Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-04-10
w oaVorville, April 10, 1875.
a LONG-F.OST UNCLE.

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/ love hor, and yet shells not beautiful !;
nor has shoany OF the freshness Of youth
which often possesses the attraction of
beauty. Neither Is my love OF that blind
nature which invests With attributes oX-
listing only jn the Imagination of the wor-
shipper. On the contrary | am able to
state positively that she is old, and that
her appearance is certainly not prepos-
sessing. She is not wise or learned, and
her disposition is none the most amable
1t is true she is pious but | fear | do
not value hel more on that account. |
should not be sorry il hcr piety were less,
and il it were less demonstratve and less
aggressive. Ny affection is not of that
romantic and exacting nature which i,
never happy save in the pres ence Of its
object. On The contrary, | am fondest Of
! her when she is tarthest away. Yet, |
am confident the feeling with which | re-
gard her will outast many more fierce
and pretentiou- attachments.
The roader will understand my sent-
mont, when inform him that the lady |
refer to is my wie's aunt, and that the
esteem with which we both regard her is
| founded on her possession Of considera-
bic sum in railway shares and consols
and a comfortable and yearly increasing
balance at her bankers.
At the present time we entertain to-
ward her feeling of peculiar tenderness
for it is bat only the otG,. day we though
we had lost her. No, she had not beer
/ i'll. We had no fear that she was going
to die. We could have borne that. /
i. the t Of all, and resignation in such O
case is duty The danger which she
has just escaped is OF different nature
| tremble, even now, to think how immi
nent ii at one time appeared. But, thanh
Heaven, it is passed, and the tears Whjgt
blot this page are tears Of gratitude anC
happiness.
have an Office in the city. do lit
tic in wine and cigars on commission
and occasionally tavel on ten.
| am a married man with q small fam.
lily. My income, / regret TO say, is aisC
small. The former, of late years, ha.
been increasing, the latter has not. My
| Emily is an excellent manager, and,
honestly believe, lays out to the best ad
vantage The limited amount that | am
able to allow for our household eApendi-
turc. But we are exceedingly pinchcd al
times. The nature Of my business oblig-
es me to reside in gentoel neighborhood
and we are frequently forced to sacriic,
comfort for the sake Of Appearances.
My Wite's aunt lives in the country
but She is kind enough to visit us two o
three times during the course Of the year
and spend two or three weeks.
On these occasions / need not say TIA
we do all in our power to make her com
Portable. This is not always a task uu
attended with difficulty Like many el
derby maiden ladies in easy circumstun
ces, she possesses peculiar talent 70
making other people uneasy. The re
marks which She frequently feels hersel
called upon TO make concerning our do
nestle arrangements are more distin
guished for freedom than politencss. Aut
though the spirit OF piety which prompt
the utterance may be undoubtcd, it is no
pleasant for a man to be told that he i
ga heathen," and that he is " leading hi
family in the broad path Of destruction.'
This, too, when my conscience acquit
me Of any such improper designs.
" But we must bear with these littl,
Weaknesses" says my wife. " \ OF
know, Samuo, she does not possess th,
blessings that we have in these dear chill
dreu. Besides, VIC are her nearest rela
tious, and"
"Ah, true" return "1ho old gin
will cut up we'll, one Of these days, No
doubt; and, in the meantime, we mus
be civil to her, suppose. That is wha
you mean to say, my dear ?"
-" / moan to say nothing OF the kind
sir; and you ought to be ashamed o
yourself"
was sitting at home one evening, in 9
rather melancholy mood-tor / had JUS
been reading a letter from our aunt,
in which she announced her intention o
coming to see US in a day or two, auc
making long, long visit" when there
came a loud ting at the street door bell
started up.
"That can't be her, surely ?" / said tc
my wife.
"Oh, no, that is not aunt james ring,
replied Emily. Besides, did not hear
any carriage drive up to the door"
felt comforted. 1t could not very
well be her, Not the i(ea was absurd
But you see | had just been reading hei
letter aud felt very nervous and easily
startled.
Presently our little maid of all work
came up stairs, and informed me that
there was gentleman below who wished
to see me.
| went down and saw man standing
in the hall. lie was a tall, stout, elderly
man, with a weather beaten face. HI