The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-30
Conquered.

1t might be said of old Sam Slad ger
that his counting house was his temple,
his desk was his altar, his ledger was
his bible and his money was his god
Next to his money he loved his only
child, his daughter Julia.
One could hardly realize that Julia
was his daughter, or even that she bore
the unromantic name of Sladger. She
was beautiful, we'll bred and accomplish
ed, and was sweetly winning in manner.
Old Sam had determined that Julia
should wed his friend Alderman Choz-
zle, who was worth mint of money,
and would be mayor at no distant day.
1t was an excellent match from every
point of view except one-Julia's.
Julia would have nothing to do with
Chozzle much less would she marry him.
The matter was often debated between
father and daughter, if that can be call
ed debate, which was all command
and low voiced argument on the one
side, and all tears and silent obstinacy
on the other.
Had Chozzle no favored rival in the
field it is possible the poor girl might
have been bullied into accepting him.
But their was rival. He was an artist.
failure rel in 7ohhT his profession: He was ex:
ceedingly romantic, and his name was
Vandeleur de We're. Any one must see
at once that these were quite good and
sufficient reasons for any young woman
falling in love with him. Her life SEEM
ed all Chozzle. Her father served him
up at breakfast, at dinner and between
meals. At last this incessant Chozzle
diet, as it may be called, became intol-
erable. So Julia went out one fine
morning and married Vandeleur de We're
according to prearranged plan.
Now, if there was one man old Sam
objected to more strongly than another,
it was Vandeleur de We're. He branded
him, with fine scorn, as one of those
good. d.for- nothing ascetic fellows-by
which he was understood to mean the
great aesthetic brotherhood in general.
| When, therefore, he received a letter
from his daughter, putting him in pos
session of the state of affairs, imploring
forgiveness for herself and her darling
Van,' the old mans feelings may, to
use novel phrase, be better imagined
than described.
In their rooms in a back street Mr..
and Mrs. Vandeleur de We're awaited
the outraged parents reply with good
deal of anxiety. They did not expect
that he would come around all at once
that would be too much; but they
did hope that he would. after his frs
fit of passion, accept the inevitable, anc
his son-in-law.
But they were soon undeceived-no
quite so soon, however, as might have
been supposed, for two days elapsed be
fore letter made IFS appearance, bear
| ing on the cover the stiff awkward writ
ing of Samuel Sladger. When it die
come, the young couple found it yer,
brief and to the point. 1t was address
ed to Mrs. V. de We're, and ran as tol
lows:
sMadam Your favor of the 4th in
slant to hand and contents noted. A
you have made your bed, so must yo
and your vagabond lie. You have no
broken my heart by your wicked an
disgraceful conduct, but you have clos
ed it against you forever. am ma
of my word; that you know well.-
I cast you off; | disown you as daugt
ter, and forbid you or your M. d
We're to set foot in my house under an
pretense whatever, and tell you nov
once for all, that you shall never hav
one penny piece, or the value of it frol
me. 1t will be quite useless to write
me, as all yours letters will be returne
unopened. SAMUEL SLADGER.
Writing to the obdurate old ma
under these circumstances was certain
8 forlorn hope, but the young peop
l. did write-more than once, and eae
time the letter was returned unopene'