Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-05-28
SERvlNGA SUBPOENA; OR LOVE
vs. LAW

CUPID Spicklock coutrlvanccS .hlScun. ! .
ming will devise ways and means to {
open them all \ Young utcmau
had courtcd a far lady Of TIN, ,itv. aud
It was supposed the two, IN duo time
would become cone flesh Some little
quarrel, OF a trivial nature, as lovers
quarrcls generally are, occurred. Mel.
ther would confess the wrong to be- on
thclrslde presents and correspondence
were mutually sent hack--and the
match was broken oil. Tho Young
gentleman immediately started Tor New
Orleans, to cn,or into commercial busi-
ness, thinking that distance would les
sen the attachment hs really felt for
the young lady.
When woman is injured, or thinks |
she IS injured by the oncshc loves, she
Is more apt than the male sex TO "blic
of her own nose rs the saving IS. To |
lnillci pain aud bc rcvcnged on the of !
lending object. \ gentleman that the |
young lady once rejected renewed his |
proposals, and was accepted within Il !
week after her old lover Lad cui.,. I'd !
for the South. On reaching New OR
leans he found that distance instead of
/ Weakening hs attachment, only made
( $40, a..... J. .acamc mclan-
/ Cho..y aud low aplrltcd The first let.
ter hc received from New York from
n friend Of ms announced that his old
sweetheart was to he shortly married
to another. His course was quickly
takcn-the next morning saw him ON
board packet ship, bound iol Gotham,
The passage unfortunately was long,
and the poor fellow chalcd aud frettcd
so much, that the passengers began to
think hlmsdcranged, or else fugitive
escaping from justice The instant the
vessel touched the wharf he dartcd for
the Office Of his friend lawyer Ii Is TO
be supposed the lawyer was much sur.
prlscd TO sec ms friend, imagining him
a couple Of thousand miles away. AZ
ter the usual salutatIon, he cXclnim-
ed
MY old fellow YOU are just in time
to see the wedding. Miss your
old sweetheart, Is to be married this
morning at II o'clock. TO tell you the
truth, don't believe there is much love
about II, and that the girl really thinks
r moro Of one hair Of your head than OF
4 the fortunate brldcgroom's whole DO
r dy."
$ Good God Where IS she to BE-
! marricd-in church :"
/ "No At her fathers house,
r. "Mv dear fellow, ! Ives no
{ YES, havcit Have youany ctsc com
y lug on in either Of the courts 1t II o.
clock r
e "Yes.n
i "Thcn FIJI me up a subpoena witt
q the bridcgroom'S name. Don't stop /,
1t ask any questions II matters no
y whether he knows anything abou
the parties in the suit. BY heavens
$ Julia shall be mine y
- His friend saw his object at once
and promised to carry on the matter
The subpoena was made outnnd place,
in the hands Of n clerk TO serve on tn
< unsusrcctlng bridegroom the nStan
X hc was seen leaving hi, residence an,
he was despatched m cab to watcI
% the house. About ten minutes bclor
s, eleven rs the soon-to-bc-h0ppy ma
II was about entering a coach before IN
S door Of his residence he was serve
with the subpoena.
J. "Can'thclp it., said the clerk, IN r.
Il ply to hls gesiiculating about 'l
IS knowing the parties, gong 10 q,
tc married. etc. 1--WE shnnt reach Nh
d. Hall now before eleven tlc case
4. ........ r. U .'.ulcr-won
IL keep YOU but ten minutes. II you don
x gp heavy me, imprisonment for cor
n tempt Of court etc
u The bridegroom, who was Of rattle
D. a rmd nature finally consented, pal
IL tcuIarlv as the CLERK promised 10 ser
lc "a friend of hls who sat IN the cab, wruI
IT ped up IN alarge cloal. 10 the house {
IN his bride IN expectation. explaining th
" reason of hls absence. II reader ca
x imagine who this person was.
h. Eleven O'Clock came, but still n
Ic bridegroom, The guests were Stauu
al each other the prIcst beganto gro'
impatient and the bride lhat was {
D. BE-. began TO look pale aud agitaic,
- when u carriage dr.cuu the bell ran
u land "Th.rc hos "Ihcu he is
mu,tcr many voice A Gentleman dl
r. indeed cnl r. whose ppctrnucc create