Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-06-01

There lived quarter of n mile down the
road from the Beeches wealthy bachelor
named Goldmore-a man of nifty years or
thcreabout, tall, pompous, and imposing to
look at-a man of great solemnity, who never
laughed except in responsible sort of way,
and who kept his coat well buttoned round
his ample frame, typifying, 1t might be, the
re rrve with which he wrapped his person
ality from view. He was the sort of man
who, in n picture book, would look the very
urge of n respectable Great Briton. There
an air of steady solvency about him-a
balance-at-my bankers air-which was very
telling The most timid shopkeepcr would
have given Goldmore credit for thousand
pounds before even hearing his name. His
micn would have carried him With his
ma jeStv, the bgness Of his frame, his vast
bony features and the sober color of his
attire, he looked rather like an elephant who
had cast his trunk, and was going round the
world on tour of solemn survey in coat
and trousers.
Archibald Goldmore, Esq. had nephew
his hcir-who used to come and him
often and who, being on the lookout for a
wife, was struck with the beauty of Sihyl
Temple This Harry Goldmore wasa lively
young fellow, but no great favorte with his
uncle. He was heir, because there was none
other forthcoming, but nephew and uncle
ncN er quite hit it oil. The young man was
one of those fortunate, or unfortunate, people
/ very much either they are sure to be-who,
/ without being exactly selfish, have Vet an
/ inordnate idea of their own claims Upon life
/ and their clowcreatures, with a proper
/ tionate disregard of other peoples feelings
Young Goldmore would always help himself
to the best, even before his uncle's eyes, and
} mel 4
or Let me recommend so and So trihng
attentions but 10y such little acts young men
sometimes make their fortunes. The nephew,
too, well knowing that his uncle employed an
indispensable cook and pTided himself upon
his table, would yet in the most fippant style
find fault with dishes, and declare that in his
club in London the cooking was fifty times
better.
Courageous sauce. this" he exclaimed one
evening as he tasted his boiled mutton;
"enough to put one of ones feed
AT your age" remarked his uncle sol
EMMY, ~ got very little sauce at all
"Gtre enough, ! daresay' retorted tn,
witty young man, with a great roaring
laugh, altor which he finished his mutton and
asked for another help, administering the
condemned sauce plentifully.
From these few hints every reader of oh
! seiNutlun can m up Sket'h Oh thls young
fellows character and it need only he said
that he was tolerahly good loobins by no
means vicious ana WIN very posSa"o ,non-
ners, becoming almost agreeable ON the rare
occasions when, standing in awe of somebody,
he had the sense to curb his frohcsome dispo-
! sitiOn
He saw Sihyl Temple Used as H. vas to
believe the finest hc rs bred for him, the
finest vintages grown for him, the richest
dishes cooked for him, he nearing and seeing
that Sibyl was the handsomcst girl in Kettle
well, easily concluded that She had been
reared for him. So he began making eyes a,
her. and having perceived that she noticed