The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-04-25

tune. | hsre Known many who hay,
boon oppressed by Il, remain in IN,
shade; but l have never known on,
who emerged with il into prosperity
ln my own case II Is by no means ,
family disease, nor had | lived IN an,
way by which | was likely to coatrac
1t. Accordingly on the following
day caught myself very cooll,
knocking at the widows door and
so entirely had I been occupied il
considering the various blessing,
which would accrue 10 both of II,
from our union, that : was half way
up stairs before / began to think o'
an excuse for my intrusion. tn,
drawing room was vacant, aud wa,
left for moment 10 wonder whether
vas not actually Ia somo temple o
tho loves and the araces. l was u
the most melting mood alive When
the door opened, and in walked The
fascinating object Of my speculaiions
She was dressed in simple grey, Who'll
| " without ornament, aud her darh
brown hairwas braided demuroly over
a forehead which looked as lofty rs
her face was lovely. The reception
she gave me was polite aud graceful,
bu, somewhat distant aud | per-
coivcd that she had either forgotten
or determined not to rccoguiae me-
| was not prepared for this, aud in
spite Of my constitutional confidence
felt not u little embarrassed. | had
perhaps, mistaken the breaking.
forth Of a young aud buoyant spirit,
under ridiculous circumstances, foI
the encouragement Of volatile coquc.
try and for momeut / was in
doubt whether | should not apologize
aud preten I that she was not the lady
for whom my visit was Intended
But she was so beautiful
"Madam," began, but my blood
was in turmoil, aud l never have
been able to recollect precisely wha,
! said Something it was, however,
about my late father aud her lament
ed husband, absence and the East In.
dies, liver complaints aud life insur-
anco with compliments, condolences
pardon, perturbation, and prefer. plu-
perfect impertinenco. The lady look
ed surprised, broke my speech with
two or three well.bred calculations.
and astonishcd ne worry much by
protesting that she had never heard
he- husband mention either my faith
or OF his promising little heir-appar.
ent, M'iIliom Henry Thomas, in the
course o stheir union. "Ah, madam, -
said /, "the omission is extremely
natural I Z am sure am not at all
offended with your late husband upon
that score. lie was 40 elderly, sick
ly sort of a man, Ny father always
told him lie could not last, but he
never thought he would have died SO
soon afIe, bis msrraige. He had not
time--he had not time, to wase his
friends happy by introducing them to
you"
l believe upon tho whole, / must
have behaved remarkably we'll, for
the widow could not quite make up
her mind whether to credit me or not,
which, when we consider the slight
materials | had to work on is saying
great deal. At last l contriyod to
make the conversation glide away to
"Auld Robin Cray" and the drawing
of Appollo, which l pronounced to
be a chefd Gurre. "Permit me, how
yer, to suggest that the seinmetry Of
the figure would not be destroyed by
little more of Hercules in the should.
ers, which will make his life worth a
much longer purchase A little
moIe amplitude in the chest, too, and
a trihe stronger in the legs, as they
say at the insurance oflice.'
The widewl ooked comically at the
recollections which brought to her
mind her rosy lips began to disclose
their treasures in half smile; aud
this in turn, expanded into a laugh,
like the laugh of Euphrosyne. This
was the very thing for me. / was al
ways rather dashed by beauty on
stills but put us on fair ground, and
| never supposed that l should be
otherwise than charming. | ran over
all the amusing topics Of the day, ex-
panded a thousand admirable Jokes,
repeated touching passages from a
new poem which she had not read
laughed, sentimontalized, fondled the
kitten, and forgot to go away until l
had sojourned full two hours. Eu-
lphrosybe quite lost sight Of my ques-
tionable introduction, and chimed in
with wit as brilliant as her bcauty !;
nor did she put on a single grave look
when | volunteered to call the next
day and read the remainder of the
poem.
1t is impossible TO see how careful.
ly | walked home. My head aud
heart was full of the widow and the
wager, aud my life was more precious
than the Pagot diamond / kept my
eyes sedulously upon the pavement
to be sure that the coal holes were
closed and l never once crossed the
street without looking both ways to
calculate the dangers of being run
over When / arrived, l MAS pre-
senied with letter from my attorney
giving me the choice Of the ensigncy
in regiment which was ordered 70
the West tndias. or of going mission
ary 10 Central Africa. Iwrote TO him
in answer that it was perfectly i'm
meterialto me where I was cut down
| by yellow fever or deyoured by can
-nibals; but that | had business which
would prevent me from ayailing my
self Of either alternative for two
months at least. s8sll
| The next morning found me again
at the door of Euphrosync, who gave
me her lily white hand and received
me with smile Of old acquaintance.
Affairs went on pretty much ihesame
as they did on the previous day. The
poem was long, her singing exquisite,