Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1835-04-04
LOVE UP A CHIMNEY

ePsssage in The Life Of Mr.. Watkins Tot,
%" We quote the following, relating %
GAbsiel PanoaF conrtshp and maraee'
Nth the account Of yt:ch P.ssons - en-.
tsrtaining Inn Old fIi>6d Totilc, a erusty old
bachelor.
swell Ne made love tire usual way You
know-Fanny expressed bsrelf very mis-
cradle; hintsd at the possibility Of an ear
y grave; said that no1hing should indsce
her 10 spsrve from the du.y she owed her
paren)s; and irpplored me 10 forget her,
and fed out somebody more deserving; l.
all that sors Of thing. She said. she could
% no account think Of meeting me un-
known TO pa and una and cntreafed me, as
she should be in part of Remington Ga:-
dens. at eleven O'Clock next morning, not
TO attempt to meet her there"
'.You didn't 90, Of course?" said Wat
kins Tottle. "Didn't /! OF course ! did.
There she was, with the identical house
maid IN perspective, in order that there
might be NO interruption. We walked a.
bout for a couple Of hours; made ourselves
4deligAtfnlly miserable, and were regularly
engaged. Then we began to Correspond
that i to say we used to exchange about
four letters day what we used to say in
'em, can't imagine And ] used to have
an interview in the kitchen, or IN the cell
lar, or some such place, every evening"
Well, things went on this way, for some
time: e. we got fonder Of each other every
day. At last, as our love was raised to
such pitch, and as my salary had been
saised too shortly before, we determined on
secret marriage. Fanny arranged to sleep
at a friends the night before we were to
be married early in the morning, and then
we were to return 20 her home and be pa
tbet,c. She was to fall at the old gentle
mass feet, and bathe his boots with tears
and was to hug the old lady, and call her
'mother,' and use my pocket handkerchief
NJ much as possible. Married we were
rise -nuxs morning; two giris-friends of
Fmny-acted as brides maids; and man,
who was hired for five shillings and pint
Of porter. officiated as father Row, the
oldl lady unfortunately put off her return
from Ramsga,e, where she had been pay
itg visit, until the next morning; and as
" placed great reliance upon her, we
agSesd to postpone the confession for four
and twenty hours. My newly made wife
returned home, and spent my wedding
day 10 strolling about Hampstead heath, &
j ing my. father in-law. Ofcourse l went
to comfort my dear little wife at night as
much as could, with the assurance that
our troubles would soon 10 Ovev lopened
the garden gate. Of which l had key, and
vas shown BY the servant to our old place
Of meeting back kitchen, with q stone
floor and dsesser, upon which, in the alb
wc-1sod To sit and make
ve.n
"Alake love upon kitchen dresser!" in
1Yrupted Watkins TOttle, whose ideas Of
decorum, were greatly outraged.
"Ah!on a kitchen DRESSER" replied
Passons. "And hot me tep you, old fellow,
that If you were really over head and ears
in love, and bad no other place to make
love in, you'd be deviish glad to avail your
selfef such an OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, let
me sec-where was L r.
'.On the DRESSER" suggested Timsou.
"Ob-ah! Well, here found poor Fan
ny--quite disconsc!ate and uncomfortable
TIE old boy had been very crSs all day, |
which made her feel still moro lonely and
Tho was quite out Of spirits. Sol put q
good face upon the matter, and laughed it
n, and said We should enjoy the pleasures
If matrimonial life more by contrast, and
II length poor Fanny frightened up q It'll
lie. lstopped there ill about eleven O'Clock
md just az was taking my leave, for the
time ,thegirl came running down
,tairs, without her shoes, in fright, TO tell
- that the old villain-God foFgive me fort
Ealing him 50! for hos dead and gone new
] suppose by the prince Of dark
,ess, was coming down to draw his own
beer for supper-a thing he had not done
,elosc forsix months, to my certain kDowl-I
,dge; fog the cask stood in that very back
ritclen. lfhe had discovered me there,
EXCLAMATION would have oocn ont If the
question; iOR he was 50 outrageotisly VIC
emit, when at all excited, that he sever
vonld have listened to me.
There was only one ahing 70 be DONE
The chimney was very vide one; it had
,een originally built for an oven; went up,
for few feet, and thenl
hot backward, and formed sort Of small
;avern. My hopes and fortunes-the means
& our Joint existence almost--were at stake
Foesambled in like squirrel; coiled my
,slf up in this recess place, and, as Fanny
ind the CIR! replaced at the deal chimney
,oard, could see the light Of the candle
which my unconscious fatheF-m-law car
led in his hand. lheard hun draw the
,eer-and never heard beer run 20 slow
y He was Just leaving the kitchen, and
vas preparing todescsnd, when down come
he internal chimney board with tremen-
iuous crash. He stopped and put down
he candle, and the jug ofbeer on the dres-
,er: he was q nervous old fellow, and any
noise annoyed him. He cool
y observed that the fireplace was never
nGed, and sending the frightened servant
into the next kitchen for hammer and