiculOus way forever. Lily"
Il was striGing mp and down the room
IS | spoke. and became rhetorical for the
first and last time IN my Ife-''Lily Is
only flesh and blood after ALL IL Is true,
$ pure, innocent and peerless is she,
nat Paradise Is filter for her dwelling
Viace than earth; the blessed shades to
Which Venus conveyed the sleep
liz son of Eneas, when she substi-
tIted Cupid IN his place, in order
Z calole and conquer the wretched
Dido, ought to be her eternal bower:
know that | am unworthy OF her; / am
Lot beauty, and am aware of it; Iwant
the subtle graces and refined accomplish
m4nJs which are said to go so far, and
weigh 50 much with the female heart
But Iilv-dare l call her my Lily?-is
beyond the superior to all this. / feel
81 tt know it am sure of it, Green
shaw tells me she Is flirt--a jilt-a
heartless cOquette, who uses me as bait
such was his odious and audacious
phTssn-tO draw on that fool, Sir Jasper
LlttletOn. who Is a vulgar fellow, but
whose property Is estimated at milhon1
|, IS calumny-a falsehood of the most
atr0cious nd-cOncocted by that beast
Greenshaw, to annoy me, because the
last government contract was given to
our house, and not his. will end it at
onca-I VIII; and that done, take the
-1tlian bv the throat should he presume
% repeat 1t /"
In this excited state ] was rushing
away from the house. when gmy house
keeper, Martha Denbigh, reminded me
that l was going into the street without
my hat. This somewhat Gained me;
but still | persisted. As / approached
TIE house-Lily lived with her aunt in
Great JOram street, perceived Sir
Jasper leave the house and crush" into
lis cai.. He has proposed and been re-
,ectcd, whispered Hope; show could
ne low-bred bOOF expect a better fate?''
l knocked and was instantly admitted
Instantly; another good omen, l
thought, which was heightened by the
brillIancy OF Lly's eye, and the flush on
her beautiful cheeks. When we had
'laken hands-and never did her hand
'eel softer or its pressure more palpable-
Sc arose and said IN low tone to her
My dear aunt, Mr. Grantham Ieust
excuse me If / retire; but you have nv
permission to explain matters, and am
sire, from the many marks of Friendship
which he has showered on me, lie viii
he the first 10 congratulate us ''as
Il She vas gone, but she left an able ex-
Poncat behind.
In ten minutes had heard 1t all Sir
Jasper Liitleton had proposed, and not
been reiectedisL i. ~ El4SO W *
And so amiably generous (even mu-
aiiieentl has he been" went on the
E1etched old go-between, In a tone of
Epturnus emotion, '''he proposes to set
le four thousand year on our darling
LIZ" lours, haI hal sand as to horses,
Carriages and establishments-ah Mr..
trantham our good fortune is almost
overcoming. andsI am sure that none of
oIr many friends viii mora truly or sin
certly-'' -~-fc E 70 s-rs- 2li.fF-s
rushed from the chamber OF decep-
lon and horrors, and left her to conclude
Ler hypOcritcsl speech to the Disguised
az ~ IEfaT E-a7i'f Z =
Months passed away, during which I
NaEned one thing, at all events namely,
Is much easier TO fall into love than to
al out Of Il 7 did my hest, however,
!, vas only by opposing the fonlness of
'le Treatment had received to the I'M
pIeSsens whiclIt the beauty of the deceiv-
mad left on me, that / made head
against the suffering endured Let no
y ,t say that was n fool las Greenshaw
- with his internal III always told you
= 20 back it,, when L honestly admit
hver sympatlnzed with NV heart,
SUI that after course of the blue pill
sId Moxon's magnesia, my attendant
PAysiclans sent me abroad to look for
J5e4!th' when / objected to any further
4lg from their hands at home.
Went up the Rhine, and down the