Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-07-30
M | S G. F. LLAN ECU S.
HOW THE SCHOOL MASTER MARRIED
A FORTUNE.

BY MAJOR J. JONES OF PINEsyILLE.
It's about ten years ago sence the accident
what Pm gwine to tell tuck place. 1t caus-
ed great sensation in Pinevile a, the Time
and had the effect to make the fellers mon
slrous careful how they run away with 9th
Ter peoples daughters without. their consent.
ever sence.
Mr.. Ebenezer Doolitle, was the bomina-
best man after rich gals ,ha, ever was. He
hadn't been keepin' school at PnevilIe
more'n six months before he had found oul
every gal in the settlement whose father had
twenty nggers, and he had courled all of
'em within days ride. He was rather old
TO be popular with the gals, and somehow
they didn'. like his ways, and the way they
did bluff him off was enough TO discharge
any body but Yankee schoomasler who
wanted to git married, and had not many
years Of grace left But it didn't seem to
make no sort of difference to him. lie was
bound to have rich wife out Of 'em, and
if he failed in one case it only made him
more persevering in the next. His motto
was, "never say de''
Betty Darling, as they used to call her !;
old Mr.. Darling's daughter, what used 10
live on the Runs, was about the torn down
es, gal in all Georgia. Betty was rich, and
hands ONE, and smart and had more admir-
eres than she could shake stick at, but she
was such tormentain' li,le coquet, that
the boys was afraid to court her in down
righ, earnest. When Mr. Doolittle found
her ou, he went ri ght to her like house 8
fire. She was just The gal for him, and he
was determined TO have her at the risk Of
his life.
Well, he laid siege to old Mr.. Darling's
house day and night, and when he couldn't
leave his school to 60 and see her, he ri,
letters to her, that was enough TO throw any
other gal but Betty Darling into fit Of
>highs,elicks to read 'em. Jus. as every body
expected, after encouraging him just enough
to make the fellow believe he had the thing
did, she kicked him flat. Blu, shaw! he
was perfectly used to that, he was too much
of a filosofer to be discouraged by such q
rebuff, when the game was worth pursuin.
He didn't lose a minil's time, but just
brushed up and wen, rite at her again. Eve
rybody was perfectly surprised to see him
gwine back TO old Mr.. Darling's after the
way he mad been treated by Betty, but they
was great deal more surprised, and the
| boys were terrible alarmed in about month
at the head way he seemed to be making in
his suit. Al at once, Miss Belly's conduc,
seemed 10 change towards him, and though
her father and mother was terribly opposed
to the match, any body could see thai she
was beginning 10 like the school master very
we'll.
Things went on this way for a while till
bimeby old Mr.. Darling began to glt uneasy
about it, tina. he told MIR. Doolil,le one day.
that he'must not come to his house any
more and that if he ketched him sending
any more love letters and kiss verses to his
darser by his niger gals, he'd make one of
his boys give him an alfred cowhiden.
But Mr.. Doolittle didn't care for that.
neither. He could see Miss Betty when
she came shoppln' in stores in town, and