Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-12
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PROCRASTINA
ct LOST A WIFE BY IT. "

New Year day [ returned home from
Southern tour, and was sitting in nv
room in the evening, writing to some OF
my friends, when she cousin of mine
came in and laid small bundle on nv
table. 1t was slice of wedding cake
done up very neatly in gold edged paper
"Ah!" said ], "what have we here?''
wedding cake said coz.
"Wedding cake" said l ga generous
slice, truly, Who of nay friends have
been so foolish as to commit matrimonyi
and when did this melancholy attain
happen?' -a
christmas Eve - returned coz. "The
card that came with the cake will an
swer your first question:" and giving
me an arch smile as she pointed to the
card, left The room.
Indeed, my old chum married. said
[ to myself, as [ took up the card and
read "Mr. and Mrs. George Adams -
''na, ha, ha! WHO'D have thought George
would have committed such an act? MI'.
and Hrs. Geo. adams! Ha, ha, really
| should like to see the fellow, just to
bore him a bit. But who is this lady?
1t can't be Miss -, nor Miss -;
they were no favorites of his. Let me
think, y continued l, taking out my pen
Gil and putting on bit of paper the
names Of our female acquaintances.
went on with: There's Ellen Rice -
can't be her; Jane Gleeh-not her;
Mary Willis not her." until I had
written down the names of about twenty
girls, without satisfying myself as to the
right one, $50, then, Adams is really
married. said [ to myself [ felt truly
rejoiced that it was SO, and l could not
help thinking how comfortable it would
be to drop in Of an evening with ''my
lady" for | had serious notions then of
getting married-as you shall. hear by
and by = and have social times.
planned out how We would spend our
evenings together in pleasant inter
course. | det rmined that his lady and
my lady should be the best friends; and
Mrs. Adams as a sister TO NE, and my
wife as a sister to him. In fact, such a
picture of domestic happiness did l draw
up-so bright and glowing with all that
is delightful did the future seem in a
married state-that [ threw my paper
one way, my pen another, jumped up
and prepared for visit to Maria Bailey,
to whom [ meant to offer myself that
very night, and get married as soon as
the law and the minister would let u.s.
Having put on clean dickey-it was
cold night and [ was in hurry-I sal
lied forth to visit my~intended. Maria
lived at the north end of the town with
her mother, widow While on the
way to the house, l will make the reader
little acquainted with Maria, and the
relation in which | stood to her. [ will
not praise her beauty - although as
beautiful creature as eye ever rested
on-neither will speak Of her amiable
disposition, accomplishments, etc., etc
Maria and myself, from childhood,
had known each other and were pretty
intimate in our friendship. When |
was twenty two years OF age deter
mined to take tri p through the States
and as [ had been indisposed for some
time back, with a loss of appetite, no
sleep, etc., made this my excuse-''I
travelled for my health" When [ made
this declaration, there was nothing like
travelling for heal lsh-everyb body recon-
mended it. So | started, with the in
tention of being absent year or more
Travelling, | must say, agreed with me
completed y, for at the first stopping
place | made as hearty a meal as any OF
my fellow passengers; and when I
stopped for the night, [ slept as sound
as roach. TO tell the truth feigned
sickness only for an excuse to get away
from home. The real motive Of my de
parture was, my feelings toward Maria
began to-change; I always had foolish
longing to be near her, and singular
feeling of regret when she was away
from home when I called to spend So
cial evening; and then there was pecu-
liar sensation about my heart when
saw her engaged closely in conversation
with any Of my companions, or when
she bestowed upon them smile. In
fact [ began to feel something more
than friendship towards her. I did not
let. her know the state of mind, but
laughed and frolicked with her the same
as ever. My affection for her increased
daily. Not knowing, however, that my
love might rove only momentary, ano
wishing to know whether absence woulc
wear it off-for it had always been my
determination when [ welded, it should
not be merely a union of hands, de
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