Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-06-01
Slowly once more he read through the
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moment, till all Of a sudden he thrsW<it
down into the middle of the room and
burst out in a towering passion. "Sec-
ond thoughts, indeed and maynt ] have
second thoughts too, should Ike to knoEs
A likely thing that I'm going to- be kick
ed and then whistled for again, ike dog"
Second thoughts, com. He stop
ped short and-was quiet for s--mement,
and went on;in lower tone slack, I've
been an ass The fact of the matter is,
don't care snap for Minnie Darley but
| love your little sister Fanny thousand
times more than / can say. No, stop:
don't say anything yet, and don't go star
ing as if you had never read Romeo and
Juliet, Dor heard of such person as Ros-
aline; but just listen quietly to me. Il
shall go right home to my chambers, aud
stick to the law night and day till I've
doubled my dirty three hundred year,
and then shall try my luck with Fanny.
I've had two or three briefs this year, and
| know I've got wits enough if l can only
stick to it and will was thinking the
whole matter over last night. / guessed
you were right yesterday, so / sat up and
wrote a letter to old barley to tell him /
vas very sorry for his daughter and all
that; but that Pm blowed if I'll have her.
| didn't put it exactly ike that of course,
but l was firm and civil, and I'll send the
letter first thing tomorrow morning. /
wonder when the post goesl Have you
got any stamps, by-the-by."
| never was so taken sback 10 my life,
and had literally adificulty in catching nv
breath, There was vague feeling Of re-
lief with it all. Minnie MIGHT get over It,
and who could tell what might not hap
pen tbeni but the complications before US
were appalling. ~ r-...-.ssg
Let me see HER letter" Il was at my
feet. ! picked it up, tore it open, and
looked for her signature, and read -.
"Dear Sir,
@Your obedient servants,
sFfs1s g"SMTR and SMTH"
l suppose | opened my eyes wider, if
possible, than they were before, for, in a
second, Nick had snatched the paper out
of my hands. 1t was a lawyers letter,
announcing the sudden death of old Gen.
eFal. Barnard, soon after he had executed a
wllwhich revoked former one, bequeath-
ing his money to build and endow two
monasteries and convent, and left all his
property to Nick on his attaining the age
of twenty-five. III 81 as--szl,si s-a-
Mr.. barley was named executor and
trustee, with full powers to do RS he tho't
best with the estates till Nick should come
into possession. AsdOzen times, at least.
we must have read ii through Nick at
last broke tse~ .leaess,,ssJaek, roa second
thoughts, L shatt .se.d that letter to old
DarIey." sit q; s,shss, "a, r1t
/ siezed hold Of his hand and shook it
so that his arm was stiff for three days af-
ter, and it was a mercy that he was not
disfgured by having it permanently
heightened. ffafiist 2
Ihaye not much more to tell and what
there is is best told in few words.
Nick left us the next day but one, but
before he went he caught Fanny (by acci-
dent, he says) alone on the gazebo.
What happened there am sure don't
know; but do know that when I met
them coming back through the chestnuts,
Fanny run and threw her arms around my
neck and kissed me, and Nick paid me
double at least for bis stiff arm i s,,.fi
Both of them, no doubt, thoughtit very
cruel of my mother to refuse pointrblank
to allow the wedding till Fanny was eight
teen; but perhaps, on the whole, it was as
we'll, for. Nick in lthe mearHime turned
twenty-five, and was able to accept an in
vitation to stand, as Conservative caDdi-
date for Heldon. When the appointed day
I-Fanny's birthday-came, | was in full
orders, and had rung myself in as rector
Of Barnard. -, s..rsl5i i.ae
am not a good hand at describing a
wedding, and am grossly ignorant of the
difference between tarlatans and tulles;
but Emma and Edith Gray were two Of
our bridemaids, and as Nick and Fanny
were going to the East and did not want
Chayronix for the honey moon, Mrs. Gray
lent il me. -e, sles-.l !, s-.,.,7 ta