Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-02-08

| am sure, will not refuse us your as.
sistance."
81 will assist you, Bob."
"Thank you, | will call and arrange
matters with you in the morning.
Good evening""
"Good evening; but stop one mo.
ment who is the lady 2"
"Didn't tell youl Mariana F."
was glad that it was evening, and
Bob could not see my face. think it
must have turned all colors. | leaned
against the house for support. Could
it be possible Mariana F., my
Mariana !; she, whose devoted slave |
had been for six mortal weeks-to
whom | had written reams Of red hot
letters-(there is the true secret of the
surplus revenue, for whose sake | had
given up smoking, and gone to church
with the regularity of a sexton, merely
to look upon her pretty face-to whom
had sworn more vows than | could
ever perform, should live to the age
OF Reconsideration for six weeks |
had flirted with all the morning, danced
with all the evening, and serenaded
half the night. She, of all others, 10
Jllt me-to elope-to run away, and
with such a fellow as Bob-a fool, an
idiot.-Alas They say
"Jove laughs at lovers perjuries."
The old fellow must keep up a terrible
cycling!
went home melancholy, as may
well be imagined !; it is no slight thing
to a sensitive man like me, to be Tilted,
after a six weeks honest and faithful
courtship. doubted in what way to
commit suicide. Arsenic is very disa.
greeable hanging and sticking, that is
too much like the way they kill calves
and sheep.
AT ten o'clock, | stood with George
f., Marianna's brother, and my most
particular friend.
George am going to kill myself"
"You had better not. Frank, take
a glass of wine."
Before this night closes, | shall be
a dead man."
Then you'll be sorry for it before
morning, my word for it capital wine
this-imported it myself"
George, you are my most particu.
lar friend"
"Can't deny that, Frank /; but | do
not see what that has to do with your
killing yourself; unless, indeed, you
want me for an executor, or a bearer.
will serve with all my heart in either
capacity.
George, was you ever serious 7"
Eyes, when my horses ran away,
and left me to walk nine miles IN the
rain. can put on a long face now, if
you particularly desire it. There-see
what a dolorous expression /; | should
do credit to the deaconship. Quick
out with your tale OF tribulation, for |
can't keep my face screwed up in this
manner long"
"You are aware, George, of the pe-
culiar situation in which ! stand, in re-
lation to Mariana. Circumstances
have occurred, which convince me that
| have been most cruelty deceived !;
life is no longer desirable or ven en-.
durable"
"Fudge, find another girl, | can show
you n worth a dozen of her. You
allude, | suppose. to the affair of Bob"
81 do, but | was not aware that you
knew any thing about it,"
eyes they have made me their
confdante. | am TO provide the hor.
ses. Bob says you promised to be
groomsman-I would have taken the
Office myself, but it will not do for me
to be known in the affair. 1t would
be deemed uncivil for you 10 kill your
self just before the wedding, Frank"
"And is it possible that Mariana
has confded this to you? Did she say
nothing of me 2"
"Oh yes she said something about
you-wished you much happiness
very sorry to disap?oint you-and re-
ally hoped for, and valued your friend
ship-and all that you know. | told
ilSl 1Ou MOuih NV CuiC q Wilt WOulu
be glad to get rid of her--and really,
Frank, did not think you would be
so much troubled by 80 very lrifing
an affair; | have a dozen lady loves,
and you shall have your choice of
them"
thanked my friend for his generosi-
ty, but he evidently did not understand
my feelings"
"To bear is to conquer our fate"
Strange as it may seem, | resolved to
accept the invitation Of Bob to be pre-
sent at his wedding to reproach the
faithless fair one for her consistency,
even before the altar--and after having
shown my generosity and magnanimi-
ty by giving her up when | couldn't
help it, | would commit suicide at my