Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-08-19
How Two Uncles Made a Mistake Early
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THE old adage that mistakes will oc-
cur in the best of families,nn was fully ex-
emplifed several mornings since at the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad
depot, in Cincinnati, on the arrival Of the
$50 Detroit train An old gentleman, in
fact two old gentlemen, were at the depot
with their carriages anxiously awaiting
the arrival of friends The train, which
was prompt on time, came dashing into
the depot, and the nice looking old gen.
tlemen, doubtless representatives of a
large rent roll and divers bonds, as their
appearance betokened, hurried to the
sleeping Car, and promptly stepped in.
The first of the twain walked brisk1y
along until he caught sight of avery pre-
possessing young lady, apparently about
fourteen years OF age, whose eyes sparkled
and whose face was radiant with smiles,
and then going toward her he inquiredsif
this was "Cousin." The young miss, not
waiting to hear the sentence finished, put
pair OF lovely arms around his neck,
and then the youthful lips imprinted "a
hasty kiss on his cheek that caused q very
perceptible f1uttering beneath the old
gentleman's linen vest, that indexed itself
with smiling emotionon his face l"Why,
surely, uncle, don't you know me ?" came
from between the rosy lips after the echo
of the kiss had died away, and the youth
full arms released him. DWELL, I thought
itywas you,D but was not certain. But
come; LET'S to the carriage; breakfast is
already prepared in anticipation of your
being hungry after a tedious nights
ride"
And then spring and winter, fgurative-
ly speaking, passed out, and the two
stepping into the carriage, were driven a.
few squares to stately stone-f front man
sion, bespeaking a life of ease and luxury
to those who dwelt under it's roof. En-
tering the dwelling the young lady was
shown to her apartments, with request
to come into the breakfast room IS soon
as she was ready. Ltol' 9 81 t7s9f ELs
| A few minutes suffi ced for the washing
of her hands and face. and the arranging
of her disordered toilet, and then youth
full feet came pattering down stairs and
into the breakfast ROOM .r@
"Why, where is aunt? ?" were the first
words of the little, beauty. Tsr III QTqT
sob, she is not up yet" replied the
stately old gentleman, who was all eager
ness to beat his chocolate and paper .sm.
.eWeh, then, uncle, 1 will take the head
And down she sat at the head, and
entered at once upon the duties of the
table. lifUh NJ - 80 80 49, ..'..t
Soidelighted was the old gent with her
as the breakfast proceeded, that he forgot
all about his paper and the war in Eu-
rope, and never once thought to glance
at the stock market reports. In the
midst OF this pleasant state of affairs the
aunt made her appearance, and was taken
aback with surprise at what she saw.
why, who have you breakfasting with
your" exclaimed she, looking with ex-
'ceeding interest at the young miss. Why,
you have not forgotten Cousin Nellie ~
says the pateJamilias. cousin Nellie?"
echoed both the aunt and the astonished
miss. ""Why, that's not Cousin Nellie?'
why, no." responded the little cousin;
am Cousin Lucy. Why, if / didn't
think you were uncle Charles" and here
Cousin Lucy broke down and a tear drop
ped from her eye at the sudden disap-,
pointment she had experienced. . n
At this stage of the scene old gentle
man No. 2, whom we left at the depot, en-
tered the house, bringing with him the |
cousin they had expected, and after a |
hearty laugh on the part of the old gray
boards, they all sat down to the table at |
the request of the aunt, and amid the |
most lively remarks and hearty laughter |
at the mistakes at the train, COM
p1eted breakfast which we will guaran-
tee will not soon be forgotten by them. It |
appears that old gentleman No. had |
fallen into q similar mistake, but before
arriving at home, which was in the west. |
ern part of the city, he discovered his err
ror in conversing with the fair young oc-
cupant of the carriage, and learning the |
name of the person that she had |
to meet at the depot,
and who turned out to be an acquaintance
Of his, he drove to the house in question
just in time to add to the interest of the |