The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-01-18
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Hunting an H,.ress.

DoD, SAID my uncle rushing int
my rooio, I'm ruined =
Really said 1, knocking th,
ashes off my third aud last cigar.
"Yes, ruined irre releemlbly - -
my speculations, bets, and all hav,
blown up together and hero / nm
at sixty, fairly done UP -riiilol =
cleaned out !
"ferribIe pity what must W.
dol ! am rs badly of AZ you, anJ
lose all my expectations which were
Society
My uncle looked grave for the frs!
time. \ ; philosophy being Epicu
reau according to tue prsc,ics OF tn,
nineteenth century, he lisel in the
present moment, en- iuying lifo u,
the races, tho Clubs, ani dibbiine
now aud then (aldiug, 30 to speak,
red pepper to brandy, in those sdc-
tessors of dofunct lotlories,--fancy
stocks. He had hitherto aour.shed d
on them, ani on him. / wa, hia
heir and fsvorite.
After making his startling an
nonncmept, silence OF some mo,
nents ensasd during hich time
finished einoking and my uncle
broke forth---'Bob, you are thirty
one years old I!
"ANarse than that, thirty three.
"And you have glin,nering OF
gray hairs
"roo true. rnclo.'
tYou must get married It's full
tmt to give up your yag .b)ni life.
'Fine talk, uncle, but who is to
supbSrt me :
"Yaur wife marry an heiress.'
"lhet's just what | have been,
with all my. seeming Indifference to
marriage, ready to do. Bat an heir
ess is like a ghost orgrillin--spol<cn
and written Of but never seem
"Try, try. my boy Oar affairs
are desperate The yho!e panie-
monium of trades men will become
yet moro importnnate, when they
I'srn OF the full extent of my losses,
which will be before many weeks -
your character will come down with
my purse, 80 go to work without
moments delay
well, uncle. I'll try.
That evening I dressed and went
to Concert ut the Theatre Ole
Bull was extracting rapture from
cat-gut. and just as he was finishing
his first part, l essayed to change
my position in order to get nearer
view of a beauty. divinity outright,
in the boxes, when, whom should I
espy but my tailor, to whom ow.
ed an old bill of precisely six hun
dred aud thirty seven dollars. Il
conld not dodge. Fas est ob hoste
doeert, which peing literally inter.
preted means: 1t is wise to ask the
opinion OF your tailor 30 going mp
to MIN aud extending my hand, |
exclaimed
"rhis Norwegian monster is re,
ally wonderful
"Quite So" said Mr.. Mortimer
Shears and thereupon we discussed !
the trembling fiddle strings at
length.
"Pray, Mr.. Shears said 7, can
4! On tell me the name of that lady Z
pointing at the same time to the |
unknown beauty.
Perfectly well. 1t is Miss
OF Carolina The old gentlemen |
with her is her father. They live in
Walnut street, and l had OCCASION
to visit him on professional busi,
ness last-week."
l thought as much "Mr Shears,
l could not be mistaken in your
COATS" said |, cycling through my
glass the upper garment of the Car
Gilman gentleman.
Mr.. Shears blushed and bowed
thanks and limited at the great
wealth OF the strange parties
Here was some game afoot. How
to get acquainted-to become fairly
intimate in the honse of the ,ich iair
one was question. A hum-druin
introduction,-frigid, ordinary Wis
its these would not suit my neces,
stiles A bold thought struck me Il
! will carry it out. | will get inio
the house, not for minutes, but for
days apd nights. l will appear in
the most Interesting positions to a
sympathetic woman. | will storm
ithe fortress. l will retrieve my for
tsne--So ] inurmured confidently to ,
sssli. The concert was breaking /