The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-09-27
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From the New York Evening Post.
ANGLING FOR A HUSBAND.

Nine. D., who resided at Chaton,
was lady of the strictest character and
of a heart proof against all allurement.
She prided herself upon her great insen
sibility, and her profound indifference
had repulsed all those gallants who had
ventured to offer their addresses. The
country was for her a veritable retreat );
she Stunned reunions, and was only hap.
py in solitude. The charms of chosen
circle, the pleasures of the world had
for her no attraction, and her favorite re-
creation was that of angling, an amuse-
ment worthy of an unfeeling woman.
She was accustomed every PLEASANT day
to station herself at the extremity of
the lonely island of Chalon, and there,
with a book in one hand and her line in
the other, her time was passed in fishing,
reading or dreaming.
A lover who had always been intiml-
dated by her GOODNESS, and who had new
er ventured ON spoken or written dec
laration, surprised her at her faVorite
pursuit, one day when he had come to
the island for the purpose of enjoying a
swimming bath. He observed her for
long time without discovery, and busted
himself with thinking how he might turn
to his advantage this lonely amusement
of angling. His reveries were SO deep
and so fortunate that he at last hit upon
the desired plan, novel expedient, in
deed, yet they are always most success
ful with such women as pretend to be
invulnerable.
8 The next day, our amorous hero re-
turned to the island, studied the ground,
made his arrangements, and when Nine.
d - had resumed her accustomed
place he slipped away to a remote and
retired shelter, and after having divested
himself of his clothing he entered the
stream An excellent swimmer and skill
full diver, he trursted TO his aquatic tai
ents for the success of his enterprise.-
He swan to the end of the island with
the greatest precaution, favored by the
chances of the bank and the bushes
which hung their dense foliage above the
waters In his lips was a note folded
and sealed, and on arriving near the spot
where Nine D was sitting, he made
dive, and lightly seizing the hook he
attached to it his letter.
Nine. D, perceiying the move
ment of her line, supposed that a fish
was biting.
The young man had returned as he
came; he had doubled the cape which
extending out into the water separating
them from each other, and had regained
his post without the least noise in his
passage under the willows The deed
was DONE r
Nine. D. pulled in. her line; and
what was her surprise to observe dang
ling upon the barb of her hook, not the
expected sinner but an unexpected let
ter
This was, however, trihing, and her
surprise became stupefaetion when, on
detaching the transfxed billet, she read
upon the envelope, her name
So then, this letter which she had fish
ed up was addressed to herl
/ This was somewhat miraculous. She
was afraid. Her troubled glance scru-
tinized the surrounding space, but there
was nothing to be seen, or heard; all
was still and lonely : both on land and
water.
She Quilted her seat, but took away
the letter. As soon as she was alone,
and closeted with herself, and as soon as
the paper was dry, paper perfectly wa
ter,proof, and written upon with indelible
| ink, she unsealed the letter, and COM
meneed its perusaL
A declaration of love cried she at
the first words What insolence