The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-12-24
d5laa lbaap Rrglster.
a Legal Tender.

ogy Ii you Judged, as Jockeys do nv
thesteeth, you would set him down a1
about thirty-for they were perfect--as
white as pearl, aud not one miss;nw. His
glossy chestnut locks-grantine- It was
not wig he wore-bore similar testi-
mony, which was further corroborated bv
a figure whose symmetry spoke well for
that handlcraft of nature, or Of art. which
ever was entitled to it.
lie boarded with Mrs. Nothcrmann, a
respectable widow, who furnished accom-
modations to few first-class single gen.
tlemen, partly for the sake of society and
partly-not.
Mr. Sereleaf was man of steady hab-
its. He had taken up his abode with the
widow on first coming to the place, and
had never since thought of changing.
Indeed, neither party had any reason to
be dissatisfied. Mr.. s. IS room was always
tidy, the widow chatty he afIable, ana
his bills never day in arrear. What
more was wanting t. make things pleas
ant?
After time Mr.. S. got 10 be the senior
boarder. Others had come and gone. but
he remained permanent. To sit facing
the widow at the table, say grace, carve
AhS OSCIStC0h. lGdG tilc tbifNcISGtip
were prcrogatives more firmly his, by
prescription, than they had ever been of
the dead and gone Nothermann, by mari
tai right
1t was with Mr. Sereleaf whom the
widow counseled in her trials, and in
whom she reposed her condolences. He
conversed with her, read to her, and ac-
sompanied her to church on SUNDAYS,
and any little difficulty in the sermon, or
knotty points in the trimming of ladys
bonnet, he would clear up on the way
home: IN a manner equally charming and
attractive
Whether the twain, in time, would
have been more-or less-to each other.
had the widow adhered strictly to her
rule to receive none but @sinele gentle
aIen" as boar1ers, is one of those ques>
tions always unsolrable, touching what
would have happened, had something else
taken place that never did
Enough to say, Mrs. Nothermann,
yielding to influential references and the
offer of tempting price, let her best
suit OF vacant ro0us-they were next to
Mr. Serelcafs-to family composed of "a
gentleman and his wife and baby
Babies were Mr.. SeIeleaf's abon.in;-
tion. He looked upon them as toddlipg
monuments Of original sin. He had no
patience with them, or with anybody
that had them. The sight of one gave
him a turn, and the sound drove hin.
frantic.
In this particular baby, all Mr.. serc
leaf S objections to babyhood in the alb
stract were summed up in the concrete
tt was subject to Group and whea it
hadn't Group, it had collie; and when it
had neither, it Was troubled with teeth +
ing.
The first night Mr.. Sercleaf stuffed the /
blanket in his ears, but he might as we'll /.
have attempted to stitie thunder He +
tried to count himself to sleep. but the .
squalls put him out; and when lie stroYe I
to count them, they became eon1rent I
and undistnguishable /
The next night it was worse He
eouldn' even say his prayers-in fact,
didn't feel like it. He paced the room in
sleepiess agony Something had to be
done lie had been boarder in the
house for five years, and had never yet
uttered complaint. He was very 10th
certain person drives.
IL " N1TS. -NOtHGClldun
and he smote his fist upon the table, by
way of cmphasis--"1'll propose to Mrs.
he exclaimed, "to put me
In another room, come what will y
The air of moody melancholy with
which Mr.. Sereleaf noped through the
following day caused the widow much
concern Nor was her trepidation abated,
when, after tea, he intimated Il desire 70
see her alone.
cit is with much hesitaion," he began
in an agitated voiee-when they had
Mrs. Nothermann's back parlor
tit is with much hesitation that [ ven
ture to speak" Here he quite broke
down, and the widow turned very red and
violently.
II am sure, madame" Mr. Sereleaf re-
sumed. .'if you only knew how much 1
have suffered
"oh! Dir. sereleafn' sighed the
widow
ssalrs.Nothermann = said Saul, max,
ing desperate effort to come to the
point, g I have come to propose,
But before he could explain what it
,cas he had ssconae. to propose" the lady
gave little scream and started to fall.
He caught her, of course, and shouted
FOR help. The first to appear was the
mother Of the execrable baby.
"What is the matter ~ she exclaimed,
bursting into the room as if discharged
from a catapult.
Il was only proposing Saul com-
eAnd pretty mess you've made of /
i ~ the lady cut him short. at the same
lime relieving him of his burden and ad
rising him to leave the room-advice
which he gladly followed.
Mortified and confounded, Saul pack
ID his trunk, called porter. and sneaked
rom the house like thief in the night.
from the hotel at which he took up tens
,orary quarters, he dispatched note,
nclosing the balance due to his landlady,
md something over, in lieu of notice,
tut making no allusion to his sudden
departure or the circumstances that led
o it.
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