The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-03-27
FRED DY's AUNT.

ulation which greets friends good
g One of them" said Freddy. mod
estly crumpling up the letter, and
stufing its enclosure bank bill for
three hundred pounds-into his
waistcoat pocket. with provoking in
difference.
AT what do you return this model
relative of YOURS in your income-tax?"
Iasked, spitefully.. -
You have probably noticed, from
time to time, Acknowledgements on the
part of the financial executive, said
Freddy, of supposed arrears OF that
impost2" .5es i, iilA zoos, ill., z
Regarding them as pleasant fe-
tons, Intended simply to vary the
stern monotonyl of official returns, |
never thought Of one of them as orjgi5-
mating with you. -
- Right, my friend" said Freddy.
IF the ipcome-ta tax Of these conscisn
ti0us citizens be. IN arrear. they are
rogues,S if not idiots. z / fatter my
self l am neither. L silently accept
the good the gods, Che hand of Miss
Simpleson, provide me. and, / assure
you thousand year (she stands me
in that) is no bad addition to my little
professional income"
= Which must at least be double that
sum, said I, with an envious glance
at the corpulent briefs that covered
the Office table. go Tao9Bl
About" replied Freddy. "Or,
say three hundred more. I'm doing
very fairly - W I "a = 4
f.o" Ahemi" said l. "Your aunt
must be delighted at your SUGGEST"
My dear fellow" exclaimed Fred
dy, she doesn't know it. | would
not have her enlightened for the
world"
"That is, not for a. thousand
year," l muttered.
Fred. was good fellow, and an old
friend; but there was something an
the aspect of his character now sud
denly presenting itself that did not
harmonic with old impressions. It
seemed as If my friend had insulted
himself and felt inclined to ask him
what he meant by 1t. ;s,... .' si1 f 81 :,
'sShe is a very peculiar woman, that
aunt, 81, mine, resumed Freddy, " lib
eral Of advice, and (whichSis jrare) of
money to enforce the same. 4 should
deprive the kindssoul of thestwo mas
ter pleasures of her solitary life were
1 to, let her into the secret that |
want neither her counsel nor her
cashgts
g It is very kind of you. And it is
satisfactory to see that, in this case,
at least, virtue brings its own reward"
~" Come said Fred, ingeniously. Il
non st.takemore. credit than I deserse.
Lot hn
man, to avoid duplicity, even for the
worthiest ends, when j confess that,
from tacitly acknowledging the ac-
have drifted into the deeper guilt of
courting, nag. sir, of demanding
them" A-ft"
- Il am sorry to hear it, Bulling-
ham," said l, gloomily, :. | would
not hear thine enemy say so.' -
Tweak his nose, if you should, /"
sale, Fred. :. He couldn't know it,
except from myself or you. You, I
know, will be close as wax, and, by
the by, if, at any time, a few hun,
dredsAs All ka.s ~, j
Excuse me, Mr.. Bullingham, re-
piled. 6 II, as. you observe, | resem-
Bile wax in its consistency, / don't
in its malleability. The source Of
those ! fey hundreds is too polluted
to-"
g Bosh. Your grandmother" said
Freddy, laughing heartily. Now,
look, George, my boy, tell me,
what could / do?, Ny dear aunt has
a passion for giving counsel" 4 .1I.Il
fleeing it, you mean, said I.,fss,.i
Hal hal and the more intricate,
and perplexing the question, the bet
ter she is pleased. You can under
stand thatla life like mine offers few
situations of romantic difficulty.
Consequently, the -tightness of the
incident market has more than once
compelled me to resort to the .realm
OF fiction for the mysterious entangle-
ment, picturesque anxiety, dram
attic temptation, or gso.l You proba-
bly, were not aware that was offered
the hapA OfI9a Mexican princess,
with doWry of ten thousand million
milreas Ia milrea is about the hun
dredth part of shilling. but NV amt
t0ouldn't know that, on cond;t;on
\ that should wear the massive nose
ring distinction of the Connections az
blood-royal.
~ You forgot to. mention the circum
stance to me, l said, dryly. at
thought that the Government Of Mex
4 leo wasirepub-s Z l.1D5
so did I, said Freddy, It'll had
! occasion to establish the Empire.
Perhaps you never heard that the late
i Duke of Wellington, when appealed
to as to who should, succeed to the
4 woolsack, in the event of a sudden
vacancy, replied in his curt manner,
Fred. Buliag ham. ''s9 (
No; certainly never did. / said,