Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-07-25
VOL. XVII.

ceal his attachment from me for lon
E time. Indeed, it was not until l. in m,
turn, fell victim to the tender passion
: that discovered what was going on.
The Greeks had a profound and excel
lent reason for describing the Goddess o
+ Love as born of the sea. If you want II
make up match between two people
Q who may even hate each other, send then
off to sea for a voyage, and they will COM
side, is equally perilous. There are NOR,
marriages settled on the sands and th,
beach than on any other portions of terri
frma. BY all of which moralizing, de
sire only to plead an excuse for the fac
, that l was head over ears in love will
Lucy Wilmot before we had met half
dozen times on the parade at Gulstone
We were introduced by a boisterou.
zephyr, which blew her sunshade ovel
the cliff, and gave me the opportunity o.
running after it.
1t was Lucy who told me of George.
flame. When | mentioned my name, she
knew me as his cousin and fellow-yachts
man; and, supposing, of course, that
was his confidant, spoke of his engage
ment to Miss Powsby, whose companion
and distant relative she was.
reproached George for having kept a
secret from me; whereupon he grew very
angry, and said with sneer that he sup
posed wanted to tell our uncle, and get
him into disgrace was nettled and an
swered sharply, and we had words. In
the heat of the quarrel mentioned how
came to hear of his attachment, and
saw, as | spoke, a malicious CLEAN come
into Georges eye.
''Sohop' said he, master Goodchild,
the industrious apprentice-so y0U have
been falling in love. too? and with pen
niless governess. Hang it all if Uncle
Geoffrey is no fool, he'll see that my
choice is, at any rate, wiser one than
yours!''
He will have an early opportunity of
deciding" replied; 'for as soon as we
return, 1 shall tell him of my attach
ment" =
'But I'll trouble you," interrupted
George, mot to say any thing about mine!
Do so at your peril %
Don't threaten" said 1, 81 am no tale
bearer, and have no desire to speak of
what does not concern me. Only would
remind you that your uncle desires to
be told Immediately of any serious at
tachments we may form. For your own
sake"
"For yo4rs, you mean,' said George,
angrily. 81 am judge of my own acts and
interests. The old boy is getting shaky
and can't last long, and | don't see why
should bother him. / shall not marry till
after his death, when it won't matter what
his views upon matrimony werer'
+ did not like to hear him speak of
our uncle's, death SO cold-bloodedly; so
dropped the subject, and we parted.
On our return to Gillandale l took an
early opportunity Of telling my uncle the
state of:my feelings. He did not seem
surprised, and, although, as had expect
ed, he stated his disapproval of marriage,
especially with dowerless girl, it was
not so Strongly expressed as had antici
| pated. 1t struck me as odd, at the time,
| that he.seemed to be thoroughly acquaint-
ed with the whole story before I had got
halfway through my narration of it.
He took occasion to banter me on the
subject the very next time George was
present, and George laughed heartily, and
| even Joined in derlding the idea of por-
| tionless bride. But he was careful to con-
| fine himself to that, and not to press his
wit too sharply, probably from fear that
| might be driven beyond my patience,
and turn the tables on him by revealing
what | knew about Penelope Powsby.
| :. My uncle, however, did not quit the
subject without unconsciously putting
George in far worse state of discomfort
than me. He said to him: "Ah, George,
how | wish Dick had your prudence and
GOODNESS. There's no fear of your being
entrapped into matrimony, I know!
Heart whole, eh, George?" George nod
ded his head, and was seized with vio-
| lent fit of coughing that made him quite
red in the face 1t was my turn to laugh
then, when Uncle Geofrey, with chuckle
said: Look there, Dick; the very idea of
marrying sticks in his throat"
After while the subject seemed to be
forgotten by both my uncle and George.
As for me, it was, of course, impos-
sible that should allow so vitally i'm
portant matter to slip from my mind.
| was constantly pondering over plans for
the future, and striving to arrive at some
decision as to what I should do to earn
living with the speediest prospect of
marriage.
At last | determined to ask my uncle to
give me the means of articling myself to
a solicitor, and setting up in the world.
But he refused me point-blank. ''Wbat
on earth do you want to turn pettifogger
for, when in short time you'll have
enough to live on comfortably? Can't
you Waita year or so till the old man
dies? | haven't got much longer lease
of life; you needn't grudge it me, Dick"
| felt greatly hurt at his words, and pro-
tested against the accusation.
Uncle Godfrey got cross, and l fired up
too; and, before either of us was aware,
we had quarrelled. 1t was but tiff, but
it wound up with a declaration on my
part not to accept further favors of him,
but to go into the world and see what |
could do for myself. But the storm soon
blew over. Next day my uncle gave me
| q good-tempered lecture, and, telling me
| was too young to think of marrying yet,
managed at last to persuade me to prom
ise him that would wait couple of
years, and that then, if was of the same
mind, he would do what wished in re-
gard to my choice of profession
When told George of this arrange
ment he called me a fool for my pains.
"Did think any girl would promise to
wait for man all that time? or even if
she did promise, would be faithful to
him? OF course not Was not l sac
riicing her to the whims of an old
| tyrant?" | thought this a strange line to
said as much; but only got snubbed for
doing so. "What an ass you must be-"
he said, "not to see the difference Miss
Powsby is quite content to wait till the
| old boys death, when l shall get the
estates. That is waiting for certainty;
in your case, it's only waiting for a remote
chance. If were you, l should go and
repudiate the arrangement at once. I'll
do what | can to help you if the old boy
won't come down"
declined his advice, for several rea-
sons. was fond of Uncle Geoffrey, and
would rather suffer myself, than put him
to pain, which Ishould have done by leav-
ing him. Besides, I knew that Georges
1ICn to RI VIII H.
was very poor reed to rely on. In our
boyish days I had always spent my
pocket-money before I got it, while
George always contrived to lay by out of
his. But he was not to be prevailed upon
to lend me any, even in my direst need.
He always required it for some special
purpose; for some luxurious bit of self
qualification. Finally, had suspicion,
which l was almost ashamed to own, that
Georges advice was not entirsly disin-
| terested. If I had a quarrel with my