The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-08-30
CURIOSITIEs OF COuRTsHIP.

I when letters Travelled al the rate of ten miles
2 an hour on The mail coach. The anxious loy-
( er for the first week breathIessIy expected the
/ reply; bot ]. did not come. The next week be
4 Pneds and was sleepless still no answer. The
4 thnd week be became indignant GA civil
Acknowledgement was his due. She was heart
less, and Airt." The next week be despised her.
and congratulated himself on has escape, and
when al the end Of it he received his own let
ter back from the dead letter office, he had so
completely outliyed his love that he never pro-
posed to that lady at all.
onee saw rniddIe-aged invalid making
love 10 young lady. After making great eff
ioFtS to secure an opportunity Of meeting he. he
drew his chair close TO hers, looked into her
iace, sighed heavily drew his chair still closer
and while she looked at bin IN astonishmene
and IN the distance strained my ears to hear
what tender remark followed all this prepara-
ton, heard him whisper with great emphasis.
. w ho is your doctor l'' | need hardly saw that
ttr proposal failed which followed this we'll
Judged commencement. A more pardonable
\ ase Of mans absorption in his own pursuits
"Tas that OF shy lover, whose one idea was
sisfs s. lie never found courage to propose till
IS bad persuaded the iadsFto go into the stable
aad look at his iavoTite horses. There he spoke.
ahd there she answered yts But this was nat
urai and pardonable a shy man may need this
vaatage-ground, and feeling his own inferiority
10 the dfawlng room, may yet be aware OF his
superior knowledge and superior power in the
stable, where his horses make himself king.
Amarriase took place not many years ago,
IN tie great world, where two lovers fong al
tached, but separated by the desire Of their pa
rPaiS,l met under an arch while each was ia
king sefuge, ip London, from sudden shower
et rain. Neither OF them had the least idea Of
the neighboFh6od OF the other, when the sud |
den meeting occurred which decided the future
course Of their lives. In another case the en-
was broken off on account OF limited |
means, and the gentleman went abroad Re-
turning after some years. absence, he arrived |
late on the railway platform, aud rushed INTO |
the first carriage he reached, Just as the train |
'|as IN motion. In ii he found with her mo-
ther) the lady be had been so long yainly en-
leavoriag TO forget, and the meeting ended IN
amusing aee6aht .e6dtds 81 3Gts5. man,
pointed to some official position at the Court OF /
Copenhagen. ordering his couIt-dress in great
haste, that he might be present at a ball where |
he meant to declare his attachment TO beauti- |
iul girl whom he had long loved. All went |
SSOti.I1 uhti tc " dS OA4 1Olt CA blOpOSilIzs
nay, had spoken few preliminary words, |
when button gave way on the hastily made |
court-dress. The lover rushed abruptly away, |
and the lady, hurt at his unlookrd-ior departure,
made an engagement for sleighing party next |
dav, where she received and accepted the oGer |
of another lover.
Thus love as well as lite, often hangs upon
thread. Always secure your retreat IN love as
10 war this is pFeoaution never TO be neglec- |
ted. MIR. A, a brother to the late Lord |
Z, whose proud and naughty temper was
proverblal, proposed TO lady N Portman
Square Gardens. After being refused the re-
iected lover turned from her IN great ndigna-
ton, but finding the gates of the garden locked, |
was Obliged to return 10 the lady to petition for
the key. Another case, still more trying, was
that of gentleman travelling in North Ameri- |
ca, who after being Hospitality received 10 toe
house OF an officer high in command there, pro-
posed to the hosts daughter the evening before !
his eparture, and was refused. deep fall OF |
snow came on in the night +; the roads became
impossible and the poor man, to bis unspeak !
able modification, was detained for week IN
the house with the lady who had rejected him.
Schoolmaster abroad.-The following is a
literal copy of the lest questions proposed for
discussion in a debating club out West
Snbiecks of Discussion.
Is dansln morrellie rong.
Is the reedn OF fctishus works commendl-
bic
Is it necessary that femals should receave
thurry educashun?
Ort frmaIlS to take part in pollytIx
Duz dIess constiiut the morrel part of VIM
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