Litchfield enquirer., 1857-09-17
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arr still gIrls."
 "l am deiigted to hear it."
 "Dtlightcd, are you? So are we, too. EAt father, good and indulgent as he is, is on ti.e su'j,ct of love, immovable" ---" How sop
 "He thinks too much of what are called good settlements. Unfortunately, our gentle l,,n are not exactly good: in the worldly sense. Bat all three are rich ill heart and iteDect and real Cree ,rlses in their love for us.'
 And winch Of these three happy gentle; men," ask. d with a smile, has secured the heart aud hand of the lovely Louise ?'
 "Thc theologlah."
 Tine tleologian !' l exclaimed with won der .'You consider me, then, as quite too wild for the pous man" Wei preacher of peace, and bold luntress--'
 "l.ove equallzes every thing, said Louise, with d whining iranknesS: and Go you tAlLk l cannot be gentIe!''
 What is impossible for you v
 0! can be as soft as t little lamb, when it gives him pleasure. But do let me go on with my story. Our father insists by all the saints, that he will hear nothing of these teu-
  the great God ferventIy, every day, that the temporal circumstances Of our lovers may be ,inoyyd so that they may come forward and cunl our hands. For their sak's, we have driven cold!y away many wooer from W When anv strange gentleman appears, we sis t,rs instantly form all alliance aud if one plot ,t,.s not succeed, we try second and th,rd ,,,,I,,, v,urs.if would you had you been dis engaged would you have taken one of us for a wifi. art.r we had shown ourselves to you as we dl yesterday Y "The Deyls grandmother sooner,"I replied frankly: "one's life would at least be safer w,ti, her"
 ~ Very much obliged" said Lonse, with a bow "a proof Of the success Of our plaps."
 l,,l now to describe my lady-love to my n,.w friend, and how 1 stood Ill the same plight with the daughters of the Counsellor,--as my unc,e had no suspicion of my love for " llhel- luna. .u
 While we were chatting thus confdential.y a 1,ooninr head was seen at the door, which se,,ned to be not little surpsed at our lntims-
 . Come in, Emile :" cried Louise, laughing. Peace is coneiudrd our supposed enemy IS engaged we have nothing to fear from h'n ,
 D:c0.nbach entered, and likewise manifested q ,entIeucss of which 1 could not have dream cd tie barharous dent st capable And soon Oken made her appearance They expressed 1..e greatest sorrow for the tricks they hao ,iayr1 me, They declared, at the same time, th,t if they had made that was engaged, all of them had made their preparations to render ,,. ,lay even more intolcrable than the preced- iur i thanked Heaven 1 had got on such e,od terms with them We made league of friendship. 1 could not desire more amabc friends At the same time had topromise to remain several days at W.
 To show myself worthy of their friendship and in order to heap coaIs of fire on their heads l undertook the office of ntercessor with their father, and resolved not to leave W---,nnt'l after the Counsellor had given his consent to the bctrothal of his three daughters to their rc. pectve lovers.
 ln this good wo k eventually succeeded ; and within a fortnight after left W, the thrcc ladies were formally ah,nced to the ob- jects of their choice. In return for all this happiness the Counsellor undertook to get my u',cle to consent to my marriage with W.lhel- nina, and was successful.
 have seldom heard my worthy uncle lauel so heartily as when l related to hlm my ad, ventures at W. To bring our story to a close Although I brought no bride from W, and although married the poor wid- ow's daughter, my uncle nevertheless, took me into partnership.
 As to the loss of the grinder the gentlemen who were the happy husbands of the three beauties, never failed to express their sympa- thy for me but Dienenbuch, the operator always insisted that deserved to lose tooth for appearing to woo one of the sisters whcu my heart was no longer my own,--and my good Wilhelmina always agreed with her.
 We have all been living now, for some years ln the most friendly relations, and in constant intercourse. The descendants of our four mar red couples amount to five little gentlemen and seven young ladies. Hence bloom new loves and Acw ronances. It is the way of the world.