Modern English

Aii Otnalia yonth profeseil great affection tura younglady schoolmute of his, and trriiii'iitly alindad to her as his individual "hucUeberry." A coolnem.howe ver, sprang up betwecn 'them, and his tnxioui mothér, the ircsh oolor of youth fadlng away daily from his wasted cheeks, sought and obtalned an Interview witU tbe young Adonis, in lii.h ensued t hi' folio wiñg colloquy: "Now, Erastni, I wonld like to Inquire tbe reaaon ol your apparent melacholy." "Well, yuu tW wcakened on inc." "Weakened ! AVhat do yon mean :-" silo's shook me." "Shook you ! How could slic sliakc a great boy like you?" 'Wliy, dou't j-ou twig thetliing? ölie's give me away." "Give you away - to whom V "Yes. ](¦ went back. on me and tumbled to a long cha]) witli a red goatec.'' "My sou, yonr taognaffe nUerly inexplicable to me. Can you not give me a more clear account of the disairreeable subJect r Wcll I'll try. You see Matilila is a nobby smt of a dnlei.ina. and as most of the chapa wen ratber iweet on her. I klnder thought it woold be a soft thing to m for her on niy own account, and ,ret her to Mck tome of thOM IW down IBldd who are ahvays on the bilk and never do the ¦qtuut t li i 11 lt anyway. Wcll, Matllda walt.ed ri'ht Into tile paine and ue jnst slid rlght a'oiifr lor a spel] till Holivci NIn ¦on Strook the town, and then she soured on me. You reincinber Wben old ('aullSower tmned up his toes and thcy jilanted him ? Wcll, rer atnee then Matuda has throwed on on me, so I'vc eoneloded to bracc ap and strike t'or a new deal. The (act is. wben you get to bed-rock in agirl'a atl'ections, it ain't no use protpectlng any further. I jumped the (rarae and now cali for a new laad. Money talk.-, and a fellow mlght ;s wcll pull down hli vtti and button up his lip. SflOM otber time ril rent and teil vou all about it. Thé Jig Is up, and I nin't the fellow to iqnoa] on ter. Matilda ich, and I ain't a goirii; to Mt at ail tpoony. If you talk t over with Susan. don't slim; in too niueh chin inii.-ii-, Imt give lis a re-t; matters will ome out all bunker."