The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-25

| so much occupied with his PROFESSION,
that he really could could not visit peo-
pie except in tho exercise of that profess
sion. So that, when Mrs. Smith invited
her pretty niece Aurora to visit her
house for the express purpose of making
her acquainted with the doctor, and
when Mrs. Brown sent for her own
daughter prematurely from boarding
| school for the same charitable purpose,
the Fates arranged it that both the
Smiths and the Browns should be so re-
markably healthy that there was no oc-
casion for the doctors visits, and so both
plans, like the demonstrations of Euclids
fifth proposition, fell through. And
when the blooming widow, Mrs. Vance,
suddenly left off her mourning, and came
to church in a perfect love of hat, with
her faxen ringlets flowing temptingly
about her piquant little face, she was
much disappointed to find that DR.. Up
tons pow was empty, in consequence of
his having been called that morning to a
very urgent case.
Now, DR.. Upton had one friend Mrs.
Grant, on whose sound Judgment he was
much in the habit of re1ying. This lady
said to him one day:
Fred, am not generally in favor of
recommending marriages; but to one
situated as you are, l think the expert
ment allowable especially as 1 have
thought of lady every way calculated
to make you a pearl of wife, if you can
persuade her to accept the situation
In addition to her other charms and vir-
tues, she, as only daughter of well-to-
do lawyer, will one day come into pos
session of n pretty competency that will
be no unwelcome addition to your in
come. What do you say, now, of writ
ing her q letter, inclosing your photo
graph, and proposing correspondence
with view to acquaintance, and per-
haps future matrimony--not mentioning
my name, of course, as proposer OF the
I scheme Z"
at seems indelcate, Mrs. Grant, with
} allapology toyou for the remark. 1 have
too much respect for the sacredness OF
marriage to"
"To enter into it as a mere matter of
expediency, you would say. Ny dear
Fred, 1 don't ask you to do that. 1
would not for the world have you marry
woman if you did not love her. But
since believe your heart to be yet dis
' engaged, I really believe that an ac-
ouaintance with Amelia Fanshaw would
ripen into love. She is really so lovely,
, that am only able to account for her
present single-blessedness on the ground
of her extreme fastidiousness."
Fastidious, is she? Then I suspect
my chances would be poor" said Upton,
with grimace.
"Of course 1 can't admit that doubt
knowing you so WELL" was Mrs. Grants
tlattering reply.
81 declare, Mrs. Grant l wish you
We're twenty years younger said Upton
, gratefully. Il shouldn't have to look
, far for wife then," and he gallantly
kissed the cheek of the handsome old
: lady whose widows cap had not lost an
, iota of its severity in all the years she
had worn it.
You will scarcely find more ap.
t preciative wife, my dear Fred" said she
with gratified blush. But now, tc
l return to Amelia have set my heart
i on this match, because I love you botf
t as well as if you were my own children
$ and because l really believe that yor
l would make each other happy"
L well, my dear friend" said the doc.
S tor, after he had sat few moments il
reflection, with, it must be confessed, {
rather quizzical expression on his hand
g some face, " would not take anybody
. advice but yours in such q matter, l as
| sure you. But if You really and serious
ly recommend it"
q II do in all truth and soberness," wa
Y the lady's answer.
Then, will write" And the reader
:, knows how the letter was received. TwC
t days after its receipt by Amelia, Mrs
Grant received the following letter from
a her
: "A, September oath.
n my DEAR MRS. GRANT 1 hav
t just been favored with very curious
S letter. copy of which l enclose TO
your perusal. Somehow I cannot hell
: connecting you in my mind with thi
t most singular procedure of DIR. Upton
a in fact, l have no other friend in Au
s burn that I could forgive for conspirin'
/ in plot to interfere with my future in
G dependence. Of course l must REGARD
n the whole affair as joke-and to carr,
n it out to perfection, have enclosed Lin
Edwards photograph in my answer t.
f" his letter. Please do not undeceive hin
It let him continue to imagine the pic
Il ture mine then, if he should happen t
Il fall in love both with my letters ant
IS Linas picture, we shall be able to verif
! the fact that mans heart possesses on
Il of the common properties of matter
y diciSibilty. Yours, atfectionately,
"AMELIA FANsHAw."
Al don't like slang, as general thing,
e said Mrs. Grant, to herself as she folde
up this note, after reading it " but tn
a most expressive thing / can say now, i
l that / have decidedly put my foot in i
: this time. Well, the only thing that re
e mains for me to do is to keep my mout
n closed and let matters take what cours
they will"
d II have received the lady's answe
Mrs. Grant" said Upton, with a smil
: as he seated himself that afternoon o
II her tete-d-tete
"Well, and what does she say I" aske
,, the old lady, demurely, as she picked IL
3, some stitches she had dropped in he
e knitting.
It "Oh, her answer is very nice and lady
n like, indeed-exquisitely worded, in fac
g She has handled the extremely pecuEs
i circumstances as few ladies would hay
r done. admire her epistolary gifts e'
}; tremely."
IS And how about her face ? Hash
r. she sent you her photograph I"
Is "Yes-but l was going to reserve m
r Judgment on that. The fact is, my fir
. impressions of the face are unsatista
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