Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-10-17
A Father-in-Law in Spite of Him.
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The London correspondent of the New
Orleans Delta writes the following to that
paper:
"a good sell is related Of a-Ys a. Masl,s.d1 ., ssd
bo,,,or h.r--,.l.l. i-----~y~ 5uoa iialuIeu
bnt b, inclined to be trihe in his views OF
life. He-had favorite clerk, a young
man of about twenty -one, and remarka-
bly handsome, modest. and highly intel,
Iectual. For these qualities he was liked
by every one, and the banker did not es-
cape the general feeling of good will: he
was as poor as his salary, and had no
connections to push him after fortunes,
and so, like most English clerks, ne would
rise to one hundred and twenty pounds q
year; go on for eight years at ten pounds
wear rise, and marry when be gets to
| two hundred pounds ayear, henceforth to
vege,ate and find that the additional ten
pounds a-year rise only kept peace with
the additional babes in the household.
The banker, on Sunday afternoon, when
no one was expected. would occasionally
ask the young manto visit his young fam
| ily At his subj. ban villa; as The converse,
tiun of The young man was so correct and
so clever, it could not but be of advau-
tase to his children This was mistake,
evidently, but it was good-na;ured er.
rol, and we can only wish, all Of us, that
there were more committed. | have not
mentioned that there was beautiful
young daughter Of nineteen, but that may
always be understood IN amy English fam.
lily that 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 case with English youth, as Americans
well know. Don't hem after this. The
youth, in spite of two or three days in'i
taton to the bankers seat to breath fresh
air and clear his lungs of London smoke
was evidently very i'll, and though he
. declared himself we'll and robust, the ban
kcr shook his head.
al cannot make out what Is the mat
ter with my oung clerk said the ban
ker to a confrere who was in his bach
office with him, after the youth had jus
brought in some papers.
"FWell, you are green, should say
for man OF your time of life and expert
ence,' said banker number two. Don
you know what's the matter? he's il
love!'
..In love bah. He lis modesty ant
propriety ITSELF
"sI tell you it is fact, and with
rich old fellows daughter who would n
more think of having him for soll-ln LAY
!, than you would
"'Oh, the naughty old fool. :; my cler
is as good as his daug ghter, and be hange
. to him. Thank you for the hirt.'
GAS soon as banker number two ma
disappeared, the clerk was called in.
y "sSo,, sir, you are in love, and pinin
Q away for the object Of your afe ction-
that's the secret, is'it9 Why did yo
not tell me before, sir?
,e "The youth was silent. :,
W "'Well, my boy, pity you; but T.
give you word of advice. If the daugl
Of ter is fair, she's worth running a risk 70
Look here; there are $500, and tw
months leave of absence. Run ava
with the girl. Bah, don't look so stupi'
TX [ did the same before you, and it did'r
: hurt me-
"The clerk fell on his marrow bone
N and was upon the point of making clea
ie breast of it when the old man rose an
e left preoipitasely, to avoid scene. tt
10 10 young man considered and acted, and Il
re- re-. consequence was that the next day wee
"a there was no young daughter at the din
tner table of tho banker at the countr
house. The house was in consternatio