| | 41 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes  | | | | Published: | 1912 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | At the regular annual meeting of the Board of Visitors
on above date, at 8:30 P.M., The University of Virginia now holds a balance of
$42,500.00 upon the L. P. Stearnes loan which matures
in the following manner: I have the honor to inform you
that in accordance with your recommendation and in conformity
with the rules of the Carnegie Foundation, retiring allowances
have been voted to the following officers in the University
of Virginia, to be paid in the ordinary way through the
University. I have great pleasure in acknowledging
receipt of your communication of May 10, 1912, informing
me that in conformity with the rules of the Carnegie
Foundation, retiring allowances had been voted to the
following officers in the University of Virginia to be
paid in the ordinary way through the University: Milton
Wylie Humphreys, $2050.00, Isaac Kimber Moran, $1460.00,
Ormond Stone, $2050.00. I have notified these gentlemen
of the action of the Foundation and beg to express to
you for them their very great obligations. When their
resignations are received by the Rector and Visitors, I
shall give you due notice. I am in receipt of a communication
from the Secretary of the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching, which contains this statement,
"I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance
with your recommendation and in conformity with the rules
of the Carnegie Foundation, a retiring allowance has been
voted to Milton Wylie Humphreys, to be paid in the ordinary
way through the University. This retiring allowance amounts
to $2050.00. The allowance of Prof. Humphreys will become
effective on September 15, 1912." To you as President, and through you
to the Rector and Visitors I hereby tender my resignation
as Professor of Greek in the University of Virginia, to take
effect September fifteenth, 1912. I am in receipt of a communication
from the Secretary of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching which contains this statement, "I have the
honor to inform you that, in accordance with your recommendation
and in conformity with the rules of the Carnegie Foundation,
a retiring allowance has been voted to Ormond Stone,
to be paid in the ordinary way through the University. This
retiring allowance amounts to $2050.00. The allowance of
Professor Stone will become effective on September 15,
1912." Having been granted, in accordance
with your recent letter, at my request, a retiring allowance
by the Carnegie Foundation, I beg that you will kindly
transmit to the Rector and Visitors my resignation as Professor
of Astronomy, to take effect September 15th, next. In doing
so I desire to express to you and the Faculty, as well as to
the Rector and Visitors my sincere thanks for the many
courtesies I have received during the thirty happy years
I have spent at this University. May I also express the pleasure
I have enjoyed in watching the growing spirit of progress
which during these years has gradually infused
the life of the University, especially during the eight
eventful years in which you have been its leader. I wish
also to express my pleasure in noting the growing realization
of the duty of the University constantly to readjust itself
in order that it may with ever increasing efficiency contribute
to the higher life of the people. In the firm
belief that this spirit and this realization will continue
to grow with the passing years, I lay down my work here with
pride that I have been privileged for so long a time to be
connected with an institution possessed of such splendid
traditions, and (what is more important) inspired by such
noble ambition to serve. With sincere personal esteem, I have the honor to inform you that the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has this
day notified me that a retiring allowance has been voted to
Isaac Kimber Moran to be paid in the ordinary way through
the University. This retiring allowance will become effective
on October 1, 1912. The amount accorded to you is $1460.00. It has been known to you for some months
past that I have had in contemplation the relinquishment
of the offices with which the University has so long honored
me. I hereby tender to you my resignation as Bursar
of the University of Virginia, and also as Secretary to
the Board of Visitors, to take effect on October 1st, 1912. I respectfully request that I be permitted to occupy
my present residence on University grounds, for the year from
October 1st, 1912 to October 1st, 1913, at the same rental
I am now paying; viz. $200.00 per annum. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 44 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1912 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | At a called meeting of the Board of Visitors on above
date, Were hereby make application through you to the Rector
and Visitors of the University, that the house formerly
occupied by Professor J. W. Mallet be assigned to us,
jointly, when it shall be given up by Mrs. Mallet. I beg to recommend that we carry out the suggestion
made by Messrs. Coolidge and Bacon at their recent visit
to the University. I have only by a slow process
reached this conclusion. It was made to us some four
years ago by Mr. Brown, the landscape man for the Government
grounds and buildings at Washington. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 46 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1913 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | At the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors, called
for the consideration of the Financial Budget for 1913-1914. The Committee on Entrance Building having made the foregoing
report, it was After the annual report of the Department of Engineering
had been made and forwarded to the President, it was
learned that Mr. J. S. Lapham, a graduate of this University
in Mechanical Engineering, desired an appointment on our
teaching staff. Mr. Lapham is a young man of unusual ability;
and, if his application had been received earlier, he would
undoubtedly have been engaged. It is not often that any
school has the opportunity of securing the services of a
man so eminently fitted by capacity, training, and character
to make a useful and accomplished University teacher. The
department is already committed to the young men nominated in
