The Georgetown news., 1855-12-13

of the statement | have made, namely. that
she was my wife. The world will call this
vanity, but call it intuition or spontane-
Gus unconscious apperception. With great
reluctance rose up as ifto 90; she saw that
all except myself had gone, but still stood
in the front door of that dried up old store,
patting the sill once more with the tip of
her tiny little slipper. She was so good
she could not refuse to gladden. even one
poor mortal with the light of her blessed
countenance. 1t flashed across my mind
that [ might save fifty cents by missing my
dinner; ayarice had come to the aid OF beau
ty. and | sat down again. But hunger
ives, miserable human that I am, it was
hunger) defeated them both.
All if [ had only known then as much
as / know now, how differently l would
have acted. [ would have dismissed the
contemplate subject Of dinner, and, having
summoned d waiter, would have addressed
him thus: Boy, do you see that old red
trunk in the boot Of the stage yonder?-
Well, Just take that trunk of; ( am so
pleased with your lovely village that III
tend to stay here until get married. The
young lady on the opposite side Of the
street would have heard me; it would have
produced deep impression onhor land first
impressions, you know, are every thing);
[ would have remained in my seat until the
young lady left; [ would have eaten my
dinner in peace; afterWard | would have
donned my new dOesiin breeches and my
new black coat; then, by hook and by crook,
[ would have procured an introduction to
my wife; and after while | would have
married her-there's no doubt about it.
Although | was poor, her beauty and her
love would have made me rich; my love for
her would have acquired standing in So
ciety-l would have been happy.
But l sold my wife for mess Of red pot
tage-I went into dinner. When reached
the door Of the dining-room | hesitated;
went back to the porch and commenced ga
zing at my wife as before. She saw me,
and gave me smile; upon my honor she
did. 1t was the sweetest smile | ever re
ceiyed. | may have valued smiles before,
but it is certain ! never valued one since.
What ever made me return to the dining
room after receiving SO great favor, [
could never remember. 1t was so fated.-
| did go back to the dining-room, hurried
through my dinner, which had become cold
and ipdigestible, and hurried back to the
porch. She had gonei
The stage was waiting for me; I Jumped
in, and it ratified out of the little old town
We had not gone many miles before the con-
sequences of hasty eating brought on a ter
rible attack Of dyspepsia [ became pain
fully aware that | had lost my dinner and
my fifty cents; but | did not know [ had
lost my wile-I forgot her! | was return
ing, after a long absence, to my native city,
to enter upon a new and untried profession;
and there were q thousand things to occupy
my attention to the exclusion not only OF
wives, but even Of sweethearts. So | lost
ny ar!fe and didn't k,lO1C it, And so, I'M
agine, most Of US lose our wives.
About year and a half afterward-that
is, about one year agO-haying failed in bll-
siness. as an aimless, unmarried is
phenominally unmarried--man is very apt
to do; though it doesn't make much differ
ence if such man does fail, especially after
he has lost his wife-having failed in busi-
ness, say, and having nothing to do, re-
turned to PlantationtOn, not in the stage
but III the cars, the railroad having been
in the mean time completed. So complete
ly had my wife gone out Of my mind, that /
did not once think Of her when [ sat down
in the old tavern porch and looked over at
the dred-up little store, in the door Of which
| had seen her patting her foot 50 prettily
L ordered buggy and drove out to my un-
cles, about three miles from town, and
spent many pleasant weeks there during the
hot summer months. Being a young man
OF a manageable age, my relations very
naturally offered to introduce me to the
manageable ladies of the neighborhood.
expressed my willingness. Which sort did
| fancy: ialr or dark, blonde or brunette?-
Far, by all means; who ever heard of q
salloW man tancying woman Of his OWL
complexion? Oh! then, | ought to have
been here year ago; there was q young la
dy living III town, a great friend Of ours
perfectly beautiful, aud the very best girl
Ill all the world, who would have suited me
exactly. All, who was she? Miss Jenny
0o-anu-So. Jenny the very name | want
my wife to have; describe her to me. They
described her. 1t was the identical young
lady had seen standing in the old store
became excited, and my pulse rose as !
asked the question-"Where is she now?'
On. she has been married long time tc
Mr. Ihlngamy, and lives now in the CITY oI
Jucksburg, about a hundred miles from
here" My pulse sank; not because [ knew
she was my wife THAT is quite a recent dis
covery) and | had lost her; but for the
good and sufficient reason (Which authors
have but lately had the honesty to avow)
that every bachelor feels himself defrauded
when pretty woman marries. From the
bottom OF my heart l wished Mr.. Thingamy
and the city Of Jucksburg had been at the
bottom Of the sea before they ever had
heard OF the beautiful Miss Jenny. felt
indignant she should have displayed so
much haste to get married; and refused to
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