The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-14

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Z TEDIOUS light"
Whatever / may have said, moth
err" observed Laura, Il shall infal-
libby forget, if any excellent and de-
lightful young man should have the
good taste to make me an ofer-no
body ever will, of course, but in such
a cas- [ promise you beforehand to
accept him, If
IF what, Laura?"
"If his sister will LET me-"
"Nonsensel" said the mother.
And, pray, why do you think nobody
ever will make you a suitable offerI--
Its a sort of presentiment that L
have answered Laura. think
| things go on as they begin. Nobody
ever pays me a compliment. People
talk to me and to you, mamma, just in
| the same tone; but to Josephine and
Harriet they say all sorts of foolish
thingsl However, | must go. Mox-
on will be here directly, and | shall
have agreat deal to do"
Dick. otherwise Richard Vernon,
Esq, was Grace's only brother He
was several years younger than her
self, and soon after her marriage he
had come into possession most unex-
pectedly of a moderate estate. which
was left to him by a distant cousin,
together with several thousand
pounds Dick, who was then in a
Government Office, Immediately gave
out to his sister that he meant to mar
ry. She actually believed him,
though, when a very young man does
marry, it is seldomfrom any deliberate
,cfar<son naforahan1 fE H.f f A
Dick was at that time just of age.
Grace accordingly made her prepara-
tons. She invited three of the most
desirable girls in the neighboIhood to
come and pay her a visit, and got him
to come also.
But Dick, instead ofbeing delighted,
first with all of them, and then with
one in particular, took the contrary
course. First he inclined to the fair
one. because she was so grave and
still; then he admired the witty one,
because she was so independent (this
young lady was rather older than him
self, and was fully aware of the trans
parent device hat was being played
OUT finally,,ehe was captivated, also.
with the clever one. In fact, he had
not beenai in the house a fortnight be-
fore he was on what might have all
most been called afectionate terms
with all three - He was a charming
fellow, and very young for his age, and
very sociable. The clever girl regard
ed him as a handsome and interesting
boy; tie witty one laughed at him
openly when he tried to be sentimen-
tai and he found out that the fair one
liked somebody else.
Dick then thoughtIe was rather too
young to marry tod his sister he
should wait till he was twenty-three,
and set forth on his travels, determin-
ed to look well abouthim, leaving the
clever girl and the witty one secretely
very wroth with Grace. because each
thought she could have made an i'm
preston If she might have had him to
herself; but what could either do in
the presence of two spectators and a
rival?
These travels, once begun, were
protracted through eight years. and
took Dick into all quarters of the
globe. His sister BOW thought he
never would settle down at all. Great,
therefore. was her delight when at last
a letter came which set forth that he
was tired of having no settled home.
and that he was Oh his way to Eng
land. and meant to'stay three months :
with his sister before he decided
where 20 live. axa as
His land had no house upon it. IF
there had been one, and he had lived
in it, some good mother would long
ere that have married him to her
daughter. ss
people do not tell much about them
selves in their letters, therefore Grace
was a little surprised to find that this
young brother OF hers had not devel-
oped into the sort of man she expected
&What IL, g you TIL think of him?" she
said to her husband, when they were
alone. He was always a dear fellow"
Think of him." answered Gilbert.
well, he looks like a young naval
officer, and he talks like a parson. He
seemed quite surprised to find that we
had no familyprayers.o
"BecauseTre used to have them
when he went away, and SO we ought
to. have now, only that it is such a
troubie to get the boys off to school,
land it we hare them after they are
gone, the ~traaespeople begin to call
for orders and interrupt Us. Then at
night you woald not like to be fetched
out OF your study at any p~aaticular
"Of eourse0ot," was the prompt re-
ply. - ~
And +! cannot let the servants SIT
up an indefiite time to wait for your
coming. They must go to bedTearly,
they have so much to do In the day"
My mother manages to have