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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1883-01-05, Page 6THJ HURON SIGNAL . I'RIA 1 JAN. 5, 1803. The Poet's (Corner. rra lse•t: .Hetes re bears. Fruth Harper's Weekly. 1 and my cousin 11'itdalr suet And towed a pot together; Burn lack It Was that Molly brewed For It war nipping weather. 'Fore George t To see Dick buns the wench Set all the ian Mg laughing ! They dubbed him pearl of cat alters At kissing and at quaffing. "Odd fish !" says Dick, "the sack is rare, And rarely burnt, fair Molly ; 7wouid cure the sourest Crop -ear yet Of Pious Melancholy." "Egad !" says I. "Here cometh oue }lath been are prayers but lately." Sooth,Master Praise-trod-Harebonea stepped Along the street sedately. Hick 1%'ildair with a swaaahing bow And touch of his Toledo, Gare Merry Xmas to the rogue And bade hint say his Credo. Next crash a cup to the King's health And eke to pretty Molly, ' Twill cure your Saintliness," says I irL, •r)f Pious Melancholy." Then Master Rarcbones stopped and frowned ; My heart stood still s minute. Thinks 1, both Dick and I will hang Or else the devil's in it ! For me 1 rare not for old Noll No, all the ltump together, Yet, faith! 'tis best to be alive to pleasant Xmas. )r rather. His worship, Barcboncs, grimly smiled ; "I love nut blows nor brawling, Yet will i give thee, fool, a pledge I" And zooks! .,He sent Dick sprawling! When Moll and I helped Wlldalr up, f o lunger trim and jolly - "Fcel'st not, Sir hick," says saucy Moll, "A Pious Melancholy r F'LI.e:v MAC'I:Ati Ii CTCHINSON. She Wouldn't be Jealous, "No, sir ! " exclaimed Harry Vales, as threw himself back in his easy chair, and gracefully removed a fragment Ha- vana from his lips for the purpose of ex- haling a clud of the perfumed smoke ; "no, sir," he repeated, "I wouldn't ntar- ry a jealous woman to she was the rich- est heiress in the world. I have a natu- ral taste for variety, do you see; and the most I want of a wife is to keep house for, and take of things, and give me a little leisure to make myself agreeable to womatiltind in general. When nothing more agreeable turus up, why, of course, then you have the priviledge of enter- taining the wife, and the consolation of knowing knowing that her husband is the most accomplished lady killer in town, will, I take it, be ample compen- sation for all her services in my behalf. But you see if she were any way jealous she might not think so." "It would be pxossible.l'should think," said Walter Everett, " that she might b3 inclined to disagree with you. I should think any woman who lov.td you would uaturelly object to such an ar- rangement," " Oh, pshaw', Everett !" exclaimed Harry; "that proves you to be a novice. Don't you know that love in a female heart is made up of just two element/— vanity and self-sacrifice I Just give a woman a husband she is pround of, and you—or, that is, you might not be able to—but a than of my accomplishment ern coax her into anything under the sun. Wait till 1 marry ! I'll show you how to manage a wife. 1'11 show you how to unite all the freedom of a bache for with all *the privileges of a Bene diet." Walter smiled, and puffed away at hi eirgar in silence. The two young men were cleres in a large mercantile establishment in the city. They occupied apartments in the same house, and generally on very close and intimate terms Perhaps it may not be necessary to inform the reader that Harry was somewhat of a coxcomb, though he was no means so immoral as might be inferred from his own ac- count of hitnself. This Walter knew, and lie could therefore listen to hia oc- casional strains of gasconade with the ut- most serenity, even though perfectly aware at the time that the speaker nn- tertaiued serious ideas of finally bestow- ing the ineffable honor of his name and protection upon a certain little cousin of his own, Mies Susie Stanbtn. That his confidence went so far as to lead him to conceal fruni the said young lady the sentiment au frequently expressed, we cannot vouch. Indeed, the writer has the idea that the two frequently' talked over in private this unfortunate failing of their mutual friend, and studied fre- quently to devise some method of reduc- ing the proportions of Harry's organ of vanity. Nothiag very very effectual, however, was accomplished during the courtship, and in pr ,cess is time Mr. Harry Vane entered the state of tnatrim'eiy, tinder the fall conviction that his loving Susie possessed not spark of jealousy. To de her lustier', she was not natural- ly of a jealous disp•eition,; but inside her inna'e amiability in that respect, she Fad a little bit of that shy, womanly pride, which made her resolve that she wnuldn t he jeal.'ni. No, indeed, she would never be vented at as a jealous wife, neither should Mr. Harry Vane has the pleasure of inatmutting that he Oa•na;red his wife, that she was instruct- ed and trained at hnrne t.