Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-04
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SEWING a SUBPOENA:
Or, Love VS.. Law.

= Boltl gates and bars contrivances--
e his Cunning will devise ways ant
it a1eans to open them all. A yOunI
4 gentleman had courted fair lady o
New York city, and it Was supposed
that the tyo in time would "becomt
one" Some little quarrel of a tri
vial nature, Ms lover quarrels gener'
ally are, occurred. Neither would
confess the wrong TO be on their side;
presents and correspondence were
mutually sent back, and the match
was broken off The young gentle
mac Immediately started off to New
Orleans. to enter into commercial
business, thinking that distance
would lessen the attachment he real
ly felt for the young lady.
! When the woman is injured, or
thinks she is injured, by the one
she loves, she is more apt "to bite
off her own nose" as the saying is,
to inAict pain, and be revenged on
the offending object. A gentleman
that the young lady had once reject
ed renewed bis proposals and was
accepted within week after her old
| lover had embarked for the South
On reaching New Orleans he found
that distance instead of weakening
his attachment, only made the lady
dearer. and he became melancholy
and low spirited. The first letter he
received from. New York from a
friend Of his, announced that his old
flame vas to be shortly married TO
another. His course Was quickly ta-
ken-the next morning saw him on
board IA packet ship bound lor Goth
am.
The passage unfortunately was
long, and the poor fellow chaied and
lrette1 so much that the passengers
began to think him der,Dgtd, or
else fugitive escaping from justice
Tie instant the vessel touched the
wharf, he darted fer the Office OF bis
friend lawper. 1t is to bs suppos
ed that the bitter was much 'surpris-
ed to See his friend, imagining him
couple of thousand miles away. Al
ter the usual salu:ali0n, the lawyer
exclaimed:
"My dear fellow, you are just in
time to see the wedding. Miss =,
your old sweet heart is to be married
this morning at llo'clock. To tell
YOU the truth. ! don't believe there
is much lcve about it, and the girl
really thinks more of one hair OF
your head than the fortunate BRIDE
croom's whole body
Good Heavens Who're is she
to he married. in church2'
mo. at her fathers house.
"My dear fellow, / I-yes--no
YES. I will have it. Have you any
case coming on in either Of the courts
at II o'clock2'
"Yes."
"Then fill up subpoena with the
bridegroom name. Don't stop to
n
ask any questions. 1t matters not
whether he knows any thing about
ths parties in the suit. BY Heav-
ems Julia shall be mine.
His friend saw the object at once,
and promised to carry on the mat
ter. The subpoena was made out
and placed in the hands of a clerk
TO serve on the unsuspecting BRIDE
groom the instant be was seen to
leave his residence. About ten mln-
utes before eleven. as the soen to-oe-
happy man was about entering a
coach before the door of his resi-
dasn. he was ser rved with subpe-
ma.
.aCan't help it," said the clerk, in
reply to bis gesticnlating "bout"no
knowing the parties" ""going to be
married." &c. I'VE shan't reach the
Hall now before eleven-the case Is
first on the calender, heavy fine, I'M
! nrisoument for contempt, &c.
The bridegroom, who was rather
of timid nature, finally consenteo'
particularly as the clerk promised to
send friend OF bis, who sat 10 the
cab wrapped up IN a large Cloak to
the house of his bride in exp eta
ton. explaining the reason OF bis ab'
sence. The reader can imagine who
this person was.