Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-17

| OF course the Involuntary movement
Sas pafE- -slishty and ssaiEit saet-ls have been
| observed but that was somewhat thin
! skinned about my name, and therefore on
the watch for the smile which it sometimes
ex6ked ybut therows no @dlS onlTa'
thru oflsyrpriss whish was imrnediatay
eos hiesd,s saad PaterAfaniqS 81
da a6s1& not Hs:R .o sGsa ipSsi SSt
name is Draper; this is Mrs Draper
tbows); this is my eldest daughter, Caro-
line dbpws) this my J youngest, Julia
| (bows)"
"And the young man who was with
yQu at the Egyfitiah BALL the other day,
was he your sony asked.
l. 30 no, Mr. SumpS," replied Mrs. Dra-
per, with strong accumulation of the
kw9rd isStumps,"' lie was only a. friends
norelative,W q J u .11bI!N1klt II
to appear unconcerned, but colored slight
ly. II Was eyidcnth5as Ehad supposed.
What taste in the lad to think twice of the
younger sister while the elder was there
Z Caroline is nicoy btt.her family called
\ hor Carry, which was intoxicating. Itwas
impossible for me to help showing a GER
tain anxiety to please when speaking to
her, or paying hor any little ordinary at
tention, quite different from my manner
towards her parents or sister; and | thought
she noticed it, and seemed rather pleased
than otherwise. There is no fool, you
know, like an old fool.
There were opportunities enough of
showing civility to all of them before we
got to Paris, for, though Mr. Draper did
his best, and was not inactive for his fig
ure-to' 'wrestle with so much luggage as
the ladies found 1t necessary to travel with,
was quite beyond the powers of any one
man WHO was not u Briareus, or, an Argus,
or a Hercules, or some other peculiarly
gifted myth. And then that overtaslScd
gentleman's anticipations about the wealth
er proved correct; it scas- blowing
very hard in the Channel, and he
did not get off much better than
his wife on this occasion. Indeed, the
whole Draper family were thoroughly
prostrated, and as | am not subject to the
malady Of the sea, they looked up to me
very much as people DO to doctor when
there is illness in u house. The romantic
boy breaks ground by presenting the girl
of his heart with n nosegay; /, middle
aged and practical, insinuatcd myself by
handing BASIN ~
When we were in the train on the other
side, and my fellow-travelers had recov-
cred, they seemed really hurt and ashamed
at having put me to so much trouble; not
that they bored me by dwelling on the
subject, but what they did say was evil
IDENTIFY genuine.
Then they deferred to me in everything.
(which is the best hotel to go to, Mr..
Stumps?" "How long ought we to stop
} in Paris Mr.. Stumps?'
That was queer thing; they never
spoke to me without mentioning my name
with an emphasis, pausing upon it, as it
were, as if to impress it upon their memo
ries. And when Miss Garry grew playful,
as she did under my attentions, she said
Mr. Stumps in sly way, as though
there was some joke in the word, which i
!, did not at all like, seeing that soon began
to contemplate the possibility OF asking
her to assume it.
For went to the same hotel as they
did; walked, drove, dined, and visited the
theatre Witlthem. When they were tired
J of Paris, we went to Cologne and up the
| Rhine together and by the time we had
settled down at Wiesbaden, | was quite
like member of the family, and the con-
tinued Difference they, and particularly
Carry, paid to everything l said might
, well have ticlled the vanity and softened
2 the heart of a man even older than | was.
NAtlast Idetermined to declare myself,
and took the opportunity of speaking to
, Mr.. Draper after the h5Le dh0t6, when we
were taking cigars and coffee at a little
round table in the courtyard of the Rose.
told him that 1 knew that | was rather
old for his daughter, and that | was not
possessed of that wealth which in these
5 cases often makes up for lack of youth
but that was not exactly poor either, and
: would do my best.tO make Garry happy.
"Well, my lord" said he, "of course
am deeply sensible of the honor man OF
, | ,,ir1 bNyc ciIp, ntfpr -
My .lQra What ON ehrth. d" ''H''
"Surely, it is time TO throw off your in
cognito when such serious matter as
marriage is being discussed" he said.
8 "Incognitol What are you driving at?
| Whom do you take me for?"
3 "a" Why, for the Marquis of Walden, he
2 replied n
: r." Marquis of Walden I" cried I. "come
come, if you have other views for your
: daughter, say so but there is no need to
1 banter me-"
"Do.you mean to tell me you are not
Z the MarquisC
"Of course am not; there never was
a title in my family yet"
4 "Then who are you"
! "The man profess myself to be sure
1 plain Mr. Stumps." .-f III -V .C.r
3 \ Mr.. Draper remained utterly dumbfOund
Gu lOI dMlllIt, Dub NJ ldSl lOuSCu Ilulhtl
3 sufficiently to say, :" beg your pardon fol
the mistake; but why, may ask, did you
/, sign yourself the Marquis of Walden in
e the visitors book at the Victoria Gross
Gallery?"
i "I never committed such an absurdity.
at was the last name in the book wheI
/, we entered, and you were the only person
g in the room"
al can't help that" cried I, losing pa
G tience; " / never signed my name at all.
G Mr. Draper sat still little while will
his lips tightly compressed, and his fa
8 sides and shoulders heaving cOnvulsivelN
at interyals.s AT last he could bear it nj
longer, and exploding with iirrepresSiblt
laughter, lhs rose and rushed Into tht
+ hotel; while l strobe Offin state of boil
o ing indignation to the Rooms, and lost
couple Of pounds worth offlorins to relievt
my feelings.
S The cold manner of Mrs, and alas alst
n of Miss Draper towards me on the follow
I. ing mOrning,was so extremely disgusting
y after theirtate cordiality, that packed uI
C my portmanteau and left the place at once
/ must say that Draper himself LOOKED
|, hurt and ashamed, and doubt not, woult
&C have apologiZed for his own mirth tn
evening before, and his wife and daughter
e behavior afterwards, if he could have go
hold of me alone. Poor hen-peckeC
y wretchl wcil, if had been a marquis o
n millionaire, might have been hen
e pecked too at this present writing but tina
g may now safely say | never. will be
n | have learned my last lesson.-C Chamber,
u JoarNE.3 Y AlSlQG& q TAC
d -, How COrks are Made. sE'
II Cork is received from Spain and Portu
gal in the form of slabs, a few feet in length