The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-04


is there to be said? Perhaps, I'm
not very fond of old Warren, the ia
Their and, perhaps, also, old Warren,
the father, isn't very fond of me.
But, still, [ don't see that that need
matter very much. [ daresay we
shall understand each other better,
by and by; meantime, we must rub
on as well as we can; and | must try
and make the best of the old gentle
man s humors. and not run counter
to him more than I can avoid. We
needn't be meeting so very often. you
know And it seems to me that the
old fellow would be no fonder of any
to marry his daughter than
he is of me. And if Georgina
likes me land she says she does), and
if | like Georgina land | know I do),
that seems to be the chief part of the
business. I don't think | need trou-
bic myself much on the old mans
our affair-Georgina' S and mine-and
not has; though it's hard to make him
see it in thai light. But 1 daresay it
will all come right in the end. That's
what [ tell Georgina when she takes
| up with rather gloomy views about
her fathers temper. She's very good
sense, and | think she looks at the
matter very much as | do--only of
course she can'thelp feeling that he IS
her father; whereas, thank goodness,
he is not mine. I'm much obliged to
you all for your good wishes, | say
again." 1tlni- af'F
1t will be seen that Ned Stone was
not lover TO ''sigh like furnace"
As for writing woful ballad to his
mistress eyebrow" / don't fancy he
could have accomplished such feat,
even if his life had depended on his
doing so. His pulse beat ever steadi--
! ly and punctually. The thermometer
of his love stood at temperate, with
no tendency towards rise. Let Gu
pid do all he could, it did not seem
that he was able to work very vital
changes in these respects. Stone. it
was evident, PERSISTED in contemplat-
ing love and marriage from the prosalc
and practical point Of view. No
tions of poetry and sentiment ON
those or any other subjects were not
possible to him. His constitutional
serenity. refnsedto be disturbed at all
by" the quotidian of love-" There
was nothing about him demonstrating
. a careless desolation." The marks,
/ of love.Y as. they are ordinarily eun-
derstood, were not discernable upon
him. He was, indeed. great disap-.s
| pointment to conventional ideas In
relation to the love. Many, perhaps,
would be inclined to think that he was
not to be regarded as a lover at all.
that he. was simply a man going
to be married--which character does
not necessarily involve the former
more attractive and snowy role. Ger
tainly he did not attitudinise, or
speechify, or behave in the, eccentric
way which is popularity expected of
lover. He affected no particular
raptures as to the proposed change in
his life, though he looked forward to
it with a sort of calm satisfaction.
| He never said word as to the agi-
Etated state of his breast, or the ex-
citement of his feelings. He did not
regard Miss Warren as an angel or a
goddess; probably he would have
been the first to contradict any allega-
ton that might have been made to
the effect that she was any thing of
the kind Passion did not perplex or
discompose his vision. Miss Warren
seemed simply to him what she
seemed to every body elsa nice
looking, sensible English girl. IF he
was to be considered lover at all,
why then it was as a lover with a
large infusion Of the man of business.
AT the same time, it should be noted
that as man of business Ned Stone
was strictly honorable and thorough
going gentleman. fsfsg -ii'i .1sss
Stones love affair might not be very
interesting to a locker on; if it could
be called a romance at all. it was
unquestionably dull one. Yet there
was something respectable about it
too. His lafec ton was not at all for
display, but wholly for use; a solid
and durable looking article, and in
that light commanding attention. It
was not aiiwine that sparkled and
/ effervesced, bubbling over the glass
/ brim in rose tinted foam; yetitmight,
for aHEthat, be of sound, still, and
lpotent vintage. Possibly, too, it
| would be found to keep better than
It's more dashlng and sumptuous rival.
l. "'O,sIhaven't you heard 7pahe said
quietly. But of course you couldnt {.
have heard. The affairs of; sour en-
gagement has come to an end"
You don't mean that? aai FL ,.f ~ +
:" Yes, the things broken off, as
people say. It's bad job, and I'm
sorry about it-but it can't be
| helpednlk.90 oo4hIoUa IJ1IY2Nd
t. Had the lady resented his serenity
and dismissed him? I asked myself.
AS though he had heard the question,
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