The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-18
AND,ss oHIoa wEpNEsDAY MORNING ssJANUARYIs 1871

,hinself for it three. minutes after
fwhen he saw Mrs Lees mischief los
ling eyes resting upon him and. lreali
7 zcd that she heard hini,sto0,t 'n5i =.
pay after day he called, and pro
poftionately be, fell in lave with Nell
{ and fell out with LuciIle;i while sh,
] became in appearance, 2desperateIl
enas1pred of him, and wrote hin
poetryby the sheet expressing hel
.eYerlasting af5sction by which, hs
assured. his friend Ralph she meant
;the oldness Of hersloTe.e iss7 81,
AT Int he. could endure Il no Ion.
ger, and accordingly he sought an
Interview with Mr.. .Lafourp.
so, you comeete propose for my
daughter, Mr.. Cover? iqueried the
gentleman, when, he was ushered
in. - -. : - -, t..5,,, -.
No sir, / have not, he emphatically
exclaimed Ihaye, come to make .
confession, to ask your forgiveness,
and crave a boon. You know how
you made the offer you3 did2 well,
having been brought up ate believe
myself independent of the world, and
to study profession more for pleas
ure than aught else, AFTER finding
myself suddenly bereft, of all hopes,
and poor, l gladly accepted of your
proposal. ] scorned the idea of love;
I vowed Flowed my cases better than
any. woman on. earth,s and though I
was informed that your daughter was
WIS s5H.7 eitt ri i..ted -
"A scraggyi old maid,' slyis5inter-
posed Mr.. Lafourn. Bart blushed
at hislewn remark, but proceeded:
! I determined, provided she would
accept me, to marry her for your
money There Sir, il the truth, and
| cannot but be lowered in your, esti
nation. Since / have. met your
niece, I've es r. ss5ors
Fallen in love with her. observed
the father, helping him along. -''i''
s.7f' Yes sir, exactly rso; and I am
willing. il she will have me, to give
UP alls ideas of wealth obtained by
such mean practice, and go away and
work bravely for her. Do you think
there is amy hope! Will you forgive
me ?
Certainly, he responded, 4 should
not want my daughter to marry man
from such mercenary motives. III
call Nell and see what she says -
And suiting the action to the word.
lie summoned Nellie. - -
This gentleman has withdrawn his
claims to your cousins hand he OBJ
serveI. taking Nellie by the hand,
'and actually has the, audacity to ask
for yours. What shall I tell him ?
'And I am poor, Nellie, calculated
Bart- -but rdn shall see that am no
conoeited jackannpe. I will go away
and! commsnce the practiee. of my pro-
fession if you will gire-m hope go
Nellie looked at her father through
her bushes. .,aA { y ~
But 1 would be d psnniiess bride.
.And all the dsarerl IF yop are
not worth working for, you are not
worth having 81 fao1t zgs%l 70 siif
!.Ifnthen,' she returned silly you
will wai. a year, and do not change
your mind, if uncle is, willing .
(Which he will be- Interrupted the
old gentleman. aar h''a gis'r -.
The.ruse was still kept up. Mr..
Lafourn gave him letters of introduc-
ton 10 several influential friends, and
nc nc went away and set to work in
earnest For while hs was ,unsuc-
cessful but at last his talents began
to be appreciated. and he was on the
high way to prosperity: Atbthe end
OF the year he wiote and told Mr.. La
fourn how he, had succeeded, and
asked If he would haye-any objections
to the weddingt taking place then.
He returned, and found his Nellie
more beautiful than ever. Mr., La
fourn said nothing, and Bart. was all
wonder, that he should give such a
costly Wedding to his niece; but when
he, as the brides father, gave her
away, he was dumbfoundcd. As soon
as heccremony was over he rushed
to his father-inilaw.IsoGau - j.p
what DOS it all meanf' 'le.l'e !.
1T means, you have married MY
sir, Responded the happy
father, tand we have been ideceiying
you all The while. Lucille is my
maiden. sister Bart was paralyzed.
Your daughter ?'lrnlutsG ~. -asi
2sAnd my money, ASH promised
Nellie and heard your conversation
and determined to test you. We did
SO, and-SIor alr1a ..5as aaiaslg
You haxel taken, tho cenceit out of
me- sfuEi eeas fc 9i'id 5un aiis 3
But though rich he did not leave
lis profession. and enter into his idle,l
careless life sgaiA; he steadily pushed
mis- way sup. andsisI now one JrofI the
most influential men sof the stimeL1