The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-24
A STORY SUCCESSFULLY TOLD.

I charged for at our regular rates.
! ASVORY SUCCESSFULLY TOLD.
PRETTY, plump Mrs. Archibald Steele
wrote the following paragraph IN one OF
! her letters to Ter husband the other day.
/ "John must come down here at once,
whether YOU can spare him or not. Our
7 dear little Laura Is greatly taken with II
/ tall, thin young man, with II hooked nose
and thin lips, called StuyVesant. 1t l.
] whispered about the hotel that he is II
/ very good match, and has the vcritablc
/ blue hood Of the old Dutch Governor in
! his views. | must say 1t has queer way
| OF showing itself, for the young man Is ~
/ pale "A spectre; and dressed IL that white
duck. with his sunhon eyes and bilious
/ skin. is enough to brighten one. | have
crown 10 hate him. while Laura is grow
/ !ng To DO quite the contrary, I'm afraid,
/ All the evening he leans up against the
wall. never dancing, or opening h,
, mouth save to give vent TO some hateiuI
sarcastic criticism upon the scene around
him. aud vet dear LITTLE Laura's eycs-as,
indeed, all the other pretty eyes about
are periodically beseeching him for attcn
. ton. In the daytime he Is always with
} n long black horse, that covers more
/ ground with lis legs when II Is going
| than any animal ever saw. When
( Laura goes out to drive behind it, and
/ yanishc, out OF sight with the bOry crea-
/ ,ure. | trcmbir 10 think how dreadful It
would be il oar dear little girl would ever
become part and parcel Of this wretchcd
man and his wicked beast. SO | think
John had better come down ut once;
quite long 10 see his handsome face and
nrar his honest voice, and | think it il
about time John should tell his little
story to Laura. and have things settled
comfortably
Mr.. Archibald Steele smiled when he
put the letter OF his wife in his waistcoat
pocket, and picking up the morning pa
per, scanned through his go.d-rimmed
,ucciaclcs the news ot the day. Finding
nothing therein to ruille the exceedingly
satisfactory condition, Of hs affairs, ur
pu. il down, and smiled again ~ only "a
prosperous, coutenrcd, downtown mcr-
chant can smile. He WAS one of those
happy exceptions to the ordinary rule OF
mortti-, with whom every thing was well.
Ms "''.'s "pty"' Nv ~, - Ir, ,n'"r.l
little hazardouSly in trade, Forum"
/ trimmed her sails to favor him. II he
/ set his heart upon any thing relating I"
| domestic felicity, all the clements of art
,'h,, b., s,onrcd - the donr of the
.,,;., and hac,,,i.d to q yoaro man with
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john said Mr. steele closing the
doorof his pr vate oihce, ana .ooNi, W
nus young clerk oehs' o'ehu!' =,
"h CFuor mere ,,,, 'to' ,,o ,uIS :,
WISH H"u "'u'4 "'''". w. -,
Certainly, sir SAID John. "Snah
20 out and get the articles myself
"Why the fact Is, John, SAID the mer-
chant, enjoying his joke more and more,
its only one artlcle--a rather bulky one
1t was barganed for long ago 'hlhN
You will have to 90 with IT, Johh'
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