Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-08-27

than two years have elapsed since the
public outpouring of my muse, not
more than twenty copies have been
sold.
But enough has been said upon this
subject. am neither vain nor egotist-
ic, and / shrink from the task of fur
ther personal description of myself and
my attributes. To posterity l leave. a
legacy that some day or other will be
considered priceless and to that pleas
ant, happy time, when my soul But
to resume.
Having fallen madly in love with
Araminta, it was not long before [
found an opportunity of being intro
duced to her and her mamma. found
that Mrs. Johnson was a widow who
had moved in q far superior circle to
that she now occupied, and that Ara
minta, her only child, was, through the
eccentricity of a deceased uncle the
happy possessor of $500 Per annum,
which, however, was to be taken from
her and given, half to her mother and
half to an asylum for disabled and
homeless cats, should she wed without
Mrs. j. consent. Oh, how l loved
the fair heiress How I sympathized
with her under the trying circumstan-
ces in which she was placed Natu-
rally Mrs. Johnson would look with dis
taste upon every sutton. To inherit a
fortune and then to lose it by the
caprice of mother! No, this must
not be- Araminta should not risk such
disappointment. / was the gallant
knight to rescue her from thralldom /;
Araminta and her f300 per annum
should be mine. Worldly wisdom told
me that first of all / ought to conciliate
the mamma. My soul despised artifce,
but it was for her-for Araminta's sake.
And the poor girl WAS grateful. In the
presence of Mrs. johnson 1 was cold
and distant to my beloved, but 1 felt
sure that Araminta saw through the
ruse.
1 had long been frequent visitor at
the little Canonbury villa ere began
to fear that in the pursuit of Araminta' s
affection had rival. At first only
heard of Mr.. John Smith through Mrs.
Johnson, who informed me that he was
most desirable young man to know,
and that she hoped we should shortly
become acquainted. Smith, twas said,
was handsome young fellow Smith
was an accomplished man, his vocal
ability being something marvellous !;
Smith was well-to- do; Smith was of
good family-in short, Smith was every
thing desirable, and my ears tired of
his name ere once set eyes upon him.
One night he accompaniment my friends
to church, and with disgust ting imper-
Thence placed himself next to Ararninta.
They shared the same hymn-book, and
seemed to be on the most agreeable
terms.
/ could have struck my rival to the
earth when, on issuing from the church,
Araminta gave me nod of recognition,
and Immediately took she proffered am
of Smith. But l was true to my pun
pose 1 showed no spleen L was re-
solved to conciliate Ararinta's mamma,
and 1 battered myself that already she
was beginning to regard me as suita-
BILE son-in-law.
Steadily pursuing the plan I had
formed in nay mind, and of which L
felt MY charmer was cocnigant, | offered
my arm to Mrs. Johnson, and all the
way from the church to the dwelling OF
nay beloved we spoke of poetry and The
arts. Avery clever, apprecsative woman
is Mrs. johnson. In stature there was
scarcely an inch differences 'twixt her
and her daughter, and when she spoke
it seemed the very echo of Aramints's
voice. Therefore, when l avoided
looking into Mrs. Johnson's face, and
refrained from the mental calculation
OF how far she had advanced on the
wrong side of 40, was able to fancy
that l had Araminta by my side. This
gave me poetic inspiration, and I felt
little of the embarrassment which
usually accompanies young mans con-
versation with his future mother-in-law.
"Oh, you must come In and take a
little supper with us" said Mrs. j.,
when we reached the gate; CT want
to introduce you to our friend, Mr..
Smith"
Throughout our walk Ararainta and
her companion kept we'll ahead. They
started with lead and maintained 1t
so well that they had entered the house
ere we were in sight. did nOt want to
become acquainted with Smith; but
did wish to bid Araminta goodnight,
and to indicate, by stronger pressure
II the hand than usual, that 1 was
making the way smooth with her
mamma.
Smith was, as had imagined, q
shallow-brained coxcomb. Twas Hy-
perion to a satyr over again l being
Hyperion, of course, and he the dis
torted monster. They said he was 6
musician well, if loud growing among
the lower "F's in the bass, in the at
tempt to drown everybody elses voice
constitutes claim to be considered s
musician, then Smith should at the
very least have put Mus. Doc" at tn,
end of his name.
1t was welcome release when supper
was announced. Then, offering m,
arm to Mrs johnson, we left her off
spring and Smith to follow. OF cours'
all this time my heart was with Ara
minta, although / let no desires of m.
own interfere with my purpose of res
cuing her from the thralldom of he
mother. Taking furtive glances a
Araminta on the other side of tn
table, I could not but compare her t.
Andromeda. Yes, she was the beau
, teous creature tied to the rock of singl
8 blessedness, her mother was the mon
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