The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-27

pointment, some said-inability In
the male sex in general to find cour-
age to propose to so rich lady, others
said-had kept her single, and single
there was every prospect of her re-
naming.
For, indeed, when she walked out,
on fine days with her footman behinp
her, and her lapdog beside her, or
her big carriage (for she kept car
riage. and even visited at the Cap
tain's at long intervals), he would
have been bold man, who, seeing
her, could have conceived the notion
of making an offer of marriage to
Miss Bethany. a..-~ -.4@ falt
The other house of the two was the
house of my uncle. 1t was not nearly
so grand as Myrtle House, and it had
no special name of its own, being
merely known as Lawyer Enoch 5,
in Broad Street," but it was a good,
substantial house, much bigger than
most of the other houses in the town.
Externally the most remarkable
| thing about it was that the front door
was approached by q series of steps
quite long flight it seemed to me
with hand-rail beside them for
safety. And as my uncle himself
happened to be-or seemed to be,
which was the same thing-the tall
est man whom I had ever, up to that
time, seen going about loose, [ imag-
ined the steps had been put there to
assist the advantages which nature
had given him in getting good view
Of the Surrounding country. He was
my fathers younger brother-Chris-
tian name Thomas-my fathers being
| William. And while I am naming
names [ might as we'll, on the chance
Of the readers caring to hear 1T, name
my own. 1t also is, as my fathers
was, William Enoch. At that time [
! | added " Jun. to it; but that, alas!
is no longer necessary, my dear old
senior having been gone these many
years to the dear wife who had gone
before him, and whom | hardly ever
knew, and to the dear lads and girls
Gail gone, too, except meg who were.
| hope, better children to him than
ever / have been.
Thomas Enoch, my uncle, or, as he
was more commonly called, Lawyer
Enoch, was prosperous man; and,
if honesty and goodness of heart, and
strict integrity deserved prosperity,
he had only his just wages. His prac-
tiee had been large and lucrative
one, (chiehy conyeyancing) for many
years, and about the time | left Ded-
dington he had admitted my cousin
Tom, his son, to a share of the bust
ness, which he hoped soon to hand
over to him entirely.
i - Rr1f VI hot is a11I ifoo fc II NOT ovap
a vapor? Young Tom $50 healthy
years ago. Cousin Jem died within a
year of HIM, and Charlie with almost
as short an interval.
1t has happened that almost every
visit | have made to my native town
since first left it has been on an er;;
rand Of death. Mound after mound
in the little churchyard and long
row of tombstones, first of our own
branch of the family, then of my
uncle's, gives the dates of my journey
ings. --:a.s5 :...a blaae.. ~. ~
When I went three months ago,
thought went on a very painful err
RANDI it was a positive relief to me to
think | was not going to a funeral.
itwas midday when | arrived, and
market7day The town looked strange
ly deserted as compared with the old
boyish days. There were the old car
riers' carts; there were stalls, Clutch
ers' stalls and the like,) scattered
here and there In the street, at which
their owners waited patiently for the
customers who stayed away as patient
ly. [ thought | noticed here and
there in strangers face some traces
of an old schooIfellow' features; and
now and then, but not so often, the
strangers looked hard at me, as il
they, too, had some suspicion of old
acquaintance.
The church, though still a good
one, did not look so palpably a cathe-
dral as [ used to think; nor indeed,
was ashamed to admit. was its archi-
lecture without suspicion of later
+ centuries than | would fain have be-
lieved.
The Temperance Hall was, though
[ could hardly believe it, converted
into an iron founders casting shed.
The Odd Fellows Hall-whether
the adjacent houses had been raised
or it had been lowered and shortened
. looked externally only like one, Of
a row of houses of very moderate pre-.
:, tensions.
Broad Street belied its name, and
looked, in fact, quite narrow.
, | met the ,Admiral's7 carriage. Che
; was promoted from Captain long time
ago. L kept on my hat, and though
three months have elapsed, no pro-
ceedlngs have yet been taken against
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