Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-03-24
SERVIN A SUBPENA A.
OR Love vs.. Law.

1t is singular what shifts love will make TO ac-
complish It's objects. Bolts, gates and bars are
of little avail against Cupid's pick lock contri-
vances-his cunning will devise ways and means
to open them all. A young gentleman had
courted fair lady of this city, aud it was sup
posed the two, IN due time would become lone
flesh" Some little quarrel of trivial nature,
| as lovers 'quarres generally are, occurred. Ne-
ther would confess the wrong to be on their side
presents and correspondence were mutuaI lily
sent back and the match was broken off. The
young gentleman Immediately started for New
Orleans. 10 enter into commercial business, think.
ing that distance would lessen the attachment he
really felt for the young lady. ..
When a woman is injured, or thinks she is in
iured, by the one she loves she is more apt than
the male sex TO g bite off her own nose.'' as the
saying is, 10 inflict pain and be revenced on the
offending object A gentleman that the lady once
rejected renewed his proposals, and was accepted
within week after her old lover had embarked
for the South. On reaching New Orleans, he
found that distance, instead of weakening his at
tachment, only made the lady dearer, and he be.
came melancholy and low spirited The first
letter he received from New York from friend
Of his, announced that his old fame was 10 be
shortly married to another. His course was
quickly taken-the next morning saw him on
board packet ship bound for Gotham. .2 j
The passage unfortunately was long, and ,r,p
poor fellow chafed and fretted so much that rho
passengers began to think him deranged, or else
fugitive escaping from Justice. The ins ,ont ,he
vessel touched the wharf he darted to the Office
of his friend, the lawyer. 1t is to he sunnosed
the latter much surprised to see his friend
imagining him couple of Thousand miles AWAY,
After the usual salulations he ex..laimed-
g My dear fellow +! you are jast in time to see
-. hon
is to be married this morning at / | o'clock, To
tell you the truth, | don't believe there is much
love about IT, and that the girl really thinks more
OF one hair Of your head than of the fortunate g
brdegroom's whole bodv." q -s.u .N p
ST Good God Where is she to be married-in
Chu:ch?" .ssfs.a. E. } a..a1II =
mo. At her fathers house, ..- ..
"My dear fellow, l-I-yes-no, YES have it.
Have you any case coming on in either Of the
courts at eleven O'Clock? ''I- '.a .. '
""Yes."' .a" roo -gH i.dlri ,-..H.I -uHo1s
"Ihen fill me d subpoena with the bridegroom 5
name. Don't stop to ask any questions. Ii mat
ters not whether he knows anything about the
parties IN the suit. By heavens, Julia shall be
mine /" ais t...... -........... r...-l .
liis friend saw his object at once, and promised
to carry on the matter. The subpoena was made
and placed in the hands of a clerk to serve upon
the unsuspecting bridegroom the instant he was
seen TO leave his residence, aud he was despatched
IN cab 10 watch The house, About ten minutes
before eleven, as the soon'to-be happy man was
about enIerng a coach before the door of his resi-
dence, he was served with the subpoena. ell. +,
a 5" Can't help it," said the clerk, in reply to his
gesticuatng about not :" knowing the parties, y
"going 10 get married. &c. 50 We shan't reach
the Hall now before olevon-the case is the first