Democratic banner., 1846-07-04
SERVING A SUBPOENA.

to accomplish its object. Bolts, gates, an
bars are Of no avail against Cupid,s pick
lock conference.-the cunning will devils
WAYS and means to open them all.
Young gentleman had courted a fair lad,
of this city, and it was supposed the two, il
due time, would become 'une fesh.' Som,
little quarrel, of i trivial nature, as lovers
q~uarreIs generally are, occurred. Ncithc
would confess tine wrong to be on their sid
presents and correspondence were mutu'
aly sent back-and the match broke off
The young gentleman immediately started
for New Orleans, to enter iato commercial
business, thinking that distance would les
sen the attachment he really felt for the
young lady.
When a woman is injured, or thinks she
is injured, by the II she loves: size is more
apt than the male sex to bite off her own
nOse,' as the saying is, TO inlet pain and
be revenged OIL the offending object. a
gentleman that the young lady once rejec-
ted renewed his proposals, and was accept
| ed within a week after ner old lever lac
embarked for the South. On reac ling
be found that distance. instead oil weaken
ing his attachment, only made the lady dear
eE, and he became melancholy and los Spi--
tied. The first letter he received fIoin
New York from a friend Of his, announced
that his old lame was to DE shortly married
to another. His course was quickly taken
the next morning saw hin Oh board a
packet ship bound for Gotham.
The passage unfortunately was long and
1.-THE poor fellow chafed and fretted SO much
THAT the passengers began to think him de-
ranged or else a fugitive escaping from JUS
kice.
Tine instant the vessel touched the wharf
Ehe darted for the office of his friend the
lawyer. 1t is to be supposed the latter
was much surprised to see his friend, ilndg-I
Elning him a couple OF Thousand miles away.
IAf.cr the usual salutatiouS he exclaiIned-l
MY dear fellow, you are just in time to|
bee the wedding. Miss-,your old sweet
heart is to be married this moring at ii Of
clock. To tell you the truth, | don't be-
Five there is much love about it, and that
the girl really thinks more Of one hair of
EOur head than the fortunate backgrounds
whole body.
Good God! Where is she to be married.
i'm church?
'No.-Ather fathers house,
'Ily dear fellow-I-yes--no-ycs, ]
pave it. Have you any case coming OH III
fIther ofthe courts, at ii o'ciock?'
yes
Then fill nc up a subpoena with the
lridesgroOm's name. Don't stop to ask
lny Questions. 1t matters not whether he
fnows anything about the parties in
put. By heavens, Julia shall be mine!n
HIS friend saw his object at once, and
Promised to carry on the matter. The
la'?ena was made out, and placed in the
lands OF a clerk to serve upon the unsuspec-
Fng bridegroom the instant he was seen tel
pave his residence, and was despatched in
cab to watch the house. About ten min
ltes before eleven, as the soon to be hap-|t
man was about entering a coach beforeI
Pc door of his residence, he was served
fth the subpoena.
Can't help it, said the clerk, in reply to
s gesticulating about not knowing the
k%arties,' going to be married. &c. "Wel
"a tlC Ian y uSlDIC In WI u
Peep You but ten minutes. If you dom,
p, heavy fine, Imprisonment for contempt,
The bridegroom, who was rather of tim
nature, finally consented, particularly as
ne clerk promised to send a friend af his
mo sat in the cap, wrapped up in a target
kloak, to the house ofhis bride i'll expecta-
Bon, explaining the reason of his absence.
he reader can imagine who this person.
kas.
Eleven O'Clock came, but still no bride-
ErGOm-thc priest began to grow impatient.
ad the bride that was to be, iooket! pale
% agitated, when a carriage drove ~
Pc bell rang, and "There he isl, muster
many voices. A gentlemen did indie
fasr, whose appearance created almost as
ouch asaonishment Ms that of Edgar Raj
ksnfwOod in the hail of Ashton Castle, at
Y marriage Of Lucy Ashton, in Scott's
ISrds Of Lammermoor." The lady faint