The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-30
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VIC Wete NOe0 49, ~ y BOOu JoAe
oa.aysgaS "a $3.50 tleuannd ailss fron
Cedar Cenaty, which. = We have never
sss0 in print ne coaaidsr worth relating
The eircumstance hsppeOed some tine ego,
but win 10, /. nothing by its age. Il was
told " by ono who kn,E, and Said il Wa al
true.
A certain yoaAg man in search Of . wife,
being gut ON conrting expedition - is Gus
to61ofy with young men. came late IN Sun
day evening, and in order To keep his secret
from his young acquaintance, determined
TO be at home bright and early On Monday
morning, 50 that his absence might not be
noticed. But hin afliancesl resided several
miles from the town in which he scjcurned
and so to overcome the distance, required
the use Of horse. Mounted on his horse,
dressed in his fine white summer pants, and
other friss In proportion, he arrives at the
residence Of his inamorata, where he was
kindly received and his horse properly taken
care Of, being turned into the pasture for
the night. The evening, yea tbs night pass
ed away, but how to the young man, u mo-
b0dy's business. Three O'Clock il the morn
ing arrived. Our herr was awake-may no
he had been 10 al night-but il matters
not three o'clock Was the time Cor him Ia
deInrt, - that BE might arrive q hopc be-
fore his COMRADES were stirring. Not wish
ing t. disturb the family Of his lady love,
who were then wraps in the arms Of Nor
pheus, be- sailed forth 10 the pasture a.
catch his horse but here was difficulty
the grass high and loaded with dew. To
venture in With white pantaloonp on would
rather take the starch out ot them and lead
TO his detection. II would not do o. 70 in
with his white unuentionablc<, 80 be- quick
" made his resolve. IL was three O'Clock
ia the morning, 20 he carefully disrobcs
himself az his valuable white- and placed
them in safety on the fence while be gave
chase with unscreened pedals through the
wet gran AFTER the horse. But the ssesd
was iosd Al clover. and the young man had
no Dotion Of being thwarted, although he
bsg1a % realise tke truth Of the old usee
about tbs eoursr ii true lore, &C, but final
~ thc Aor~ was captured.
Returning to the Fence where nc had
safely Suspended has lilly white unmeution-
ables-Ol Miobas Dicfa. what . horrible
sight met his eyes, The Held into which
las horse had been turned Was not only q
horse pasture, but calf pasture, too and
this naughty calves attracted by the rAise
Gag on the fence, had betsken tlcnselys O 10
u, and ca1f like, had eaten them up osly
lev well chewed fragments Of this once val |
liable article II the wardrobe now remained
only isw shrcds- just sufficient To indi-
cate what they once had been. What a
psckls this was for nice young man to lie |
in!
II was uow day Wight and the industun,u.
farmers were up and shout, and our hero |
Tar frrm home, with no covering Cor his |
travelling apparatus II would not do Ia |
20 hack u the house 81 his lady love, a |
they were now oil w, and how could he |
get in without exhibiting himself 10 Lis (air |
one, which might ruin his match. No. mo
that wouldn't do. Neither could lie 70 to |
town in that plight. There was only one |
rsourcc left him, and that was 10 sccrcte |
himself In the hssshe. until the merit night |
and then grt home under cover of the dark
moss This hsresDlved to 10, and according
" hid himself under the thick growth Of
hsnhm
Safely hid he remained under the protec-
tion al the bushes tsr sometiiss and IL mag
BE- imagined that his feelings toward the |
cali kind were MT of the most friendly |
character bait ere long his seclusion was |
destined % he intrud~i upon. The family
u his fir cne seeing his horse still remain
ing in the pasture, cnquircd of the lady |
what she had done with her lover. She |
was nonplussed. She only knew he had |
lrft 1t three o'clock in the morning. Things
didn't l"ok right il be bad gone why did |
he leave his horse Suspicious were Hwsk-
ened. BY and bye, the boys, who had been
out To sesd tbs calvcs returned with the
remnants of the identical white garment
which adorned the lower limtss of thri. late
visitor. They were mangled aud torn Tn |
shreds An inquest was immediately held |
over them. Some awful fate had l,elallen |
the unfortunate young man. The neighbors |
were soon summoned 60 search for the man |
gied corpse, and tha pose with oil speed |
set out with drRs and arm. 20 the search.
Ike pasture was thoroughly secured, and |
then the adjacent Tickets, when To-. our
hero was driven from his lair by the keen |
-csws Of the dass, Oh saSs, alive and well,
minus the iis.a.
An explanation thsn ensuesl II the OK |
pense II oar hero; but he Was success(sl in |
the end, and married the lady, and is now
living c<pGrtably in one Of the fsosrishing
little towns of Iowa.
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