our report as instructors for 1913-1914, and cannot in good
faith, cancel any one of the nominations. On the other
hand, the opportunity is one which cannot be postponed; unless
Mr. Lapham comes to us, he will go into business with his
father, and such permanent changes will have to be made in
the details of that business as will prevent him from
accepting a position with us in the future. As you are already aware, I have recently sent to the
Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation a formal application
for retirement, feeling that after forty years of full
professional work and twenty-five years of active service
at this University, the time has come when it is wise for me
to take advantage of the provisions of the Foundation, I. We recommend that the sites on Carr's Hill for
fraternity houses, be at present restricted to four, and
that the northernmost site be located on a line passing
through the centre of the president's residence and the
centre of the president's stable, and at least as far
distant from the president's house as is the location of
the "Delta Tau Delta" house. Prof. Newcomb who is planning the plants for the
sewage purification, as directed by the State Board of Health,
indicates that we will have to acquire land to furnish a
sufficient fall to carry off the effluent from the filter
beds. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 47 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1913 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | At the annual meeting of the Board of Visitors on above
date, in the office of the President, East Lawn. I have already advised you by letter of the
matter of this supplementary report, but at the suggestion
of Dean Page, I am now putting the matter in such form that
it may be laid before the Visitors at their meeting to be
held within the next few days. As you have not acted officially
in the matter, and as there is not now time to transmit
this report to you for action, the purpose of bringing it
before the Visitors at this meeting is not for action thereon,
but in the hope that they may refer it to you, or to yourself
and the Executive Committee, for suchaction as youmay
deem wise—and thus secure earlier action than would otherwise
be possible. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 48 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1913 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | At a called meeting of the Board of Visitors in the
office of the President, East Lawn, on above date, In accordance with the agreement at the
conference between Dr. P. H. Whitehead, Dean of the Medical
Department of the University of Virginia, Dr. Stuart McGuire,
Dean of the Medical College of Virginia, and myself,
in this city on Thursday evening last, the Executive Committee
of the Medical College of Virginia yesterday appointed a
committee of five to confer with a similar committee to be
appointed by the Board of Visitors of the University of
Virginia to discuss plans looking to the union of the
medical schools in this state. The committee consists of— On September 1, 1913, I, as Chairman of
the Commons Committee, entered into a contract with Charles
Jaimes Leasing the University Commons for the period of
one year. The terms of this agreement are exactly the
same as authorized by the Rector and Board of Visitors in
the spring of 1912, except that in lieu of a surety bond
guaranteeing the safe return of the University's property,
I accepted a $50.00 a month deposit with the Bursar of the
University. It was impossible for Mr. Jaimes to secure
the bond required, and I substituted this cash deposit
because I believed that the University's interests were
amply safeguarded thereby, and on account of the limited
time, it was impossible for me to wait for authority from
the Board. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 49 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1913 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | At a called meeting of the Board of Visitors on
above date, in the office of the President, East Lawn, Joint meeting of the Committees from the Board of
Visitors of the University of Virginia, and the Medical
College of Virginia. I respectfully ask that you permit me to use the
land between the Cemetery branch and Mrs. Towles' line,
for the purposes of pasture and gardening. At present,
it is swamp land grown up in rushes and brush. It
will be greatly improved by use; and of course, can be
surrendered immediately on demand of the University. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 50 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1913 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | The Board of Visitors met at 8:15 o'clock P. M., on
above date, with the following members present:- As a Codicil to my last will and testament, I provide
that so far as my personal chattels are concerned, both
such as I hold jointly with my sister, and such as I
have in my sole right, she (my sister Fanny) shall have
the free use, control and disposition of them without
being held in any manner accountable therefor; but this
provision does not apply, and must not be held applicable
to the bonds, stocks, and scrip, which I hold and own
either jointly with her or separately, but all such bonds
stocks and scrip must be held as subject exclusively to
the provisions of my will of December 8th, 1877, to which
this is a codicil. Witness my hand this 19th February
1881. Mr. Eppa Hunton, Jr., has placed before the
Executive Committee of the Medical College of Virginia,
with the Medical Department of the University of Virginia,
as adopted by your Board. In accordance with our conversation,
I beg that you will request the Board to vote me one
hundred dollars, with which to construct a dark room,
which is to be placed in the basement of the Observatory. At a meeting of the Committee on Entrance Building,
there were present Messrs. Lambeth, Michie, Newcomb,
Forrest. The following resolutions were presented by
Mr. Forrest. Moved and seconded by Messrs. Michie and
Newcomb that they be adopted. Carried. The Board of Visitors met on this date at 10:15
o'clock in Madison Hall to hear the advocates and opponents
of the Woman's Co-ordinate College matter, with the following
members present; Messrs. Gordon, Flood, White, Norton
Drewry, Oliver, Irvine, Craddock, Michie and Stearnes.
