This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... bitter. To-day 1 am impeded. Do you ask me why 1 Ah, listen, and judge, then, wise ones, if it is not too cruel, after one was moving along so fine. About ten o'clock, the bachelor called at the hotel and inquired for the number of my room. He was shown up. We were now alone. After taking out some letters from his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ... bitter. To-day 1 am impeded. Do you ask me why 1 Ah, listen, and judge, then, wise ones, if it is not too cruel, after one was moving along so fine. About ten o'clock, the bachelor called at the hotel and inquired for the number of my room. He was shown up. We were now alone. After taking out some letters from his coat pbcket, he informed me that some explanation was needed about certain affairs. I stood ready to answer. He opened a letter, and began thus: " I this morning received by mail two letters from New York, and as you can, undoubtedly, tell more about them, after hearing them read, permit me to do-so." What was now about to dawn was a mystery. All at once he commenced reading a letter, headed thus: " New York City, Warren street, Residence, Thursday Eve." Then I mistrusted--then it was that I felt certain I knew. Don't you think that the Warren street lady and daughter, with whom I had a muss, had found out that I was here with certain intentions, and to dethrone me, the mother had actually wrote a letter to the bachelor, warning him to be careful how he made my acquaintance, and telling him how. many times I had promised to have young ladies, especially her daughter. This was a heavy blow to me. The next letter was from the pork merchant, and his daughter, of Amity street, which was about as bad. They had both given the street, the number of residence, and their names in full. What via to be done? I went at work and strove to explain matters, but it was of no use. Before I could hold more interviews with his daughter, he must know the troth respecting these reports; so he advised me to go and bid his daughter adieu, and repair at once to New York, which I did accordingly. On my way home I made up my mind to have revenge; ...
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