Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-25
[From To Day
The New DispenSation.
. STORY WITH SEVERAL MORALS.
BY GEORGE ". ALLEN.

Yes, but 10, lhouBn
"But il We are found out II wi be worse for
cs than ever. Uncle would never forgive you.
n. only little while to wait anyhow Charley
nIsit Aud what do you call little while ??
uOnly four years. Charley"
49, Only four years p Why don't you say only
,,r,v Years, or only four hundred ? Why, we
,ieit both Of us be dead dozen times i'll four
years. ..,,-,. c,,..,.u
Well no matter four years are as bad as
torty when one il waiting TO be married. The
question ls-will you stand by mo Z"
" Wat a goose you are, Loo What are you
.froid oI Isn't the thing Ar have explained to
yon an clear as daylight Don't we know how
;ncryous and inquisitve, and sttngy he is And
if We can hit him hard on his weak points, aren'
we bound to knock him out o. time p
~ wish you Nouldn't use 80 much slang,
Charles it is quite dreadful Y
,sWlll you or will you not, face the muster"
"l am awfully afraid, butt will try
sealed signed, and deliyeredi in the presence
Of Us'-accpmpanying each clause with ptcii.
liar sort OF ratiiying form, Now then, | will
sst atont the preparation of the ammunition
That nha rattle down this old castle and let my
princess ont. .,.,..
"lIr talks poetry, 100! lhat IL hlc'r tHah slauB
"Gh yol innocent precious dear! who keeps
it M and yet hates slang. I'd give something to
hear taIklIlb III your blbtDs AHat Q bhO bhiN
way to test the hunbug in woman
Il only say sluge word in my sleep"
"And What is thati"
CHARLEY
After that, more signing, scaling, and deliver
iug ~,
The brace Of conspirators, of whose darh
doiugs have given hint, were not shocking
creatures at all TO look at Most people, on the
contrary would have thought them very pleas
ant To the eye Loo SummersOn was as bright
and wlnsume blonde as Que could wish to see
and Charley Waters was One OF those manly fell
lows whom three girls out OF hVe
would have fallen straight 10 love
with, il fancy free Without describing them
further it 10 enough to say that they were young.
All. blessed, restlye state when four yearr
seem life! II they could but stsy just there
Envy Is ptohtless thing. but We may be larry
Jealous OF these young monhrclts oil the eafln
An, brave and foarless time How the heart
aches IN thinking OF 1t gone aad that in all the
future tho world has nothing to ofer in lts
stead -
But have to deal with things present, There
n a conspiracy. Aud why2 Because-the Old
cause that has moved matter 81, Gu Ilie
brgnniDg-because two young people cannot
have their own way.
Tne luckIoss person who stands IN the way il
al old gentleman who is 30 peculiarly unfortun-
aieas t ) have Miss Loo SunmersOn Tor d ward.
Loot parents died when she Was child leaving
hot to the care OF brother Of her mothers, al
Individual who wac, even then, an eccentric
persons in the world fit to bring up child OF
aigcIiunate and impetuous character. S1lnr
how, though, the thug had been done. The
naiye sweetness OF the girl tnumphed over the
chlt Of her surroundings, and she had not been
unhappy. Most of her time had, in fact, been
spent at boarding school, and it was during u
vacation that she had met, and loved, Charley
Nalora. After that 1t would not have NJ tterei
how cross and dlHagreeable her uncle ad 1eell
As for Roger PAxOn, he had taken ,.i9 tar Ii
assigned hlm with as good grace As he could
muster. Ii was commission not at all 10 Ms
taste, but 1t was not to be avoided. Hewas Lou
role relative, aud he was, moreover, the eNedn
tor Of her fathers will, from the administration
OF which he derived considerable profit Prom
lhent among MIR. Paxon's pecullhrities was hlH
meefllness. The will directed that until Loo
married aud left her unce's care, certain hand
sunle SUN should be paid her guardian yearly
and this amount koger.wus very 10th to lose
furthermore, by the terms OF the will, Loo wa
hot to marry until she was twenty-one years OF
age without the consent OF her uncle, or, II sht
did 70, 1t was at her own risk. should she st
marry, her fortune would reniain intact foi hel
10 receive at the age named. but III the lhtstlll
she cOul have none of II. Now ~ 1 have
said, Charley could not wait, aud as may bl
Imagined this unpleasant uncles consent had
been already asked, and refused 1he oid mat
Nuald have liked to keep his niece ringle to
much later age than twenty-one, but up TO tha
point at least he had the power, and he intended
to ure 1t. Such was the rituation that these con
splrAors, with laughing eyes and curly LOCKS
had to consider.
The day following the conversation recorded
between the lovers MIR. Paxon sat alone at IN
breaklast-table. IL was one of this old gentle
mans peculiarities never to eat with any one /
lie could help it, EIlher the money reports dl'
not suit him ON this particular morning, Or some
thing else had gone wrongj at all events, he wa
III shocking bad hnnlor
" Here are your letters, sir. tremblingly aai
Mara, the smart servAnt-mald.
Take them into the library. l have rea'
enough in this cunfounded paper for Que dty;
don care if never see the letters But l MI
beln Iiio library presently
" Yes eir 4"
Stop Maria what are you In such burr
ioT Z You do not give me time to breathe. lheit
let me have the pesky thugs the so1he
They're read the sooner it's over, suppose.
lie took small package of letters aud pamph
pAlets from Marla's hand, and as he did 30 seV
eial OF the documents, differing IN slze hn
thickness from the others. slipped from the pm
10 the floor He picked them up, and was aDou
10 grow another complaint at the devoted AlArl
Iol mixing up extraneous matter WIN hls maj
When lie perceived their charater,
llumph y he muttered, " the newfangle
lorta-card nuisance. forgot they were TO
INTO use to-day. Vino can have had the impe
unehce to write to me lnthis barefaced way
30 saying he turned over the postalcaTds VII
something of the curiosity which every one lnn
eel on first receiving one Of these open letter
lhe idea OF letter is of something 50 partclla
" private, that the first sight OF one which all IL
"pilu WHO hees II may rehd III benshtloh ~
IKE seeing message to yourself written ON
fence.
The saucy things are not for me- after all
ne sad after twrlmg them in his nnSersi 'th'
ale Tor Loo. Here, Marla."
lhe girl came forward.
Never mind" !" said the crafty old gentlema
u thought would take another piece OF toaH
but guess have had enough" Then he mli
tered to himself, Nov, Miss Loo, l have
Chance to discover who some Of your preclo
correspondents are"
And SO this ill-princlpled old guardian hohLl'
on TO the library, where he could indulge u
heiarlous diagna without risk OF detection,
lie had not been seated at his unlawful No
many minutes before he wished there were
such things open letters in the world.
lhe hIst card he took up, addreshed on y
one eide TO Miss Loo Summersoh, held on u
other eide the following communications;
The wigs will cost you $50 for the omar
II and SS5 for the Pompadour. have had
aFk little more than my ordinary prices,
Sehr wanting them Immediately hecessltaied
my engaging additional hrllho.
snail carefully fill the order you bo
ne for cosmetics and eohtei
OF dresslng-case. / always reeomino
m lad. al, H., .I, Ia