• beak conven- iently in the .other Aire'tio;t, whenever lie abuse to open the iuvin;'il.le battery g kis faacinatietis upon any innocent ani aggitip/Oting yoAng female. "Rn, no Ilienellt lady wile ta', went* Mr that It therefore happened that whenever at ball or party Mr. Harty Vane made himself parti:ularly agreeable to any lady, Mn. Harry Valle also cultivated the' sante individual. If Mr. Harry Vane only danced with the young lady, or eS ported her out to supper, MTS. Harry Vane contented herself with tn. moat &miable inquires after the said young', lady's health, and gracious hopes that the family at hoopoe were quite well. if Mr. Vane danced twice or thrice with the young lady, Mr., Vane straightway invited her to; call, and intimated that she should very aeon give herself the pleasure id visiting the young lady, and if (matters went still further, and Mr. indulgedHarry Vane of s flirtation, Mrs. l Harry Vane immed- iately fixed A day, and asked the young lady to tea. By this sly way of fighting tire with fire, she had succeeded in extinguishing a half dozen glowing penchants in the bosons of her liege lord ; while, at the same time, the uniform sweetness and amiability of her own conduct could not fail to deepen the admiration and respect which Harry had possessed for her when he nnarried her. So it went on for a year or two, and Susie found herself • mother. After that, things seemed to mend a little ; but baby's charms soon lust their power, and Susie's trial took another form. Her loving heart, which was constantly, thought quietly, watchful of Harry'/ lightest movements, was wounded at its moat sensitive point. Harry frequently left home without inviting her to accom- pany him, or even informing her of his destination. Much as her anxous fears were startled by this new shadow upon her domestic peace, Susie had the dis- cretion to say nothing, but meanwhile to double her assiduity in winning him G, home pleasures. All her efforts, how- ever availed her little ; at least one even- ing in the week he continued to spend away from her. It is possible at this juncture she may hate been taking her cousin, Walter, into her confidence Ono beautiful morning in July Harry seemed in no hurry to go down town. He lingered reading his newspaper after breakfast till nearly nine o'clock, and then dressing himself carefully in his handsomest suit, carelessly bade hia wife goon morning, and strolled leisurely up the road, instead of going down it, to- ward his place of business. The quick perceptions of his wife had noticed a strange disquietude in his manner all the morning, and she smiled a quiet smile to herself, aa she stood before the mirror in her own room, arraying her- self in her most becoming walking cos- tume. For Mrs. Harry Vsne was going out too. She fitted a dainty pair of boots to her pretty feet, and tightened the fastenings of her sweetest pair of kid gloves, put on her most bewiching bonnet, and then took the last glance in the mirror to assure herself that there wean'( a sweeter or more captivating littie woman than Mrs Harry Vane. "Ho has good tante, at any rate, she soliloquized, and that is one consolation." But the little half -sigh which closed the sentence intimated that it wasn't so very consoling after all. After her own toilet was completed, baby was dressed in his richest and moat spotless robes, and Mary was intrusted with the precious eharge and hidden to follow her. Down the road tripped the little lady, taking the shortest way to the river side. Here lay the steamer, with flags flying and whistle blowing, just ready to convey a party of happy excursionists down the river. Mrs Harry Vane tripped lightly over the pier, followed by Mary and baby, and the next moment the gallant steamer with its holiday company was fairly under way. Mrs. Vann walked leisurely to the fore part of the vessel, and there apparently very much to her surprise, discovered Mr. Vane sitting in most attentive proximity to a handsome and showy young lady, who was evidently quite the slave of Mr. Vane's fascina- tions "Why, good morning,Harry!"ezclaire- ed Mrs. Vane, in her sweetest and most cordial tones ; "this is,•indeed, • delight- ful surprise. 1 hal not anticipated the pleasure of your company. After you left home 1 happened to notice the ad- vertisement of the excursion, and baby seemed so ailing lately, that I thought it might do him good to take an excursion; an I dressed myself u quickly as possible and hurried down here." What would Mr. Harry Vane say in reply to this most amiable and wife-iike greeting? Mrs. Vane was not ata loss however, to fill up the pause whish his hesitation occasioned. "This lady is a friend of yours, I pre- sume introduce me t., her, Harry," said she, turning t.. the lady. "Mr. Vane's circle of friends previous t'. our marriage was art very extensive, that 1 have not even yet made the sorluaintanee of all of them. i hope, however, to know then( all in the course of time, for noth- ing gives me greater pleasure than to en- tertain Harry's friends. 