The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-10-01

valleys, afford . sufficient amount Of water for
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Gonzales, September 10, 1868.
PARRY lsc,pExr.-We heard very pretty
little incident the other day, which We cannot
help relating. Ayoung lady from the south.
Il seems, was wooed and won by youthful
physician living In California. When the en-.
gagement Was made, tho doctor was rich. hav.
Ing been very successful at San Francisco
il bad not existed six months, however, when,
by an unfortunate investment, he lost his en-
tire heap" This event como upon him Il
should be added, just IS he was making ready
70 claim his bride. What does he doS Why,
like an honorable and chivalreus young fellow,
NJ he Is, he sits down and writes the lady
every particular Of the unhappy turn which
had taken place In his fortunes, assuring her,
that Il the fact produced any change Ia her
feelings toward him. she is released from eve-
.ry promise shc had made him. And what
does the dear, good girl dof Why, she takes
q lump Of pure gold, which her lover had sent
TO her when In prosperity, ~ . keepsaks, and
having Il manufactured into siAg, forwarded
Il to him with the following Bible inscription,
engraved in dsstiaet characters, on the inside:
"Entreat ms not to leave thee or 70 return
gocst, will 60, and whittier thou lodgest, will
lodge; thy people will DO my people, and thy
God my God; where thou dcst viii die; and
there will DO buried; the Lord do 30 to me and
more also Il aught but death part thee aud
me-"
The lover idolizcd his sweetheart more than
ever when he received this precious evidence
Of her devotion to him, both In storm and sun.
shine. We may add that fortune soon again
smiled upon tho young physician and that he
subsequently returned TO the North 10 we'd
the sweet girl he loved, and who loved him
with such an undying affection Nay, more,
the happy bride and bridegroom passed
through our city not long since on their way
to the home Of tho latter in the golden State.
Reader, thls Ia all true. Young ladies' who
read the Bible as closely As the heroine Of our
incident seems to have done, are pretty sure
70 make good sweethearts and better wiyea--
N Y. Times. i,a
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lection Of oraclcs, written In various ages and
countries, and at intervals Of two thousand
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huu WIN uESW - hSSt Snu oiodu pEiti10 InlEtd-
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sections ofit--under the shadow oftho Pyra-
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more wonderful as It's history and results arc
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lees when neither Olympaid nor Tusirs,m
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FAsr Msx.-~Thc sleicas die early. They
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