Also Dr. J. M. Page, Acting President. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 51 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1914 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | At a meeting of the Board of Visitors of the University
of Virginia on above date, in the office of the President,
East Lawn. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
communication of the 13th inst., with the two inclosures
from the Secretary of your Board of Visitors. Your letter of the 13th inst., addressed to Dr.
S. C. Mitchell, President Medical College of Virginia,
was submitted to the Executive Committee of the Medical
College of Virginia at its meeting on yesterday. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 52 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1914 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | A called meeting of the Board of Visitors was
held on this date, with the following members present:
Rector Gordon, Judge Norton, John W. Craddock, Ceo. R. B.
Michie and R. C. Stearnes. Having learned through Dr. Booker of Balitmore
that Dr. W. P. Morgan was on the point of bestowing his
library upon some institution, Dr. Harry T. Marshall
conveyed to me, as Chairman of the Library Committee, this
information. After an exchange of letters with Dr. Morgan
Dr. Marshall and myself visited him at his home, 315
Monument Street, Baltimore—with the result that he
presented to us his entire collection of books, claiming
the right to reserve some of the books for his own use
as long as he should live. At the solicitation of Dr. William D. Booker of
Baltimore and Dr. Harry T. Marshall of the University of
Virginia, I offer my library to the University of Virginia,
according to the terms agreed upon by yourself and At the meeting of our Library Committee
yesterday afternoon I read them your letter of December
12, in which you state that at the solicitation of Dr.
William D. Booker, of Baltimore, and Dr. Harry T.
Marshall, of the University of Virginia, you offer your
library to the University of Virginia, according to the
terms agreed upon by yourself and me as Chairman of
the Library Committee. (re-Estate Frances L. Wilson, deceased.) | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 54 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1914 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | The Board of Visitors met on this date at 11:30
o'clock, with the following present: Rector Gordon, and
Visitors Michie, Drewry, Oliver, Stearnes and Hatton. I had some correspondence with you about
a year ago relative to the Estate of Robert P. Doremus.
The Executors are now filing their account. I recently took the liberty of
suggesting to Mrs. Chas. H. Senff of 16 East 79th Street,
New York City, that a great opportunity existed at the
University to do a good service by building a gateway to
our new entrance, which would commemorate both her
husband and in a large sense, the Honor System at that
institution. We the undersigned residents east of the
University, beg permission to enter the University grounds
near the Coal Bin. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 56 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1914 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | A meeting of the Rector and Visitors was held on this
date at 12 m., with the following members, Rector Gordon,
and Visitors White, Hatton, Chinn, Michie, Drewry and Oliver. A recent audit of the books of the University of
Virginia, made by this office, shows the books to have been
correctly kept, and that all entries in same are sustained
by vouchers properly filed. The period covered by the examination
was from July 1st, 1913 to July 1st, 1914. I am glad
to report that the service here is painstaking and
satisfactory to this office. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 57 | Author: | University of Virginia
Board of Visitors | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Board of Visitors minutes | | | | Published: | 1915 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-BoardOfVisitorsMinutes | | | | Description: | Pursuant to call of the Rector, the Board met on this
date at three o'clock in the Administration Building. After consideration of the petition
of the University Cemetery Endowment Association, and the
estimate of the costs of the proposed addition, by the
Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, the Executive
Committee recommends the passage of the following resolutions: Some time after the return
of President Alderman, the Bursar, at the suggestion of the
President, consulted the Chairman of the Executive Committee,
as to what compensation the Dean of the University should
receive. Since July, Dr. Page had been receiving the
regular salary of a full professor, $3,300.00 and a house;
$350.00 as Dean, and $1,500 as acting President during
Dr. Alderman's absence,—a total of $5150.00 and a house.
After Dr. Alderman's return the Bursar was uncertain of his
authority to continue paying Dr. Page as acting president.
