American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-09-06
.qblaction; or the torres Of Solomon and Desdemona

abduction; or, the torres efSotomon and Desdemona.
At the close Of the business, an elderly man, brown
as fresh roasted cniee.berry, poll that bespoke
him o! the of wandering gypsies and "the dark
ness Of whose oriental eye accorded with gipsg or.
gn,'' advanced towards The table, bowling at every
STEP and said, May it please your Vorship's hon
or-I am Mr.. Lowell, your Worship, (another bow !
knife grinder and cha'I-bnttomer, your Worship .
And having so said, he SMILED and bowed again !:
and then. shading the lower part OF his b. own sh.
ming vsage with his rusty hat, he stood smiling and
howlng, and bowing and smiling, but whatever else
he had to say" stuck in his throat"
At length, seemingly to his great relief, the Ma.
gistrate asked him what he wanted.
" Your Worship, am Mister l.nvel-the knife
grinder, your Worship, and rantz you TO give me
a little bit of assistance to get me back my rife rot
I rere lawfully married to last Monday rere a ,,ppk
at Soredich Church. That's cot uantz, your Vor.
ship"
Magistrate Yours is very unusual application
indeed, friend, am frequently requested 10 mart
man and wife, but do not recoll, Ct that was ever
once asked 10 bring them together.
Mr. Lowell We'll, your Worship, bul mines a
very hard case-s very bard Case indeed Here's
the certliykit. your Worship
The Magistrate told Mr.. Lowell he wanted M
voucher in proof of what he said He opened IN.
certificate, however, and found it fairly set TO, th
SOlOnODl
Lowell, bachelor, and Desdemona Cocks, sp,nster ;"
were duly married by hanns in Shoreditch Church
" And pray what is become Of the gentle Des
dernnna 2 asked his worship, he returned the Ger.
tihcae to Mr.. Lowell, who instantly crammed n
back again INFO the ow-skin purse from which he
had taken it and then having deposited it safely nj
the very bottom of his lett hand breast pocket he
proceeded to lay open his entire grievance. II was
lengthy and rather unconnected narrative but w.
nat epsd fror i at Mr. 7 n
ly loved the gentle Desdemona and but for that he
would his utouSp9 tree condition have put into cir
cumspectIon and conhne--t not on no account what
ever" Bur her friends, who were in the castpr.
MOngerH@ line, thought the match too tDlu TOR her
and they had not been united than three bannv
days when they cruelty contrived to inacig@Ip her
array from his arms, and shut her up IN garnet
In Chafes-s street, Drury lane, where they still con
tinued to detan her in spite oil her unceasuq tears
and his most earnes Inconsistencies
"What age is the lady !" asked the Magistrate
your Worship she'll be .forty three, come fort.
night alter next Bart1emv fair"
"1hyn she is no chicken and she certainly
could come to you il she inclined to do so %
No, your Worship; she's no chcken--but she's
desperate tender And they'd kill and murder her.
1t she wasn't to keep herself quiet"
Is she very disconsolate under her bereaye-
ment?r
.Hnan-Your Vorship"
p" Does she grieve much 2"
Oh desperately !-as your Worship may nat
turaly suppose when we'd only come together three
days"
Is she very handsome p
This was question which seemed rather n bo,h.
er the lovelorn Solomon He simpered and s;,bsl
and looked down and looked up, and nibbed ,be
edge OF his hat and when the question had hem
repeated the third time, he Replied" don't knov
Exactly. your Vorship-she's reckoned so: and
reckon--l reckon wouldn't married her If / did'n
think SO, your Vorshipl''
Alter snme further question and reply, in which
he earnestly entrsated that an officer might be sent