The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-05-24
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live At my ease through life, and re-
frain for labor, Of any kind, when
suddenly thsre came q blow that
scattered my prosperity TO the
winds, and forced me to employ my
labor and wits in the general strug-
gle Of gaining = living. The blow
cams in ths.shape of the failure of
: large firm in which my capital
was invested @
After scoring q clerkship in the
house Of q creditor Of our late firm,
my first care was to look up less
expensive boarding house than the
fashionable one In which 1 was iv-
ing. I inserted an advertisement
in several widely circulated city pa
perS asking for reasonable board in
q strictly private family, and of
course receivfngs muititudeof an
swers by next post. Ont Of this
nAotley nstallment of ePiatles, there
was hut one which pleased me, and
that one I decided to answer in
person Immediately. '3
& Grace Kingsley was the name OF
the favored landlady writing to me,
and the letter stated that her house
Was entirely private, having no
,boarders whatever. I was much
pleased with the fair, delicate hand
writing, and an idea took posses.
sion Of me that Grace was a young
and fascinating widow. I was not
disappointed when I reached the
house, and my ringing at the door
bell was answered by the lady in
person. She invited me into The
parlor. in q manner so courteous, and
yet 90 modest, that l had fallen
desperately in love with her before
I could cross the threshold.
I enjoyed = very pleasant cha
with Mrs. Kingsley. During th.
conversation she informed me that
her late husband had been in q f,i1
x = S
way. Of business, and at his death
which occurred q year previous
had left her in pretty comfortable
| circumstances They had but on
child; and this item Of mortality
was gracioualy permitted to lool
upon, - it lay peacefully slumber
ing in it's cradle. / also leafne,
that the lady was living in tn
house quite alone, and desired
male boardsr more - . means Q
protection than a source ofrevenue
In conclusion the landlady looke'
20 pretty [she was young, not NOR
than two or three and twenty an
I theboard 30 moderate, her con
panionship SO inviting, and sh
ilseemed TO trust in me and loo
| upon me so favorably, that ] woul
4 have been q heather, dead TO .
charms and inducements of the sc,
if I had not engaged board on th
1spot. te9d saH et dtUai
The next day I had my trunk re
moved to my new boarding plac
snd permanently established myse
there. Before leaving my form.
boarding house, q letter was han'
ed me by the postman, but I d
not find time to examine it until
was comfortably ensconced in Il
parlor of Mrs. Kingsley's COZ
house.
i Opening the letter, I discovert
x it to be- from = wealthy uncle
4 mine, residing in Vermont wi
regularly sent me a letter once
year, but whom / had never see
His epistles were always short al
to the point, generally consistil
: of an account Of the weather in
locality, and some good advice
me to take care of my money, as
might be burdened with some
4 it before I was much older. Iw
always very glad to get this adv
. from him, as I regarded it as an
timation that I was to inherit
wealth on his decease.
t. One day, however, about q ye
previous, I received letter fri
him which contained another to1
, besides those I have mention,
Ny uncle made some pressing
: quiries respecting my matrimon
, prospects, and stated that III '
not.already married I should
! mediately enter into the wedd
, state, and let him know of it, or
would never more be an uncle
la mine. }abS
: Now, as my uncle lived in v
. mont and I in Philadelphia and
a never anticipated that the old g
I tleman would pay me . visit 8
. discover the falsehood, I wrote {
i informed him that ! Was not O
: married but the father of q bou
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