He asked advice of the President, who referred him to the
Chairman of the Executive Committee. The latter corresponded
with the other members of the committee, but it was decided
to defer action until the meeting of the Board of Visitors.
Since November the 1st, the payment of the salary of $1500.00
as acting president has been discontinued. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 58 | Author: | Irving
Washington
1783-1859 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A book of the Hudson | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | University of Virginia Library, Early American Fiction, 1789-1875 | UVA-LIB-EarlyAmFict1789-1875 | | | | Description: | It used to be a favorite assertion of the venerable Diedrich
Knickerbocker, that there was no region more rich in themes
for the writer of historic novels, heroic melodramas, and
rough-shod epics, than the ancient province of the New
Netherlands, and its quondam capital, at the Manhattoes.
“We live,” he used to say, “in the midst of history, mystery,
and romance; he who would find these elements, however,
must not seek them among the modern improvements and
monied people of the monied metropolis; he must dig for
them, as for Kidd the pirate's treasures, in out of the way
places, and among the ruins of the past.” Never did sage
speak more truly. Poetry and romance received a fatal blow
at the overthrow of the ancient Dutch dynasty, and have ever
since been gradually withering under the growing domination
of the Yankees. They abandoned our hearths when the old
Dutch tiles were superseded by marble chimney pieces; when
brass andirons made way for polished grates, and the crackling
and blazing fire of nut wood gave place to the smoke and
stench of Liverpool coal; and on the downfall of the last
crow-step gables, their requiem was tolled from the tower of
the Dutch Church in Nassau street, by the old bell that came
from Holland. But poetry and romance still lurk unseen
among us, or seen only by the enlightened few who are able
to contemplate the common-place scenes and objects of the
metropolis, through the medium of tradition, and clothed with
the associations of foregone ages. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 59 | Author: | Jones
J. B.
(John Beauchamp)
1810-1866 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | The western merchant | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | University of Virginia Library, Early American Fiction, 1789-1875 | UVA-LIB-EarlyAmFict1789-1875 | | | | Description: | I was born in one of the eastern cities, and was the sixth
of eleven children, of poor parents. When I was about
six years of age, my family emigrated to Kentucky, then
considered the “far west.” At the end of six years, my
father failed in business; and as he was now entirely too
poor to provide for his large family, those that were deemed
old enough sought employment to support themselves.
Nor were they wholly unprepared for the exigency; for
our honored parent, in more propitious times, had placed
the proper estimate upon the importance of education, and
from the time we were old enough to go to school, until
the loss of his fortune, (and every dollar was honorably
offered up to his creditors,) we had excellent preceptors.
Being unluckily the sixth child, I was not so far advanced
in the books as my seniors, when the disaster alluded to
befell us—but as I had the advantage of my five juniors,
there was no just cause of complaint. I had the rudiments
of a good English education, and an insatiable passion for
books, which they deemed quite sufficient for the very
humble part it seemed I was destined to play in the great
drama of life. “Dear Luke:—I cannot restrain myself any longer from
writing to you. Your last letter, informing me of your good
prospects, and of your intention to commence business for
yourself at Hanover, was directed to me, and not in an
envelope to a third person—so it fell into the hands of
my guardian-uncle, and excited his wrath and indignation
to a frightful extent. But the worst of it was that he did
not tell me what it was all about, but kept the letter himself.
Now, I am my own mistress, and have some fortune
here in old Virginia in my own right. I might at any time
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relieve myself of his supervision, and his eccentric solicitude.
Yet as my uncles are the nearest of kin that I have,
I hope to be able to avoid a rupture with them. But to
my narration. A few days after your letter fell into his
hands, he announced his intention to take me to Virginia,
and leave me under the protection of his brother, my uncle
Edgar Beaufort. Not being aware of the cause which induced
this step on his part, I was delighted with the idea
of going back to old Virginia, and so I readily agreed to
his proposition, without paying any particular attention to
his remarks about the opportunity the change would afford
me of marrying some one of my own station, equal in birth
and fortune. “Luke, if you come to see me, remember it is merely
the careless passing visit of a friend. There is a Methodist
meeting house near the — hotel, in which they are
holding a protracted meeting. If you follow a merry little
old woman (you will know her by her shouting in the meeting
house) to her broading-house, you will find me. My
uncle is here, and might be harsh if he met you. Should
you meet, you must not resent anything he may say, and
above all, have no hostile collision with him. You must
register a promise in heaven to do as I bid, before starting
hitherward; else you have not my permission to come.
Remember “Sir—In violation of the expressed desire of my brother,
you have persisted in addressing letters to my niece; you
have not only done that, but you have had the presumption
to seek and obtain a clandestine interview with her.
