Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-06-04
PREVENTING A WEDDING, OR THE
FATED PANTALOONS.

An old gentleman of London, merchant in
Bush Lane, had an only daughter endowed
with great mental and physical charms, and
possessing every faculty calculated 10 please
and delight She had besides asfne dowry
She was attached and engaged to young man
in her own rank, as well situated as herself
with the world and worthy in all respects of
her love and the happiness he promised him
self, The preliminary arrangements were
made, and after having been postponed two or
three times, the marriage was positively fixed
for Thursday 18th April, 1S-.
The preceding Monday the young gentle
man who ought to have received $4,000
sterling as dowry on the day of his marriage,
and 100000 after the death of his father-in-
law who was far advanced in life, had with his
beautiful betrothed one of those little scenes of
jealousy which happen to all lovers, even
those the most enamored of each other.
1t was little party. The young lady
thought her lover too attentive to one of her
friends who had the finest eyes in the world
and resplendent tresses of auburn hair, beau
tiful enough to make man distracted To
the reproaches which were made to him the
young gentleman replied with some little aspe-
rity, and ventured some quick remarks on
certain cousin whose superb waistcoat had at
I-tracted general admiration & which they said
had been embroidered by the pretty hands Of the
beautiful hairess. He added even, the young
and the impudent, that it would be quite too
late for him to be master when he should be
married, and that she g ar0re the brcaches'
rather too soon! After supper, the two low
ers grew cooler and cooler towards each 9TH
er, in spite of iced Champagne and Roman
Punch, so much so thatthey parted in pique
The next morning, our young man felt great
regret at his conduct on the previous evening,
which then appeared TO him to have been
wicked and unjust. He repented of it, and
wishing to make the amend honorable, he en-
velloped with great care a magnificent dress
of satin which he had some days before Or
dered for his betrothed and sent it to her with
the following note:
My dear ---1 have not been able to
close my eyes all night for thinking of the re-
diculous misunderstanding of last evening
Forgive, me beg of you, and as pledge Of
your pardon, deign to accept the garment
send you, and wear it, from your affection
| ate --'
After having written these lines, the young
lover gave the note and the package to ser
want; but finding that pair of his pantaloons
required mending, he profted by the occasion
to send them 10 his tailor in street which led
to the house of his betrothed in Bush Lane.
The reader suspects already perhaps the fatal
mistake of the servant.
The unfortunate man left the elegant robe
of satin with Mr.. Thompson, the tailor, and
the note with the old acorn pants at the house
OF the young lady! Her Indignation was at
the height at this new affront of her lover, and
when he presented himself at her house, the
door was shut in his face. His explanations,
his apologies, his tears and his prayes were
unavailing and repused with disdain. The
marriage will not take place. The young la
dy could not be brought to reverse her resolu-
ton, and it is said from that day she has che
rshed an implicable hatred Of the sex that
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