The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-17

. VI oIpNiGS VI any ucStIlPtIO1iJ 1laiGtt;
) was about to express i wish that sh
| would abridge it as much as possible
, when she continued
"It is almost love story, Mr.. Hy
, kokalorum, and perhaps you are no
, found of such 7"
My uncle though evidently very il
at ease at this commencement, mad
4 no reply, but braced back in his chair
and assumed a very resolute air, a
though he were about to have mola
extracted.
I "Was you ever in'iose, Mr.. Hykol
alorum ?"
mo, by thunder !" cried my uncle
very excitedly. And then, perceivint
the lady s surprise, and thinking, per
haps, that he had used rather toe
choice language in his answer, he beg
! ged her pardon ; and then she said
| "I have"
"With your late husband, I pre-
sum, ma'am," said my uncle.
mo, sir"
80, the dev-" whistling the last
syllable.
Il loved young man Of your &C.
quaintance-"
"some years ago, I fancy" put in
my uncle.
ayes, sir and he loved me, but
"Ah, yes somebody objected 2"
"Yes, sir-his father. He threaten.
ed to disinherit his son if he married
me, for I was only poor girl"
"Just where the old gentleman was
ri wrong, ma'am, of course" said
my uncle. "What an old sinner !"
cat last they made a compromise,
sir. The son was to spend year in
Europe. At the end of that time, il
We still loved each other, no objection
should be made to our marriage. We
solaced ourselves with the reflection
that year would soon pass away, and
with bright hopes for the future my
lover left me, promising to write often
and to never forget me. But it was
n sorrowful parting to me-"
Eyes, twas rather tough, that's a
fact" said my uncle, sympathetically.
my lover had a very dear friend"
continued the lady, land through his
hands our letters were to pass for,
though he had not promised his faith
er that we would not write to each
other, we thought it would be as well
to keep our correspondence from the
gossips" "
Here my uncle became quite atten-
tive, and 1 fancied-though it may
have been only my fancY-that the
rosy glow on his nose became shade
paler.
II received three letters from my
lover in quick succession, Immediately
after his arrival in England but after
that long time elasped without a
word from him. I wrote regular"
"You did ?" my uncle asked, mu-
singly, :.
I feared he would proved false to me,
and I had good reasons for my fears /;
for now, when he did write, his
letters were short and unsatisfactory.
A last they ceased altogether.
81 went to our mutual friend, and
asked him if he could explain my lov-
er's conduct. He answered that he
thought he could He said he was
really sorry for me, but he could not
concealed that truth any longer. He
had received letters from his friend,
in which there was great deal said
about and American lady whom he
had met ia Paris-in truth, to be can
did with me, his friend was about to
marry her they were betrothed.
"Mr. Hykokalorum, / am proud
woman. What my feelings were at
that time, no one ever knew; but /
resolved that my false lover should
never know, he had hurt me"
I noticed here that my Uncle Jason
appeared to be sitting on needles,
though he was evidently trying hard
to keep his seat.
"Three months after" continued
the lady, Il married the man who had
pretended to be my friend. My mar
ried life was not happy, though my
husband did everything to make it so
while he lived /; but that was not long,
for he died within year of our we'd
ding day. On his death-bed he made
a confession"
"Eh 2" from my uncle.
"He confessed that he had kept
back all my old lovers letters, as well
as nv own, with the exception of the
first half dozen. After that he had
written letters to my lover, diguised his
hand, and"
"Lcac-cin-da" shouted my uncle,
unable to contain himself any longer,
springing from his chair as though a
torpedo had burst beneath the seat,
Lucinda, is it you p
Yes, JASON" murmured Mrs. jon
schmidt, throwing off her gray wig
and falling into my uncle's arms. 'I
was too proud to tell you before. l
could not have done it now, but sor
the sake of the dear children"
"Bless 'em?" said my uncle, looking
the very picture of fat cherub.
As was evidently one of the dear
children referred to, Immediately
left the young and blooming couple to
make up their slight difference, and
hurried to the home Of my beloved.
Half an hour later returned to the
scene, and entered the parlor with
lovely Nina hanging upon my arm.
90, you scamp" said my uncle
who was seated upon the sofa. with
one arm encircling the plump from OF
Mrs. Jonschniidt.
30, you rogue !" cried 1. present
ing Nina. s'Was you ever in love,
Mr.. Hykokaloruun !"
mo, by thunder, ma'an Ha,
A good Joke, Charlie. Bless you,
NV chickens I" taking Nina's hand