M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-07-03
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The subjoined "ower true tale" told by
the Lowell American Citizen, is another
evidence Of the truth Of the old saying, that
"there is many slip between the cup and
the lip" and that the course OF true love-"
after running for a time as smoothly as the
nature of the case will permit, is sometimes
suddenly and entirely impeded by insur-
mountabls distractions:
Polly Peablesome might have been the
name of very pretty Green Mountain girl
at work in one of our Lowell mills, and HeZ-
ekiah Winkle the name of rough speci-
men Of homespun, who had courted and
become "engaged" to Polly before she left
home. He came to pay her avislt, short
time since, and to set the time for their we'd
ding-day-Polly to return to Vermont, and
supermtcnd domestic duties on Hegekiah's
farm. One evening they took a stroll out,
and called at u refreshment saloon, invested
literally in kisses and bonbOns, and on their
return, Hezekiah unfortunately missed his
wallet, containing round one hundred dol
lors. OF course, Hezekiah was "knocked
all in a heap" ut his loss, and instituted a
search wherever he thought it might avail
anything, but oil without success. At
length--we do not know how it was bro't
about-Hezekiah was led to suspect Dolly,
and, being of frank nature--commonly
called "blunt'-he insinuHted his suspicious
to her. This time Polly was ''knocked all
in heap" and, her mothers "grit" getting
aroused, she gave her lover piece Of heI
mind, for his insinuation-a most excellent
Roland for his Oliver. This reused Heze
kah, and lively "scene" ensued. At last
Polly took to crying, and Hezekiah, witt
his money lost, and his love greatly wound
ed, "put out" for his clearinghouse, feeling
as though he would be much more at home
at the bottom of the "raging canawl," thar
in bed; but he concluded that the weathe
was notwTm enough for comfortable drown
ing, and SO he sought his lodgings. Al
HezekiOh gained them, and pulled off one o
his boots, preparatory to his retiring to hi
bed-but no rest-lo out dropped the mis-
sing wallet, money all safe At this dis
. covery, Hezekiah danced q hornpipe owe
the floor, with one boot on, and would havu
acted still more extravagantly, had he no
suddenly recalled the condition in which h
had left Polly. Catching his hat, no wa
halfway down stairs before he recollecte,
| the boot he had left behind. Rectifying th
mistake, he was soon at the door Of he
boarding house. Polly was a-bed. "Tel
her I've found tin my bootleg; it is al
right )" was the message sentup by the Joy
Gus Hezekiah. But he had made mistake
II ,Oasn't all right. Poly's wounded honol
was not TO be thus healed-with breath
and the next morning Hezeliah was duly no
tilted that Polly had concluded not to super
intend his domestic arrangements in Yer
mont, and also that he was expected to re-
turn, at his earliest convenience, whatever
in the shape of notes and other valuables HI
might hold of Polly's, and that she stoot
ready to serve him in the like manner. Ii
vain Hezekiah implored-Polly was inexo
rable ; and the next day he departed for Yer
mont, thinking that the fuss he made ovel
that one hundred dollars was the means o.
losing him as good us thousandin domes
tic help on his farm.
MORAL Think twice, and look once IN
your bootleg, before you accuse your inten
ded Of stealing your port-monaio.