The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-04-08
A Love Confidence

-. NV Sss1 ssNststh w. AA'sA.s1 -
> not 0Sqllivap, but whom, foz the sska afspn
ceslment, | shall so designate. had nsyAl
l seen him before, moi. were We upon that ocea
/ sian introduced ia each other but this csre
J many he soon rendered. aaaaless hy insroadapss
) ing himself gai15~ 81 ~ ; 4 ; !
II beg ten thousand pardons, Dir # ! an
not greatly mistaken, your name Is Fidki.s.
q take the game privilege If sencea:mcHt,
under an assumed name, u l have allsytd
, to my new friend.) q ias@ia @siiGGi
i, "Fidkins is my pame." b Il Blu iisss
Il beg ten thousand papdoRs again, sir J
but if l am not greatly mistaken, you have
| lately published novel called ''Ths Schem:
ing Lover" my novel, like my friend and
myself tFaVela .Heog.l sg@, a, d = ~ -
/ "Why, then, sir, upon my honor and Goa.
science, that is mighty pretty thing to b
able to say" a'9i
i He smiled, bowed, and withdrew, and I,
sin duty bsqnd, #as NReh spp.ed' at the
oddity of the prpeeediDg. Late in the even-
| ing At MI. O'Splliyaa's especial request, DR..
Y"fayored' hin yith formal ma Introduction
to me. 1919 T6li1s9S1 li Ss'ii'i = d ss'SSffh !.
! On the following morning; 1t IN hous much
earlier than ia usual for paTjpg yisiss Of eere.
mony, my servant brought in Mr. D'6ulli-
/ vans MOST earnest request that I Yould grant
him quarter Of m h0HF's ipteFyiex. The
rule being granted, % . lawyer wsuld say,
the gentleman entered and after exhnusting
no Uncomfortable portion Of his time il pre-,
paratory "hems" and "hays." he tins began :
81 beg ten thousand pardous, cir. Sir, /
am the most unfortunate Of existing crea-
tuFes, aRd I come to beg your kind assistance.
| have the misfaFtt9gnne, sir, to be most miser-
sbly in" II. s''s.s...... vs.
"pebt," I c4pectsd be would have added,
and accordingly made the most aniable pre-
partitions for expressing :smy regrst at my
utter inability" but be continued-"Lovs"
It is astonishing with what celebrity the
slnices Of our sympathy are opened, and how
copiQqs is the stream when it il not required
to 6ow Aanhyard. "Sir," said ], II should
be happy to be servieeable to you in any man
ner in the World hAt really it seems to me
that in case of this natHre-"
sPardon me- sir, but that ia thu vsry thing
you are the very person, Of All others, to as
sst me, As I said cir, Am moet awfully
in love; but, unluckily. sir, II am bashful
"And SO, sir, you come to borrow little
Of my suserfons impotence! I NM astter.
ed by the compliment" So.
s'Don't misunderstood me, sir pray don't.
No, sir, the case il this yegr book is full Of
love schemes (and, upon my hnHnr and coA-
science, very clever they arc), but it 20 hap
pens there is not one amongst them that suits
my particular case" r4~z.s
swell, Mr. O'Sullivan, have the kindness
to state your case, and if I can serve You l
will"
why, then, sir, in the first place the lady
is vidow--she's thirty-6ve or thereshouts;
no great disparity between vs., A. I am thirty
two"
els ths lady handsome |"
"Why-that's mere matter Of taste, but
why, yes, in my eyes she-I think, 10 hand
some. But now for the difficulty; she has
eight hundred year of her own"
"a difficulty, perhaps, but suFsly no oh.
jectiQp, Mr. QSulliyan"
!'Why. yes, and it is. If rraEase to her,
people will say it is fos the dirty lucre when,
it you could sead my heart, Mr.. Fidkins,
youd see tbat-besides, have not exactly
eight hundred year of my own--in ireland
setting aside for the last thres years the
rent won't come in-so as for her money,
you see-but to make an end, sir, / am cru
ELY in love with her, and if she ven't marry
me I'll die"
"Bpt it seems you have not proposed -
the lady Nov, it strikes me that, ~ . pre-
llmiaary step, you should do 80 at least You
SHOULD sound her affectiops, far should they
% engaged ~ another QUARTER"
aDan't talk of that, sir (; the very thought
OF that drives me mad. But I'll follow your
advice; I'll see her to-day, and should she
refuse me, let nobody think I'll live any lou.
ger" -
On the following day he came 10 me again;
the upshot of his interview With tho lady
had been fat rejection pEan many sab
| sequeat occasions he repeated bis address, in
variably with similar effect; and upon each
! occusion l received the honor of bis conf
delce tagether with the alarming sssRFapcs
| that at length his heart was broken, and that
for him the sun had risen for the last time.
1t YVES in vain that I re~onstrated with
! him on the folly of INDUCING hopeless pas-
| sion, and that endeavored to persuade him
to try, by change Of scope, to forget the
cruel fair one-to quit Paris and 60 to Rome
VI WV" oSoet", VI ~ SAFIy OuG 0SO01 VS
pigs. paupers, and poultry, and colopiss some
new discovered land. His parting phrase
still-'Tis all Of no Asa she wont marry
me; I'm the most miserable of eartA's cree
lures and now I'll die"
Business suddenly called me to England
| had neither seen nor heard of. and had al
most forgotten .:the most miserable of earths
| creatures. when one day, about Two years
and a half afterward, asI was going along
Pail Mall, I met him. He came up to me,
and shaking me violently by the hands, q.
claimed "My dear sir, my dear friend, At
last l see you again. This is the happiest
moment ! have enjoyed for many day =
You remember that unhappy attachments Of
mine? was the m0st miserable man alive
then I'm million timas mare miserable.
na,c ]" ~
"For shame, Mr.. OS4lliyaa,s said I "be :
man, aud forget her."
rs it forget her yoR say? And how the
devil will forget her, when we've boon mar
ried these two years, and the diYil 4 aiypenoA
has she got any Hora than mY.slf!~ ss
Why are old maids and doubtful propesi-
tions alike? Because they arc neither Of