Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-06-29
GrneraI iHisttIIanu.
From the Ladies' Own Journal
A LEAP-YEAR WOOING.
by MELVILLE BELL
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was ono Of my earliest school companions, and
loved him like brother My heart became
SO full Of love for Tom that it could not CON
tainc it all. so disposed Of the surplus by
falling violently in love with his sistor--a very
fine, nice young lady, about a head and shout
dcrs taller than myself Irecollett Of sending
her a valentine, in which tall military-look-
ing man was depicted knoeiing in green
lawn, before lady TO whom he was making
passionate declaration Of love in fat balloon
which issued from his mouth--in which bal.
loon took the precaution to insert my mi
tails to prevent the possibility Of mistake as
70 the identity Of the party. In return Miss
Pidger presented me with large pink heart
made of sugar. (Which Tom and ate that
same aiteruoon,) but her own heart she re-
served for one Ranes, banker, to whom she
was married long before | left school.
When Tom and grew up we removed to
Edinburgh-hc to college and / to a bank
and we took rooms together in Queen street.
Tom had always been rather sloyenly fellow,
but now he become intoleraby so. His hat
gradually became limp and napless, and though
threw out very broad hints, and at length
openly demonstrated with him, the same hat
remained in constant use. ] tried to shame
him out of it by assuring him that he would
DO taken for an lrishman and once bribod
the mlk-boy with a penny TO cry after him,
Who's your halter but all in vain. His
old coat, to, he wore till it became quito white
along the seams and glazed at the elbows. 1t
was avery significant fact, that though passed
the College with him times without number.
the ecedy old gentleman who used to step
out from the corner of South Cologs-strect.
aud say in a mysterious undertone. ANY ole
al al I'D l.
me. And really it would have been very
gratuitous assumption to have supposed that
Tom had any cloths older than those he wore.
As for his linen, doubt if he would ever
have changed it had not Mrs. Prtchard, made
APPOINT Of taking clean shirt into his bed
room every Sunday morning before Tom was
up, and carrying the dirty one Off
Toms hair, from sheer neglect became long
and irouzy One day, | remember, when he
sat down to breakfast it seemed so dry and
matted that ! could not forbesr remonstra-
ting:
Positively. Tom | said, you must pay
some attention to your personal appearance.
why your head is like a mop
lis it : said Tom. Let it be so. 1t saves
time and trouble
would have urged that the ladies' would
"a L,,,,. ~, .. a., - =,
cr ro,,sn.s.or,,o. .,t.1ii ."'u-
~1'''a'-s'', ''o'' 10, NC ala not mink them
,.ent on "''''" 'u'' point 90 Things
w8sro, ,,o,,.a.L.,... cr,
comm ena,a,ro4 80 i5,n 49, .o' "uu po
dear little thing had wooed her, and, last
December, proposed and was accepted.
Tom said one night when we were hav-
ing our usual pipe by the Preside before going
.Tvo boara a,,,.,'.i a,. ny i'owi,er
.Wen sbo ond @o'"' nv 'e' iePlicI ioil.
,..,'s' "0 20 o' 'n"'r'ou next
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IN. t -. D'"' we "io
on.r Ioot;n, Iii. $50 ~ Su instant ana
-, ey az ,'o ior It" mo-
ho sIow,y ,aoL H. '' ai' way was serious,
la - o3 l,s p'PG l'o' ,,,s i'outn ana
,l;d No, 80, ~ pc oI, D'oN' :
mournfnllyH ~ w. A. g." !V s nc .ooNe9
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snbicct, ~, ,", ~" s"'usI, On 'n's
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M back;n, ON, a',n;n ru"r 'u', 'uSiI ~. 70
Too with ih. ,vn,1J 81, ,ac,, ou' '''"e VI me
suicido moral AMI in,oIoo,,'al G ~
II cannot I'o ;'tt' ''''uo' On
q assn,o' cas-, ,,,,' JS c'i,s
r;ons "'' 0e"' 'V''o"' al" qu''c Sc
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in, bi,nscle h'o, n;i' s''u - ON, n'tcn-
70 o%TN !" ms chair' J GU mink II
,,i, loc,nrcs .+-,.',1ls az ,.'' tne cur
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folo, ya,,r H., ,'a- .t. Wv WY u'y ucu'
,hom b.G,,e ,''r wv ,L"sV whining WIZ"
rho ,ato NJ .iich I'LL. ""'' }Gu are aoou'
;,ns H.. ,o'' III NJ ',I't'P'y ~ 'o1'B-
bis .Essav an poa,'ia.;. ~. %S''ius oooAL
Il rae road ~, ''"' ''''' oooN'
Road !, o,,ai, ona .l,. :.
go p'o.r $50 ",iT eepI'y ~ W your own
etrv o,ont c5;i15on " i n'" ii'Olous ,'.'lv po-
,bcso vonr, p;,atnrl. oal orouBn 20 nave
day in the nursery tbo,o I'm, ,.,i, ,ll ,.,.,,
in the midst of the Robol ana c,,,,, -,
Wait till you have to wipe the ohildren's noses
like that poor wretched Pitchard, and be
badgered out Of bed when ever a child SO much
as squeaks. You'll know what the poetrv of
lovers is then, my Trojan
Tom concluded with prophetic Jerk of his
hend, and proceeded to Ielight his pine.
4 have always feared it might come to this.
continued he, since that time Won fell in love
with my sister Maggy. Her marrying Baiuos
was clearly roydonco in your bcholr. IL
was another nrovid,nco A.. So, - ~