Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-13

that everybody seemed to like me. topet
me, 10 adopt me as their friend, and to
wish that Eve might often meet again. y
My old feelings about Lily had received
what pugilists call ga settler I did moi
envy Sir Jasper his unwholesome bar
gain; / began to feel that if ever had a
liver at all it was now in perfectly nor.
NAL state; and by sort OF 'mentastastis'
$50 my physician used to call It'll that my
heart was the organ which L should
henceforth look out for the engagement
most heedfully.
As walked accompanied by doctors
wife on one side of me, small, plump
pretty and merry, and on the other by 3
charming widow, somewhat past heI
premiere .jeunesse, but whose eye still
sparkled as brilliantly as ever, and whose
temperament appeared to be a combina.
ton of solid understanding and sincere
and honest desire to be useful to every
human being that came in her way, was
still further confirmed in the business OF
my incipient feelings towards the beauti
full Evelina. Her friends female friends
| tool spoke of her nobly, as one who was
the idol of her family, and pet unspoiled
by it, and equally the idol of all who
even like myself could feel sort of in.
tuition that she deserved the worship
and admiration which universally attend
ed her
Did [ dance? Yes with Evelina. DID
/ sing? / did, and with Evelina too.
Did / make speech when called upon
by general acclaim TO return thnaks when
the toast of 'The Ladies" was proposed
after supper? OF course did, and with
fluent tongue andsa "suTcharged heart,
as / called it there and then, commenced
eulogizing ''the glorious sex" in general
and-and Evelina in particular. nfact
everything undertook ON that auspiciou:
day was "a success" and when on re
turning thanks when my own health wa:
proposed, capped the climax by hon
estly acknowledging the ruse practiced
in my favor by smy dear friend Rivers,
dale, and by as candidly owning who
was, and what / was, and that my pres
ent intention was to postpone my de
parture from Ireland sine die, in order t.
dip deeper. into the social mysterie.
of so genial and generous a people; a per
feet ovation rewarded my oratory, and
heard Evelina whisper aside to mann
ma, which raised me still higher in my
own esteem, simple as the words were
and consisting of equally simple common
dation of REALLY mamma, Mr.. Gran
than must be a very accomplished man
and quite an orator; he speaks verywel
and always like a gentleman.
Do my readers suppose, after all thes,
many -tinctuTed revelations, that my ait
tie adventures" stopped there? If so
they viii be disappointed, since / ssfol
lowed up my luck" as Irishmen say
visited at the house of Riversdale; rev
elled in the bright sunshine of Glove
young DREAM" (which, by the way, m,
Evelina sings deliciously), and in tn,
smile of the songstress; courted-propos
ed-was accepted In fact
/ a. ficO for Sir Jasper and his cold-bloodet
wifei-=and have just returned from M
wedding trip from -Killarny, and hav,
asked precisely the same party to nee
us-us, glorious plurall--on KLINE,
Hill tomorrow.
In the evening We adjourned to tn,
house of Mr.. and Mrs Lakewood, tn,
former lone of the best fellows breath
ing" rs every one called him, and as
have since found him to be, and the lat
ter only second in beauty to Evelina. ant
who backed the excellent qualities of he
husband by additional good Qualities O
her own Here we literally ''made nigh
of it, " and ''did not GO home till morn
ing-till daylight did appear"