1i our name is -----T 1 didn't roily understand. "Miss Wentworth," replied the lady, bowing •tMy. "Alt ! yes, Fiiie A-ctth+orth," said M et. Vans, enmplacetrtly. "I d,• not re- oelleek heating harry speak of you ; hut it is all the estate : my memory! is very treseher'^m and :nttarel h. ,rat 'h ► ave mentioned your trams casually. you know, a d u times, and still I sight have Rotten it. But bless ole! where la the by 1 Mary, cuue hero." Mary answered the call, and graces the blue-eyed little wonder in the arms . f its delighted rnauilna. "Mamma's precious little darling ! Was it warm 1 so it was. Mamma will take off i:s hat- - so she sill. There - does it see its papa ?—there, so it does, and knows him, too—precious angel. 8... Miss Wentworth, see how well the little darling knows its father. and he isn t four months old yet." And Mrr. Vane danced the chubby, red faced little thing up and down in Mr. Vane's face, and asked enthusiastically, "did't Miss t. entwerth think he was just the im- age of his 'pa ?' " There were several of Harry's acquaint- ances on board, by whole the affair was thoroughly understood ; and it was not long until the story passed from lip to lip, and smiles and titters and jukes at poor Harry's expense,circulated in every direction. He excused htmself as speed- ily as possible from the society of the ladies, and walked moodily to the other end of the boat, and there stood con- templating what he should do to extri- cate himself from this dialemma. "What the -dance am I to do 1 he solil- oquized. "To blow out at her, as I should like to, would only raise a row and circulate the story ; and I (ain't rid of her, for the beat won't put tack, I suppose, on my account, Gad ! if the water wasn't so hot, I'd drown myself. To bring that redfaced little imp with her, too ! It is a pretty child enough, though ; of course it couldn't be any else and be my child ; and she looks deuced pretty herself, too,to-day. She's a vast deal prettier than Madge Went- worth ever was—tae baggage. If I ever get out of this scrape, catch me risking my reputation for another bold flirt like her." Meanwhile Miss Wentworth, who pm - sensed a deal of womanly tact in her way, had overcome in a measure the em- barrassment m-barrassment of her first meeting with Mrs. Vane, and had entered very affably into conversation with her. This baby, as if determined to do its part, was aa sweet -tempered as its mamma, and coo- ed Aril laughed to the infinate delight of Miss Wentworth, who was, or pretended' to be, exceedingly fond of pets. Mrs. Vane's amiability was perfectly irresis- tible, and when Mr. Vane returned he found the two ladies on the best possible terms. When dinner was announced Mrs, Van3 called to Mary to take the baby, and raising, exclaimed, "Mr. Vane,give your arm to Miss Wentworth" at the sante time appropriating the other to her 'Jwn use, "and we will hurry in to dinner. This stiff breeze give one such an appetite. At dinner, Mrs. Vane's first attentions were given to Miss Wentworth, and the least failure upon the part of Mr. Vane, (who, to tell the truth, was a little ab- sent minded,) to observe the wants of that young lady, was reprimanded by Mrs. Vane. "My dear, Miss Wentworth will take some more fowl," said Mrs. Vane. "Harry dear, help Miss Wentworth to some of these delicious pears. Miss Wentworth, allow ate to assist you to spine of this sauce ; I assure you it is de- licious." After dinner, the two ladies, w,tb:the baby, retired to the ladies' cabin, and Harry enjoyed an hours immunity from the society of either. He retired aft to enjoy (?) his Havana. Let us hope that its fragrance served, in atrl13 measure, to calm his troubled mind. It was nearly dark when the excur- sionists returned, and Harry called a nab for the ladies, and directed the driver to his own residence. "Harry, my dear, how can you be so impolite 1" said Mrs. Vane. "We Inuit see Miss Wentworth home first by all means. She has been complaining of fatigue for the last two hours, and I must protest against her being driven a mile or two out of her way upon my ac- count. Harry was obliged to aoquiesrce and ]fan. Van.. had the satisfaction of leav- ing Miss Wentworth at her own doter, and bidding her a most affectionate f.tre well, with the hope that she had enjoy- ed the 'lav, and would experience no in- convenience from the fatigue it lied ie- caaionsd her. That was the last of Harry Vane's wanderings The name of Miss Went. worth was never mentioned in his hoose; and there was no allusion to his faults, Bunte had conquered. She is gray -!haired now. and her fail • inn strength is supported try the tender- ness of her grand daughters, and it may be that to them she sotaetitoos repeats eke story of the woman who wouldn't be jealous. %ower Gave 1 p 1f you are suffering with tow and de- pressed /pmts, low of appetite, general debility, disornered blood, weak ennati- tntion, headache, or any disease of a bilious nature, by all means procure a battle 111 Rfeet.rio Bittern. fee will be surprised to see the rapid improvement that will follow; you will be inspired with new life, strength and aMivity will retorts; pain and misery will emote. and heueeforth you will rejtrise in the fifty hts tinsrw 8 •s y cas t�wb a finale, by Jas «dtrrn tYantei. Pay. 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