The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-05-28
SERVING A SUBPOENA.

Ii is singular what shifts love will make 10
accomplish its object. Bolts, bars and gates
are of no avail against Cupd's picklock con-
triyances--hls cunning will devise ways
and means 10 open them all. A young gen.
tleman had courled fair lady of this city
and it was supposed the TWO, in dew time,
would become one flesh Sumo little quar-
rel of a trivial nature, as lovers quarrel gen
orally are, occurred. Neither would confess
the wrong 10 be on their side presents and
correspondence were mutually sent back and
the match was broken off The young gentle
man Immediately started for New Osieans,
10 enter into Commercial business, thinking
that distance would lessen the attachment
really felt for the young lady.
When woman is injured, or thinks she is
injured, by the one she loves, she is more
apt than the male sex 10 'bite off her own nose
as th e saying is to, infict pain and De reven-
ged on the offending object. A gentlemen
that the young lady had once rejected, rem
ewed his proposals and was accepted within
week alter her old lover had embarked for
The south. On reaching New Orleans,
he found that distance, instead of weakening
his attachment, only made the lady dearer,
and he became melancholy and low spirited.
The first letter he received from New York
from friend of his, announced tina! his old
flame was 10 be shortly married to another.
His course was at once taken--the next
morning saw him on board packet ship bound
for Gotham.
The passage was unfortunately long-and
the poor fellow chafed and fre,ted so much,
that the passengers began to thing him der
anged or fugative escaping from justice.
The instant the vessel touched the wharf,
he darted for the office of his friend the law
yer. Ii is to be supposed the latter was
much surprised to see his friend, mag ining
him couple OF thousand miles away. Alter
the usual salutations, he exclaimed
"My dear fellow, you are just in time to sec
the wedding, Miss-,your old sweetheart,
is TO be married this morning at ii o'cl'k. To
tell you the truth, | don't believe there is much
love about ii, and that the girl really thinks
more of one hair of your head than the for
tunate bridegroom's whole body"
s.Good God! where is she TO be married.
in church2'
"No. At her father house."
"My dear fellow-I-yes-no- j.
have it. Have you any case coming on in
either Of the courts, at l o'clockP
sYes'
"Then fill me up a subpoena with the
name. Don't stop to &c ask any
questions. 1t matters not whether he knows
any thing about the parties in suit. BY heaV-
ems, Julia shall be minen
His friends saw his object at once, and
promised to carry on the matter. The sub
pena was made out, and placed in the hands
of clerk to serve upon tho unsuspectIng
bridegroom the instant he was seen 10 leave
his residence, and was despatched in a cap
to watch the house. About ten minutes be-
fore eleven, as the soon TO be happy man was
about entering a coach before the door OF his
residence he was served with the subpoena.
"Can't help it I" said the clerk. in reply
to his gesticulating about mot knowing the
parties, going TO be married. sc We
shan't reach the Hall now before IL
the case is the first on the calendar
won't keep you quite ten minutes. If you
don't go, heavy fine, imprisonment &c.
The bridegroom who was rather of a timid
nature finally consented particularly as the
clerd promised to send friend ofh is who sat
in the cab,wrapped up in large cloak TO the
house of his bride in expectation, explaining
the reasons Of his absence. The reader can
imagine who this person was.
Eleven O'Clock came but still no BRIDE
groom-the priest began to grow Impatient.
and the bride that was to be, looked pale and
agtated. when carriage dove up; the bell
rang, and There he isn muitered many
voices. A gentleman did indeed enter,
whose appearance created as much astonish-
ment as that of Edgas Ravenswood in the hall
of Ashton Castle, at the marriage of Lucy