New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-19
A Romantic Match.

fne looRino varno gentleman }Forn Pbilaseishia
had occasion to visit on by.si,,ess ri,I
RUG the mast winter.sand while there, became
acauainted With a Tgupe Iady Miss B..
somewhat Selehratefi m her charms, Mr. s..
the PhiIadelbhiar- was NOT puoof against the
bright ewes n the Kentucky rMiideu Hebad
never seen s,,esss oIoriess. Iiauidsparblipe pair
of orF,s anon J. 4he dapohters of the aid Kew
stone. ma wa3 rayished intoYieated and finaIlv
proposed to the bright ewes ana VA accepteA I
With light heart Ne started back TO che Quaker
eeIsbration If b;a nunt;aIs ths dav far ,sb;eh
having already been agreed upou.
The winter rolled on' and s5rire and its f,ow-
ers came agair 90 alao rbe Ia,tfeI,fa,. do,, fo,
the loyer,s Tatsrn hnt he came mot In two
days more the marriage was to come off. The
fair one was res,iye and dsmortified With her
bright eyes fallaof tsays she denounced in
secret the fafthIeasness N her lover. and frem-
bled at the open naortisisafion which wonId over
whelm her Il he came not. AT this favorable
iuncture an old and discarded lnvcr yrham M
unkindness could divess of hone or Lessen the
fervency of his first affection presented himself
He renewed his suit He spoke Of his usdYinp
love the holy happiness Of the welded stase: Of
"a cottage somewhere in the deep tSsss5sn of an
umbrageous grove, with the honey scskIe and
sfe Jasmine creeping oyer the windows and
al6ng the latticed porch. The trembling ,4air
one was charmed fsS the picture Love and 4
COTTAGE fs4serce of human bliss in the
estimation of a afrI of sweet sixteeu.s, She
blushed and smiled. but vet hesitafed. The
lover was in ecstaeies at the favorable symp-
toms, With renewed ardor be urasd his suit.
He was prolific il tears and tfonises, and trims
med the cottaes with a few more honey sachIes,
and the thing was done The pIilasIsanfia gals
LIANT WAS giyen up 8Ile was u IarrarsI Id love;
and, deserved no consideration Her faith was
plighted to another, and the sarna day fixed for
| L " s - !. 4
u nion with Mr.. -
But the end was not yet During the same
day q third lover presented himself and dea5ared
This passion The fair maiden frankly told him
she had Just engaged herse1S to another and
invited him to the wedding IA 4 guest fIsstead of
a groom On he same evening" (Sundayl Mr.
s. arrived from Philadelphia He Has not
long in finding how matters stood and was
aghast at the intelligence that Miss b was
to be married to another instead of himself, on
the following Tuesday. He at once took his
way to hershouse and had "a sinterview. with
the result Of which he seemed particularly
pleased. He then stepped into the principal
livery stable in the place and asked to hire Thea
very best 68rrfage and horses to % to MaysyiIle 2
The proprietor Informed him that it would be
impossible to Accommodate him. Thas ashs was
TO be married on the following Tuesaay, and
would have use for all his carriages to 90 on a
little bridal tour which he purposed May l
ask to whom p said Mr. S., with some mis-
givinqs. .sTo Miss B---,'' was the reply. MIR.
S. preserved his temper, and simply re-
marked that it was highly Important that he
should be at Maysyille at the earliest possible
moment, and that he was, prepared to give sry
reasonable price for carriage The liberafity
of this Indirect offer had sensible effect on the
proprietor. He got out his bestshaek and pair,
and charged the young stranger the sum Of $50
for the trfp In a yery short time after wards.
Miss b found herself sitting beside the Young
Phfladelplian IN the aRove mentioned carriage.
and going fowards Maysyille at the rate of a bout
ten miles an hour. zsei
1t was soon noised through the town that Miss
b had run away with her Philadelphia
lover Her guardian, who was opposed to the
match at once mounted a tieet horse and started
in pursuit. About halfway to Maysville he
overlook the fugitives and attempted to seize the
young lady. The young PhiIadelphian waived
him off, and spoke in this wise: g Sir, you
can't have her and you must do one Of three
lhings--you must 90 back and leave us. TO pur-
sue our Journey, or you must kill me, or Ftl kill
vou.n This talk brought guarty up standing.
1t was entirely unexpected And not wishing
| to kill, and particularly not wishing to be
killed, he accepted the first proposition, and
! lovers pursued their way to Maysgille, crossed
| over to Aberdeen, were married, drove back to
Cynthiana. and put up at the principal hotel. I.
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