Being her next of kin, and natural protector, I deem it incumbent
on me to demand, in this formal manner, the satisfaction
which one gentleman has a right to require of another
(and which no gentleman can refuse), for such an intrusive
disregard of the wishes expressed by my brother, and endorsed
by myself. “Dear Sir—I am at No. 6, — hotel, an entire stranger,
and have received a challenge from Mr. E. Beaufort to
meet him in mortal combat. I have never seen Mr. Beaufort
before to-day, and certainly never insulted or injured
him. If you will consent to give me the benefit of your
advice in the premises, I will avail myself of the opportunity
to relate all the circumstances of the case to you. “Luke:—The servant who hands you this, belongs to
me, and has informed me that my uncle has challenged
you to mortal combat. He says he heard my uncle tell
his friends that he liked your appearance so much, he was
almost sorry that he had quarreled with you, and that if
you behaved well on the field, he would tender you his
friendship, after an exchange of shots, which he hoped
might have no serious result. Now, Luke, are you willing
to fight for me? You have never said you desired to
have me, nor I that I was at your service. I desire it to
be distinctly understood by you, as it is sufficiently by
him, that I am not at the disposal of my uncle. I am of
age, and am my own mistress. My uncle is kind to me
in my presence, and never seeks to control my actions.
Should I make an unworthy alliance, the worst thing he
could do, or would have a desire to attempt, would be to
abandon my society. You now understand the relation in
which we stand. I do not, however, wish to break with
my uncle. He is generous, brave, and magnanimous; and
of course it would wound me past recovery if you, my
friend, should slay him in a duel. Thus you see that, by
acceding to his proposition, to obtain his friendship, you
would lose mine. Of that you may be assured. If you
resolve to meet him, I resolve never to see you again. You
must choose between him and me. But if you determine
to accede to my request, and depart without a collision with
him, you have my promise that, at a future day, should
it be your pleasure, you can see me again, unchanged
in every particular. “Sir:—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your note of this morning. In reply, I have to state that,
inasmuch as no definite proposal has been made by me to
your niece, and as my engagements will demand my unintermitting
presence at a point some two thousand miles
distant from this, for at least a year to come, I must decline
the meeting you demand, at least for the present.
Should fortune bring me again in the vicinity of your niece,
at some future day, and it should then be your pleasure to
renew the demand, that will be the proper time for me to
announce my final decision. “Luke,” said Blanche, “if you have seen proper to afflict
yourself without reason, it was cruel to afflict Blanche
also, who never did you any harm. And now, if you persist
in dying, you may have the consolation, if the fact
can console you, of knowing that Blanche will die also,
murdered by you. * * * * You declare your love, and announce
your purpose never to see me more. Would it
not have been generous to have withheld the declaration,
and left me in doubt? Luke, did you know that the passion
was mutual? You have spoken plainly, at last; and
I will do so too. Never, since we first parted, no, never for
a moment, have I entertained the shadow of a thought that
I could or would bestow my hand on any other than yourself—and
such is the case still. * * * * * Luke, I have
been addressed by several since we parted last, and all
have abandoned the pursuit on learning my purpose,
which I have frankly made known to them. My uncle
took me to the falls of Niagara, Saratoga Springs, and
divers other gay places last summer; but all in vain: he
found that it was impossible to wean me from my first
attachment. On my return, I pronounced my last positive
rejection of the suit of the one whom my uncle preferred.
Luke, we were standing on the balcony of a hotel in
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Philadelphia, when he desired to know my decision. At
that moment I thought I beheld your pale features, and
that you cast upon me a look of reproach and sadness. A
monosyllable sufficed for my petitioner, and I did not even
have the curiosity to look after him, and observe how
deeply he was disappointed and piqued. I had eyes only
for the vision before me, if vision it was. I felt that Providence
had linked our destinies together by adamantine
chains, and I had no disposition to rupture them if they
had been formed of a weaker material. Luke, was it you?
Oh, if it was, how cruel not to come and speak to me!
* * * * * * Luke, when I learned through the newspapers
of your loss on that terrible steamer, my mind was made
up. It was my fixed determination to place myself and
my little fortune in your keeping, if you desired it, as soon
as we met. How could you suppose that the loss of your
money might involve the loss of my affection? No, Luke,
you have not yet learned fully the character of Blanche.
In misfortune she will cling the more closely to you, and
be all the bolder in her ministrations of solace and encouragement.
* * * * * Adhere Steadfastly to your Business. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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