Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-07-12
From the Every Saturday.
A Flattering Reminiscenoe,

"a BEAUTY an heiress /! an eccen-
| trio guardian, whose invitation includes
| any friend you like to take with you
for a few days shooting. Why, nay
dear Fred, you have bound me TO you
forever by your selection of myself. ]
feel quite a new man already; for I
must confess that, when you came in
just now, I was suffering from an unu-
sally desperate fit of the blues"
Consequent, in a remote degree, on
last nights supper" suggested Fred
Clayton, "and good deal also on the
way you remain cooped- up in these dis
NAL quarters -s
Fred glanced cOntemptuOusly round
my dingy Temple chambers as bespoke,
"a survey scarcely necessary, cOnsid-
ering their intimate resem blance to his
own adj dining rooms However, / for
bore any remark indeed the delight
full prospect just presented to me abb
sOrbed all my attention, and / grasped
my friends hand in fever Of gratitude.
"TelI me all about it." I said, land
how you came to think of me,''
"There is nothing to tell" replied
Fred, seating himself on the corner of
the table and swinging his legs back
wards and forwards lazily s'This
morning I got letter from an old fell
low in the country, reminding meas
if I could remember it--that he and my
father had been friends thirty years
ago, and asking me down to his place
for few days shooting, with permis-
sion to bring a friend if liked"
"And his niece that you told me off,
the heinPss ~ said /. I
80, of course he did not mention
her, y said Fred ''Rnd merely tell 'yon
because, If you choose to put yourself
under my guidance, Imay be the means
OF helping you to a good thing. You
know" he added more deliberately,
chow disinterested my assistance iean
be after the little condolences we ex-
changed last night"
FTrue, said /, charmed with the rec
oIleetiOn, ,-t'your pretty cousin, the Sc
cret engagement" =IfHFa
eyes, - Interrupted Fred tyou know
all about it I; and we know more about
each other than most fellows so il was
natural should think of you as COM
paniOn for my holiday, and I'm right
glad YOU'RE inclined for the trip"
So saying, and silenCing my renewed
prOtestations of pleasure, Fred left me,
appointing rendezvous at the first
train leaving for our destination, some
two or three hours later.
Fred Clayton and 1 had been school
fellows in our early days, and many of
his vacations were spent in my fathers
house. or late years, however, he had
lived exclusively in London like me,
a young aspirant to the uncertain hon
ors of the bar, but, unlike me, possess
ing a large circle Of friends and ae-
quaintances, and never without su-
perabUndance of invitations to dinners
balls, and concerts for Fred was said
to be very popular, especially il ladies'
society.
Except in the mere fact that we were
both younger sons without any expec-
tatiOns, there was but little resem-
bIance between Fred Clayton and Jack
Harris. My residence in London only
dated back a few months, and already
the great city possessed no charm for
me I pined for the country, for free
dom, and for active life of home. i
might, indeed, with the assistance of
Clayton, or through letters of intrOduc-
ton from members of my own family,
have procured fashionable invitations,
and received partial liberation in-sOcie-
ty but the prospect of a crush, heated
rooms, and strange faces, was thought
of terror to my timid nature, especially
with the underlying chance OF presen-
tatlOu to a young lady, ana the 'unhap-
py knowledge that my deficiencies in
the art of small talk would MAKE such
a chance a perspective martyrdoms n o;
confessed in my own heart that so 3iety.
was not my forte other talents ] GER
tainly had,-deeper, more intrinsic
merits than those that passed for Tgenu-
inc in a balI-Toom,-b they were nler-
its to develop in an atmosphere of peace
fulness and repOse qualities to expand
in the quiet of a domestic hearth and
a thrill of joy shot through me as,
cramming. every available article Of
clothing into q small porbmanEeau, L
took leave of my cOmfOrtless cham Ders
and allowed my fancy to dwell on q.
brilliant possibility, that Clayton's
words had evoked. An heiress, and a
beauty,-a country beauty of course !;
bushes and simplicity, and rich, ,-hoW
rich Rich enough to live on 3 grand
estate F; to keep a large stud to dis
pense prtncely hospitality must
ask Fred. This, however, was second
ary. I would not of course acknowl-
edge myself to be msrcenarY. Love
mUsFcome first love Independent Of
fortune,-
Like Dian's kiss, unasked, unsought,
Love gives itself, but is not bought"
So I assured myself; but then, in all
candOr, did not anticipate any very
great difficulty on this score, for I had
ever been painfully susceptible of the
! tender passion. Finally, for success,
must trust somewhat to my own indi-
vidual attractions (aud here a nervous
tremOr seized mel, and not a little to
| the cooperation Of my friend, for whose
than I liked to acknowledge to my
self. Hr
/ II.
Gritty thousand pounds" said Clay
/ ton, in answer to my inquiries, when
we had secured a coupe 10 ourselves,
and were preparing it for the comfort
/ of all future travellers by lighting our
/ cigars fifty thousand, my boy, and
the estate, if you consent to take her
| name.n
HHer name What is her name P'' ]
/ asked.
"Emng,-NIiss Ef1ng,'' he replied.
''And now, if you think the attempt
worth making, will let you know
how the land lies, and give you sketch
| Of your campaign. The time is short,
/ and of course I cannot insure you a
/ second invitation if all Is not concluded
| duEiDg our present trip. Now then,
old fellow, pro or con 90 .r-
! My reply was given with a fervor
| quite warranted by, the occasion. +v "a
Fred ClaytGn threw himsslf back IN
his seat, and after arriving, by much