Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-01-28
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DO you know Ernest. have a haunting
fear that she viii carry out the hor-
ribie threat OF hers:"
what. destroy her lifeg Oh. uncle.
1 hope not"
And l am sure 90: bat IL is hard
10 say. Women are such uncertain
creatures. so much swayed by impulse.
so little by reason. that men who have
had most TO 10 with them sometimes
understand them least. Blythe bye.
how wonderfully Ike she = 10 your
mother. and how nearly you resemble
them bOth.~
Il am not sure l feel rattered by t1at
speech ( vcnturod to observe.
Truth Is never fattery." said uncle
san. However. have done my part
and can 90 no more. II matters work
ont we'll. why. well. x la. why then
they must be borne. The real authors
Of this mischief are old Wolsey and
your father. who years ago treated me
yillainously Ia respect OF my engage
mcnt 20 your mother. Their breach
OF faith has. 1 am happy TO think. az
last rec0iied on them both. or course
everybody admits that two wrongs
don't make a right. but revenge re-
tains its primitive sweetness despite
that admission. A. the same time l
shouldn't have gone out OF my way TO
taste OK it. but chance set IL in my
path. When / consider how good
wife I have. how largely her fortunes
have aided mine. and bow great IS her
love and care Cor nae. I frankly con-
T Tess that 1 regret the whole Incident.
] and am inclined 10 regard vindict.ve-
ness rs species OF folly TO DE guarded
against"
Il am glad so hear you say that.
uncle. IL augurs well COX cherished
I hope OF mime
4 Uncle sam. affecting not TO perceive
my allusion. went on:
You have been lucky boy. E-ncst.
and 1 congratulate you on your good
fortune. Without money. experience.
Or talent. YOU have won for yourself
a charming young lady. whose dollars.
beauty. and training make her match
that an English duke might envy. Why
il is that she has So lightly agreed 10
hand over TO YOU thc command of her
SELF aud her large fortune passes my
understanding; for you wiz pardon
my telling you plainly that / iail TO
. discover .n you any remarkable ability.
On the contrary. YOU impress me as a
man of feeble Judgment and irresoiute
viii. Your recent mission 20 England
was conducted with a lamcntable want
OF skin, and again. to-day. a man Of
1
from speaking 81 Miss Woisey In the
very heat OF her passion: ne would have
followed her and eXertcd his persua-
siveuess later. Don't look SO downcast;
if 1 didn't greatly esteem you Go yol
suppose / would trouble myself 10
point out your weak places"
isn't your rebuke heavier than m-
shortcomings OBSERVER 1 inquired
timidly.
Not bit, Digest "a well. and you
VIII derive inestimable benefit from
81; Ii may induce you 20 cultivate eau
ton. q quality which no present YOU
greatly need. and Will need get more
when your lucky stars have endowed
YOU with the control OF Comics dol
lars; FOR you must know that 60 hold
money is second in difficulty only q
the acquisition OF 10. nay. 20 some ma
lures It's retention is thc more dirhcul
feat. / would earnestly advise yoi
not 20 speculate with any portion oI
Comics fortune. but 20 be content
with It's present disposition. chosen fol
the most part by her fathev-as clear
headed a man as ever owned a rail-
road. Win its presen, investments
all made with a view 10 security rathe
than high rate OF interest. you car
draw dividends enormously ia excess
Of your utmost requirements. a.
neither OF you nor your fathers be
fore you have ever had any money &,
speak Of. there is some danger that n
your new and luxurious circumstance
you may lose your head; and IL is tha
contingency 1 would warn you against
. Why don't YOU light a cigary
This speech removed somewhat o
the depressing effect produced by th
destructive criticism which precede,
il. and under the soothing influence o
the weed I soon recovered my eQus
nimity.
Your disposition" continued uncl
Sam. unless / entirely misread IT, j
anectionate and domestic: and wit
so charming 4 wife as yours will prov,
you ought easily 10 avoid such foll.
as mine II you don't. you VIII .aci
even such excuse as I can make. an,
that l don't find many people accep
rs satisfactory. Besides. you mus
never forget that Connie is a clever