Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-11-27
THE CURIOsITIEs OF CoURTsHIP

proposal was sent by the post in the days |
when letters travelled at the rate of ten miles |
an hour oO the mail coach The anxious low |
er for the first week breathlessly expected the |
reply. but i. did not come The next week |
he pincd and was sleepless still answer.
"A civil ack oxlcd cement Was his due. She
was heariless, and lirt" The next week he
dcspiscd her, and congratulated himself upon
his escape and. when at the end of it he re-
c,ived Lis IN letter back from the dead let
ter Office, he had so completely outlived his
love that he never proposed 10 that lady at
all
once saw middle ag9d invalid making
love To a young lady After making great
efforts to meet her be drew his chair close TO.
looked into her face, sighed heavily, drew
his chair sill closer, and while she looked at
iliu Ia astonishmeBt and l in the distance
strained nlY ears to hear what teUder remark
followed all this preparation. | heard him
Whisper with great emphasis ''Nho Is your
doctor 2" ] need hardly say that the proposal
failed which followed this well judged com
Increment y more psrdonstle ease of amau's
ASSERTION in MS own pursuits was that of a
sly lover. whose one idea was horses. There
he spoke. aud there She answered yoS. But
this was natural and pardonable; sly mau
may need his vantage ground, aud feeling
his own inferiority in the drawing room may
yet be aware of his superior knowledge and
superior power in the stable, where his hor-
ses make his throne aud himself king.
\ marriage took place not many years ago
| in the great world, where two lovers, long
attached. bat separated by the desire of their
parents, met under an arch while each was
/ taken refuge in London, from sudden rain
/ Neither Of them had the least idea q the ne
! iehborhood of the other, when the sudden
meeting occurred which decided the course of
| .heir lives
| In another case the engag cement was broken
| off on account OF limited means, aud the gen-
tleman went abroad. When returning home
! after several years absence. he arrived late
on the railway platfom and rushed into the
first carriage he reached Just the train was
in motion In it be uDd (wiih her mother
the la,iv he had been so long vainly endeav-
oring to forget. AMI the meeting ended in one
of the happiest marriages
Hans Anderson gives in one OF his books,
an amusing account of young man. newly
arnointed to some official position in the court
of Copenhagen. ordering his court dress In
; great haste that he might be present at a ball
whore he meant II declare his attachment to
/ q baautItui girl WOon ne udA AHHe 4S'SN- -
went smooihy. was on the point OF proposing
nav. had said few preliminary words. wher
button gave way the hasiiiy made cou-
dress. The lover rushed abruptly away, am
the lady, hurt at his unlocked for departure
made an engagement for a sleighing part.
next day. where she received and aceePte'
the offer OF another lover.
Thus love. as well as life. often hangs upo
a thread. Always secure your retrea; in loy
as we'll as IN war; this is preeau:ion nevC
tn be neglected Mr. A. broth er
the late Lord Z--,whose proud aud baur
ty temper was proverbial After helm
refused. the rejected lover turned awav fro
he- in great indigna ton. but finding IL
gates of the garden lcckei. was obliged /
, return 10 the lady to petition for the ke,
Another case still more trying was that
= \ gentleman travelling in North Americs
/ who after being Hospitality received in th
house of an Office hish in command there
: nro,,ose cd 10 the hnsi's daughter the evenin
5 bsfo-e his intended departure ani was retus
$ ed. A d.ep fall CT snow came on 10 the night
0 and the poorman, to his unspeakabie MOI
,iicaiion, was destined for week IN To
: house With the lady who rejected him.