Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27

that | am the sole anu re
sponsible head of one Of the beS
known aud mostreSpectpd business
houses in the city of London. ant
that am in position. which yor
may verify, if you please, by the
most mlnnteiuvestigatlon, to main
tain your daughter in a-fitting pc
Sition as II lady.
The entire happiness of nv life
and ! dare add that of your dangIl
ter's rests npon your decision rs tC
whether she should he my wife OF
not. aud implore yonnot to be in
lluencetl in your opinion by the
somewhat peculiar circumstances
under which orr meeting took
place, aud mr consequent acqualn
tanre and intimacy were formed.
Ifyon will kindly take u week to
,GQnsideesEsss ii INITIAL question,
4 slial1 be inexpressibly obliged;
and, thanking You heartily in All
vance for the sanction which ! feel
certain yol will accord, | am, my
dear sir,
Your very ohedient servant,
JONATHAN GREYSARK.
Having read this two or three
times over to assure himself flat
he had not said FOO much or too
little, Jonathan GrevSark placed 1t
in an envelope addressed to Ri
bert Fleming, Esq, and that again
in an envelope which he pnrposed
to hand to tie old lady at Brighton.
The week seemed interminable
to the enamoled Jonathan. Men
remarked that he appeared absent
minded and prcoccI:pied, bat two
or three OF his fellow.passengers by
the Ssh, who were Ill the same
market. told the story Of his cap
ture by the pretty girl on the train,
AMI so accounted for his peculariry.
He himself, however, was in Il state
of anxiety 10 which lie had long
been IL stranger. Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday passed, and no an,
swer from the mysterious Mr..
Fleming arrived. Perhaps the old
lady had forgotten to forward his
msSive. Old ladies, SO strangely
mindful OF long past occurrence,
were, often ohlivouS about matters
present. PerhapS-but he shnl
,leied at the thought and cast il
from him-ior Phyllis WAS too good,
too honest, too much Ola lady, to
be so base aud cruel; on the other
hand, possibly Mr.. Fleming was in
Stituting inquiries. 1t was natural
that an aifrcti0nale father should
do so, and every lime Penn brought
III IL visitor's name the merchant
expected to hear MIR. Robert Elem
ing" announced. On Friday after
noon he called in Mr.. Penn.
"Kiudly shut the door," he SAID;
II have something ofimportance to
ss i:. tx &c 5otf7aboilft.'
Mr.. Penn obeyed, and anxiously
Inspected his employers face.
MIR. Penn" began the merchant,
with ii preliminary clearing of the
throat, "you have been III my ser.
vice now for some years, and you
have given me pretty general salts.
faction in the performance of your
duties"
PENIS face frightened. Certain
~ IL rise in salary wis coming, per
Ilaps something more substantial.
But all wa, dashed 10 the Srounil
with The first word of The gre;l,
mani next sentence.
"I'ut," continued Greysark, / have
been thinking the matter over ver5
seriously lately, and have arrived
at the painful conclusion that |
must dispense with your services at
The expiration Of IL month from this
date"
The poor clerk gasped and then
clutched the table for support, and
would have spoken but Tor a mag
lsterial wave Of Mr.. Greys;lrk' S
hand.
1T is very Evident to me-" coli
tluueu his employer. "tllaC some
fresh blood is needed in this bust
ness. In fact, propose to take a
partner, and BY SO acting do away
with thenece>sity of payingahand
some salary "a head clerk"
"Alr. Greysark!" almost sbrielled
poor Penn. "DO hear NE. l have
helped you to make this business.
| have been i'll his Office for more
than twenty years. You lave hey
cruIlce had CAUSE to tinui taul5 with
me, and | may conscielIlou>ly say
that | have never gwen you Occa
SION to. For mure THAN one reason
am plccluded from the possibility
OF geLtll.g another situation. Ny
l"lue, us you know, Is against me,
and people would object to lie Oh
The ground that had a brolhei
who uad been in the police dock;
moreover, | am not fitted To occu
pya clerk $ desk i'll any oGher bus
luesS. Think. Sir, l implure you
III think. With one word you are
turning all honest man INTO the
Streets to beg, for no fault OF Ills
OWL. do not wish to push myself
forward unduly, MIR. Gleysilrk, but
ut such IL crisis as is lnls l am
forced o remind you that but for
me yuu might possibly rot have
lULnd DuSlnenS MATTERS work So
smoothly aS they have. Ii you dis
Charge me with the notion vi INTRO.
ti,cltIu urW blood into tIie huIISr