Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-02

blsckness OF the young mans hsiF. eye
/ brows, and long, dropping, Sky NOUS
tsche certainly tended 10 confirm her
theory. His manners were not very good.
| There was an evident restraint about han;
and If in an ungusrded moment be gave
nature her head, he became boisterous and
vulgar. He was very careful, however.
and only broke out once or twice, recoy-
/ erin9 himself almost Immediately. He
/ seemed 20 end that the safest Plan was
| to spoon Sarah, and devoted himself TO
| her 50 sssidnouxly the first evening. that
Mr.. Fiel listened to his wife's statement OF
pros and cons with seriousness that night.
Il have no doubt his father means wen
by him nj present. said he, or he would
| hardly show 70 much anxiety about his
contracting an unfavorAble marriage. ~
10 give me almost carte A.saeAS IN the cost
of preventing il. Neither would he name
% handsome . sum ~ sixty POUNDS
month for expenses. II he intended 70
| leave him penniless at his death. But this
| is al conjecture"
sBut rather strong, surely, dear: and he
| is certainly smilten with Sarah" said Mira.
Fiel
Don't you be too sure OF that. Very
| likely be carries on with everything Il .
petticoat or out of one. in those Borneo
parts, that he meets; or IL may be that he
Is throwing dust in my eyes, to cover
his intrigue with this old Calcutta
friend"
Mr.. Fiel felt it to be 20 impo, tant to pre-
vent the young man giving him the slip,
that he left his other business to the clerks,
and took upon him the Office Of show.
man, whereby he made acquaintance with
many London sights that he had never
seen before-the interior Of St. Paul's, to
wit: the top Of the Monument; Madame
Tussaud's wax. works: and certain bewil-
dering circular pictures, apparently seen
from the inside, - II one were figure
represented, called psnoramas-al OF
which very much interested the
young man, who, nevertheless, owned
that, on the whole, he preferred Cal
cutta. Mention Of that city gave the law
yer IN opening he inquired If there were
much society there-pleasant society
And eventually Mr.. Lobyear, the son,
who Of course could not be expected
to know his fathers discovery and
communication to his lawyer, took
his cicerone into confidence. He adored
the most charming, innocent, perse-
cuted saint that ever excited the
Jealousy Of . spiteful coterie. Her name
was Montacute, and she was widow
without encumbranccs. She had been
residing in q quiet part Of the Isle of
Wight, but was now on her way to Lon
don and he had received letter that
very morning directing him where to find
her; 90 he would not trespass on Mr..
Fiel's hospitality after that day. Where
abouts was Duke street, Jermyn street,
The complacent Mr.. Fiel conducted him
to that neighborhood, and also, in reply to
further questions, gave him an outline OF
the steps 1t was necessary to take before
gentleman and lady, inclined that way,
could be joined together in holy matri-
mony. There could be no harm done In at.
fording him such scraps of information
the first cabman passing would have driven
him to the address, and the charming
widow probably had license and banns
formalities at her fingers ends
"Of course, you are of age" he threw
In at the end.
IL believe my father would say ! was
some months short of it," replied the
young man, carelessly; but really his ev-
idence IL 30 little to be trusted In any mat
ter not connected with plants or insects,
that mean to give myself the benefit oil
the doubt That's good law, eh"
Mr.. Fiel proposed bachelors dinner
at his club that day, and eHtaEtsln6S6bs 81.
vations upon widows, and the dangers to
which young men were exposed from
beautiful sirens, whose antecedents would
not bear strict examination, illustrated with
numerous opposite anecdotes, which the
young man seemed to enjoy heartily.
But he would not apply them to his own
case; 80 that, at last, the lawyer was
forced to be more explicit, and with much
apology asked whether the young man
knew who the late Mr.. Montacute was,
and under what circumstances the fair
widow came to be alone and unprotected
in Calcutta But the ardent lover would
not listen to hint rejecting upon the OBJ
ject of his affections, and got 30 excited
and angry, that Mr.. Fiel dropped the sub.
iect at once. Where was the use of talk.
Ing sense to man who declared that II
all the world swore to anything which his
mistress denied, he should take her word
in preference to the united oathi To ex.
pose his game by showing the paternal
letter empowering him TO forbid the mar
rage, would have been stupid indeed at
present; that must be kept 30 the very
last resource, when, combined with con-
alterations Of probable disinheritance, II
might have an effect. What effecti the
lawyer asked himself uniinchingly, when
quiet that night. Probably that Of max
ing young Lobyear dissemble for the
time, and marry his widow elsewhere, nm
known TO the lawyer. And II the agent
were deceived, the bridegroom might well
hope 70 conceal the matter from his but
terfiy. hunting father; at all events, for q
time. Young people, especially when In
love, never. look far forward, but have a
confidence in things turning up. Mr..
Fiel owned with inward chagrin that he
was ct fault. as
Suddenly an idea flashed upon him like
an inspiration. Why not attack the wO.
man he had her address.
"Os course" he said aloud, turning his
head on the pillow.
What, my dear :" responded Mrs
Fiel. <3l.. 86ss E tls
Nothing" And he went TO sleep.
Next morning young Lobyear LEFT Mr..
FEELS house, and went % an hotel in Jer.
myn street.
Mr.. Fiel possessed very sharp Office.
boy, for in spite Of the trick which had
been played upon him by Tom Scott, he
liked sharp boys; only he never meant to
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