Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-02-04
sLApaER's DAUGHTER.

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ger was his Bible, and his money was
bis god. Next to his money he loved
his only child, his daughter Julia
Old Sam had determined that Julia
should we'd his friend Alderman Choz-
gle, 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, il that
can be called debate, which was all
command and low voiced argument on
the one side, and all tears and silent
obstinacy on the other.
Had Chozzle had no favored rival in
the field 1t is possible the poor girl
might have been bullied into accepting
him. But there was rival. He was
an artist He was very poor. He was
a complete failure in his profession.
He was exceedingly 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. At any rate they were quite
sufficient for Julia. Julia went out
one fine morning and married Vande-
leur de We're, according to a prear-
ranged plan.
Now, if there was one man old Sam
objected to more strongly than an-
other, il was Vandeleur de We're. He
branded him, with fine scorn, as 'one
of them good for nothing, ascetic fel
lows'-by which he was understood to
mean the great aesthetic brotherhood
in general. When, therefore, he re-
celved a letter from his daughter,
putting him in possession of the state
of affairs, imploring forgiveness for
herself and darling Van,' the old
mans feelings may, to use IL novel
phrase, be better imagined than des.
cribed.
In their rooms in 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 after the first fit of passion,
ne would accept the inevitable, and
his son-in-law.
But they were soon undeceived-
not quite so soon, however, as might
have been supposed, for two days
elapsed before letter made It's ap-
pearance, bearing on the cover the stiff
awkward writing of Samuel Sladger
When it did come, the young couple
found it very brief and TO the point
1t was addressed to Mrs V. de We're
and ran as follows:
sMADAM--Y favor of the 4th in.
stant to hand and contents noted AS
you have made your bed, so must yor
and your vagabond lie. You have mo-
broken my heart by your wicked and
disgraceful conduct but you have
closed it against you forever. I am
q man of my word; that you know
well. I cast you of; l disown you
as a daughter l forbid you
or your V. de We're to set foot in my
house under any pretense whatever
and I tell you now, osce for all, thai
you shall never have even one penny
piece, or the value Of it, from me. Il
will be quite useless to write to me, as
all your letters will be returned un'
opened.
SAMUEL SLADGER.
To do Julia and her husband Justice
they bore up under their misfortunes
pluckily. Van painted by the perch
rood and acre, but the pictures would
not sell. By the time all Julia's trink'
cts had been turned into money, and
actual starvation was staring the young
couple in the face-for dealers and ar
shopkeepers wouldn't even look al
poor Vans productions now--tht
landlady who was getting anxious
about the rent, which was rapidly fall
ing in arrears, volunteered this--te
Julia--very mysterious piece o.
advice: '5
If you can't sell en- and she indi.
Gated the blushing canvas, why no
spout emp
IL beg your pardon, I don't quite
understand, replied Julia, looking 6
good deal bewildered.
The landlady, in tone Of ill-con
cealed pity for her lodger's ignorance
explained that 'spouting' the picture!
meant pledging them at pawn
brokers' for whatever he could be in
duced to lend upon them.
Julia soon reconciled herself to the
notion of obtaining small advances
upon her husbands pictures.
In their keen struggle for life bott
Van and Julia became smart and art.
full to degree which surprised ever
themselves. Van very soon got te
know the sort of pictures upon which
most money could be lent, and was
lavish in the use of his brightest
colors. But to Julia must be giver
the credit of hitting upon the idea OF
Vans producing endless copies of his
i. most popular piece--a red -cloaked