Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-02

BxtrRardfg arr Besirn Of "a Rustic juliet
An UnsOphistIented Girl Perplexed with
n Pair of Lovors-An Interestins Comedy
with ar Unexpected DenOuement.
Beauty, though coveted by every woman,
is productive Of more inconveniences than
homeliness. Too many admirers create more
perplexity than none and, no doubt n
graceful and comely damsel as often envies
her plain neighbor as the latter regrets her
own uDloveliness.
A circumstance illustrating this point re-
Gently occurred at the Spencer House, 10 this
city, A young lady, residing in Madison
County, Kentucky, had long been waveriDg
between two suitors and so nearly balanced
were her affections for both that she always
encouraged the one in whose company she
happened to be. At length, after long and
urgent solicitation, one Of them so far
iIiumpbed as to obtain her consent to marry
him, and it was agreed that the nuptials
should take place in Cincinnati. The victor,
however, was not satisfied with mere success,
and he determined TO humilate his rival, by
compelling him, unwittingly, to be present
al the wedding.
Accordingly, lover No. invited No. 2 to
visit Cincinnati, in company with himself
and the lady, without informing him of the
object Of the excursion, 10 which proposal
he unhesitatingly consented, and the trio
were soon on their way.
On their arrival, the successful aspirant for
Il ladys hand disappeared, and the other,
taking advantage of his absence, proposed
marriage. The lady sobbed, and wept, and
the young man urged his suit with incress-
ing vehemence, supposing that all her emo
tion arose from the deep impression he was
creating. AT length, composing herself
as much as the delicaoy of the occasion
would permit, she informed him, in half
| broken accents, of the true condition of af-
fairs, and added that her intended was now
at the court house, procuring a license.
The announcement rather disconnected the
ardent suitor at first, but gathering courage,
he asked: MARY, don't you love meT The
| appeal, The imploring look, the Sigh, was too
u much for her soft heart, and she mutered q
balfinarticulate affirmation, but said it was
Low too late. "No, no, Mary-not too late
let US flyP The girl, however, demonstrated;
| il would be unjust, she said, to the one to
whom she was already plighted. More than
an hour had elapsed, and yet the absent lover
had not returned, and his rival took occasion
most sssiduously to insinuate that he was
playing false, and so dexterously did he apply
his arguments, that Mary began to believe
him, ard finally agreed that, if he did moi
return in twenty minutes, she would marry
| his rival.
1t would be work Of supererogation to at.
! tempt 10 describe the feelings of lover No. z
at this critical juUcture. The clock appeared
10 tick at intervals of hours; the hands, tt
his vision, moved not; thousand wild auG
fevered oppreheDsions fitted each minute
across his excited Imagination; his fears quite
overcame him, or his hopes were raised
mountain high, as he heard footstepssin the
corridor, or as their sounds died away il
the distance,
Hours had apparently passed, but the sec.
ond hand of the dial had made but fourteen
revolutions. Another minute, and still the
two were undisturbed, and SILENT though thu
near expiration of tie time appeared TO exer
else magnetic power, for they had uncon
sciously fallen into each others arms. An
other and another minute crept by, unit
not sixty seconds had yet to elspse befor
the expiration of the allotted time.
Footsteps were heard in the corridor, bu
the lovers had reached that interesting stat
Of mind, when such sounds made no impres
sion, save as they were an incentive to sti
closer embraces; and the betrothed entere
the room, unobserved. Pausing O second
as if doubling whether what he saw wa
real he sprang forward, and in a momen
more the rivals would have been struggling
in deadly encounter, had not the gil
rushed between them, and screamed 3
loudly that several persons fastened in, an
Kept the parties separated, until the wrath {
each had somewhat subsided; when Mar
declared that she must marry her first love
as he bad arrived within the time she ha
allowed for his return.
AS minister was ready TO officiate th
parties were united without further delay G
trouble; blary's tears, the bridegroom
smiles and the rejected lovers fro wns foru
ing singular melo-dramatic tableAu an,
the proper light and shade to the connubia