Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-10-29

know YOU hev, you deceiver!

know you hev, you deceiver!
Hevint you go, my feelin's in your power SC
can't do nolhin' with 'em, and when you
know'd l loved you SO | couldn't do thought
you, then didn't you persist in not lookin' at me,
ill fainted!---you know you did"
ell swar," says Ben, "ihat never ,eched
her feeIin's, and moren that, don't want to-
so | reckon thal'll satisfy you, and now I'm
goin';" saying which he moved for The door.
"No, you don't" said Sally's ma; 'you amt
agoing to ,rifle with my gals feelin's in that
way, and then clar out and leave her ~ and
seizing Ben by the collar, she snalched him
back from The door with one hand, while she
shook The longs with the other, Sally all The
time sobbing synpony, broken now and then
with the exclamation of--"Oh, you cruel crea-
tur."
"When you've bin actin this way with the
gal," said Mrs c., "why dont you behave like
a gentleman, and gin yourself up TO her as a de-
cent husband. You young fellers hev no right
TO be goin' round the settlement year arter year,
lookin al the gals, and aggravatin' thur feelin's
and never gitlin' married 10 none on 'em. Con-
sarn your pictures, you shan't do it with my gal,
so lhar's an end on'--Sally's bin wailin' for you
long enough, so gin in at onsl."
"Wha, in The airlh do they want me to do?"
inquired Ben.
promise to marry the gal rite strait, or you'll
ke,ch it." says the aged mamma, brandishing
her tongs.
Ben looked a, The daughter as if taking in
her dimensions-she was tolerable for thirty,
and he thought she might be endured----then
taking a step towards her, he gently placed his
hand upon her arm, took another look al the old
lady and her longs, and---"gn in "
"IIl hev you, Sally" says Ben, "f you will
only quit weepin', Jest stop cryin', now and
don't say nuthin more about my deceivin' on
you, cause didn't, and you kin hev me when
ever you kin git me-
This declaration set Sally smiling through
her tears, like widow who had received
second offer, and, jumping up, she threw her
arms round Ben's neck, and encouraged his
bashfulness by besIowlng upon him fond kiss.
He wished TO leave now for home, but two full
grown men, cousins of Sally, either by acci-
dent or invitation, dropped in on visit, and
hearing how matters stood, proposed, for the
fun Of the thing, 10 have the marriage straight
way solemnzed. Ben was about TO object, but
cousins, old ma and longs made The odds so
strong against him, that, like mutton, he suf-
fered himself TO be led 10 the sacrifice The
Squire Of Linvile was called in the knot lied,
the bride kissed by the magistrate, and then
the bridegroom was permitted 10 60 home for
some of his fxins. We would faln stop here,
but as we are recording Linvile history i. is
our duty 10 unfinchingy relate the termination
of this match Ben Immediately packed up his
duds, pocketed his spare change, and, before
the morning sun had shed his golden beams
over the fower-b -gemmed prairies Of The west,
was on his way towards The Santa Fe trace, lea
wing his bride 10 60 10 grass, or any other wild
owhood. To friend whom he afterwards met
in Mexico, he remarked that he had become
fully convinced that Sally had designs upon
him, and hoped 10 make him husband under
false pretences. Sally persists in wearing
black for Ben, because, she says, i, is becom-
ing 10 her complexion.