Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-09-17
TAKING HIM AT HIS WORD
A LESSON FOR LOVERS.

100 SOOu u Keep, anu we tneIciOIe IdhS
the liberty of laying it before, our read
!; ers. We give it as near as may be, i'll
our friends words: ...,..
Speaking of this breach of promise
case" said Smith, after some conversa-
ton had been carried on by the COM
pany, in regard to the Carne affairs
speaking of the breach of promise case,
reustnds me that 4 kayeA. ilt06Sli lis5ks
icnce in that matter; myself. l don't
mean to say that l was ever situated as
this fellow is, but l have felt about as l
think he would, and if you would like
to hear it, will tell you how it was" ..
All having signi6ed wish to hear,
he proceeded:
"Well, as near as / can remember, it
was fifteen years ago this winter, that L
attended dancing school in Detroit,
with young lady then residing in the
city. L had made up my mind some
years before, that / never would get
married; but it was such pleasant bust
ness / couldn't find it in my heart to let
the girls alone altogether, so paid her
tuition fec and attendedthe class in her
company every night. About the mid
die of the term, several of the young
people, ourselves included, were talk
ing in the ballroom on the subject Of
matrimony, and l, of course, became in
tercsted, as well as the others. On go
ing home that evening I told my com
panion that l had determined to get
married i'll the spring and asked her ad-
vice in regard to making a selection for
a wife. She made no reply for a mo-
ment, and I told her if she didn't know
any body better fitted for me, I would
like to have her think the matter over,
and tell me by the last school, what she
thought of marrying me herself.
1 was just joking all this time you
must understand; and had no more
thought of marrying her than had of
marrying Queen Vic. She promised to
think of it, however, and l returned to
my boarding house, and gave the sub
ject no further thought, until some weeks
latter = and as luck would have it,
on the last evening Of school, the sub
iect was again brought up in converse
ton, just as we were preparing to re-
turn to our homes for the night. After
leaving the hall, we talked and thatted
of different matters and on different
subjects, till We reached her residence.
| II WIS ldlc, L Glu hOO CltSL lliS
house, though she strongly urged me to
do so. had bid her good night, and
was turning away, when I recollected
the promise she had made me, and l
! said:
"Helen you promised to let ME know,
to night, whether you would marry me
this spring, Have you made up your
mind -
Yes, said she, N have been think
! ing about it, bnt guess lam too young.
If it wasn't for that would have no OBJ
lection" .......f-
"Wcll, good night: thcn," said L
4 didn't expect you would do it-but
[ am bound to marry some one, and this
spring too" s..Fs' -' &c..
I Before leaving her I engaged to call
again the following evening. That
night l slept soundly, and the
next morning had forgotten all
about the nights adventures. During
the day 1 received an invitation to at
tend ball to- be held that evc ming, a
few miles out Of the city, and 1 made NJ
arrangement accordingly. Towards
dusk l remembered my agreement to see
Helen, and thought would run over
for moment, and afterwards have time
to attend the ball.
Arrived at the house, I met the lady
in the doorway, and I thought for an
instant that she was "rigged up in an cx-
) ira style, which was at n loss to account
fnr, though believe [ concluded she
had company; was therefore in hopes
| that should not be detained long
Helen welcomed me into the parlol
with sweet smile, and took her place
beside nc on the sofa. [ was expecting
3 every moment TO see some stranger en-
; ter the room, and l had not yet made W
} my mind that we were alone when She
: said-s'Henry I have made up my lnint
; to have you -
Had thunder-clap struck me coult
not have been mere surprised, after al
instant of hesitation stammered out
c ''What did you say %
II have concluded to mary YOU
: ."O-oh, you have Well, 1 suppos
e tits all right-when shall the event tax
} place ?'' ..-..-..-..... ... ..
81 thought, if it would suit you, tha
d you might drive round next Sun day
G and we will go to mothers, at Dear
3 board, and be married thtre.' ...-
C ."Well," said !, ''ll see if can, an,
c as possible took my leave. ...
: Il didn't go to the ball that night;
IS forgot about it, and sat over the stov
till morning, thinking of what scrap
I got myself into. 1 even forgot t
:: keep the fire going, and almost froze i
my seat. When daylight began to pee
J. in at the windows, I had made up M
IS mind what [ should do. 1 woul
a 60 over and tell Helen that we must h
ID married Immediately, or not at al
er and if she, agreed to that, 1 saw II
. other way but to submit to my fate.
= When [ entered the gate leading u
t. to her house, 1 heard her singing a livt
~ ly song, and my concience almost smot
= me for deceiving the poor girl as 1 had; b,
1 summoned up courage to ring the bel