Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-07-11
HOW SHE MANAGED 1T.

PETER I'ENNYWISE was in deep grief
All the hopes of a lifetime we've to be
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 plebei-
an-to girl who had wealth, but no
name, no family, no ancestry, or no coat
of-arms on the panel of her coach.
Could human misery be greaterS Could
the Ossa of grief, piled ON the Pelion of
disappointment, make a heavier load of
sorrowP 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 velvetcarpeted
floor of his library ON the evening when
our story opens. A conversation 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 weak-eyed and pink.
skinned youth, with thin, yellow hair,
which he parted in the center, and little
wbisp of saffron whisker on each side of
his face, the pulling of which with his
nervous little hand constituted the princi-
pal employment of the scion of the house
of Pcnnywise.
L dlueT, Sdlu lduuCtlOl, dilCI SulpiuS
down two or three glasses of wine TO give
him courage. Father"
"Well, my son, what do you want?"
asked the pompous head of the house.
"What do you think of marriage9"
"What do think of what?" questioned
the surprised Pennywise.
Marriage" replied Launcelot "Mat-
rimony, you know. Two hearts with but
single thought, two souls that beat as
one and all that"
81 think that every man should marry,
and l would be glad to hear that you had
fixed your affections on some lady with
the proper qualifications"
"What are the proper qualifications"
inquired Launcelot.
Family" replied his father, "family-
whatever else you do, be sure to never dis
grace the name of Pennywise by a plebeian
connection"
"Why, is our family such very great
one?" demanded the young man.
"a great one!" echoed Pennywise |;
'''why, it's the greatest in the land. Study
carefully the genealogical tree that hangs
in the hall, and which cost me five thou
sand dollars to have properly traced, and
you will see that the name of Pennywise
was as we'll known as that of William at
the time of the Norman conquest, and
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respectable and ancient that ever heraldry
boasted Of"
"Well, of course, that's true, father /;
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 / myself am, and wac fully
~aware of the responsibility of being wor-
thy of his family" said Mr.. Pennywise,
interrupting his son; therefore he began
my education by impressing the value of
family name upon my youthful mind,
intimated to me that | ought to marry the
highly respectable Miss Poundfoolish,
went to that lady, proposed, and was ac-
cepted Thus l consolidated the two
great families of Pennywise and Pound
foolish, and you and your two sisters are
the result. But you ask my opinion of
matrimony, and you think of marrying?"
"Ye.es, sir" gasped Launcelot.
"And whom do you propose honoring
with your name?"
"Miss-a-iss Petersham," answered the
youthful Pennywise.
"Petersham- never heard
of Petersham Who is she :" de
manded the old gentleman with darken
ing brow.
"She is very rich"
And Launce faltered.
''Riches are very well, but you do no
need them. Your mother left you all hel
fortune, and shall leave you half of mine
if you marry as | wish. Who is this
this Petersham What does her father
do ?"
"He keeps large clothing establish
ment."
'What |" roared Pennywisel A tailor
It shall not be. The arms of Pennywis
shall never be married with needle, o
disgraced by a-a-great HeaVen!-
goose 1t shall never be.
at must bel" said Launcelot going t
the door, "cause I've popped, and She
accepted me-"
The old man mechanically arose, ant
walked to his study, where he began pac
ing the floor, as we found him at the CON
mencement of our story.
A gentle knock on the library doc
reused Mr.. Pennywise, and bidding tn
knocker come In, he settled himself in hi
easy chair, and prepared to receive hi
visitor.
The visitor proved to be the governes
Of the two Misses Pennywise-aged twelv
! and fourteen-whose disorderly conduC
and willful destruction of wardrobe an
text-b0oks-oeeasion many visit
the library, after the dinner hour, by I'll
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govcrness, and had often attracted the n
tice of the young bloods who came
visit Launcelot, but she paid not IL
slightest attention either to their compl
ments or glances, attending quietly to h,
pupils, and seeming wholly wrapped L
in their charge. In fact, Charley Gus
ington, who was falling in love with evel
girl he met, once observed of her
Launcelot:
"Launce, that governess gal-what
her name?-Amy Door?-ain't got al
heart, The only thing she could 10
would be more pupils, or plenty OF mo
ey."
"Good evening, Miss Door," said Pc
nywise, when Amy had entered the libr
ry. what can l do for you this eve
ing"
~ wished TO see you about my pupils, b
can see you are grieved and agitate
and as fancy know the cause of yo
agitation, l will not annoy you with Il
commonplace complaints"
"You know the causel" gasped p.
ayes, sir; have no wish to intrude 4
opinions or my knowledge but the eau
ofyour grief is, imagine, the approaC
ing marriage of your son, and think
is acting very foolishly."
"You are right, Miss Door" assert
the old gentleman--"you are right. He
acting foolishly-most foolishly."
Cannot you prevent itS" she asked
mo; l am powerless-pOwerless
will wed the tailor's daughter, and d
grace the great, the aristocratic name
Pennywise."
There was a smile playing around I
corners of Miss Doors mouth, and a
tirical twinkle in her eye, as Mr.. Penn
wise spoke of his aristocratic name.
"Can you not threaten to disinhe
him." she asked.
"No use-no use," groaned the disc,
solate Pennywise, "he has half mill
left TO him by his mother"