The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-04

A.Lose CESS sAse.
Soma years ago, o. one or VI. I e. -,
80 "a par,s. & met q EsntiemRn whose
|, ss,s ~ mt L Sullivan, but WHORE, for
sI,a sare of conceaiment, ] shaiI 50 desigs
80 T had never seen him hAfora, nor
vara ne upon that occaaion introduced TO
asch other; but this ceremony he soon
rendered needless by. introducing himself.
ST beg tea thousand pardons, sir u I
am not greatly mistaken, your name is
Ffdkins." II take the same privilege OF
under sn assumed name,
as I have allowed to my new friend.l
~ Fidkins liz my name
e I beg ten thousand pardons again, sir I;
but if ] am not greatly mistaken, you
have lately published novel called : the
Seheming Lover my novel, like my
friend and myself, travels i,scog.)
( nj have, sir. !" 5
I. Z. Why, then, sir, upon my honor anu
conscience, that Is q mighty pretty tning "
He smiled, bowed, and withdrew, and I,
as in duty bound, was much amuseu aS
the oddly of the proceeding: Lave ~
the evening. at Mr.. O'Sullivan,s especial
renpest. Dr.. Y. afavored him Wild =
formal Introduction to me.
4 ON tha following morning, at an nour
rnnch earlier than is usual for paying
s;s;,s If ceremony, my servant brought 10
~ .ol'1 &c .,I,;ron,s card with Mr.. O'Sull1-
vans most earnest request that ! Would
rrant him quarter Of an hours inter
view. The rule, being granted, as a law.
yer would say, the gentleman en.elsu ;
and after exhausting no lnconsideraoi,v
norton of his time inpreparatory +" mems
and ..haws,n he thus began:
Ga beg ten thousand pardons, sir. Sir, l
am the most unfortunate Of existing crea-
lures. and I come to beg you'll kind assist
aI,ce. ] have misfortune, sir, to be most
miserably in" . -,
IaDsbt.n respected he would have add
ed, and accordingly made the most anna
bic preparations for expressing my regree
at my utter inability buthe continued
e3Love.' z.
tits astonishing with what CELEBRITY the
sIuices of our sympathy are opened, and and
how copious is the stream when. 1t is no.
required to flow boulevard. I" SIR" sald
I. s.I should be happy to be seryiceaole
to You in any manner in the world pnt
really it seems to me thatin case OF thus
nature, .as;,~ so b ,.sa.ss55s,;,
!, - Pardon me, sir, but that is the very
thing: YOU are, the very person, OF all
others. &c, assist me. As said, sir, l am
most aWfully in love; but, unluekly, SIT,
II am bashful. "o4g ae ~ - -; !
J E'aAnd 80, sir, you come to borrow a lit
tie of my superhuous impudence am
hattered by the compliment" @
I "Don't misunderstood me, sir; pray
don't. No, sir, the case is this: your
book is full Of love schemes (and, upon
nv, honor and. conscience, very clever
they are), but. it SO happens there is moi
one amongst them that saits my particu'
lar case" Isy ..
aWell. Mr.. O'Sullivau, have the kind
ness to state yourcase, and if i can serve
you WILL 5,ses s5.' ~
'Wby, then, sir, in the first place the
lady is a. widow-she's thirty-hVe OF
thereabouts; no great disparity between
us, as I am thirty-two." .a. aag,
"Is the lady handsome ?" "a:
"Why-that's smere matter of taste,
.b1t-why, yes, in my eyes she-l think, Is
handsome. But now for the difficulty
she has eight hundred q year OF her own"
GA difficulty perhaps, but surely no
objection, Mr.. O'Snllivan."
6 Why, yes, and it is. IF | propose to
her, people will say it is for the dirty
lucre; when, if you could resd my heart,
Mr.. Fidkins, you'd see thst-besides, have
I not exactly eight hundred year OF my
own-in Ireland setting aside for the iast
three years the rent won't come ln--so as
for. her money, you see-but to make an
end, sir, / am cruelty in love with her, and
if she won't marry me I'll die"
But it seems you have not proposed
to the lady. Now, it strikes me that, as
preliminary step, you should do so; at
least you should sound her affections, for
should they be engaged in another quar-
"Don'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 longer"
On the following day he came to me
again the upshot of his interview with
the lady, had been q fat rejection. Upon
many subsequent occasions he repeated
his address, invariably with q similar
effect and upon each occasion received
the honor of his confidence, together with
the alarming assurance that at length his
heart was broken, and that for him the
sun had risen for the last time.
It was in vain that demonstrated with
him on the folly of INDUCING a hopeless
passion, and that / endeayoredto persuade
him to try, by a change of scene, to forget
the cruel fair one--to quit Paris and go to
Rome or Nova Scotia, or to carry out
stock of pigs, paupers, and poultry, and
colonize some new discovered land. His
parting phrase still-s'Tis all Of no use
She won't marry me Pm the most misera-
Bile of earth's creatures, and now I'll die
Business suddenly called me to England.
I had neither seen nor heard of, and had
almost forgotten, the most miserable OF
earth's creatures" when one day, about
two years and q half afterward, as was
going along Pail Mall, met him. He
came up to me, and shaking me violently
by the hands, exclaimed: ";My dear sir,
my dear friend, at last see you again.
This is the happiest moment I have en-
ioyed for many day You remember
that unhappy attachment ofmine2 1 was
the most miserable man alive then! Pm q
million times more miserable 7o,o"
"For shame, Mr.. O'Sullivan," said 1;