St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-12-18
Son,antit Skettk.
LEAP YEAR INCIDENT.

LEAP YEAR INCIDENT.
The other evening, as my friend A
bert and l sat in my study, with ou
heels elevated on the backs of tw
chairs, and two glorious Havanas ele
waited from our lips, looking aroun'
through the clouds of smoke, l espie'
the evening paper lying on the table
which Tom, in his usual quiet manner
had deposited there. Without in tn,
least disturbing our dreamy cogita
tions, picked it up, and began Ian
guidly to doze over it's columns, whe1
my eye lighted on the following para
graph, which, old bachelor like, ! fel
quite enough interest in to read alout
to my companions
"TAKE THE Lor.-The young ladie.
of Aurora, Illinois, have resolved tha
if they didn't get married this year
(leap year) somebody would be t,
blame. The senior class in Williams
College, have sent a communication tt
the Aurora paper offering to take tn,
lot. They say that now, having beer
four years under college discipline
exiled from almost all intercourse will
the face-smiles of Adams rib, We thini
with Shakespeare, that there is tied il
the affairs of men, and that the time
for that knot has come to u.s."
No sooner had finished, than al
bert, with a merry chuckle--nobod,
can chuckle like him-when he chuck
les he chuckles all over, tapped mt
on the shoulder and exclaimed
By Jupiter! I! Seth, thereby hang
tale I"
"Ah, ha |" said l.
Would you like to hear it,"
"Of course, if there is any end to i
and any point to the end"
We'll there are both, according tt
my way of thinking. Anyhow, wit
permission, I'll tell the yarn. O
course you know where Aurora is on
of the smartest towns in all the West
1t lies just below Geneva, on the Fo!
river, and is in Kane county. Wheth
er the county was named after or fo
the North Pole Kane, and the tow
called Aurora because the Aurora Bo
reals shines brighter at said Pole thar
anywhere else, is a question that som,
future nomenclators may discuss bu
one little item you may bet your life
on, they raise the prettiest girls tina,
ever made fellows mouth water"
How do you know?"
How do | know? Wasn't | a
Geneva this last winter one whole
month ON business :? and was not OH
at Aurora every other day, to see ou
old friend Jack Spaulding, who ha.
just hung out his shingle there ane
gone to the practice Of the law-or
rather, intends to, when he gets case
Of course l was and as Jack is deatl
among the women, he trotted mi
around. All, Seth, you ought to go t
Aurora-you ought"
But the tale"
Why, you see, one glorious after
noon, when it was just cold enough ou
doors to make it comfortable by jack
old Franklin, while he was dozins
away over somebody. l forgot who
no matter on Contracts, and I engaged
in my usual occupation, reading Dick
ems, suddenly there came tapping
as of some one gently rapp;ng at tn,
Office door, Jack, while visions of ;
fair client who wanted to get di
vorce or get rid of testy guardian
filled his mind, cried come in |" ant
in walked two special constables 0
Cupid. a
One was a noble looking girl-eye.
as dark as tie future to fellow wht
doesn't know where his next meal il
coming from, and cheeks as deeply rec
as Cambridge professor. All, Seth
she was perfect Goddess the other
well, | wont say anything about the
other, for she hasn't much to do will
my story" at
"But how came they there ?"
"Why, up the stairs, and through
the door, to be sure, but their object !?
Yes, their object?"
"Why, that was to invite us-yes
Jack and me to leap year ride bal
supper, and all that"
yes?
eyes me and she of the black eyes
too, was the identical one who would
be very happy to have my company
on little sleigh ride to Geneva, t,
wind up with little warm flip, hol