The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-08
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From an article In the London Saturday
,,,r,,,,o nn this absorbing question we quote
~ to different methods:
THE FLEA OF lone ACQUAINTANCE.
OF al, the pleas, we think that OF long
is the most discouraged 10y
fiction. from Dumhiedikes downward. When
Jeanne Deans is Obliged to be explicit WIN
her extraordinary lover, I" ! like another
man better than YOU, and Gamma marry
ye." his establishment is quite natuta';
- Another man better than me. Jeanie
How is that possible, woman! ye nae
kcnncd me sac long?' Dumb'etitKcS hao
read 10 novels. Hc could not, therefore,,
understand why habit should MOI "oiA
the same results on both sides. 'ean't
even, for the same reason, thought
the argument plausible: ins'eao "
continuing she accepted it. 'Ay,. ont.
Laird, i kenncd him LANCER" Ii Is TINS
long acquaintance which At once MAKES
Johnny F,an,es such perseVermS suitoI
and renders his case hopeless. ne ca'ho.
understand the force of u suddcn iancF' anu
expects to superscdc 1t. IN fact, however,
Il he had come newly upon the scene no
might have had some chance, but Lilly hau
known him long enough 10 be tamilllr. ana
il wouldn't do. She no longer cares sor Tue
other man. but he has shattered hef as /
tree is shattered BY storm. " ltis no longer |
tree" she says, "but fragment. lie
argues ..Thcn be my fr;,ymcnt.p No. |
dear it cannot be-" Perhaps long acqualnt-
ancc and 4 readiness to be made Use oi ana
to nut up with fragments duceScontcmrt,
~ in the case OF Major Dobbln and his Ainc- |
Lin, The man who falls into TootS'S VEN, |
and treats his own time, feelings, and cNcr-
lions rs "of no consequence, VIII not NC
accepted till the romance OF lllc Is eN-
haustcd.
HOW YOUNG GUrrY PROCEEDED.
Do our readers recall MIR. Guppy, the at |
torncy'S clerk III " Bleak House. whose
delicate attention to his mothers habits
does him SO much honor? As i happy
blending OF the real and ideal. his proposal
deserves quoting at length. though it meets
with so chilling i return from the object OF
hi> passion:
My present salary, Miss Sumnerson, at
Kengc & Carboy's, Is two pounds a week.
takes the form of 4 small life annuity. Size
is cmincntly caculatedt tor Il mother-ln- law:
She has her failin">, us who has not; but l
never knew her To do it when company
WAS present, at which time you may freely
trust her with wine, spirits, or mat
liquors. Miss Summcrson. in the mltdcss
language, | adore you. Would you be so
kind n 10 allow me (as l may saw to file
declaration-to make IN ofler:" Mr.. Guppy
went down on his knees. l said, Get up
from that ridiculous position immediately,
sir, or you will oblige HE to ring the BELL
THE sTRAIGHTFoEwA OFFER.
But. after ALL the main use of this class
of reading is In the vast scope and tleld IL
opens TO the intelligent iEQurcr-thc i'm
mcnSc variety OF alternatives, whether Tor
warning or example, which the pages OF
fiction hold out; for every lover i'll fiction
furnishes material for one o: the other.
The unboundcd choice is the thing, dl-
rected BY that insight into character and
Temperament which it is the high office OF the
novelist to n>till. Thus the use OF the word
'.wiie" indicates the Strai SlltorWard offer.
1t plea>es simple women. Anne Ihomp-
son, will YOU he nv wite:' Is tho convention
al Quakcr'S first word of iovc-luaking. She
says "Ic>.'' aud the thing is settled. Also
it is effective where the advantage OF wealth
or position is on the gcntleman'S side. 'Ol
course, Grace" said Major Granllcy. you
know why l am hcrc?' He paused, ana
then remembering that he had no right To
expect an answer To such question, he
continued II have come here, dearest
Grace. to ask you to be INV wife, But
there is IA confident abruptnrss in this form
that will not do under reversed crcum-
stances. In opposition TO this, some women
arc to be approached with timid. distant
cntreaty, It's Tito to Romola " il You VIII
only let me say l love you-it YOU Will
only 1Hlnk me worth loNlilS Il iiIlH.
Then there is the manly offer of heart
and hand which is perhaps of all the
mode, the most tlkcn for granted by the
outside lnthinkinG world. There is my
hund,' SAY, Lucius Mason to Sophia Furnl-
val. There is my hand" says she, as
they stand holding one another palm to
palm. lie quite honest she only able |"
reach the pitch OF half honesty. Some
times more point is made OF the shape, and
quality, and action OF the hands; thus
Felix Graham offers his broad right hand.
=" Ii you can take it, you cannot doubt my
heart goes with it, and the limid Madeline
says not il word, nor does she lift her eyes
from the ground. but very slowly she raises
her little hand and allows her soft. slight
fingers, etc.
SAM WELLER Is THE MODEL AFTER ALL.
The subject is too iul--fuIl / Overlooking
for connected Scus>iUn within our limits.
We can but touch here and there upon some
of its iunumcrabe heads. The question OF
letters, tor instance But here it must DC
owned thai fiction has not SO much the adj
vantage over fact rs in haIld.to-haud en-
counter. Perhaps the whole matter OLA
love letter is condensed i'll Sum " clicr's val
cntinc "Beiorc / see you / thought all
women alike. but now | lind what Soft
headed, incrcdulous turnlp L must have
been, for there amt anybody like you,
though | like you better than nothing Al
ALL"