Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-08-28
7ould see the folly of marrying that

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son is no BOBBY; tell you he is yer.
accomplished and sensible gentleman
Have you ever been in his company
"Never."
"Well, some evening 1 will invite hin
up"
At this remark, Getty's eyes bright
ened up little, for she had never had {
beau in her life, nor is it very probable
she would ever meet with the luck tt
have an admirer, for no one could ad
mire her, but she might manage to in
duce some one to think that he lovet
her. -.-.
"Papa, do tell me who the gentleman
is to whom Lucy is to be married"
"Mr Frank Jennings"
Crank Jennings! he is charming
young gentleman admire her taste
very much; great goose she would be
to marry that Atkinson. I am thinking
he will have to wait some time before he
is married, for no one would have him
anyhow. als
"Ah, Getty, would not trust the
girls. I will go SO far as to say that ]
would not trust even you"
Given me! [ had as lief be an old
maid as to marry him; indeed, I would
prefer it thousand times,''
"Well, Gertrude, Mr.. Atkinson will
call up this evening, and as your sister
is out of town, the whole of the enter.
tainment will fall pretty much upon
yourself.
ooh, papa! what did you invite tn al
bore up here for? I declare I do moi
want to see him.
"Never mind; you must entertain him
to the best of your ability, as I have in
vited him to see you"
Evening came. Mr.. Atkinson called
at the residence of Manning He was
introduced to Miss Gertrude, with whom
he was left. Mr.. Manning stated that
he had some little business which would
detain him in the library, but would
join them in a little while.
Gertrude did her best; all the smiles
she could muster up were put on that
evening. She, of course, wished to make
a deep impression upon the gentleman
Ill.
dwell, we'll, what is the world coming
to? That old maid, Gertrude Manning,
is going to be married to James Atkin-
son. [ wonder what he sees in her to
admire. I am sure she is not pretty by
any means. She is certainly very wise
to get married now, for I am sure if she
misses this opportunity she will never
get another"
Such was the language of the gossip
ing world, when the news of the intended
marriage was spread. Many knew how
bitter she was against Mr.. Atkinson, and
wondered what had changed her notion.
"Well, what do you think, Kate?''
said Mr.. Manning to his daughter on her
return home.
"Now hush, papa" exclaimed Ger
trude.
"Really, you surprise me, papa; I can
not tell. Gertrude has certainly not
made any attempt at runaway match
since I've been gone"
"Oh, no, no, she is to take the leap in
the dark, or in the light, just as you are
pleased to term it.
"Indeed! Pray tell me who is the one
to assist her?'
"None other than James Atkinson" I"
"James Atkinson? Impossible!"
at is true. Nothing is impossible
nova days y
"Well, we'll, Gertrude" said Kate
laughingly; "what are you going to
marry that shallow -pated, nonsensical
numskull for? You certainly have
changed your mind very much''
"Oh, she was only waiting for an of
fer, said Mr.. Manning. "There, did I
not tell you that 1 would not trust her,
Kate? Doyou notremember very we'll. "
And soft was sure enough. Gertrude,
like great many other young ladies,
was only waiting for an offer. Very
readily did she accept the proposal of
Mr.. Atkinson-her eye-sore, as she was
once pleased to call him-and she no
longer thought him BOBBY or dummy,
particularly after she foud out the mum
Der of dimes he had in his possession.
Nothing now could excite her ire more
than for Kate to call him, in a jesting
way, shallow headed concern, although
Gertrude once thought that Lucy Bow
ers had very perverted taste to receive
the attentions of such piece of human
ity, and wondered where her eyes (if she
had any at all) could be to fancy James
Atkinson. All she wanted was a chance,
and she was only waiting for an offer.
Integrity.