The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-08-06
Miseslla',tons.
How she Did 1t. .

Peter Pennywise was in deep
grief. All the hopes of q lifetime
were to he frustrated. The fond
ambition he had so long nursed, his
pet scheme to make the name of
Pennywise the greatest in the land,
was now no more. His only son,
Launcelot, was to be married to a
plebian-to girl who had wealth
but no name, no family, no ancestry,
or no coat-of-arms on the panel of
her coach. " Ifl '=i
Could human misery be greater?
Could the Ossa of grief piled on the
pelion of disappointment make heav-
Ter load of sorrow? No. The cup
of Pennywise was full to the brim,
and he must drain it to the lees,
however bitter the draught. Such
was the tenor of old Pennywise's
musings as he paced the velvet car
pet floor of his library on the eJen-
ing when our story opens. A con-
versation his son had had with him,
as they sat together slipping their
wine, after dinner, had been the
cause of this tumult in the breast
of Peter Pennywise.
Launcelot was a weak-eyed and
pink-skinned youth, with thin, yellow
hair, which he parted in the centre,
and little whisp of saffron whisker
on each side of his face, the pulling
of which with his nervous little hand
constituted the principal employ
ment of the scion of the house of
Pennywise. &. 81 ~ y Il 8
Father said Launcelot, after
gulping down. two or three glasses
of wine to give him courage. "Fath-
err
''WelL my son, what do you want?"
asked the pompous head of the
house.
"What do you think of marriageT'
what do think of what?'' ques-
toned the surprised Pennywtse.
Marriage" replied Launcelot.-
"Matrimony, you know. Two hearts
with but a single thought, two souls
that beat as one, and all that
Il think that every man should
marry, and would be glad to hear
you had fixed your affections on some
lady with the proper qualifications"
"What are the proper qualidca-
tions?' inquired Launcelot.
Family" replied his father, ''fam-
ily-whatever else you do, be sure
to never disgrace the name of Pen.
nywise by a plebian connection
"Why, is our family such very
great One?" demanded the young
man. .-....-
"A great one'' echoed Penny
wise; ''why it's the greatest in the
land. Study carefully the genealo-
gical tree that hangs IN the han, and
which cost me FIVE thousand dollars
to have properly traced, and you will
see that the name of Pennywise was
as well-known as that of William at
the time of the Norman conquest,
and that the coat-of-arms is one of
the most respectable and ancient
that ever heraldry boasted off,
"WeIl, of course, that's true, faith
er. but I've heard some of the fellers
at the club say that grandfather was
a pawn"
"Your grandfather was a broker
and banker, as I myself am, and
was fully aware of the responsibility
of being worthy of his family" said
Mr.. Pennywise. interrupting his SON
'sthereforey he began my education by
impressing the value OF a family
name upon my youthful mind, and
so. when / had grown older, and he
intimated to me that / ought to
marry the highly respectable Miss
Poundfoolish. l went to that lady.
proposed, and was accepted. Thus
consolidated the two great families
of Pennvmise and Pnnndfnolish. and