Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-06-14
'Leonora Z ~9at
AREN'T you ashamed OF yo,rseif?'
'Don't think am. Ought l to


WereI young man IN good health,
not manned or crippled-hlesscd
with the average quantity and qali-
ty Of brains
Thanks =
'Id do something besides louug
ing at watering places in the sum
mer, and club houses in the winter
something in the shape of work
yes, if five hundred uncles, and
q 'andfathers, and aunts'-
Couldn't any way in the world,
thank Heaven! my dear girl, have
So many relations
Left me five hundred fortunes.
And if | fell in love with a girl,
I'd prove to her before | proposed
marriage, that /, myself
'Could, il an emergency arose,
and lite is full OF them, support her.
and that l was not entirely depend
ent upon the income flowing in
from the Golfers filled by my ances-
tors
Bravo. Leo! You are splendid
fellow (! That last remark about
the cotfins of my ancestors VAS ex
tremely fine. I'd like to have any
one, in the glow of my present ad :
miration for yon, dare to hint that
oou were the tiriest speck cross
'yed. He or she'd repent in haste.
But, most admirable of Your sex,
What would You do If you were a
male fellow, so unfortunate as 70
know nothing useful, and wanted
to propose to girl you loved and
all the rest Of itp
Id learn trade if I hadn't tai
cnt enough for a profession
'The average quantity and quail
ty of brain is scarcely sufficient for
profession, an6 m too old to be
taken as an apprentice. If | were
not and could be converted into a
shoemaker, or brick layer-cr-or
plumber, l think I'd prefer being
a plumber, they only come and
look at things and 90 away again,
| couln't give yon a house like this.
where you could sit on the porch
with peach tree in front OF you
and a nice grapevine over yon,
making clothes for horrid children
around corners
Nonsense | don't mean that.
what do you mean then?' reach
ing up and plucking grape from
"a Iow-hanging branch.
Cliff. Cameron, you know what
| mean as well as do, and yet
she explains with great slowness
and emphasis. i mean that a
man should be able to support the
woman he marries either by lis
head or hands whether he is eve,
obliged to or not. Go away, you
are putting me cut of temper.
Putting you out of temper p
You're mistaken. | never saw your
dimple SO angelic in my life. But,
[ say, Leo,' he continued more Sc
riously, If | prove to you that on
an emergency-that is, if you with
your luxurious tastes and genera
extravaganza should waste my sub
stance in riotous living after we
were marrie6-if [ prove to you
that in that case | should be will
ling and able to give you bread
with an occasional bit of butter-
would you name the day 2
THAT emergency never coulc
come
well, imagine any emergency
you choose, only answer me-
Would you name the day 2
What day
'Leonora !
Yes, I would
You would-fair and square
: now
4 would. Isn't that enough p
Quite enough. But it must b'
an early one.
Must p
: will, my blessed
: Yes
Cliff. Cameron arose deliberate
ly, took away the sewing, dettly
l converted it into a ball and tossed
: it up among the grapes, made boti
small hands, little gold thimbl
and all, prisoners, and kissed he
. upon the dimple, upon the left eye
and lastly upon the warm, red lips
'Mr. Cameron, this is prema-
( ture." said she, her cheeks CLOWN.
like two pink roses.
!, Not at all Miss LoDsdale, yol
: are mine. To-morrow l will tax
= my place among the workers. !
: will be humble one, but sufficien
to prove that [ am competent +
earn the bread and butter of whic
) | have spoken
But Ciiff'-dropping her eye
Ii for the first time.
e well, Leo'-clasping the briet
face between his hands, and max
: ing her raise them again.
it Are sure-you know ho
It you admire pretty women, and II
not pretty.
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