Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-11-26

lHS was lhe proper course ana having apolO- |
gised for troubling Miss ---, requested to
be allowed to write note to the Rev gentle
man soliciting his aid. This was of course,
acceded to, and Miss Buyers sat down to write |
the note, but instead of writing to the clergy |
man, she penned an amorous answer to Mr. |
Wooley's letter, in the name Of the lady in !
whose house and presence she was committing
this wanton fraud. Having finished, and used |
a wafer instead of a seal, she wished the lady
good morning, and having rcioined Mr. Wool |
ey in the street, she triumphantly produced the
note, still wet told him Miss -, was much
annoyed at his suspicious, and in fact, COM
petely convinced the too credulous Mr.. Wooley
that things were progressing rightly for his
marriage with the lady. The correspondence
continued uninterrupted between the parties,
and at length Miss Buyers producing n very
handsome ring with the initials of the lady
engraved upon it, told him she had sent it with
the request that he would wear il for her sake
Things being in this state, it was arranged
on this semi-fctitious correspondence, that 20,-
/ OOOL Of the lady's property should be settled on
herself while the other portion should be at
her husbands disposal. request was also
made, that they should exchange watches, and
/ Miss Buyers produced a neat lady's gold watch
and chain, which the public reports show that
/ together with the ring, she had procured from
! Mr.. Jones. Mr.. Wooley was ofcourse delight
ed, and Immediately handed Miss Buyers very
valuable gold watch, &c, which he wore. Mr..
/ NooIey then became most anxious for the lady
to name the happy day, but Miss Buyers told
him that before he married, as he had been
widower for some time, he ought 10 refrrnsh
certain portions OF his house ina style bctitting
the reception ota lady.
A, this period this artrnl vonno lady. in or.
der TO still further blind her too creduIons reh
tive to her Vaccinations, requesting him 10 ac-
company her to make morning call upon the
lady of ono of the first merchants at her resi-
dcnce at Clifton, and told him that this ady
was most intimate with Miss. and wonld
no doubt induce her 10 Immediately name the
doy
Mr.. WooIcv. ,ccordinclv ,cconn,nicd her
!, tbo c,rr;o,,o 70 CIi,,op 70 tho bor.e of Mrs
- When they arrived there. Mss Brycrs
persuadcd him no, 10 enter the hou,c. bui to re-
main in the carriare while she went in aud
spoke to Mrs upon the subject, as they
should not be able TO converse freely in his pre-
sence. Miss Buyers then went into the house,
and on being introduced 10 Mrs, whom
she had not at all known previously, informed
her that she had been taken suddenly i'll al her
door, &c. 1t IS needless to say, that the lady,
o. course, symPathscd with her for her Illness,
and persuaded her to take n glass of wine,
which might recover her. The artful girl did
50, and took care 10 spill a portion Of the wine
on her cambric hankerchief; she then assured
the lady of the house that she felt better. and
having returned to the carriage. told NIr. Woo.
lev that she was sorry to have detained him Sc
loag, but tha, Mis- had promised to 90 i'm.
mediateIy to Miss, and that she would
make her have glass of wine, and bless
me-" added she, 81 de3lare have split some o
the wine over my handkerchief" lfany doubt,
whatever had remained in Mr.. Woolcv's mind
he must have been more incredulous than the
generality of men, if he had anv longer enter
tained the slightest suspicion, and according
] ~ he nrocured the license for their marrlare II
RatcliiT church.
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