The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-30
DY sAJ. }, JoNrs, or rINlv!LlE.

IT'S ahou. ten years ago sense the in
cidcnt what I'm gwine TO tell tuck place.
1t caused n great sensation in Pinc,i,e
NJ the time. and had the effect 10 make
tcllers monstrous careful how they run
away with other peoples daughters
without their consen, ever sens.
Mr. Ebenczer Doo!iile was the
bominablest man after rich gals that
ever was. He hadn't been kecpin'
school II, Pincville MORN six months,
before he had found out every "a! in
the settlement whose father had twenty
niccars. and he had courtcd AL Of EN-
within days ride. He was rather old
to be popular with the gals, and somc-
how they d'dn', like hi, ways, and the
way they did biuii him of was enougl,
10 discourage any body but Yankee
schooinaster what wanted to get mar.
Ficd, and hadn't many years OF grace
left. Bu, it didn't seem to make no
sort of difference to him. lie was
bound to have a rich wife ont Of 'cm.
and if he failed in one case it only mnle
him more pcrsevcring in the next. His
motto was "never say die
Betty Darling. rs they used 10 ca!!
her, old Mr.. Darlng's daughter, wha,
used to live on the Runs--was about
the torn downes, Of n gal in all Gcor-
gia. Betty was rich and handsome and
smart. and had more admirers than she
could shake a stick at, hu, sl.r was suc,
Il torincn,arin' little coquet that the boys
WAS afraid to court her in down righ,
earnest. When Mr.. Dooli;,lc found
her out he went rite at her like a house.
a-i;re. She vas jest the gal for him,
and he was determined TO have her, at
the risk OF his life.
Well, he laid siege to old Mr.. Oar.
ling house day and night. and when he
couldn't leave his school to 90 and see
her. he rit letters TO her that was enough
to throw any other gal bu; Betty Dar-
ling into a tit Of the highoicricks to read
'em Jcs: as every body expected, al.
ter encouraging him just cuuil' to make
the ftller believe he had the thing did,
she kicked him fiat. Bot shaw. he
was perfectly used to that, he was too
much Of Il iilusoicr 10 be discouraged by
sich rebuff, when the game was wor,l,
pursu".
lie didn't lose ninit's time. but Jest
brushed up, and went rite ut her again.
Everybody WAS perfectly surprised 10
see him gwine back to old Mr. Darling's.
after the way he had been treated by
Betty; but they was a great deal more
surprised, and the boys was terribly
alarmed in about month, at the head.
way he seemed 10 he making in his sui.
All at once, Miss Betty, conduct seem
cd TO change ,oSa'd, him, and though
her father and mother was terribly op.
posed to the match, any b"dy could sec
that she wa, beginning TO like the school.
master very well.
Things went on this way for while
till Limcby old Mr.. Darling begun to
git 50 uneasy about it, that he told MI
Dnol,ttle one day, tia, he mn.u't come
To his house no more; and thit if hc
ketchcd him scndin any more love lei,
ter, and ki>s-vcr>cs 10 his dartci by Iii,
niger gals, he'd make one Of his boy:
give him a alfred cowhilrn,
But Mr.. Doolitle didn't care for tia,
neither. He could see Miss Betty
when she came a eloppin. in stores IL
town. and ther was more'n one way ,C
GIT a letter TO her. Wha, did he care
for that old Daring: his dat,er wa
he'd aud hart in love with him. and va,
jest the gal 10 ran away with him, too
i, she was opposed by her parctiS.-
And ~ for the property he was certain
of that when once he married The gal
Ga Saturday. when lh"r was nc
school, Mr.. DnoIitile went 10 old Squire
Rogers. and tnl- him he must be rrldj
to marry couple ,ha: night, at exactly
ten O'Clock
" Mum 1es he. YOU mn>n't say r
word 10 nobody. Squire. The liccns,
i, al ready, and tie party wants TO BE-
very private.
Squire Rogers was one Of the mos
accummodatin fei!crs in the world OF
s.cA occasions. Mrs. Rogers was {
nousirous cranky, cross Old lady. An'
nothing done lhc squire :" much c"o'
a. to marry Others, it didn't make n'
odd. who they was. Besides, Mr.. Doo
little Was an injured man aud grca
scholar, in his opinion, and belonged t
his church,
Mr. Doolillle arranged thc who'll
business in iir.t rate order Mi, Bet,
wa, to meet him AT the end Of her Il,
thcr's laor, Disguised in a ridin dres
borrowed for the occasion. whel hc wa,
to take her in a close one horse barouch'
AMI "fy with her On the wings Of love
a> he said l,e would 10 the Sq1irr'. Of
fee. whar they wa. 10 be united il ih'
hand. nf wedlocI, before any body u
the yillac" kno1 anything about it II
n,.d made arrangement. ai ia" Hotel 70
room, which he seed hGcd himself f.
ihe aus,dcials ocra,ion. and l.c WIT
letter 10 a friend oi b.. d1gn IN Au
gusia TO be thar the neI, week to TAX
charge Of bis schoo, As bs tbocshi