Richmond palladium., 1848-06-28
rrecI1LAnEous READING.
AW THE SCHOOL MASTER MARRIED A
r4& FORTUNE.

The 8WoavV0y Match:
rHK SCHOOL MASTER MARRIED A
80 FORTUNE.
~ MAJ. JOS. JONES. OF PINEVILLE.
! rs about ten years ago sense the incl
- chat I'm gwine 10 tell tuck place. 1t
s..sed great sensation in Pincvi1lc at
~ dine, and had the effect to make fel-
~. u,onstrous careful how they runaway
- oehcr peoples daughters without their
soosent ever sense.
nr. Ebenezer Doolittlc was the bomi.
,,ahlesa man after rich gals that ever was
~ hadn't been keepin school in Pineville
rrme'n six months. before he had found
~ every gall in the settlement. whose
f2tes had twenty niggers. and had court
"a % Of 'en within days ride. lie was
r,shes old TO be popular with the gals.
and somehow they didn't like his ways,
and the way they did bluff him off was
Soough to discourage anybody but a yam
nee schoolmastcr what wanted 10 git mar
red, and hadn't many years Of grace left.
But il didn't seem to make no sort Of diff
erence TO him. He undertook 'cm by
ne lob He was bound to have q rich
wife out Of some Of 'em. and il he failed
ID one case il only made him more pcrsc-
verin in the next. His motto was-''nev-
eS say die!''
Betty Darling, as they used to call her
old Mr.. Darling's daughter. what used
oliyc out on the Runs-was about the
torn downest mischief of gall in all
Georgia. Betty was rich and hand
some and smart, and had more admirers.
than she could shake a stick at, but she
was sich tormcntin little coquette that
boys vas al afraid TO court her in down
r;cht earnest. When Mr.. Doolittle found
her out. he went rite at her like a house-a-
fire. She was Jest the gall for him. and
he vas fermined to have her at the risk Of
his life.
Well, he laid siege to old Mr.. Darling 8
house day and night, and when he couldn' t
leave his school to go and see her, he rit
letters 10 her that was cnuf to throw any
other gall but Betty Darling into fit of
the hich.stericks to read 'cm. Jest as
everybody expected. after encourage in him
enufr 10 make the fcllcr believe he had
the thing ded, she kicked him fiat. But.
shaw! he was perfectly used to that, and
he was too much Of flosopher to be dis
couraged by sich rebuff, when the game
was worth pursuin.
lie didn't loose a minni's time. but Jest
brushed up and went al her agin. Ev-
crybodv was perfectly surprised to see
him cwinc back 10 old Mr.. Darling's af
ter the way ne had been treated by Betty.
but they was good deal more surprised,
and the boys was terribly alarmed in a
bout month. at the headway he seemed
TO be maxim in his suit. All al once, Miss
Bctty's conduct seemed to be changed to-
wards him, and though her father and
mother was terribly opposed to the match.
anybody could see that she was begnnin
to like the schoolmastor very well.
Things went on in this way for while,
Ill bimeby old Mr. Darling begun to git so
uneasy about it. that he told Mr.. DoolIttle
one day. that he mustn't come to his house
no more; and that if he kctcht him sendin
any more letters and kiss verses to his
daughter by the niger gals. he'd make
one Of his boys give him alfred cow
hidin.
But Mr.. Doolitlc didn't care for that
neither. He could see Miss Betty when
she come a shoppin TO the stores in town.
and ther was morc'n one way TO get let
ter to her. What did he care for old OAR
ingl His daughter was he'd and hart in
love with him too. If she was opposed by
her parents. And as for the property, he
was certain to git that when once he mar
ried the gall.
One Saturday when ther was no school,
Mr.. Doolittle went to old Squire Rogers.
and told him he must be ready to marry a
couple that night. at exactly ten O'Clock.
''Mum,'' ses he, "you mustn't say a
Vvn,J - ,,obDJ,, Sc,,;.o 'I>ko l;.,op. -
oil reddy. and the patty wants to be very
private.''
Mr.. Doolittle had arranged the whole
business in first rate order. Miss Betty
was TO meet him at the eend Of her faith
ers}ane. disguised in ridin dress bor-
rowed for the occasion, when he was TO
take her in one horse close barouche
and ''flv with her on the wings of love, -
as he sed he would. to the Squirc's office.
whar they was to be united in the bands
Of wedlock before anybody in the village
know'd ANYTHING about it. lie had made
arrangements at the Hotel for a room,
which he seed fixed up himself for the
suspicious occasion, and he had writ a
letter to . friend Of his down in Augustv
70 be thar the next week, to take charge
!. OF his school, as he thought it nought be
necessary for him to keep out of the wav
Of old Darling for few weeks, till the old
kller could have time to come to.
All day Mr.. Doolittle was bullin about
as If he wasn't certain which eend he
stood on, while the sunshine Of his hart
besmed from his taller colored face in a
way 70 let every body know something ex-
usordinary was gwine to happen.
Jest after dark he mought been seen dri.
vim out ny himself in barouche towards
old Mr.. Darling's. EVERYBODY spected
something. and all hands was on the look
out II was plain to see Squire Rogers
Importance was swelled up considerable
With something-but nobody couldn't git
word out Of him.
Mr.. Doolittle didn't spare the lash after
he got out ofsight oftown, and with strain
IN eyes and palpitatin hart. he soon reach
Cd the place appointed to meet the object
OF his consumin affections.
Was she tharf MOI YcSi II is1 Yes