The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-21

caSl0n 10 Journey through tAAt sSCtAvA
Of country, and could consistently
with my arrangements. make 1t con-
venient to tarry for a short time at
| WiggletoWn, assure it would afford
me much pleasure TO visit your grave
agreeably to your request.
20, Elder, how onfeelln
Unfeelingl did / not understand
you correctly when l understood you
to request me to visit your grave
j" Yes: but I don't see how you can
be SO earn when I'm talkin about
(" T assure you, Mrs. Bedott, | had
not The slightest intention of maui
Testing a want of feeling In my remark.
I should regard your demise asa most
deplorable event, and it would afford
me no small degree Of satisfaction to
prevent so melancholy a catastrophe e,
were it in my power"
Well, | guess I'll go hum. If
Sally should know you was here a
talkin' with me she'd make an awful
fuss"
Indeed, l see no reason to fear
that my domestic should interfere IN
any Of my proceedings.
be, Elder l didn't allude to Sail
Blake-I meant Sail Hugle; she and
you're engaged. tew."
Engaged to Miss Huglel You
alarm me, Mrs. Be-. ..f.,.t..s
mo, don't undertake to deny it,
Elder; everybody says It's a fact. gym
well, then, it only remains for me
to assert that everybody is laboring
under an entire and unmitigated mis-
| take $50
"You don't say so, Elderl well, I
declare / do feel relieved. | couldn't
endure the idee o. stayin' here to see
that match go off. She's so unworthy
$50 different from what your COM
panion had ought to be-and so lazy
and makes such awful bad poetry;
and then she haint worth a cent In
the world. But / don't want to say
word against her; for if you amt en-
gagged now, mabby you viii be. o.,
Eldefl promise me, dew promise me,
uow't you won't marry that oritter.
'Twonld be a consolation tew me
when / IN fur away on my dyin' bed
to know-(she weeps with renewed
energy) "lOs Elder. I'm aseared
I'm gWine to hev highsterics. TN
subjick to spasmatic affections when
I'm excited and overcome.
You alarm me, Mrs. Bedottl l
will hasten to the house, and bring
the sal volatile, which may restore
you"
For the Lords sake, Elder, don't
go after Sail; she can't dew nothing
for me. It'll ohly make talk, for she'll
tell it all around the village. just
take that ere newspaper that sticks
out o your pocket, and fan me with IL
a little. There, l feel quite resusti-
! Gated. I'm obleeged teW you; guess
can manage tew git hum now" (She
rises q Ni@a p
Farewell, Elder Sniflesi adool we
part to meet no more"
" An, Mrs. Bedottl Do not speak
in that mournful strain; you distress
me beyond all mitigation. He takes
her hand Pray reseat yourself, and
I allow me to prolong :he conversation
for a short period. As before OBJ
served, your language distresses me
beyond all duration" ~.
Dew you actually feel distressed
at the idee o. parting with me2 - q
Most Individually, Mrs. Bedott.D
Well, then, what's the use o.
partin' at alp D, what heU I said2
what heU saidl''
"Ahem-ahawl allow me to in
quire-are you in easy circumstances,
Mrs. Bedott?" AL
well, not entirely yet, though I
feel considerable EASTERN what / did
an hour ago."
"Aheml imagine that you do
not exactly comprehend my meaning.
/ am a clerRyman-a laborer in the
vineyard of the Lord: as such you
/ will readily understand / casnot be
Esupposed TO abound in the filthy lucer
Of this world. My remuneration is
| small; hence"
20, Elder, how can you s'pose I'd
hesitate on account of your bein'
poor? Don't think OMIT only in
creases my opinion of you; money
amt no objict to me.
Il naturally infer from your indlff-
erence respecting the amount of my
worldly possessions that you yourself
have
rDon't be Uneasy, Elder, dear
don't iliude tew it again; depend on I
you're jest as dear to me, every bit
and grain, as ye would be if ye owned
all the mines In Ingy." sl,lI 90
Il will say no more about it." Is
"SoI s'pose we're engaged?' 81 as
Undoubtedly" HDAgENyK5E
Were ingaged, and my tribilatiou
is atan end. (Her head drops on his
shoulder) o, Shadraek, what will
Hugelina say when she hears on't2'