The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-11-05
i'Respectiully,
"JoNEs."

a l. Respectfully, . e.a
Jones"
A pretty little witty note was returned, in an
swer, written in Ost beautiful hand.
That same evening the DR.. and called again;
and as she said something which interpreted
into declaration, took plain ring from my
finger, and was about puttingit on hers, when
she removed a valuable solitaire and handed it
to me; thus rings were exchanged. ...
In conversation learned that he Gsinus lueti
was not complete, and regretted that it was
not; as thought it not right to court woman
in less thana year after her husbands death.
Before we left that night, she satdown to the
piano and sang that charming air Ldnda: Oh,
lGe di gues. aaima. When she came to the
verse, ..s ......... g.. 81. ...,.-.t. .... ......
'tOur faith then iondly pliing,
Our destiny writing,
This world heaven shall bel" aF
she looked tenderly at me, and felt happy
Besides that, she sang several French and Ital-
ian songs, pronouncing the words worry correctly
for an American. & -.
After several other visits, rbegan to gain her
confidence, and she told me the sad story of her
life. Isynathized with her, and promised to
tell her my story, fixing P. NJ, for my story.
Punctual to the moment, she came into the par
lor with smile; I was as serious as person at
funeral She took seat on the end Of sofa
and drew up an Elizabeth chair, so that my
arm could rest on the sofa end with hers
After giving her the fiction Of my life, told
her I had now determined to marry; that !
had led an idle, useless, selfish life, and now
intended to live for some purpose; should my
future life be devoted to her hapsiness? AS
pressed her right hand, her left was wiping a.
way the tears that filled her eyes, as thought;
but there were no tears suspected afterwards.
was so much moved, my voice was chokcd,
and Twas silent fora moment; at length told
her to reflect on what had asked her and to
give me an answer some other time.
The nnccet artless ness Of the woman charm
ed me more and more; she knew no more Of
the world Il loolishly thought) than girl just
out of convent; and could hardly imagine a
widow so unsophisticatcd, as she seemed
Innocence is ever simple and credulous, tho't
/; conscious Of no designs ITSELF it suspects none
IN others; it wears no protecting shield, hears
no weapons Of dclence but every door, portal
and avenue of the heart is thrown open, and all
who choose may enter at"
Such an crtless, unsuspccting srrature fan
4 Al L l. 4 l.. l.
liable to 4aistakoS!
One evening was to See her; three or four
gentlemen were in the room, one of them about
20 years Of age. "What young gentleman is
that?'' l asked her. .....
ale need not come again to see me-" she sale
pettishly; "T don't toantto Jri7g up any chillhen"
That was one Of the many keen replies | have
heard her make. She can be sarcastic, when
she tries, as that proves. Cruel, cutting obser-
yation! am sure if the young man had heard
1t he would not visit girl over Is, for half a
dozen years to come. ... a.- ..a, ..
Her reply, next day, to my declaration, was
very fattering TO my vanity. She felt that 1
was so far her superior, she could not think
was in earnest; | who knew so much, had seen
so much Of the word, and so many pretty mo-
men, love her, an artless little country widow!
interrupted her, and begged her not to talk
so; il was unpleasat 10 me. "Lcts talk nomorc
Of it now, but have some music to divert our
tl4opghts."
"Ah, no" she SAID, shaking her head pensive-
lily, II could not sing now: it is no time for song:
the most plantivc music is mockcry at snch a
solemn momcnt-"
ave parted that evening as lovers want to
part. 81 ..a.itn. ,ra.l ~ l.a..a11
Some time previous to my declaration, in the
beginning of our acquaintance, / said to her play
fully; Mrs, B, you are passing here for
a fortune, and if you deceive some man in that
way and marry him, it will be bad for you both;
so now, tell me plainly now much you are
i worth%
was surprised to see her regard it as a COM
fmon and proper question, and was more aston
ished when she gave me an exact verbal inten-
tory of her whole estate. Curious woman,
thought ..l .....5 .a.a ..g. ..4.un... w.
She was about starting on Journey north
with aiongsuite of beaux Though her faith
was plghted to me, felt uneasy. .1 |
Il During her abserce, / wrote her several let.
tiers, but got no answer to them. There was ar
elegant gentleman who went as her pal ticulai
: escort, and was fraid Of him; though she
; vowed he Lad never mentioned love 10 heI
once. 3.d s.a ,.ga.gr,r .,. MOI
For weeks suffered like souls in limbo; a
last got letter from her; opened It Will
Ftropidation, and read: ..- 5.' W, w.
"MR. JoNEs:-None Of us can tell what will
, happen to us in this world; but VIC can tel
well enough what has happened; and it is my
duty to infrm you what has happened to me
:, happened to ike some man better than you; 81
lyou need not give yourself the trouble to .visi
me this fall, as you perhaps Jo'dly anticipated,
!. a."" RESPECTFULLY and truthfuily, l.F-olgg.
I'D. 10 :. taal. "MARY, BLAsc.'"'g "'gr
How swore when got that letter! 3glE
Now,if man can lie sued for breach c
promise what remedy is there against a woman
for the same crime2 IN gg tt.s .Aqi5r.gd y
= "None, Mr.. Jones, none; it is the sex's roya
I prcrogative."
qJones hereby warns all old bachelors to, be
= ,oareof Uiddersi .if. 20,
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y 0SrThe following seen occurred at d hote
0 out West, about noon tims: aNJ le@aq 20
: si Traveler--ilow much do you charge for din
{ Ler2 i Fsgb lHd H 81 tsk0l grhi trr0
= Host---One dollar, sir IA y .i3t'y5gEge4Y