Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-05-05
TALES q SKETCH ES.
A FAMILY HNLOYE.


am the elder brother of family in love.
The fact dimly dawned upon me, widening
by degrees. ever since / came home from
India last year, and took myself the charge
OF my five sisters, aged from about =. But
Martha might object to my particularizing
| Good little Patty! what II merry creature
she was when she went nutting and fishing
with me. Aud what ugly caps she has
taken to wearing, poor dear And why
cant she speak as gently, when scolding the
| servants, AS | remember our sweet voiced
I pretty mother used always to do And
why, in spite of their mutual position. will
( she persist in calling Mr.. Green, with kind
of irlgid solemnity. MIR Green z" But he
Goes seem to mind it probably he never
was called anything else. .... ....r.
| He is very worthy person. nevertheless,
and have great respect for him. When
my sister Marlha--Miss Heathcnte as she
has been called for her craGle-hy letter an
nounced to me at Madras that she intended!
to reinquish that title tor the less euphoni.
Gus one of Mrs. Green, | thought for various
reasons (of no moment now. that my eldest
sister was not likely to marry-I rather
! hoped she would not. We might have
been so comfortable, poor Patty and L..
! How ever.l had no business to interfere with
the first Sunday after my arrival IL coZy car
riage drove up the avenue, and bald, ra-
ther stout little man got ont to he solemn
! ly introduced to me ms Mr. Grceu"I sub
mitted to the force of circumstances, and to
the duties of u brother in law
He has dined with us every Sunday since
We and / are capital friends; regularly.
when the ladies retire, he informs me what
! the funds have been at. day 10y day during
( the past week and which is the safest rail.
way to buy shares in for the week follow
ing. A most worthy person. repeat; will
make kind husband, and suppose Mar,
! tina likes him; hut. However poor girl.
she is old enough to judge for herself, and
it is no business of mine. Some time lie.
! fore long. parish church qnictly. without
any show / shall see her walk down the
church-aisle with old Mr. Green--h he in his
best white waistcoat. and she in her sober
| gray pop!in. which she insists in being mar.
ried in--not the clear soft muslin and long
lace veil quite well remember seeing Patty
working at and blushing over, we won't say
how many years ago. Well. women are
better mnrrlct they say; hut think would
rather have had Martha an old maid
My second sister, Angeline, was fifteen
when left England; and the very lO,elies,
creature ever Lehed. Everybody knew II. .
everybody acknowledged it. She could
not walk down the street without people
turning to look after her; she could not
enter II room without creating general
! whisper: "Who is she !' The same thing
continued AS she grew up to womanhood.
| All the world was ut her feet; every one
said she would make II splendid marriage
become a countess mt least and do believe
Angeline herself had the fullest confidence
iu that probability, She refused lovers l'y
the dozeE; every letter got told me OF
some new slaughter of Miss Angelines.
But like most cruel damsels. she paid the
penalty of Der hard heartedness; when ]
came home found Angeline Heathcote,
Angelne Heathc0te still. Beautiful yet.
beautiful exceedingly; II walking picture, II
visible poem it is u real pleasure to me to
have such handsome creature about the
house. Though people did say, with a
mysterious shake of the head, that hand
some US she was, if could only see my sis
ter two or three Years agol And Angeliue
herself became tenacious on the subject OF
new gowns and did not like it Ia he general
ly known whether she or Charlotte was the
elder Good, plain. merry Charlotte, who
never thought about either her looks or her
age!
Yet Charlotte was the first who brought
me into trouble-that trouble which am
now called upon to bemoan. | had not
been at home three months when there came
a young gentlenian-a very lively and plea
SAINT young gentleman, too who sang duets
with the younger girls and made himself
quite at hnme IN my family circle. my
self did not much medtile NTH him, thought
him good natured lad and no more-until
one fine morning he astonished me by re-
questing five minutes conversation with me
in my study. l
Iwas very kind to the young nan; when
he blushed. | looked another way; | invited
him to take another chair ! listened tc
his stammering explanation with the utmost
patience and sympathy; even tried To helr
him out with them-till he came TO the last
clause. ,,,
Now, do say that man who asks you
for your purse, your horse. your friendship
after only four weeks acquaintance, mas
considerable courage; but a man who' si'e'
that brief period since his intr"dnctioh
comes and asks you for sour slster-why
ones first impulse is to KICK MN down
stairs. -,
Happily, I controlled myself called ia
INV mind that Mr. Cathi'ert was an honsesi
Wong fellow, and ijiat II he dt. choose Il
, risk his whole future upon the result of q
months laughing, and singing. and dancing
at Enthusiastically il was his affair, moi
mine Ny business solely related to Char
; lotts. ] was just dispatching it in the quick
LEA and Giendliest manner, by advising the